Some interesting ideas - I like Brother Voodoo, and the whole zombie epidemic thing - but overall just not very well written. ( )

There are 3 storylines collected here: Gambit versus zombies in New Orleans, Gambit trying to sneak into Rogue's room to retrieve a sex tape sent to her by a young woman with an unfortunate knack for hacking into surveillance cameras all over New Orleans and an unrequited school girl crush on Gambit, and Gambit returning to New Orleans only to run into Belladonna and her new beau during a heist.

While I still have the same complaints about the art work in this collection as I had for Gambit: House of Cards (there's a bland formlessness to the facial features of most of the characters), the storylines were better and took more advantage of the New Orleans setting. However, I still don't think they quite took advantage of Gambit being away from the X-Men. These stories could have been grittier and not so "wink-wink-nudge-nudge" about things. As one character says of Gambit, "I've seen evidence of a personality type that's narcissistic, kleptomaniacal, pathological, adrenaline-addicted, anti-authority, and given to reckless, suicidal tendencies." That's the Gambit I was hoping to read about, but other than that piece of dialogue, that's not really the Gambit I got. This is not the Gambit who saved Storm when she regressed into childhood, nor is it the Gambit who returned to New Orleans for the tithing.

The main reason I'm giving this one a 4 star is that I thought the storyline with Gambit trying to retrieve the sex tape before Rogue could discover it was much more in line with the kind of character I've come to expect. ( )