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Cable (2020) (Single Issues)
Cable #7
A TALE OF TWO TIMELINES! Reeling from the events of X OF SWORDS, Cable turns back to the matter of missing mutant babies… a matter he knows a thing or two about.
25 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 20, 2021
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January 21, 2021
Lo ammetto, ho iniziato la lettura di questo numero pensando che, dopo gli eventi di SWORD, anche qua avessimo un collegamento con King in Black.
Invece abbiamo una veglia per la morte di Gorgon, al che penso che avremo un numero sulle conseguenze di quella mezza delusione che è stata Sword of X.
E invece no di nuovo, perché Nathan si allontana subito da tutto questo: ok il lutto per le morti della saga, ma lui ha un lavoro importante da fare, e cioè tornare a quanto stava impegnando il suo tempo nei mesi scorsi.
I bambini mutanti rapiti dall'Ordine.
Almeno stavolta chiede aiuto a Rachel, e con la sorella ci mettiamo pochissimo a trovare i pargoli e la sede dell'Ordine e dei suoi fanatici. I detective ora sono macchiette sullo sfondo, carino il momento passato insieme dai due fratelli più assurdi di tutti gli X-Men (e anche Ciclope che fa il padre). Ma a portare la valutazione a quattro stelle è il colpo di scena sul mandante, e la reazione finale di Cable per affrontare questa situazione.
Non vedo l'ora di (ri)vedere questa coppia all'opera... questo terzetto di personaggi riporta indietro di peso di una trentina di anni!
Invece abbiamo una veglia per la morte di Gorgon, al che penso che avremo un numero sulle conseguenze di quella mezza delusione che è stata Sword of X.
E invece no di nuovo, perché Nathan si allontana subito da tutto questo: ok il lutto per le morti della saga, ma lui ha un lavoro importante da fare, e cioè tornare a quanto stava impegnando il suo tempo nei mesi scorsi.
I bambini mutanti rapiti dall'Ordine.
Almeno stavolta chiede aiuto a Rachel, e con la sorella ci mettiamo pochissimo a trovare i pargoli e la sede dell'Ordine e dei suoi fanatici. I detective ora sono macchiette sullo sfondo, carino il momento passato insieme dai due fratelli più assurdi di tutti gli X-Men (e anche Ciclope che fa il padre). Ma a portare la valutazione a quattro stelle è il colpo di scena sul mandante, e la reazione finale di Cable per affrontare questa situazione.
Non vedo l'ora di (ri)vedere questa coppia all'opera... questo terzetto di personaggi riporta indietro di peso di una trentina di anni!
January 21, 2021
Oh yeah, that's what we were doing before X Of Swords so rudely interrupted us...looking for kidnapped babies!
And, thanks to Rachel Summers, we actually find them! Well, half of them. As in, we find five of the ten missing babies...not that we find ten halves of babies...that would be gross. Why would you even think that might be thing? You disgust me...
Anyway, it's great to see the Summers family being a family, I don't recall Nate and Rachel ever really spending any time together, just the two of them, before. Plus we get some great "Cyclops being a dad" stuff here. And "Dad Cyclops" is probably the best Cyclops.
Plus, we finally find out who's behind the baby kidnapping, and let's just say that they're keeping it in the family...
The only thing missing from this issue is more outrageous flirting with the Cuckoos, but it's still pretty great with some gorgeous Phil Noto art.
And, thanks to Rachel Summers, we actually find them! Well, half of them. As in, we find five of the ten missing babies...not that we find ten halves of babies...that would be gross. Why would you even think that might be thing? You disgust me...
Anyway, it's great to see the Summers family being a family, I don't recall Nate and Rachel ever really spending any time together, just the two of them, before. Plus we get some great "Cyclops being a dad" stuff here. And "Dad Cyclops" is probably the best Cyclops.
Plus, we finally find out who's behind the baby kidnapping, and let's just say that they're keeping it in the family...
The only thing missing from this issue is more outrageous flirting with the Cuckoos, but it's still pretty great with some gorgeous Phil Noto art.
January 28, 2021
- Rachel Summers looks so gooooood! I'd love to see more of her by Duggan and Noto.
- Since X of Swords I've started liking Cable a lot more. This redemption arc is doing great for his character development too. It's wonderful to see him working with Rachel. The Summers siblings should definitely team up more often in future – that includes Hope!
- Yesssssss to seeing Domino in future issues!!
- Lots of funny moments balanced with the right amount of foreshadowing.
- Since X of Swords I've started liking Cable a lot more. This redemption arc is doing great for his character development too. It's wonderful to see him working with Rachel. The Summers siblings should definitely team up more often in future – that includes Hope!
- Yesssssss to seeing Domino in future issues!!
- Lots of funny moments balanced with the right amount of foreshadowing.
January 23, 2021
This was one of the most Rachel-heavy comics in years, which I like. Even in X-Factor, where she is ostensibly one of the main characters, she doesn't usually get as much dialogue as she got in this issue. That's great.
What's not so great is that I don't think the writer really "gets" Cable. Lately comics have bounced around with ideas about what this version's personality should be like. Some suggest he is dumber than the older version of himself, some suggest that he is too impulsive. I don't really understand why these are suggestions at all, unless there is some editorial mandate that this version of Cable has to be different from the other one. Usually, Cable is methodical, experienced, competent, etc.
Also, what a strange thing for Cable to say, that Stryfe was the clone of the other version of him. Stryfe was cloned from Cable as a baby, shortly after he arrived in the future and was freshly infected with the T-O virus. Because Apocalypse was worried Cable wouldn't survive the infection. So Stryfe is just as much a clone of this Cable as the other Cable.
Oh yeah. Stryfe is back as a threat. Again.
What's not so great is that I don't think the writer really "gets" Cable. Lately comics have bounced around with ideas about what this version's personality should be like. Some suggest he is dumber than the older version of himself, some suggest that he is too impulsive. I don't really understand why these are suggestions at all, unless there is some editorial mandate that this version of Cable has to be different from the other one. Usually, Cable is methodical, experienced, competent, etc.
Also, what a strange thing for Cable to say, that Stryfe was the clone of the other version of him. Stryfe was cloned from Cable as a baby, shortly after he arrived in the future and was freshly infected with the T-O virus. Because Apocalypse was worried Cable wouldn't survive the infection. So Stryfe is just as much a clone of this Cable as the other Cable.
Oh yeah. Stryfe is back as a threat. Again.
October 20, 2025
A little intriguing but they withhold too much info so that knocked it down a star
January 24, 2021
Back to saving mutant babies! You'd think they would have sent one of the of mutants that weren't involved in the Otherworld tournament but then we wouldn't have this Stryfe storyline. Funny, i was just thinking about Stryfe the other day, he was featured pretty heavily in the 90's era trading cards and one of my kids bought me some Chef Boyardee promo cards where he is one of the mystery villains. Anyways... This issue really stands out from its predecessors for me. It's a nice blend of action and story building. I think bringing in a classic "old Cable" villain is a good move. Or at least more interesting than Cable dates the Cuckoos. And the Domino/kid Cable team-up should be fun.
I'd been considering canceling my subscription of this book but I think I'll give it a few more issues because this was really good.
I'd been considering canceling my subscription of this book but I think I'll give it a few more issues because this was really good.
March 21, 2024
Good clean art by Phil Noto. I enjoyed the sequence where they saved the babies, even if I was a little lost on the why of things happening. Mostly just because it'd been so long since I've read the previous arc. The teasing of bringing in Domino at the end was cool!
January 21, 2021
Good issue.
Intrigue, action, good dialogue and domino back in the frame. Good stuff.
Intrigue, action, good dialogue and domino back in the frame. Good stuff.
February 4, 2021
Duggan has to be from Philadelphia. He got the detective's personas on the nose.
April 19, 2022
Saving babies, flexing power, and family team up. Not bad for a days work. Lol knew it was Domino.
August 20, 2024
Duggan's entire Cable 2020 run is fantastic!!!
But no surprise Duggan is one of the best!
But no surprise Duggan is one of the best!
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