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Cable & Deadpool (Collected Editions)
Cable & Deadpool, Volume 1: If Looks Could Kill
Wade Wilson and Nathan Summers - Marvel's mightiest mutant mercs - are back, and this time they're stuck with each other. Can two grown men armed to the teeth with deadly genetic weaponry live together without driving each other crazy? Action, adventure, black humor, black-ops, face-changing viruses, gratuitous France-bashing and lots of gunfire mark the return of two of Marvel's fan-favorite anti-heroes.
Collecting: Cable/Deadpool 1-6
Collecting: Cable/Deadpool 1-6
144 pages, Paperback
First published November 3, 2004
About the author
Fabian Nicieza
2,062 books438 followersFabian Nicieza is a writer and editor who is best known as the co-creator of DEADPOOL and for his work on Marvel titles such as X-Men, X-Force, New Warriors, and Robin.
His first novel, the Edgar Award-nominated SUBURBAN DICKS, a sarcastic murder mystery, is on sale now from Putnam Books.
The Dicks will return in THE SELF-MADE WIDOW, coming June 21st.
His first novel, the Edgar Award-nominated SUBURBAN DICKS, a sarcastic murder mystery, is on sale now from Putnam Books.
The Dicks will return in THE SELF-MADE WIDOW, coming June 21st.
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April 30, 2019
So this is the first proper comic book I’ve ever read and the graphics in this one is absolutely phenomenal. I love that it ended on a sort of cliffhanger with the x men. It’s rather quick witted as well. Kept me interested and it had a good plot to it.
June 16, 2022
This was so fun omg!
And yeah may not be the greatest start but it sets the stage for some wild story telling to come!
So both are to retrieve some virus called "facade virus" and well it turns people's body structure into a different one and Deadpool's employers "One world church" wants to make everyone blue skinned and well they send Wade for that and Cable (the hero) wants to stop it and thus we see the conflict between the two and battle and whatever is going through Deadpool's hate and maybe how he succumbs to this and some more twists and Cable having his own Techno-organic virus a challenge but when both come together to defeat the villains.. its fun.
Its a filler volume what feels like and yeah the villains feel boring but its the dynamic between the characters that I kinda loved and yeah its alright and hoping the future volumes get better and as for the art, Brooks make it look wonderful and each page a joy to look at!
And yeah may not be the greatest start but it sets the stage for some wild story telling to come!
So both are to retrieve some virus called "facade virus" and well it turns people's body structure into a different one and Deadpool's employers "One world church" wants to make everyone blue skinned and well they send Wade for that and Cable (the hero) wants to stop it and thus we see the conflict between the two and battle and whatever is going through Deadpool's hate and maybe how he succumbs to this and some more twists and Cable having his own Techno-organic virus a challenge but when both come together to defeat the villains.. its fun.
Its a filler volume what feels like and yeah the villains feel boring but its the dynamic between the characters that I kinda loved and yeah its alright and hoping the future volumes get better and as for the art, Brooks make it look wonderful and each page a joy to look at!
October 1, 2014
I laughed a lot, Deadpool is hilarious! So much cynicism portrayed through one character, even the errrm... whatever-the-comic-book-equivalent-of-a-prose is enticing to read. This is my first Deadpool experience and I adored it! Cable and Deadpool are such opposites and the combo really works. Interesting ending in this volume with the X-Men cameo too, will have to carry on reading...
January 21, 2017
2.5 stars
I just can't get into this version of Deadpool. The dialogue is like a watered down version of better Deadpool books. With a writer like Way or Dugan, this could be great but instead, this feels like I'm reading the jokes they rejected. I didn't laugh once reading this book. I was also uncomfortable with the joke about underage girls being "babes in waiting". Gross.
As for the plot, it wasn't enough to draw me in either. A blue religious guy wants to make everyone blue and unified. Okay, what's stopping anyone from taking him down? He has no powers so the conflict is that he's already taken steps to make everyone else like him. It's not super interesting.
I like Cable as a character. He's interesting and I want to know more about him. The scene where he and Deadpool save each other is the only part that grabbed me.
Anyway, I want to know more about how they work together but I don't care for Nicieza's writing style at all.
I just can't get into this version of Deadpool. The dialogue is like a watered down version of better Deadpool books. With a writer like Way or Dugan, this could be great but instead, this feels like I'm reading the jokes they rejected. I didn't laugh once reading this book. I was also uncomfortable with the joke about underage girls being "babes in waiting". Gross.
As for the plot, it wasn't enough to draw me in either. A blue religious guy wants to make everyone blue and unified. Okay, what's stopping anyone from taking him down? He has no powers so the conflict is that he's already taken steps to make everyone else like him. It's not super interesting.
I like Cable as a character. He's interesting and I want to know more about him. The scene where he and Deadpool save each other is the only part that grabbed me.
Anyway, I want to know more about how they work together but I don't care for Nicieza's writing style at all.
May 22, 2018
Not as much fun as I thought it would be. Also, I was not crazy about the art in the stories. Deadpool works well with Cable, but I suspect he works well with many characters (such as his recent team-up with Old Man Logan). The villains were not top notch either. But I guess we can't have Magneto or the Sentinels every time. I will not let this deter me from trying out Cable & Deadpool, Volume II. This is 3rd collection I have read using Comixology Unlimited.
July 2, 2010
Second read: compared to the original couple of appearances DP had in the earlier 90’s (stiff like roadkill baked in the Louisiana sun), this is actually funny stuff (once Liefeld’s earnest exaggerations we’re properly deloused from the art, perhaps). All in your perspective it seems...
Original review:
Having read the later works and really enjoyed them (laugh out loud funny), the early Cable/Deadpool seems tame by comparison. Decent writing, interesting/creative storyline, but somehow left me feel... wanting.
Original review:
Having read the later works and really enjoyed them (laugh out loud funny), the early Cable/Deadpool seems tame by comparison. Decent writing, interesting/creative storyline, but somehow left me feel... wanting.
September 28, 2017
I like both Deadpool & Cable too much for any book w/ them to be a total dud, but I couldn't get into this plot @ all.
February 14, 2019
Two become one in a bromance just made for a Valentine's Day read.
Or not.
Or not.
June 7, 2018
This was great! I had to do some research on Cable's history, but that was a quick fix. I really liked seeing Cable and Deadpool go head to head.
February 4, 2019
I enjoyed this one a lot. It’s a fun action packed romp with the Merc with a mouth and his not so easy going frenemy Cable. The writing was good and the art was enjoyable. What more could you want?
August 12, 2024
Really fun introduction of the series
August 3, 2018
This didn't really feel like Deadpool. He wasn't as crazy and as funny as I hoped he would be and I couldn't get into the story at all.
April 3, 2021
Usually I don’t write reviews but I needed to explain the 3 stars. Most Deadpool graphic novels I’ve read would be an instant 5 with maybe the odd 4 stars but this volume was different. Basically the 1st 3 issues are probably a 2 and a few 3 moments. So things just seem out of character for deadpool and humour isn’t his best. It was kinda dull and a struggle to read through but the 2nd half of the volume, issue 4 onwards definitely picks up and is mostly 4 stars with some 5 stars Deadpool moments. Just don’t read this as your 1st Deadpool graphic novel because it will give you the wrong impression of one of Marvel’s best characters.
September 5, 2015
This was kind of nice but weird as hell...
It's more about Cable than it is about Deadpool.
But this:
All those funny comments, hilarious scenes and ironic outcomes make me rethink my rating.
But I didn't like this Wade all that much.
A great Cable comic but a meh Deadpool comic.
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It's more about Cable than it is about Deadpool.
But this:
All those funny comments, hilarious scenes and ironic outcomes make me rethink my rating.
But I didn't like this Wade all that much.
A great Cable comic but a meh Deadpool comic.
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December 19, 2015
Cable and deadpool minus the rest of the x-force sounds pretty good. Both heroes are tasked by different groups to recover a virus. The virus can change the looks of a person which could cause serious trouble. Deadpool joins an aggressive religious group who plans on using the virus to change everyone in the world to look the same, while cable is tasked with bringing it back to another group.
The art was O.K. and the story is a little thin for me but overall a fun ride with cable and deadpool.
The art was O.K. and the story is a little thin for me but overall a fun ride with cable and deadpool.
April 21, 2021
2.5/5 rounded up.
February 20, 2022
I never have to ask for references to 47. They're everywhere. So that's a five star review right out of the box. While Wade is pretty much regular, ol' Deadpool - albeit the funniest I've seen him - Cable has far cooler abilities than just perfect aim with weapons bigger than he is. This story takes the two of them round the world, first separately. By the end they are inseparable - by chance, rather than choice.
Wade is hired by the One World Church to acquire a biotoxin from the pharmaceutical company Sunic. Cable is on the same trail, though he wants to destroy the biotoxin. The two of the will come to blows as a result.
Wade is hired by the One World Church to acquire a biotoxin from the pharmaceutical company Sunic. Cable is on the same trail, though he wants to destroy the biotoxin. The two of the will come to blows as a result.
May 25, 2021
Maybe it's me but I just can't get into Deadpool. Not the movies or the books. Perhaps it's because the character is "supposed" to be funny instead of just funny because the book is funny. Regardless, if this book was supposed to be funny it completely missed the mark, and if it wasn't supposed to be funny... Then what was the point of it?
Overall I found the story pretty dull and a waste of time. By the end I was completely gone, barely skimming what was on the page. Maybe if you really like Deadpool or Cable this is series will be worth something for you, but to me it was an hour or so of my life I'll never get back (and wish I could!).
Overall I found the story pretty dull and a waste of time. By the end I was completely gone, barely skimming what was on the page. Maybe if you really like Deadpool or Cable this is series will be worth something for you, but to me it was an hour or so of my life I'll never get back (and wish I could!).
January 19, 2018
Fun. Sometimes superhero comics can just be fun, and that's what these issues are. Sharp writing, nice art and an enjoyable read.
September 19, 2018
Me encanta el comic, me encanta Deadpòol y me encanta Cable. ¿Qué más se puede pedir?. Guiones sólidos, humor, sangre y unos dibujos a la altura de los personajes de moda de Marvel.
April 3, 2024
It's good, but not as I expected
June 14, 2018
Twisted and funny, Deadpool and Cable are on missions with the same target but with opposing outcomes needed. Violence and hilarity ensue. Not for everyone,check it out.
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July 7, 2018DNF. I don’t see how this one has 4/5 Stars. I was bored out of my mind 25% in.
February 27, 2020
Really enjoyed this one! Deadpool was as sassy as ever and I enjoyed getting to know more about Cable who I'm fairly new to but love!
February 22, 2016
This volume includes issues 1-6.
In the first issue of the volume, Deadpool goes to France to meet Anton Kruch, Prime Minister of One World Church (where everyone looks the same). Anton gives Deadpool a job- to go to Germany and retrieve a toxin (the Facade Virus) from the Sunic lab. Anton believes that the toxin can be used for good rather than evil. Next, we see Cable calling Irene Merryweather to get info about Sunic. While Deadpool is causing a huge scene at Sunic, Cable shows up.
In the second issue, we pick up with Cable and Deapool. Deadpool says, "blow my mind," so Cable shoots him right in the head and says that he will be long gone by the time Deadpool's healing factor kicks in. Next, we see a group of college kids (two boys and a girl) who call themselves the Spammers, who have taken the "virus." Then Deadpool and Cable meet up and discuss the virus. Cable says it needs to be destroyed and Deadpool says his employer says it can be used for good. Then Cable shoots Deadpool in the head again and head to a hotel where a man who has used the virus is melting. Cable takes him out, then takes out the other two that took the virus. Then Deadpool goes back to the blue colony.
In the third issue, we pick up with Cable testing his telekinetic powers to talk to Irene Merryweather. Then he has a discussion with Charles Xavier to ask him what good he can do with his powers before he can no longer control them. Later, Deadpool is being used as Anton Kruch's guinea pig and Cable is there watching without being seen to figure out what they're doing. They transform Deadpool into one of them. When they let Cable know that they knew he was snooping around the whole time, he then check the place out in the open. When Anton Kruch shows Cable "the Deliverance" he also says that they found a way to transmit the facade through the optic nerve, and Cable has been infected. When Cables goes to wreck the machine, Kruch lets Cable know that the facade also blocked his mutant abilities. Then Deadpool begins to fight with Cable.
In issue four, Deadpool and Cable fight quite a bit. Meanwhile, Irene Merryweather is trying to get information out of Sunic, but they aren't giving her much. Next, the readers find out that the batch that was stolen was flawed and that the good one is protected. Deadpool and Cable only stop fighting when Deadpool realizes that Cable isn't looking so good. Then Cable tells Deadpool that he's infected and will start to melt, Deadpool doesn't believe him until it starts happening.
In issue five, Deadpool and Cable are in quite the pickle. Deadpool is crawling over to Cable, but he melts before he gets there. Cable uses the last of his ability to move some of Deadpool's blood to him, which heals him. When Cable throws up, Deadpool grows out of the mess...Deadpool isn't pleased, but at least their both alive again and back on the same team. Then the head to Singapore to take out the real virus. When Cable gets there, their security (the Lightmaster) steps in. The Lightmaster is on One World Church's side, but Cable already knew that. So the plan that the Lightmaster and Anton had blows up, literally.
In issue six, we pick up after the explosion..which had turned everyone but Deadpool and Cable pink. Turns out Cable is behind this trick. The explosion infected everyone with a biological agent that Cable can control. Next we see Hammer and Irene Merryweather planning to save Cable from himself. Meanwhile, Cable is pulling up remnants of a space station that he used to own in order to restore his teleport matrix. What Cable doesn't know is that since he and Deadpool are now genetically bonded, when he goes to teleport, he merges with Deadpool and they have to split. Of course they begin fighting, and then Cable ends up "curing" the population of the virus and is called a savior. However, Deadpool walks away from the situation with the power to teleport just like Cable. In the very end, we see the X-Men approach SHEILD and tell them that they are ready to punish Cable for this stunt.
Favorite lines:
(In issue 1) "Colony? What're you, ants?"-Deadpool
(In issue 2) "Hey, if you looked like Ryan Renolds crossed with Shar-Pei, you'd understand!"-Deadpool
(In issue 4) "He's taking away the one thing that matters more to you than anything else in the world..."-Cable
"HE NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT TAKING MY PORN!"-Deadpool
"Even more-- important --than that."-Cable
"Sweet Odin! Is that blue bozo going to take away the Taco Bells?"-Deadpool
In the first issue of the volume, Deadpool goes to France to meet Anton Kruch, Prime Minister of One World Church (where everyone looks the same). Anton gives Deadpool a job- to go to Germany and retrieve a toxin (the Facade Virus) from the Sunic lab. Anton believes that the toxin can be used for good rather than evil. Next, we see Cable calling Irene Merryweather to get info about Sunic. While Deadpool is causing a huge scene at Sunic, Cable shows up.
In the second issue, we pick up with Cable and Deapool. Deadpool says, "blow my mind," so Cable shoots him right in the head and says that he will be long gone by the time Deadpool's healing factor kicks in. Next, we see a group of college kids (two boys and a girl) who call themselves the Spammers, who have taken the "virus." Then Deadpool and Cable meet up and discuss the virus. Cable says it needs to be destroyed and Deadpool says his employer says it can be used for good. Then Cable shoots Deadpool in the head again and head to a hotel where a man who has used the virus is melting. Cable takes him out, then takes out the other two that took the virus. Then Deadpool goes back to the blue colony.
In the third issue, we pick up with Cable testing his telekinetic powers to talk to Irene Merryweather. Then he has a discussion with Charles Xavier to ask him what good he can do with his powers before he can no longer control them. Later, Deadpool is being used as Anton Kruch's guinea pig and Cable is there watching without being seen to figure out what they're doing. They transform Deadpool into one of them. When they let Cable know that they knew he was snooping around the whole time, he then check the place out in the open. When Anton Kruch shows Cable "the Deliverance" he also says that they found a way to transmit the facade through the optic nerve, and Cable has been infected. When Cables goes to wreck the machine, Kruch lets Cable know that the facade also blocked his mutant abilities. Then Deadpool begins to fight with Cable.
In issue four, Deadpool and Cable fight quite a bit. Meanwhile, Irene Merryweather is trying to get information out of Sunic, but they aren't giving her much. Next, the readers find out that the batch that was stolen was flawed and that the good one is protected. Deadpool and Cable only stop fighting when Deadpool realizes that Cable isn't looking so good. Then Cable tells Deadpool that he's infected and will start to melt, Deadpool doesn't believe him until it starts happening.
In issue five, Deadpool and Cable are in quite the pickle. Deadpool is crawling over to Cable, but he melts before he gets there. Cable uses the last of his ability to move some of Deadpool's blood to him, which heals him. When Cable throws up, Deadpool grows out of the mess...Deadpool isn't pleased, but at least their both alive again and back on the same team. Then the head to Singapore to take out the real virus. When Cable gets there, their security (the Lightmaster) steps in. The Lightmaster is on One World Church's side, but Cable already knew that. So the plan that the Lightmaster and Anton had blows up, literally.
In issue six, we pick up after the explosion..which had turned everyone but Deadpool and Cable pink. Turns out Cable is behind this trick. The explosion infected everyone with a biological agent that Cable can control. Next we see Hammer and Irene Merryweather planning to save Cable from himself. Meanwhile, Cable is pulling up remnants of a space station that he used to own in order to restore his teleport matrix. What Cable doesn't know is that since he and Deadpool are now genetically bonded, when he goes to teleport, he merges with Deadpool and they have to split. Of course they begin fighting, and then Cable ends up "curing" the population of the virus and is called a savior. However, Deadpool walks away from the situation with the power to teleport just like Cable. In the very end, we see the X-Men approach SHEILD and tell them that they are ready to punish Cable for this stunt.
Favorite lines:
(In issue 1) "Colony? What're you, ants?"-Deadpool
(In issue 2) "Hey, if you looked like Ryan Renolds crossed with Shar-Pei, you'd understand!"-Deadpool
(In issue 4) "He's taking away the one thing that matters more to you than anything else in the world..."-Cable
"HE NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT TAKING MY PORN!"-Deadpool
"Even more-- important --than that."-Cable
"Sweet Odin! Is that blue bozo going to take away the Taco Bells?"-Deadpool
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 18, 2007
I decided to give this series a try despite the first few frightful sets of Liefield covers -- and I was glad that I did so. At times hilarious, at times heartfelt, this is a tale of "We-are-not-at-all-best-friends-and-we-certainly-don't-platonically-love-each-other" odd-straight-man passionate friendship/bonding between a delusional man and a psychopath.
I read this without knowledge of either Cable or Deadpool's canon and past histories, and going back to read them-- I found this current incarnation, as written by Nicieza, to be far more interesting and layered. It helped that for most of the series, where was a consistent artist and colorist group.
The series is not without its failings. Two completely disparate characters are thrown together without much thought (though the few times they have ever interacted within the confines of their own series, they had had that odd resonance with each other for very little reason.) There are McGuffins aplenty, Deadpool borders only being a bit too needy and too noisy (which, I suppose is the point). And while the art starts off strong, with Udon doing the first volume or so, and... I forget the artist that picks up after them who did a wonderful meld of his own style to the what Udon had been doing. Towards the end of the series, about when Civil War shinnanigans kick up, the art becomes pretty inconsistent. Some of the art is good, some not so much. The story begins to derail a little as Nicieza has to deal with a billion outside plotpoints prior to cancellation. Still, considering any strong portrayals of a conflicted and intense male friendship that cheerfully pokes fun at social concepts of gayness, emotionalism, and doesn't/i> disappear when the love interest/girl shows up? I read it just for that. Really.
A wonderful story while it lasted.
Also props for the interpretation of Shen Kuei-- the Cat. From a vaguely Bruce Lee villain rip off into uber hawt HK action hero star... He's been wonderfully improved upon. :D
I read this without knowledge of either Cable or Deadpool's canon and past histories, and going back to read them-- I found this current incarnation, as written by Nicieza, to be far more interesting and layered. It helped that for most of the series, where was a consistent artist and colorist group.
The series is not without its failings. Two completely disparate characters are thrown together without much thought (though the few times they have ever interacted within the confines of their own series, they had had that odd resonance with each other for very little reason.) There are McGuffins aplenty, Deadpool borders only being a bit too needy and too noisy (which, I suppose is the point). And while the art starts off strong, with Udon doing the first volume or so, and... I forget the artist that picks up after them who did a wonderful meld of his own style to the what Udon had been doing. Towards the end of the series, about when Civil War shinnanigans kick up, the art becomes pretty inconsistent. Some of the art is good, some not so much. The story begins to derail a little as Nicieza has to deal with a billion outside plotpoints prior to cancellation. Still, considering any strong portrayals of a conflicted and intense male friendship that cheerfully pokes fun at social concepts of gayness, emotionalism, and doesn't/i> disappear when the love interest/girl shows up? I read it just for that. Really.
A wonderful story while it lasted.
Also props for the interpretation of Shen Kuei-- the Cat. From a vaguely Bruce Lee villain rip off into uber hawt HK action hero star... He's been wonderfully improved upon. :D
October 1, 2019
I mean the idea of ending racism by making everyone the same color (blue, in this case) is not exactly unproblematic but I guess for comics plots it was kind of okay? I'm not entirely sure how well everything hung together, really, although there was a part where Cable goes to Charles for therapy and I couldn't stop laughing. Imagine thinking Charles Xavier is a good person to get advice from! Anyway, Deadpool was pretty tame and sometimes I would turn the page and some Liefeld art would be staring at me, and I dislike that pretty intensely every time it happens.
November 7, 2021
I know I'm doing a read of all X-men (and adjacent runs) from 2000, so I really should read this. But Liefeld is involved and I don't think I can bring myself to read it.
ETA: After some research it appears Liefeld is only doing the covers. I shall give them a chance.
The covers for 1 to 4 are shit but the art inside is great. I enjoyed the story and the characterisation of the Deadpool and the relationship with Cable was excellent.
ETA: After some research it appears Liefeld is only doing the covers. I shall give them a chance.
The covers for 1 to 4 are shit but the art inside is great. I enjoyed the story and the characterisation of the Deadpool and the relationship with Cable was excellent.
February 14, 2016
Wow. This art and this writing are both superb.
I'm really diggin' on this style. Nicieza does a wonderful job playing Wade against the straight-man, Cable.
I'm really diggin' on this style. Nicieza does a wonderful job playing Wade against the straight-man, Cable.
March 15, 2020
it gave us a "are we gonna kiss rn" and also cable SWALLOWING deadpool. could've been gayer.
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