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Cable (2020)
Cable, Vol. 2
Still reeling from the events of X OF SWORDS, Cable turns back to the matter of missing mutant babies…a matter that he knows a thing or two about. But when his investigations lead him to a very familiar face, he’ll need all the luck he can get — from Domino! She’s been a steadfast ally to the older Cable for years, but how will she react when meeting his younger past self for the first time? As the paradoxes of time travel stack up, Nathan’s future is coming back to haunt him…and he isn’t ready. Yet. But as young Cable inches towards the startling secret of a lost child, an inevitable reckoning draws ever closer. Some summers seem like they will never end. And some end too soon…
COLLECTING: Cable (2020) 7-12
COLLECTING: Cable (2020) 7-12
160 pages, Paperback
First published October 12, 2021
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September 30, 2023
Some group are kidnapping mutant babies; shades of Inferno! This volume sees the return of one of Cable's most enduring and deadly nemesis, Cable junior realises that he may need to get some help, from himself! A deep Cable continuity story that doesn't go deep enough and also isn't accessible enough to satisfy fan-person or new readers in my opinion, although the well thought, albeit unoriginal finale is pretty touching. A 6 out of 12 Three Star read.
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April 22, 2022
After getting sidetracked by X of Swords, Cable is back to hunting kidnapped mutant babies. Stryfe is, of course, involved. Lots and lots of clones too. That part was all throw away. The best elements of this were Nathan Summers finally getting to spend time with the rest of his family. Some of the timey-wimey stuff was a tad confusing. (Cable may have the most complicated history of any mutant.) Duggan did a good job of patching this into Cable's history, which can be difficult with two different-aged Cables running around. Phil Noto's art is crazy good.
October 20, 2021
La historia transcurre luego de la batalla en Otro Mundo. Cable vuelve y sigue en sus líos amorosos con las Cuckoos, más concretamente con Esme. Vuelve en busca de la Orden de X quien ha estado secuestrando bebés mutantes. En ese camino le ayuda Dominó, sus padres y hasta Deadpool. En el camino pedirá ayuda a Magik quien le ayuda a encontrar al otro Cable (al viejo) que estaba desaparecido hace mucho luego de que el joven Cable "lo matara" hace años.
Con este número llega el final de la serie de Cable. Debo decir que fue muy corto todo y que el fin es como volver a un punto de partida lo que lo hace decepcionante. Me gustó sin embargo que se haya explorado algo del lado de padres de Jean y Scott e incluso de Emma.
Con este número llega el final de la serie de Cable. Debo decir que fue muy corto todo y que el fin es como volver a un punto de partida lo que lo hace decepcionante. Me gustó sin embargo que se haya explorado algo del lado de padres de Jean y Scott e incluso de Emma.
July 24, 2024
Cable’s story has always been insanely convoluted and highly confusing to me, and that is no different here. However, Duggan does some great work to hit some emotional plot beats that still hit even when I feel so unmoored by all the timey-wimey shit. He also has some great humor in here that I highly appreciated.
Phil Noto’s art is fantastic as always. Between Duggan’s humor and Noto’s art, the bits of the Emma Frost we get here are absolute highlights and the best of Emma in this X era so far.
Phil Noto’s art is fantastic as always. Between Duggan’s humor and Noto’s art, the bits of the Emma Frost we get here are absolute highlights and the best of Emma in this X era so far.
March 25, 2022
This was a story of family, a complicated family, a story of young love, of returns and farewells, above all, this was the story of Kid Cable, and it ended splendidly. I'm sad to see this title go, it was one of my favorite runs of the Dawn of X, and my favorite Phil Noto work so far.
August 5, 2021
A baffling title. Writers never had a clear idea of what they wanted to do with "Kid Cable," and they couldn't even decide what personality to give him. The classic older Cable of the 90s was eminently competent. This guy? Writers couldn't decide if they wanted to try to make him "funny" by making him a sporadic idiot.
This volume attempts to have a nice nod to continuity with the magical ritual from Inferno (back in the late 80s) that required the sacrifice of mutant babies. Of course, the ritual made a whole lot less sense without any demons or magic-users involved. Stryfe appears as the villain and he attempts to do the ritual, even though N'astir and S'ym aren't around to tell him what to do. When the Goblin Queen did all this, she was corrupted by demonic magic and became more of a magic-styled villain than anything else.
The writers didn't seem to know too much about Cable and Stryfe's history. It was like someone read the highlights of their Wikipedia pages, and then got details wrong.
Cable makes the odd statement of, "We don't know why Apocalypse cloned me." Sure we do. The baby Nathaniel Christopher Summers was sent to the future infected with the techno-organic virus, so Apocalypse cloned the infant so that he would have a backup. It was ultimately his plan that he would take over the Summers child's body after he had used up his own, and a child born from the combination of Summers and Grey DNA was supposed to be godlike.
But, today's Marvel writers don't want those years of talking about combining Summers and Grey DNA to matter anymore. Marvel editorial is now bending over backwards to make Rachel and Cable characters of no particular importance. If writers want a character to be Phoenix, they're always going to choose Jean, or else the novelty of some unrelated character for a few issues. It's never going to be Rachel ever again, apparently.
Writers didn't know what to make of Stryfe's personality either. So in one scene he makes a comedic aside, as if he were Deadpool. Because sure, this overwrought clone mastermind character with an elaborate metal headdress has always been so comedic up until this point. *Eyeroll*
This volume attempts to have a nice nod to continuity with the magical ritual from Inferno (back in the late 80s) that required the sacrifice of mutant babies. Of course, the ritual made a whole lot less sense without any demons or magic-users involved. Stryfe appears as the villain and he attempts to do the ritual, even though N'astir and S'ym aren't around to tell him what to do. When the Goblin Queen did all this, she was corrupted by demonic magic and became more of a magic-styled villain than anything else.
The writers didn't seem to know too much about Cable and Stryfe's history. It was like someone read the highlights of their Wikipedia pages, and then got details wrong.
Cable makes the odd statement of, "We don't know why Apocalypse cloned me." Sure we do. The baby Nathaniel Christopher Summers was sent to the future infected with the techno-organic virus, so Apocalypse cloned the infant so that he would have a backup. It was ultimately his plan that he would take over the Summers child's body after he had used up his own, and a child born from the combination of Summers and Grey DNA was supposed to be godlike.
But, today's Marvel writers don't want those years of talking about combining Summers and Grey DNA to matter anymore. Marvel editorial is now bending over backwards to make Rachel and Cable characters of no particular importance. If writers want a character to be Phoenix, they're always going to choose Jean, or else the novelty of some unrelated character for a few issues. It's never going to be Rachel ever again, apparently.
Writers didn't know what to make of Stryfe's personality either. So in one scene he makes a comedic aside, as if he were Deadpool. Because sure, this overwrought clone mastermind character with an elaborate metal headdress has always been so comedic up until this point. *Eyeroll*
September 23, 2021
Cable returns from the tournament of swords with a big ol' sword on his back, and a mission to complete before his title comes to an end.
This book unfortunately falls under the 'too little, too late' category. It wasted half its run on X Of Swords prelude stuff, so we get the actual plot in this volume instead. Cable tries to deal with his past and his future all at once with the reintroduction of Old Man Cable (Classic Cable? Diet Cable?) and Stryfe, and while it's a fun conclusion that manages to have its cake and eat it too without killing people off for the sake of it like Kid Cable's original introduction, by the time we get to the point where everything's mildly compelling again, the book ends.
At least it looks nice. I'm always baffled by how someone as good of an artist as Phil Noto can do so many consecutive issues in this world of crazy shipping schedules without sacrificing quality, and yet here he comes again to shut me up.
Cable's latest ongoing spends too long spinning its wheels and then barrels head first into its final few issues where all the good stuff happens. It looks good doing it, but that's not really enough to save it.
This book unfortunately falls under the 'too little, too late' category. It wasted half its run on X Of Swords prelude stuff, so we get the actual plot in this volume instead. Cable tries to deal with his past and his future all at once with the reintroduction of Old Man Cable (Classic Cable? Diet Cable?) and Stryfe, and while it's a fun conclusion that manages to have its cake and eat it too without killing people off for the sake of it like Kid Cable's original introduction, by the time we get to the point where everything's mildly compelling again, the book ends.
At least it looks nice. I'm always baffled by how someone as good of an artist as Phil Noto can do so many consecutive issues in this world of crazy shipping schedules without sacrificing quality, and yet here he comes again to shut me up.
Cable's latest ongoing spends too long spinning its wheels and then barrels head first into its final few issues where all the good stuff happens. It looks good doing it, but that's not really enough to save it.
August 14, 2023
I didn’t know a lot about Cable before diving into this series and after having read the second and last volume from the Krakoa era run, I still don’t know that I know a lot of how EXACTLY Cable works, but I loved this story and this version of the character. Wishing there was more to read in this, but I’ll seek out more Cable in the future for sure!
October 4, 2021
I'm either the exact right or exact wrong audience for this book but historically I don't like Cable stories. He sort of screams 1990s comics gritty excess to me most of the time but one of the things that's fun about the Krakoa era of X-Men is it's less of a dystopian hellscape for characters like Cable who have only ever known struggle mostly in post apocalyptic wastelands. This Cable is a relative kid to his much older, grizzled self. He can be funny, have a girlfriend, hang out a little. I like this Cable and I'm sorry this series doesn't go past these issues because I want to spend more time with him.
November 1, 2021
Duggan’s Cable couldn’t be more bland. The art does him no favors as all the characters have the same blocky body type that I really never felt like fit the title. And it all kinda comes full circle, but it also felt all over the place. They put a sword in for the sword books, had a kidnapping and romance subplot, and then centered the title around Young Cable, but bring back Old Cable. Cable is not the worst title in the Yawn of X snoozefest, but it felt far from important and really had no meaningful impact on the other titles either.
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September 23, 2022I much preferred the fresh-faced version of Cable to his usual grizzled self, particularly given the charming Summers family dynamic his presence on Krakoa enabled, but this story of the old man replacing his younger self is meant to be bittersweet, so that's not exactly a problem. To an extent it feels like a less wholly tragic riff on Journey Into Mystery, with a character who thought they'd got a fresh start gradually realising that there's no escaping their own accumulated bullshit. And if Duggan inevitably isn't quite as meta about stories reverting to type, and the demands of corporate comics, as Gillen's tale was, well, it still finds room to be a little knowing in the way it brings back all those ropy old Liefeld characters and makes their baffling powers, or the circularity and ultimate pointlessness of the Cable/Stryfe conflict, into the whole focus of the story. Granted, this does also mean it's the second Krakoa collection in a row that I've read to feature bloody Wildside, but you can hardly have stories about superhero decadence without the odd terrible character.
Not that it's an entirely self-referential exercise. There's a nice wit to it, as when Magik describes her role in Limbo as "the landlord, the cop and the Beyoncé of this place", or one cruelly inventive glimpse of the torments of the damned. A brief scene of Arakkii mutants on the rampage in London reveals them as having developed a taste for gin and Scotch eggs, which is already a better grasp of British culture than the recent Excalibur run managed in the dozen issues I slogged through. And underlying it all is that old, sad story about the love that cannot be because the young man must go off to war, which somehow is no less poignant for the frankly ludicrous number of clones involved in this version. Once or twice early on I did feel that Noto's art was less luminous than in the first volume, occasionally even a little static, but by the end he pulls it around for what surely be the most tearjerking issue ever published of a Cable comic.
Not that it's an entirely self-referential exercise. There's a nice wit to it, as when Magik describes her role in Limbo as "the landlord, the cop and the Beyoncé of this place", or one cruelly inventive glimpse of the torments of the damned. A brief scene of Arakkii mutants on the rampage in London reveals them as having developed a taste for gin and Scotch eggs, which is already a better grasp of British culture than the recent Excalibur run managed in the dozen issues I slogged through. And underlying it all is that old, sad story about the love that cannot be because the young man must go off to war, which somehow is no less poignant for the frankly ludicrous number of clones involved in this version. Once or twice early on I did feel that Noto's art was less luminous than in the first volume, occasionally even a little static, but by the end he pulls it around for what surely be the most tearjerking issue ever published of a Cable comic.
November 18, 2021
With this Volume complete, I believe I have fully experienced "Reign of X" from "X of Swords" to "Hellfire Gala", the latter of which I will be picking up next. The main focus of this Volume is Cable finishing what he started right before XoS, the rescue of 10 babies kidnapped by the Order of X (human religious fanatics.... read the other titles for more info on them). After taking a small squad and rescuing 5 of the 10, Cable tries to get a line on where Stryfe is, knowing he is the real force behind the abductions. One small problem.... the only one who knows where Stryfe is, or can at least accurately track him, is the older version of Cable.
After much discussion and trying as hard as they can to not confuse us readers, it is decided that 'old' Cable should be resurrected. It is almost comical how quickly he is able to track Stryfe, and the battle begins. Once the day is saved, the time has come for Cable to begin his journey to becoming 'old' Cable, so off through time he goes, as he always had. One change has been made.... in the new future, Esme is his bride, continuing from the grown love they've been working on since 'young' Cable's appearance back just before HoX/PoX.
I really enjoyed this Volume. It would be confusing for many newer readers, but as a long time (almost 30 years now) reader of X-Men, I followed it well.
Can't wait to move onto the Gala!
Recommend.
After much discussion and trying as hard as they can to not confuse us readers, it is decided that 'old' Cable should be resurrected. It is almost comical how quickly he is able to track Stryfe, and the battle begins. Once the day is saved, the time has come for Cable to begin his journey to becoming 'old' Cable, so off through time he goes, as he always had. One change has been made.... in the new future, Esme is his bride, continuing from the grown love they've been working on since 'young' Cable's appearance back just before HoX/PoX.
I really enjoyed this Volume. It would be confusing for many newer readers, but as a long time (almost 30 years now) reader of X-Men, I followed it well.
Can't wait to move onto the Gala!
Recommend.
July 30, 2021
I’m still formulating my thoughts, but I’m inclined to be more critical than positive. There’s a lot to love in this Cable run, but also a lot that feels unsatisfactory or undercooked. A core problem is how much time we spend with Stryfe, who isn’t a real character here, so his fate feels like a foregone conclusion. especially so when the characters don’t even deliberate over the fact of killing him, which feels like it raises a host of messy science-fiction-y ethical questions. There’s just a feeling of narrative messiness that runs through the whole affair (though Noto draws the bulk of it beautifully). Duggan used to be in a stable of my favorite superhero writers, but over the past few years he seems to have lost (in fits and starts) the sense for grappling with emotional truths that he displayed in his runs on books like Deadpool or even early Marauders.
I should qualify—some of my bitterness comes from being a Summers family die-hard, and so I’m a bit irked about how Rachel is largely shafted in this run, although she gets a few good lines here and there. Like I mentioned above, there’s still a lot to love about Duggan and Noto’s Cable, and I think I might revisit the run in full later on and reevaluate it. This series helped me appreciate this version of Nathan, and I’m truly sad to see him leave (for some value of that term, anyway).
I should qualify—some of my bitterness comes from being a Summers family die-hard, and so I’m a bit irked about how Rachel is largely shafted in this run, although she gets a few good lines here and there. Like I mentioned above, there’s still a lot to love about Duggan and Noto’s Cable, and I think I might revisit the run in full later on and reevaluate it. This series helped me appreciate this version of Nathan, and I’m truly sad to see him leave (for some value of that term, anyway).
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 23, 2022
Ends stronger than it began. This takes place after the big 'It's about the swords, but not really' tournament across the X titles. This has all the best pieces that Cable stories contain: time travel shenanigans, guns, Stryfe, clones of clones, a meteorite falling from the sky...
It's nice to see another appearance of 'old man' Cable. Just don't start asking where this places him in ANY kind of continuity.
It's nice to see another appearance of 'old man' Cable. Just don't start asking where this places him in ANY kind of continuity.
February 4, 2022
I enjoyed the fun ride that was the first Kid Cable volume, but even though this second volume sticks to a single narrative, it's far less comprehensible for an X-universe neophyte like me.
For example, the key villain here is Stryfe, who appears to be a future (villainous) version of Cable? Also, Cable killed Cable? In the future/past? Stryfe is back in the "now" and Kid Cable is desperate to kill him, but he first needs the help of (maybe-dead) future Cable. This kind of ties into the kidnapped mutant baby stuff from the previous volume. At no point does a character pause to lay out Cable's laborious backstory. Maybe that's a good thing? But it certainly would have helped me make heads or tails of this volume.
As it stands, I loved the Phil Noto art but was completely lost in the narrative. Probably doesn't help that two issues got swept up in the X of Swords nonsense that I still haven't read. So long, Kid Cable! You were intriguing!
For example, the key villain here is Stryfe, who appears to be a future (villainous) version of Cable? Also, Cable killed Cable? In the future/past? Stryfe is back in the "now" and Kid Cable is desperate to kill him, but he first needs the help of (maybe-dead) future Cable. This kind of ties into the kidnapped mutant baby stuff from the previous volume. At no point does a character pause to lay out Cable's laborious backstory. Maybe that's a good thing? But it certainly would have helped me make heads or tails of this volume.
As it stands, I loved the Phil Noto art but was completely lost in the narrative. Probably doesn't help that two issues got swept up in the X of Swords nonsense that I still haven't read. So long, Kid Cable! You were intriguing!
April 23, 2022
This has perhaps been my favorite X-book. I really enjoyed Kid Cable, and I was sorry to see the character leave and the series end. But I also appreciate it had a finite story to tell. So it ends on a high note, not petering out from fatigue. Combo of great story and art.
September 1, 2021
De lo mas bajo que le he leido a Duggan. Esta maxiserie podría haber sido de 4 numeros
February 18, 2024
A haphazard story with below average character work. Duggan’s worst by far.
April 9, 2024
May they never revisit Kid Cable again.
November 15, 2021
3.5
I've always kind of liked Cable, actually, even though he's kind of emblematic of the things that I don't like about 90's Liefeld style comics. I read a bunch of his turn of the millennium books, and kind of fell for this odd time-traveling, war-torn, hyper-complicated character. Sometimes he's a shaman and sometimes he's a soldier. Mike Carey's X-Men enamored me to him further, as well as all of the Messiah-era books and Dennis Hopeless' X-Force. All of this is to say that I was genuinely sad when they replaced him, in a brutal fashion, with a teenage version as part of their pre-Hickman Spring Cleaning.
I was confused by Kid Cable for a while, both because the X-books are, uh, not wanting for teenage characters, but also because it seemed to be a lateral move at best. This kid had the name but none of the pathos or history of the Cable we knew. I realize that this also means he was baggage-less, but what are the X-books if not the last bastion of pea-soup thick continuity and convoluted character inter-relations. From what we've seen of him in the Krakoan era, his main use was as a foil, a true "son" to Scott. Cyke being my favorite X-man, I could cotton to that, but he seemed a little generic at first. Reckless and powerful and rogueish, kind of like a Nice Quentin Quire.
All of that said, Duggan's book hooked me on him right away. I had a blast with the first arc, thought that he had a pretty interesting turn in the otherwise rather messy X of Swords, and was excited to read the latter half of his mini, finally starting to accept him as CABLE.
...woops!
SPOILERS TO FOLLOW
While this second volume is just as well written scene-to-scene, Duggan is just really my speed, I guess, it gets a bit muddled on the landing. The big issue is...we switched back to Old Cable? I include the question mark in part because I'm not entirely sure. I'm several months behind on comics, but isn't Kid Cable a member of SWORD? Because this book sure seems to imply that he has left back into the timestream to fulfill his destiny while the whitehair Nate is sticking around? It's bittersweet, because I was earnestly pleased to see Cable (who Duggan has a clear affinity to, I just realized, after having him in his Uncanny Avengers run) but the How and the Why were not very clear. Are we already starting to unravel Hickman's mandates, now that he's stepping away from the books (an utter tragedy IMO) or was this just a reaction to the lukewarm handling of the character?
In any case, I thought that this half of the story felt a little rushed and not quite as tight as the first bit, and while I hope we get good use out of older Cable (who...is he allowed to be around with his future knowledge?), I'm a bit sad that we lost Kid Cable just as we warming up to him. Or was that just me all along?
I've always kind of liked Cable, actually, even though he's kind of emblematic of the things that I don't like about 90's Liefeld style comics. I read a bunch of his turn of the millennium books, and kind of fell for this odd time-traveling, war-torn, hyper-complicated character. Sometimes he's a shaman and sometimes he's a soldier. Mike Carey's X-Men enamored me to him further, as well as all of the Messiah-era books and Dennis Hopeless' X-Force. All of this is to say that I was genuinely sad when they replaced him, in a brutal fashion, with a teenage version as part of their pre-Hickman Spring Cleaning.
I was confused by Kid Cable for a while, both because the X-books are, uh, not wanting for teenage characters, but also because it seemed to be a lateral move at best. This kid had the name but none of the pathos or history of the Cable we knew. I realize that this also means he was baggage-less, but what are the X-books if not the last bastion of pea-soup thick continuity and convoluted character inter-relations. From what we've seen of him in the Krakoan era, his main use was as a foil, a true "son" to Scott. Cyke being my favorite X-man, I could cotton to that, but he seemed a little generic at first. Reckless and powerful and rogueish, kind of like a Nice Quentin Quire.
All of that said, Duggan's book hooked me on him right away. I had a blast with the first arc, thought that he had a pretty interesting turn in the otherwise rather messy X of Swords, and was excited to read the latter half of his mini, finally starting to accept him as CABLE.
...woops!
SPOILERS TO FOLLOW
While this second volume is just as well written scene-to-scene, Duggan is just really my speed, I guess, it gets a bit muddled on the landing. The big issue is...we switched back to Old Cable? I include the question mark in part because I'm not entirely sure. I'm several months behind on comics, but isn't Kid Cable a member of SWORD? Because this book sure seems to imply that he has left back into the timestream to fulfill his destiny while the whitehair Nate is sticking around? It's bittersweet, because I was earnestly pleased to see Cable (who Duggan has a clear affinity to, I just realized, after having him in his Uncanny Avengers run) but the How and the Why were not very clear. Are we already starting to unravel Hickman's mandates, now that he's stepping away from the books (an utter tragedy IMO) or was this just a reaction to the lukewarm handling of the character?
In any case, I thought that this half of the story felt a little rushed and not quite as tight as the first bit, and while I hope we get good use out of older Cable (who...is he allowed to be around with his future knowledge?), I'm a bit sad that we lost Kid Cable just as we warming up to him. Or was that just me all along?
December 27, 2022
After the X of Swords event, Cable went back to trying to locate the missing babies he was looking for in the first volume (this is the annoying thing about these big events--they always interrupt the stories that these individual writers have going). Cable discovers that the person behind the missing children is .
I suspect this series ended up canceled due to low sales, and the final six issues feel a bit rushed as a result, but given the time constraints and the story they were trying to wrap up in a limited time, I think Gerry Duggan did a fantastic job tying all the pieces together in a satisfying way. He even pulls in some other major figures from Cable's early days like Domino and Deadpool, giving them a fun way to participate in this story.
The stakes here are supposed to be high, but ultimately this just felt like a fun book about a cocky teenage version of a gritty classic character. By the end of this series though, things kind of go back to their status quo where Cable is concerned. Definitely a fun ride. And Phil Noto's art is impressive throughout the entire series. Clean and crisp, and he's got a real gift for drawing action sequences that are clear and easy to follow.
Not an essential read by any means, but if you check it out, I think you'll have fun with it!
3.5 STARS
I suspect this series ended up canceled due to low sales, and the final six issues feel a bit rushed as a result, but given the time constraints and the story they were trying to wrap up in a limited time, I think Gerry Duggan did a fantastic job tying all the pieces together in a satisfying way. He even pulls in some other major figures from Cable's early days like Domino and Deadpool, giving them a fun way to participate in this story.
The stakes here are supposed to be high, but ultimately this just felt like a fun book about a cocky teenage version of a gritty classic character. By the end of this series though, things kind of go back to their status quo where Cable is concerned. Definitely a fun ride. And Phil Noto's art is impressive throughout the entire series. Clean and crisp, and he's got a real gift for drawing action sequences that are clear and easy to follow.
Not an essential read by any means, but if you check it out, I think you'll have fun with it!
3.5 STARS
April 29, 2022
I think this was kind of everything I would’ve wanted from this book as an ending. I still am shocked by how much I ended up caring about this version of Cable when never really cared about the older version. Add to that how terrible Kid Cable’s introduction to the line was, and I’m amazed he even was able to justify his own solo series.
Despite that, we got a handful of really well done issues, with a cast of supporting characters that I really enjoyed (even the Philadelphia cops) and some potentially introspective themes about self and the inescapability of your own past and future. Probably the most touching points for me personally were the “family” moments on the moon. It was really nice getting a reminder that Scott and Jean had a hard time leaving Cable in the future and that Rachel really does have some connections with him.
The reason I took a star off was because by the end of this, it just felt kind of pointless. It’s a nice story, but not one that necessarily changed anything for the future. It felt like an excuse to reset the status quo. It was well done and interesting, and beautifully rendered, but at the end it felt a tiny bit hollow.
Despite that, we got a handful of really well done issues, with a cast of supporting characters that I really enjoyed (even the Philadelphia cops) and some potentially introspective themes about self and the inescapability of your own past and future. Probably the most touching points for me personally were the “family” moments on the moon. It was really nice getting a reminder that Scott and Jean had a hard time leaving Cable in the future and that Rachel really does have some connections with him.
The reason I took a star off was because by the end of this, it just felt kind of pointless. It’s a nice story, but not one that necessarily changed anything for the future. It felt like an excuse to reset the status quo. It was well done and interesting, and beautifully rendered, but at the end it felt a tiny bit hollow.
March 8, 2022
oh i really liked this one and i'm sad it's over
i really do not know anything about cable's storyline apart from time travel and how he raised hope but i felt the Emotions ok. i love that the grey-summerses act like one big extended family now :'))
lmao at sophie breaking up with cable on behalf of esme and the rest of them i love the cuckoos
also oh my god at whoever it was in the five who called magneto and xavier "helmet bros"
once again phil noto's art!!!!!!!! it's so CLEAN??? so crisp so uncluttered!!!! like the details are all there but the backgrounds are left very simple and just filled in with different tones of the same colour so it's not boring and very much doesn't distract from everything else that's going on i'm so obsessed with it how can i learn this skill. the layouts never have some weird innovative new structure that makes you go whoaaa sci-fi, they're largely just quadrilaterals but sometimes they're on a little angle to make the action go faster?? also people's heads will stick out of the rectangle to keep it fun n fresh i just love it so much
i really do not know anything about cable's storyline apart from time travel and how he raised hope but i felt the Emotions ok. i love that the grey-summerses act like one big extended family now :'))
lmao at sophie breaking up with cable on behalf of esme and the rest of them i love the cuckoos
also oh my god at whoever it was in the five who called magneto and xavier "helmet bros"
once again phil noto's art!!!!!!!! it's so CLEAN??? so crisp so uncluttered!!!! like the details are all there but the backgrounds are left very simple and just filled in with different tones of the same colour so it's not boring and very much doesn't distract from everything else that's going on i'm so obsessed with it how can i learn this skill. the layouts never have some weird innovative new structure that makes you go whoaaa sci-fi, they're largely just quadrilaterals but sometimes they're on a little angle to make the action go faster?? also people's heads will stick out of the rectangle to keep it fun n fresh i just love it so much
January 31, 2022
Being in the dark about what's happening with any given Marvel line always catches me off guard when a series wraps up like this one did, very suddenly. It definitely leaves a door open for future adventures of Kid Cable, and while I'm not 100% versed in everything Cable prior to this, I thought it was both a bit understandable and a bit jarring to suddenly have this arc wrap up as it did. I really like the role Cable plays in the Summers family, especially with regards to his relationship to Stryfe. I thought his relationship with Esme was rushed, but tender in a way that's still also left me a bit confused about the relationship between Kid Omega and the Stepford Cuckoos. By keeping the narrative tight and letting cameos feel mostly like "oh yay!" cameos, I think this series actually sets a pretty decent precedent for how to write this spin-off lines within from the main X-Men narrative threads at any given time, especially when they want to focus on a single character.
September 12, 2023
Wow! This was a fun read of Gerry Duggan's writing! After kind of disappointed with his 2 volumes out of 4 on his Marauders (2019) run, now this is Gerry Duggan's style of writing that i know.
Been a fan of him since his Uncanny Avengers (2015) run. It was so good and action-packed with the team always on fight almost every issue (if you're into that). This one isn't that action-packed but close enough, it has way more better storyline for me to not put the book down. Lots of muties fighting and using their extraordinary power.
If you're a fan of writer Gerry Duggan, penciler Phil Noto (he draws the whole run), Cable, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Stepford Cuckoos & lots of other X-Men characters, this is definitely a must read!
Rating : 10/10 (good & simple storyline, beautiful artwork = PERFECT!)
TO ME, MY X-MEN
To those haters, How can you hate such an amazing book?
Been a fan of him since his Uncanny Avengers (2015) run. It was so good and action-packed with the team always on fight almost every issue (if you're into that). This one isn't that action-packed but close enough, it has way more better storyline for me to not put the book down. Lots of muties fighting and using their extraordinary power.
If you're a fan of writer Gerry Duggan, penciler Phil Noto (he draws the whole run), Cable, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Stepford Cuckoos & lots of other X-Men characters, this is definitely a must read!
Rating : 10/10 (good & simple storyline, beautiful artwork = PERFECT!)
TO ME, MY X-MEN
To those haters, How can you hate such an amazing book?
March 22, 2023
After Nathan's detour to Otherworld for the "X of Swords" crossover, he remembers that he needed to go save all those missing babies. Turns out it was Stryfe all along, and Nate needs help from the entire Summers clan. Well, there is one person missing and that person is just Old Man Cable, whose re-emergence just serves to tell the readers that he is in fact the superior Cable. The book is pretty silly and Noto's artwork matches the energy of the script. It's not as fun as the first volume, but it's still a fairly fun read. This volume definitely does not feel like essential reading (as do most of the post-"X of Swords" era books), but it was enjoyable enough all the same.
May 22, 2022
The other half of the Cable series continues the rather joyful Summers family story from v1. It also continues the missing-mutant-kids arc, but manages to tie it closer to the story of Cable, making it much more interesting.
I'm not thrilled with the ending: just when when get used to a major character change in the X-verse, it too often gets reversed. But, at least it's done well, fitting with the story of Krakoa and Cable both.
I wish Duggan's work here could have gone longer (rather than being replaced by his vastly inferior X-Men run), as this was fun.
I'm not thrilled with the ending: just when when get used to a major character change in the X-verse, it too often gets reversed. But, at least it's done well, fitting with the story of Krakoa and Cable both.
I wish Duggan's work here could have gone longer (rather than being replaced by his vastly inferior X-Men run), as this was fun.
August 24, 2025
Young Cable's exploits continue and they're still full of fun, Summers' family drama. Here, young Nate dives back into the missing mutant babies case and it leads to chaos and life-altering changes for him. Duggan does a really good job with the character and showcasing his personality versus his older self. Seeing this version interact with Scott, Jean, Rachel, Hope, etc was fun. Phil Noto's art can be polarizing but I enjoyed it here. Overall, a fun mutant book.
November 27, 2021
Huh. This was not what I was expecting, like at all. I guess they knew the series was ending so they sped up some bits to give others time to breathe. Overall, I think they made the right decisions, though I’m still a bit confused by some of the things at the end. Phil Noto’s art is gorgeous as usual.
January 30, 2022
Good graces, I almost gave this 5 stars off of the strength of the final issue alone. This is a skill I find lacking among many superhero comics. To be sure, the team here has the advantage of writing both a full sendoff to a character they became the primary definers of AND positioning the story as not an end but a beginning. But then again, they are the ones that engineered it that way.
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