Remy LeBeau was born in the French quarter of New Orleans with red eyes, as a result of being a mutant, which led to him being abandoned at birth and raised by the local Thieves Guild. He became known as Gambit and his superpower is the ability to transfer kinetic energy into objects and cause them to combust.
What the title says, my friends! Go right ahead and make your own team, whether or not it's your own Avengers or your own Legion of Doom, go ahead and assemble your favorite characters in your own team or teams!
