Ultimate Gambit and his connections

[germane]

I remember back in the Ultimate Gambit 2 issue mini-arc way back in ultimate x-men that Hammerhead mentioned owing a favor to Nathanial Essex (aka mr. sinister) as the reason he let gambit live.... has there been any more evidence to support gambit's link to mr. sinister? And also, in the warriors ultimate spidey arc, does bendis make any allusion to the fact that hammerhead was pretty much dead at the end of the ultimate gambit mini-arc?

 

[Dr.Strangefate]

They do bring up the fact that he was supposed to be dead.

But Gambit's connection to Essex had not been touched upon.