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Cable (2017) (Collected Editions)
Cable, Vol. 1: Conquest
Speak softly - and carry a huge gun! Cable, everyone's favorite time-traveling, cyborg-armed walking mutant arsenal, is embarking on a brand-new mission...with all of time in the balance! When Cable picks up the trail of a threat in the timestream, he sets off on a high speed, history-spanning chase to save reality as we know it. From prehistory to the modern day, whether it's a six-gun duel at high noon or a sword fight high above the kingdom, Cable is the only man who can keep history from unraveling! The fate of all reality rests on his massive shoulder pads...and that's exactly the way he likes it!
COLLECTING: CABLE 1-5
COLLECTING: CABLE 1-5
112 pages, Paperback
First published December 19, 2017
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April 28, 2022
Another year, another Cable relaunch, so many of these X-books just never live up to their original runs, because they are never given enough time before they are cancelled or 'restarted' with another Number One issue! This Cable run has three arcs/volumes with three creative teams, which tells you how much Marvel actually cared about this series and its legacy. Surprisingly James Robinson's volume (this one) is the weakest, as Cable tracks an unnamed villain across time.... deja vu anyone? 5 out of 12.
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March 31, 2022
This was quite a fun read!
Its pretty much Cable tracking down a villain named Conquest who aims to gather Time sword which has been fragmented into five parts and is spread throughout history and we follow the character as he travels to Japan and fights the Ninjas and Shogunate warriors there, then to Mayan culture and I love the reference to alien high tech being part of that period and all and then finally coming face to face with this new enemy and the fight and a little bit of origin of the sword which was fun and finally facing off against him with a predictable ending and also dinosaurs in the cretaceous period was so fun!
I loved this one and sure not everyone will like it as it reads very fast and is decompressed storytelling but maybe one of the best things about it is that its fast paced and doesn't waste much time on exposition and all and gets to the nitty-gritty fast! The art was awesome and makes for a smooth read and yep sets the plot for a future villain to return. So I will definitely recommend it, its fast paced and all and maybe you might not like it but you will have a good time reading it.
Its pretty much Cable tracking down a villain named Conquest who aims to gather Time sword which has been fragmented into five parts and is spread throughout history and we follow the character as he travels to Japan and fights the Ninjas and Shogunate warriors there, then to Mayan culture and I love the reference to alien high tech being part of that period and all and then finally coming face to face with this new enemy and the fight and a little bit of origin of the sword which was fun and finally facing off against him with a predictable ending and also dinosaurs in the cretaceous period was so fun!
I loved this one and sure not everyone will like it as it reads very fast and is decompressed storytelling but maybe one of the best things about it is that its fast paced and doesn't waste much time on exposition and all and gets to the nitty-gritty fast! The art was awesome and makes for a smooth read and yep sets the plot for a future villain to return. So I will definitely recommend it, its fast paced and all and maybe you might not like it but you will have a good time reading it.
March 31, 2022
Cable tracks a nameless villain across time. The villain gives old-timey people futuristic weapons to fight Cable in his wake, Lather, rinse, repeat each issue. The bad guy, Conquest, who might as well be Kang, is chasing some macguffin called the time sword. It's all very mindless. There's no characterization or story. You'd never know this was the same writer of the fantastic Starman. It feels like fan fiction. Now if they had done a variation of this with Kang and Cable chasing each other in a cat and mouse game that could have been very cool.
January 26, 2018
I’ve always found Cable to be an interesting concept for a character. Certainly, back in the 1990s, part of his coolness was his mysterious origins and the other part was the Rob Liefeld art. (Yeah, I’m a Liefeld fan, though I can admit the problems with his art.). Can’t say I’ve been a dedicated follower of the character, but I thought the idea of Cable as a time traveling hero stopping people from screwing with the timeline sounded okay plus it had Carlos Pacheco art.
Story starts out okay with Cable chasing a baddie named Conquest around in time, attempting to stop this guy from collecting pieces of some Uber weapon. We don’t know much more than that about what is going on, nor does the plot ever really develop past this. What we do get is loads of fantastic fights between Cable and cowboys, Cable and samurai, and even dinosaurs. Pacheco’s art bringing all this too life for sixty percent of the arc.
Big letdown to this book for me was the lack of development. I’ve already mentioned how the plot never grew beyond the initial setup and neither do the characters. Cable and Conquest are the same at the end of the tale as they are before. We never know exactly why Conquest was doing this. We don’t know when, how, or why Cable got involved. And the conclusion of it all is pretty meh.
Cable: Conquest was a decent read, I guess. I enjoyed the fights and the art. It wasn’t a convoluted mess like many X-tales, plus it did make me want to read more about this character again, so it gets three stars.
Story starts out okay with Cable chasing a baddie named Conquest around in time, attempting to stop this guy from collecting pieces of some Uber weapon. We don’t know much more than that about what is going on, nor does the plot ever really develop past this. What we do get is loads of fantastic fights between Cable and cowboys, Cable and samurai, and even dinosaurs. Pacheco’s art bringing all this too life for sixty percent of the arc.
Big letdown to this book for me was the lack of development. I’ve already mentioned how the plot never grew beyond the initial setup and neither do the characters. Cable and Conquest are the same at the end of the tale as they are before. We never know exactly why Conquest was doing this. We don’t know when, how, or why Cable got involved. And the conclusion of it all is pretty meh.
Cable: Conquest was a decent read, I guess. I enjoyed the fights and the art. It wasn’t a convoluted mess like many X-tales, plus it did make me want to read more about this character again, so it gets three stars.
January 8, 2018
A deeply disappointing new volume of Cable.
Robinson gets one thing right: he presents Cable as a time-traveling hero journeying through the ages. It's a great take on Cable that hasn't been used much.
But his actual plot? It's horrible. There's some baddie named Conquest, and by the end of the volume we literally know nothing about him. And he's journeying across time gathering the pieces of the MacGuffin. He mostly stays ahead of Cable and so for the early issues Cable goes to a MacGuffin site, finds Conquest has been there already, and then fights locals that Conquest left behind with tech weapons. Rinse, lather, repeat. The last couple of issues have a little bit of a variation of the formula, but just the who and when of Cable's fights.
And don't expect a lick of characterization for Nathan either.
Is this comic horrible because Robinson has done tons of mediocre work post-Starman or is it mediocre because the post-Secret Wars X-Men office is strangling the creativity of its authors, requiring them to write pablum? Who knows? It's not worth reading in the least, however.
Robinson gets one thing right: he presents Cable as a time-traveling hero journeying through the ages. It's a great take on Cable that hasn't been used much.
But his actual plot? It's horrible. There's some baddie named Conquest, and by the end of the volume we literally know nothing about him. And he's journeying across time gathering the pieces of the MacGuffin. He mostly stays ahead of Cable and so for the early issues Cable goes to a MacGuffin site, finds Conquest has been there already, and then fights locals that Conquest left behind with tech weapons. Rinse, lather, repeat. The last couple of issues have a little bit of a variation of the formula, but just the who and when of Cable's fights.
And don't expect a lick of characterization for Nathan either.
Is this comic horrible because Robinson has done tons of mediocre work post-Starman or is it mediocre because the post-Secret Wars X-Men office is strangling the creativity of its authors, requiring them to write pablum? Who knows? It's not worth reading in the least, however.
April 20, 2018
Thought I’d delve into the world of Cable as he is in the upcoming Deadpool movie. But I wasn’t wow’d or that interested.
A below average introduction to Cable, with a more than predictable plot, I just wished it had of been a lot more “edgier” forgive the generic phrase. Cable is such a badass superhero and I feel with the story-line it could’ve been far more Interesting and unique. The dialogue coming from Cable was also very impersonal, it didn’t really create a memorable character, which I feel they could’ve done.
Anyone have any other Cable recommendations? I haven’t given up just yet...
A below average introduction to Cable, with a more than predictable plot, I just wished it had of been a lot more “edgier” forgive the generic phrase. Cable is such a badass superhero and I feel with the story-line it could’ve been far more Interesting and unique. The dialogue coming from Cable was also very impersonal, it didn’t really create a memorable character, which I feel they could’ve done.
Anyone have any other Cable recommendations? I haven’t given up just yet...
January 18, 2018
Cable is a guilty pleasure character of mine. I've always enjoyed Cable and X-Force books, and the old dude with giant guns has always been a favorite since childhood. His books are rarely good, and he rarely gets any meaningful development, but nothing quite scratches that itch I get the same.
This volume is a big stupid time travel story, where a new no-name villain is seeking something called the "time-sword". Cable says very little across the book, and motivations are about as bare-bones as it gets. The pleasure of this book comes solely from watching Cable fight a bunch of time displaced warriors, illustrated beautifully three fifths of the way by Carlos Pacheco. Once he takes off though, the shallowness of the book hits you, as the story quickly resolves in a poorly explained, wildly anticlimactic fashion.
Cable just barely gets three stars by beating my "waste of time rule". I like Cable, I enjoyed the fights, I liked most of the artwork, and while it was over quick, I actually enjoyed reading this... even if it just wasn't very well written. I'll probably come back for another serving, and maybe Robinson finds his footing a little better as the series continues, but it's likely safe to skip for most Marvel readers.
This volume is a big stupid time travel story, where a new no-name villain is seeking something called the "time-sword". Cable says very little across the book, and motivations are about as bare-bones as it gets. The pleasure of this book comes solely from watching Cable fight a bunch of time displaced warriors, illustrated beautifully three fifths of the way by Carlos Pacheco. Once he takes off though, the shallowness of the book hits you, as the story quickly resolves in a poorly explained, wildly anticlimactic fashion.
Cable just barely gets three stars by beating my "waste of time rule". I like Cable, I enjoyed the fights, I liked most of the artwork, and while it was over quick, I actually enjoyed reading this... even if it just wasn't very well written. I'll probably come back for another serving, and maybe Robinson finds his footing a little better as the series continues, but it's likely safe to skip for most Marvel readers.
January 15, 2018
I really wanted to like this a lot more, but the story is so barely developed, and there is absolutely no character development whatsoever. I feel like I missed something vital prior to reading this. The villain is just a one-dimensional Kang the Conquerer knockoff actually called Conquest. Seriously, did I miss something?
Art was fun, at least.
Art was fun, at least.
May 17, 2018
A quick and dirty time-traveling Cable story. There wasn’t much here beyond action and time travel, though. Also, the Yucatan coast is not in South America, guys. Like, look at a map please.
December 8, 2019
The art was nice. The plot, basically non-existent.
Filling this gap in X-Men history is becoming quite painful.
Filling this gap in X-Men history is becoming quite painful.
March 31, 2018
This really is 3.5 stars for me but since I feel it's closer to four than three I rounded up.
To borrow from Hammerstein, how do you solve a problem like Cable? Marvel has been attempting to answer this question since the early '90s, sometimes successfully and sometimes not. Here, writer James Robinson wipes the slate clean and establishes a new status quo for our favorite time-travelling mutant.
Cable, having moved beyond his obsessions with Apocalypse and Stryfe, is now essentially a self-appointed timecop. Although it's a bit of a non sequitur in terms of the character's arc, this new take on Cable works for the most part and it feels fresh.
The weaknesses to be found in the story lie not with Nathan Summers but with a rather bland villain and a general lack of context. We're not told much about Conquest, the bad guy this collection is titled for, so it's difficult to perceive him as a serious threat. It doesn't feel like the narrative is invested enough in him.
Also, Cable has no connection to the X-men universe nor the larger Marvel universe here so things feel a tad hollow. The potentially time-shattering events taking place feel a bit like they're happening in a vacuum and that impacts the dramatic momentum. Cable is a character that is well-served in some kind of group setting; he's the puzzle piece that never quite fits and that inherent tension with those around him enriches the character. It's missed here.
Beyond all that though, this is a great starting point for a character who has been at times ill-defined. I hope Marvel sticks with it because I'm very curious where we go from here.
To borrow from Hammerstein, how do you solve a problem like Cable? Marvel has been attempting to answer this question since the early '90s, sometimes successfully and sometimes not. Here, writer James Robinson wipes the slate clean and establishes a new status quo for our favorite time-travelling mutant.
Cable, having moved beyond his obsessions with Apocalypse and Stryfe, is now essentially a self-appointed timecop. Although it's a bit of a non sequitur in terms of the character's arc, this new take on Cable works for the most part and it feels fresh.
The weaknesses to be found in the story lie not with Nathan Summers but with a rather bland villain and a general lack of context. We're not told much about Conquest, the bad guy this collection is titled for, so it's difficult to perceive him as a serious threat. It doesn't feel like the narrative is invested enough in him.
Also, Cable has no connection to the X-men universe nor the larger Marvel universe here so things feel a tad hollow. The potentially time-shattering events taking place feel a bit like they're happening in a vacuum and that impacts the dramatic momentum. Cable is a character that is well-served in some kind of group setting; he's the puzzle piece that never quite fits and that inherent tension with those around him enriches the character. It's missed here.
Beyond all that though, this is a great starting point for a character who has been at times ill-defined. I hope Marvel sticks with it because I'm very curious where we go from here.
October 30, 2018
Eu não costumo gostar das histórias do Cable, eu as leio porque sou um fã tarja preta radical dos mutantes da Marvel, mas é difícil eu gostar delas. Estas aqui deste encadernado eu gostei bastante. Uma razão é porque envolve viagem através do tempo. Cable está em busca de artefatos que, durante a Guerra Inumanos x Eternos, foram perdidos no fluxo. Assim, ele vai parar no velho oeste, no Japão feudal, no Império Maia e na pré-história em busca desses artefatos antes que eles caiam em mãos erradas. Outro motivo para curtir essa história em quadrinhos é a equipe envolvida. Todos, James Robinson, Carlos Pacheco e Yldiray Çinar estiveram envolvidos em histórias através do tempo, do espaço e das dimensões das realidades e acabam fazendo um trabalho muito competente. Claro, também não é um trabalho sensacional, mas é um trabalho que entrega o que promete: escapismo e diversão. Pior coisa são aqueles trabalhos que fazem muito alarde do que querem entregar e acabam ficando muito aquém daquilo que se pretendem. Uma pena que essa equipe criativa não continue mais em Cable, dando lugar a outra, no segundo encadernado e ainda no outra, no terceiro e final.
December 19, 2017
Cable through time
Robinson has Cable shifting through eras and the time stream, and it's a very fast-paced comic. It feels very tangential to the current X books, but it's a fun take on what can be a convoluted title.
Robinson has Cable shifting through eras and the time stream, and it's a very fast-paced comic. It feels very tangential to the current X books, but it's a fun take on what can be a convoluted title.
February 28, 2018
this book was repetitive. and dull
January 4, 2024
The art is great, the story is terrible.
In the first two issues Cable chases an unidentified person through time. The unidentified person trades futuristic weapons with the locals in exchange for something unnamed, and the locals attack Cable. It's all fight scenes. No effort is made to reintroduce Cable.
In the third issue, we get a name to our villain. In the fourth issue, we get a motivation. The whole thing is derivative of Kang the Conqueror. Then, in the fifth issue, it comes to a climax.
The story is so phoned in. Disappointing.
In the first two issues Cable chases an unidentified person through time. The unidentified person trades futuristic weapons with the locals in exchange for something unnamed, and the locals attack Cable. It's all fight scenes. No effort is made to reintroduce Cable.
In the third issue, we get a name to our villain. In the fourth issue, we get a motivation. The whole thing is derivative of Kang the Conqueror. Then, in the fifth issue, it comes to a climax.
The story is so phoned in. Disappointing.
January 9, 2018
Speak softly and say almost next to nothing.
This is really thin storytelling with just a lot of action.
I may have read this in less than 25 minutes.
This is really thin storytelling with just a lot of action.
I may have read this in less than 25 minutes.
November 8, 2018
Continuing the great x-read of 2017/18...
As someone who absolutely loves Cable (when he is written well - like Messiah War and the Cable and Deadpool series...), I was so looking forward to this book. Cable has been criminally underused in my opinion and I thought that a new Cable series could be exactly what was missing in the X-books. About halfway through this "story" though, I stopped and literally said out loud "What the hell is this?"
Oh, man. So there really isn't a story here. And that is not an exaggeration at all. We have Cable jumping through time chasing a villain that isn't even named for the first few issues. (When he is, we learn that his name is the oh so original 'Conquest' because that's what he wants, you see. It's somehow less interesting as a name than Apocalypse - because that just sounds badass or Mr. Sinister - because that is playful and purposefully ridiculous.) It allows for a lot of shooting and stabbing. Panels and panels and panels of shooting and stabbing with few of those pesky little words to get in the way. We have a macguffin that is never fully explained and yet extremely silly. (Yes, dear reader, it really is called simply the time sword.) We have a Cable that is more of a cardboard cutout gritty 90s hero here than he even was in the 90s books.
There is absolutely no meat here. None. It's a thin excuse for pages and pages of death and destruction with weird pixelated weapons strewn through the timestream. It reads like bad fan fiction. That is not something I enjoy saying. I know that writing is darned hard work and I hate disparaging another writer. But there is just precious little that I can find to say about this volume that is at all positive.
Oh, I know. The art was pretty good.
Skip this one. There is absolutely nothing of import in this one. No plot, no character development. It's an experiment in how droll a comic can be.
As someone who absolutely loves Cable (when he is written well - like Messiah War and the Cable and Deadpool series...), I was so looking forward to this book. Cable has been criminally underused in my opinion and I thought that a new Cable series could be exactly what was missing in the X-books. About halfway through this "story" though, I stopped and literally said out loud "What the hell is this?"
Oh, man. So there really isn't a story here. And that is not an exaggeration at all. We have Cable jumping through time chasing a villain that isn't even named for the first few issues. (When he is, we learn that his name is the oh so original 'Conquest' because that's what he wants, you see. It's somehow less interesting as a name than Apocalypse - because that just sounds badass or Mr. Sinister - because that is playful and purposefully ridiculous.) It allows for a lot of shooting and stabbing. Panels and panels and panels of shooting and stabbing with few of those pesky little words to get in the way. We have a macguffin that is never fully explained and yet extremely silly. (Yes, dear reader, it really is called simply the time sword.) We have a Cable that is more of a cardboard cutout gritty 90s hero here than he even was in the 90s books.
There is absolutely no meat here. None. It's a thin excuse for pages and pages of death and destruction with weird pixelated weapons strewn through the timestream. It reads like bad fan fiction. That is not something I enjoy saying. I know that writing is darned hard work and I hate disparaging another writer. But there is just precious little that I can find to say about this volume that is at all positive.
Oh, I know. The art was pretty good.
Skip this one. There is absolutely nothing of import in this one. No plot, no character development. It's an experiment in how droll a comic can be.
February 27, 2018
3.5 Stars.
Surprise... Cable is time travelling again... LOL
This time, he's tracking a villain named Conquest, who is messing up time in two ways: 1) Giving futuristic weapons to societies who aren't advanced yet, and 2) he's collecting pieces to a mystical weapon called the Time Sword, which allows the user to remake portions of time however they see fit. Jumping and fighting first through the Old West, then Feudal Japan, Cable tracks Conquest to the Mayans. There he meets Kagan, a priest who has adapted quickly to the informational aspects of the tech, and who helps Cable know where the last remaining time piece is.
After a quick jump first to interrupt Conquest's meeting with Rasputin in Russia, Cable sets up traps in the prehistoric era, guarding the last piece of the Time Sword. When Conquest arrives and takes the Time Sword fragment from Cable, the artifact turns against him and sends him into a time vortex, because the "last piece" Cable had was actually a fake created by Kagan.
Cable wins... as always.... and maintains his permanent badass status.
Recommend. Though I hope the book gains some great villains and pays tribute to the character's history going forward.
Surprise... Cable is time travelling again... LOL
This time, he's tracking a villain named Conquest, who is messing up time in two ways: 1) Giving futuristic weapons to societies who aren't advanced yet, and 2) he's collecting pieces to a mystical weapon called the Time Sword, which allows the user to remake portions of time however they see fit. Jumping and fighting first through the Old West, then Feudal Japan, Cable tracks Conquest to the Mayans. There he meets Kagan, a priest who has adapted quickly to the informational aspects of the tech, and who helps Cable know where the last remaining time piece is.
After a quick jump first to interrupt Conquest's meeting with Rasputin in Russia, Cable sets up traps in the prehistoric era, guarding the last piece of the Time Sword. When Conquest arrives and takes the Time Sword fragment from Cable, the artifact turns against him and sends him into a time vortex, because the "last piece" Cable had was actually a fake created by Kagan.
Cable wins... as always.... and maintains his permanent badass status.
Recommend. Though I hope the book gains some great villains and pays tribute to the character's history going forward.
June 5, 2023
Ive never been a huge Cable fan, I mean he is ok in small doses, but I decided to give this a shot mostly because of James Robinson, who I am a fan of. And it's........ ok, for the most part.
I mean look, without putting Cable into a huge story about the fate of reality and how he has to sacrifice himself, there's not much you can really do with Cable. He's such a unwavering soldier character that it's hard to really make the book about anything else other than what he's good at - being a soldier. And in this case, Robinson makes him a time cop of sorts. He chases this guy, Conquest, through time as he tries to collect these pieces of a weapon that will give him... power I guess. But the way he does it is to give future technology to civilizations throughout time that have each individual piece of this weapon. So Cable is basically trying to stop him as this obviously will mess up time and how battles will be fought (and won/lost).
The story is what it is because Cable is who he is. You basically know what to expect if you know the character of Cable at all. And Robinson gives us just that, no more no less.
Recommended for fans of the character.
I mean look, without putting Cable into a huge story about the fate of reality and how he has to sacrifice himself, there's not much you can really do with Cable. He's such a unwavering soldier character that it's hard to really make the book about anything else other than what he's good at - being a soldier. And in this case, Robinson makes him a time cop of sorts. He chases this guy, Conquest, through time as he tries to collect these pieces of a weapon that will give him... power I guess. But the way he does it is to give future technology to civilizations throughout time that have each individual piece of this weapon. So Cable is basically trying to stop him as this obviously will mess up time and how battles will be fought (and won/lost).
The story is what it is because Cable is who he is. You basically know what to expect if you know the character of Cable at all. And Robinson gives us just that, no more no less.
Recommended for fans of the character.
December 21, 2025
There's nothing exciting in this paint-by-numbers Cable story. See, there's time travel, right? It's Cable, ok? He starts out in the American West, and then he's in feudal Japan, and then he ends up with the Mayans. You know, the cultures widely razed by lazy American writers when they're doing time travel stories? Yea. Nothing interesting happens in any of these places. They're mainly used to distract you from the complete lack of plot in this book. See, Cable is chasing a villain you've never heard of before, and will never hear of again because his entire personality is Villain Chasing A McGuffin Through Time. The McGuffin? The Time Sword. A name that lets you know that Robinson couldn't bother to spend two minutes to come up with a plot for this series. He didn't bother with a thesaurus, or investigate if there was something Mayan, Japanese, or any other culture to poach from, that had a cool sounding term for "Time Sword".
I'm giving it two instead of one star because Robinson isn't a bad writer. If there were a decent plot attached to his dialogue, it would be a three star-book but, at its core, this is a Nothing Story worth absolutely none of anybody's time.
I'm giving it two instead of one star because Robinson isn't a bad writer. If there were a decent plot attached to his dialogue, it would be a three star-book but, at its core, this is a Nothing Story worth absolutely none of anybody's time.
November 23, 2019
I would probably give this 3.5 stars but I can't round it up to a four. I think this is an enjoyable story if you like Cable and time travel stories but there is nothing here that is going to blow your mind or that reinvents the wheel. With that said, I found this simple and straightforward story fun to read. It goes by quick but has a lot of action and the art is beautiful. Traveling across different time settings leads to some great looking art unsurprisingly. The level of detail in the panels is outstanding and this artist is someone I will be on the lookout in the future. The one question I had was if the artist (or whoever designed Conquest) was a fan of Red Steel as the villain looked straight out of that video game. If you're looking for an action-filled story that is a quick read and doesn't have much continuity, then you could do a lot worse than this volume of Cable.
February 11, 2019
So Cable fights a new and ultimately pointless bad guy in this book. Nothing of any import to the future of Cable seems to happen. However, this is an absolute blast.
Imagine that Robinson gave a 10 year old kid a Cable toy and told the kid to do whatever he wanted. Cable fights cowboys, ninjas, mayans, other anachronistic action figures and all those people get light sabers and halfway through the kid finds his dinosaurs and they jump in. Robinson chronicles all this play and gives it to you in this book. Reminiscent of Axe Cop, but without the humor.
Imagine that Robinson gave a 10 year old kid a Cable toy and told the kid to do whatever he wanted. Cable fights cowboys, ninjas, mayans, other anachronistic action figures and all those people get light sabers and halfway through the kid finds his dinosaurs and they jump in. Robinson chronicles all this play and gives it to you in this book. Reminiscent of Axe Cop, but without the humor.
April 27, 2021
So, this was pointless. Five issues of Cable chasing a new uninteresting character through because reasons. There is no connection to Cable, no reason why, no point to any of it. There is no connection to the X-Men, X-Force, or mutants in general. Literally pointless. The outcome was never in doubt. James Robinson is a talented writer who has written some superb books. This is not one of them. The art by Pacheco and Cinar was the only thing keeping this grade from falling further. Overall, skip this.
December 21, 2017
Prvá polovica príbehu sa drží zabehaných klišé. Zlosyn behá v čase, hľadá mocné artefakty a mení históriu. Keď sa cestuje do minulosti, nemôže sa vynechať divoký západ a feudálne Japonsko. Až keď sa dostávame k Aztékom, začína to byť zaujímavé. Finále je uletené, a trochu mi pripomínalo komiks Chrononauts. Ak ste fanúšik tejto postavy, skúste to. Ak máte radi nenáročnú akciu, Cable vás asi tiež nesklame. Nič viac tu ale nehľadajte.
August 23, 2018
Nothing really special to write home about. It is a contained story that most likely will never have the protagonist ever return again. At least, he didnt seem like much of a keeper.
For me, personally, this is Cable coming off of his departure from the Avengers Unity Squad. Unfortunately this does not have a follow-up or connection to what he was attempting to do during the Inhumans v. X-Men war that caused him to leave the squad in the first place. Pity...
For me, personally, this is Cable coming off of his departure from the Avengers Unity Squad. Unfortunately this does not have a follow-up or connection to what he was attempting to do during the Inhumans v. X-Men war that caused him to leave the squad in the first place. Pity...
February 14, 2019
This was a really fast past read. It was full of action and kept you interested with the Cable having to hunt the Antagonist, Conquest, through time. It was a good issue but it didn't seem to have any issues or emotion to it. It was more so just action all the way through. If you want an action read to wake you up after reading a boring novel or so than this is definitely for you. However if you want a little something more than action than you might want to look elsewhere.
December 29, 2019
The plot in and of itself is okay. I like the concept, but Conquest himself is kind of weak and anti-climactic. I do like Cable, the time-cop though. The artwork, specifically the Cable work, is quite good.
The various peoples that Cable runs into are also drawn very well. I also liked the mythos of the Aztec culture. All said, a good read, great art, and curious to see where this title goes next.
The various peoples that Cable runs into are also drawn very well. I also liked the mythos of the Aztec culture. All said, a good read, great art, and curious to see where this title goes next.
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April 10, 2020
Time travel is one of the oldest traditions in the X-Men portion of the Marvel Universe, and no one does it better than Cable. Getting the first adventure in this comic series to focus on Cable taking on a powerful new foe who is disrupting the time stream is a fun way of getting readers back into the complex world of Cable as a hero. The artwork is amazing and the story does a marvelous job of combing the past and the future into a seamless storyline, making for a fun read.
May 28, 2021
Really fun. My first Cable read, and I’m very happy I chose this one. Wild plot full of time travel and battles galore. A solid adversary in many ways, but some of the obstacles here are too easily overcome. Though there are definitely some close calls, Cable at times comes across as undefeatable. The long, dark night of the soul never really comes. Other than that, a fantastically fun Marvel comics trade. Highly recommended for Marvel and Cable fans alike.
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