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Cable

Sent to the future to survive a deadly infection, the cybernetically enhanced mutant Cable returns to the present and helps the X-Men.

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THE DAWN OF REBELLION! Cable was a grizzled old veteran of the wars to save the future- and he will be again. But for now, he’s a young mutant living in paradise leading a life of adventure! Nathan Summers, son of two of the most powerful mutants on Krakoa, has a destiny leading the youth of mutantkind in rebellion- so why not start now? Gerry Duggan (MARAUDERS, DEADPOOL) and Phil Noto (STAR WARS, POE DAMERON) bring us young Cable as we’ve never seen him before!

Cable (2020) #1

Jean Grey and Scott Summers, displaced to a timeline where Apocalypse rules all! Two millennia into the future, the X-couple must face a new reality without their powers. Their daughter, Rachel Summers, is the Mother Askani. Nathan, their son, has been infected by a techno-organic virus by Apocalypse. With the stakes high and the future dim, will Cyclops and Phoenix be able to withstand the Age of Apocalypse?

Adventures of Cyclops & Phoenix (1994) #1

First Appearance of Cable.  Here comes the man called Cable!  With the rest of the team in Asgard, Rusty and Skids are arrested by Freedom Force. The terrorist Mutant Liberation Front demands their release, but a mysterious metal-armed, gun-toting warrior with a glowing eye is targeting the MLF for reasons of his own!

New Mutants (1983) #87

Featured Characters: Black Tom, Boom Boom, Boomer, Cable, Cannonball, Deadpool, Domino, Feral, Forearm, GW Bridge, Nick Fury, Reaper, Shatterstar, Stryfe, Sunspot, Warpath, Wildside, X-Force, X-Men

X-Force (1991) #1

Featured Characters: Archangel, Banshee (Theresa Rourke), Beast, Bishop, Boomer, Cable, Colossus, Cyclops, Famine, Gambit, Iceman, Professor X, Quicksilver, Rictor, Rogue, Storm, Sunspot, War (Abraham Kieros), Warpath, X-Men

Uncanny X-Men (1963) #294

Cable must return to the past. But what deadly path must be trave to claim the Temporal Device known as...The Timex!

Cable (1993) #1

Wade Wilson and Nathan Summers are back - and this time, they're stuck with each other! Can two grown men with deadly genetic weaponry work together without driving each other crazy?!
Action, adventure, black-ops, black humor and lots and lots of gunfire mark the return of your two favorite mutant anti-heroes to their own ongoing series!

Cable & Deadpool (2004) #1

"Enema of the State" Part 2 (of 4)  "Enema of the State" continues, as Deadpool's search for Cable forces a fight with the new Horseman of the Apocalype -- the Agent of War named... Cable?!  What the heck is Lord Apocalypse up to this time? And what the heck are Cannonball and Siryn doing in an alternate timeline? 32 PGS./T+ Suggested for Teens and Up ...$2.99

Cable & Deadpool (2004) #16

MESSIAH COMPLEX - PART 5 of 13 The X-Men versus the Marauders! A rematch of the unforgettable fight from X-Men #200. But will the battle turn in favor of the X-Men this time? Not if Sinister can help it. Layla and Madrox continue their mission to uncover the truth of mutant extinction, friends become foes to the X-Men at the worst time possible, and whereabouts of the baby are revealed at last. 32 PGS./Rated A ...$2.99

X-Men (2004) #205

The birth of a single mutant child forever changed the landscape of the X-Universe. Some see the baby as the last hope for mutankind's survival; others see it as the bringer of the Apocalypse... No one knows which side is right because Cyclops handed the newborn over to Cable, believing his son could save both the child and mutantkind. But Cable never came back. Now, months later, Cyclops has found his son hiding in the FUTURE... and he's sending in the one team that will do what needs to be done in order to ensure the survival of their species... X-FORCE. The X-Men event of the decade, "MESSIAH COMPLEX," continues here as the past, present and future converge in the pages of X-FORCE and CABLE. Continues next month in the pages of CABLE #13 and X-FORCE #14! One-Shot/Rated T  ...$3.99

X-Force/Cable: Messiah War (2009) #1

MANY WILL BE WOUNDED. SEVERAL WILL DIE.
The climax of four years of X-Men stories is the X-Event of 2010! What started in HOUSE OF M with the Decimation of mutantkind and erupted with the first new mutant birth in MESSIAH COMPLEX finishes here. In the epic crossover SECOND COMING, Cyclops' faith pays off when Cable returns to the present with Hope, the girl he believes to be the mutant messiah.  But will she be the savior or destroyer of mutantkind? We may never know, as she is the target of an initiative for mutant eradication unlike anything they X-Men have ever experienced. Many will be wounded. Several will die. Is Hope worth it? 
Rated T  ...$3.99

X-Men: Second Coming (2010) #1

How has Cable been reborn? Where has he been since SECOND COMING? And what dark event has driven him to destroy the Avengers?

Avengers: X-Sanction (2011) #1

Marvel NOW! Caught red-handed at the scene of a terrorist attack on a major American corporation whose CEO has expressed anti-mutant views, the X-Force is the run, with none other than the Uncanny Avengers in hot pursuit.

Cable and X-Force (2012) #1

Almost every sovereign state in the Marvel Universe makes use of sanctioned superhumans to protect national interests and pursue a covert agenda. The United States has the Secret Avengers. The United Kingdom has MI13. And mutantkind has X-FORCE. In this dirty, secret, no-holds-barred, deadly game of superhuman black ops, veteran X-Man Cable and his team will spy, torture, and kill to ensure that the mutant race not only has a place in the world…but also a stake in it.

X-Force (2014) #1

The Avengers close in on the new Inhuman that?s destroying Boston. The Torch wishes he paid better attention in science class, and an Avenger has a secret that may undo the team before it begins! Plus -- the surprising final member of this series makes a grand and bloody entrance.

Uncanny Avengers (2015) #3

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Meet Nathan Summers, time-traveling soldier and original leader of the mutant commando team, X-Force! The son of Cyclops and a clone of Jean Grey, Cable was raised by dissidents of Apocalypse in a far-flung future. He has limitless telepathic power and is always armed to the teeth—but his great weakness is the techno-organic virus inside of him that he must constantly contain.

“I'll need guns. Very, very big guns.”

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