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Cable & Deadpool (Collected Editions)
Cable & Deadpool, Volume 7: Separation Anxiety
Deadpool has decided to face the skeletons in his closet, dive deep into that dark void he calls a soul and rattle things up a bit. First order of business: Taskmaster. Second order of business: a knock-down drag-out Brawl Plus: The aftermath of the X-Men's battle against the Hecatomb has cost Cable a huge chunk of his island paradise of Providence and an even bigger slice of his soul. With all his hopes for the future of the planet Earth in jeopardy, now would be a pretty bad time for a reunion with Deadpool, wouldn't it? And an even worse time for... an assassination
Collecting: Cable/Deadpool 36-42
Collecting: Cable/Deadpool 36-42
172 pages, Paperback
First published August 29, 2007
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About the author
Fabian Nicieza
2,021 books424 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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February 13, 2018
Continuing the great x-read of 2017/18...
Easily my least favorite volume of this series so far. What I've loved about this series is the odd friendship between Cable and Deadpool, the interplay of the sheer insanity of Deadpool's goofiness with Cable's almost morose seriousness. It's an equation that has just worked.
This volume, though, keeps them separate from each other (as the title implies) and it sort of just fell apart for me. I've never been a huge fan of Deadpool on his own - I love him in small doses but find him a little tiring in a solo book - and so his shenanigans (while often very funny) lowered my excitement for this book.
Also not sure why Gambit and Sunfire were working together against Cable. I'm not holding that against this book, though, as I imagine we will find out more about that soon...
Easily my least favorite volume of this series so far. What I've loved about this series is the odd friendship between Cable and Deadpool, the interplay of the sheer insanity of Deadpool's goofiness with Cable's almost morose seriousness. It's an equation that has just worked.
This volume, though, keeps them separate from each other (as the title implies) and it sort of just fell apart for me. I've never been a huge fan of Deadpool on his own - I love him in small doses but find him a little tiring in a solo book - and so his shenanigans (while often very funny) lowered my excitement for this book.
Also not sure why Gambit and Sunfire were working together against Cable. I'm not holding that against this book, though, as I imagine we will find out more about that soon...
January 24, 2018
This was a solid volume with stories that are about half Deadpool wackiness with a bunch of callbacks to his solo series (and I believe, the first appearance of Bob, Agent of Hydra), and the other half the collapse of Cable's utopian vision and him agonizing over it, both of which are enjoyable in their own way. The Cable portion tied into some contemporary X-Men comics that I didn't really know about, but it didn't detract from the story very much. We finally see Cable and Deadpool reconcile, which is a plus, though we are left with a pretty significant cliffhanger. These are quality comics.
July 18, 2018
So first story arc is kind of meh, but then you get to the second one and...
Okay, I cried like a baby! There was just such this good build up of this relationship and the way it ends had me balling! I haven't cried over a comic since Boster Gold: Blue and Gold. But this hit me hard!
Okay, I cried like a baby! There was just such this good build up of this relationship and the way it ends had me balling! I haven't cried over a comic since Boster Gold: Blue and Gold. But this hit me hard!
August 16, 2025
The beginning of this book had me hopeful that Nicieza's writing was improving. It was still immature chaos jokes but instead of being constant offensive dad jokes, they were fine tuned to the point of being occasionally funny, and rarely just misogynist or problematic. And then fourteen year old Fabien Nicieza brought two women into the story and it was just boob joked for a while. Probably because no woman would ever let creepy Fabien see or touch theirs, so he has to ask artists to draw some for him.
I never cared about the Agent X character when he was introduced but he's okay here. It was also nice to see the first appearance of Bob, Agent Of Hydra. So, while I have never been a huge fan of Nicieza's Deadpool, I thought this part of the Deadpool story was three stars. Then he brought T-Ray back in and that tremendously shitty story from a previous volume where they reveal T-Ray is Wade Wilson and blah blah blah stupid stupid premise. The whole arc becomes agonizingly meta with Fabien faux-pologizing for Joe Kelly's worst storyline (the end of Deadpool Classic, Vol. 5).
From there, the series starts to tie in with X-Men: Supernovas, where all the interesting issues are in that series, while this one, apart from a Deadpool/Sabretooth battle, just deals with the boring parts between the X-Men issues.
Maybe if you've loved the Cable & Deadpool series, this will work for you. For me, it really fizzled out about halfway through and never recovered. It's certainly far from Nicieza's worst work but I am glad that the title is over (although there's the Deadpool-only finale Cable & Deadpool, Volume 8: Deadpool vs. the Marvel Universe in my not-so-distant-future.
I never cared about the Agent X character when he was introduced but he's okay here. It was also nice to see the first appearance of Bob, Agent Of Hydra. So, while I have never been a huge fan of Nicieza's Deadpool, I thought this part of the Deadpool story was three stars. Then he brought T-Ray back in and that tremendously shitty story from a previous volume where they reveal T-Ray is Wade Wilson and blah blah blah stupid stupid premise. The whole arc becomes agonizingly meta with Fabien faux-pologizing for Joe Kelly's worst storyline (the end of Deadpool Classic, Vol. 5).
From there, the series starts to tie in with X-Men: Supernovas, where all the interesting issues are in that series, while this one, apart from a Deadpool/Sabretooth battle, just deals with the boring parts between the X-Men issues.
Maybe if you've loved the Cable & Deadpool series, this will work for you. For me, it really fizzled out about halfway through and never recovered. It's certainly far from Nicieza's worst work but I am glad that the title is over (although there's the Deadpool-only finale Cable & Deadpool, Volume 8: Deadpool vs. the Marvel Universe in my not-so-distant-future.
January 23, 2019
This has two stories. One had Deadpool being Deadpool, and the other has Cable being Cable. These two are such on odd pairing, but Nicieza sold it well. However,his Deadpool solo stories were a bit dull. He is much better at writing Cable, or the two of them together.
January 22, 2018
You know, I forgot Cable joined Mike Carey's X-Men team during this series. I also forgot that he died! That explains how this Cable-heavy/Deadpool-lite series became the opposite. Luckily, it's still Deadpool as a character and not the paper-thin joke machine he becomes later in life.
August 6, 2018
8/10
I very much liked the way they concluded this part of the story. The best volume I read so far from this crossover. It had a solid story and good humor.
I very much liked the way they concluded this part of the story. The best volume I read so far from this crossover. It had a solid story and good humor.
March 18, 2021
to all good things must come an end.
July 12, 2020
The first part was hard to go though. It was random and about stuff I never heard about. The second part however was very good! Im just sad now :(
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December 18, 2024
Returned to its silly half serious Deadpool comics vibe while also giving cable room for his melodrama. They like forgot how to even that out half way thru these.
September 27, 2007
This volume is a perfect example of the problems involved with using multiple-series/storyline-spanning characters to headline a book. Of the seven issues compiled in Separation Anxiety, Cable appears in only three and he and Deadpool appear together only in the last issue. When he does show up, he has to deal with some plotline from some other X book about aliens and an incapacitated Rogue and what-ev-ah.
I come to C&D because I enjoy their bizarre friendship. I want it investigated and poked. I want to see how far it extends, where it is shaky, where firm. How they view it. Yes, I expect a book called Cable and Deadpool to contain both characters most of the time. I am not interested in reading the insane tales of Deadpool run amok or the boring tales of Cable possibly saving the world. I am interested in the insane tales of Cable harnessing Deadpool to possibly save the world or Deadpool pulling Cable into running amok. All good.
What does happen in this volume: Deadpool gets some of his backstory cleaned up and loses and gains a sidekick. C&D make up. Cable loses Providence. Oh and Gambit shows up. Wow. Nicieza is writing Gambit again and I ... didn't care. Of course, I have no idea who or what incarnation of Gambit this is so, yeah, moving on.
Anyway, the stories themselves are fair, and Deadpool is still insanely competent and seems to have set himself up with a nice little legit business. Cable will be so proud--if he's still alive.
I come to C&D because I enjoy their bizarre friendship. I want it investigated and poked. I want to see how far it extends, where it is shaky, where firm. How they view it. Yes, I expect a book called Cable and Deadpool to contain both characters most of the time. I am not interested in reading the insane tales of Deadpool run amok or the boring tales of Cable possibly saving the world. I am interested in the insane tales of Cable harnessing Deadpool to possibly save the world or Deadpool pulling Cable into running amok. All good.
What does happen in this volume: Deadpool gets some of his backstory cleaned up and loses and gains a sidekick. C&D make up. Cable loses Providence. Oh and Gambit shows up. Wow. Nicieza is writing Gambit again and I ... didn't care. Of course, I have no idea who or what incarnation of Gambit this is so, yeah, moving on.
Anyway, the stories themselves are fair, and Deadpool is still insanely competent and seems to have set himself up with a nice little legit business. Cable will be so proud--if he's still alive.
March 27, 2013
The Deadpool Stories (36-39). The main problem with these first stories is that Cable is entirely missing, resulting in the comic losing at least half of its charm (and its straight man). The first two issues with the Taskmaster and the Rhino are the more mediocre of the set, while the second two with Agent X and T-Ray play with some nice continuity issues for Deadpool — which is what you want to do when you’re missing half the comic’s cast [6/10].
Fractured (40-42). This is a somewhat incoherent story because it interweaves with Mike Carey’s X-Men work. Nonetheless, it’s quite good stuff, as viting things are going on in those X-Men issues, and Nicieza does a great job of finding additional depth in those stories. I’m a bit disappointed by the end of Cable’s Utopian arc, but such is the danger of a writer making a big change, then having to pass it off to someone else who has other plans [7+/10].
Fractured (40-42). This is a somewhat incoherent story because it interweaves with Mike Carey’s X-Men work. Nonetheless, it’s quite good stuff, as viting things are going on in those X-Men issues, and Nicieza does a great job of finding additional depth in those stories. I’m a bit disappointed by the end of Cable’s Utopian arc, but such is the danger of a writer making a big change, then having to pass it off to someone else who has other plans [7+/10].
September 30, 2015
Z tohoto dílu mám rozpoluplné pocity. Na jednu stranu ve většině příběhu není Cable a děj se točí jen kolem Deadpoola. Ten Niciezovi jako postava sedne a je to vtipné s občasným příměsem depresem a hledáním sebe sama. A poprvé se tu objevuje Hydra Bob =).
No a pak tu jsou bohužel poslední 3 čísla. Série C&D celých 40 čísel buduje dějovou linku, jak Cable vládne na svém vlastním ostrově, všemi manipuluje a hraje si na mesiáše. A kurňa, velké vyústění téhle linky proběhne v ÚPLNÉ JINÉ SÉRII? Máme tu crossover s X-Menama, jenže jejich sešity v knize nejsou. Takže to celé končí nějak nemastně, neslaně a vlastně to ani pořádně nechápu. V první části je Rogue v komatu, v druhé není. V první bojují, v druhé boj skončil... Což je neskutečně debilní. Ale závěrečná část o evakuaci s Providence je dobrá.
Asi zatím nejlepší díl (a to i přes to crossoverování)
No a pak tu jsou bohužel poslední 3 čísla. Série C&D celých 40 čísel buduje dějovou linku, jak Cable vládne na svém vlastním ostrově, všemi manipuluje a hraje si na mesiáše. A kurňa, velké vyústění téhle linky proběhne v ÚPLNÉ JINÉ SÉRII? Máme tu crossover s X-Menama, jenže jejich sešity v knize nejsou. Takže to celé končí nějak nemastně, neslaně a vlastně to ani pořádně nechápu. V první části je Rogue v komatu, v druhé není. V první bojují, v druhé boj skončil... Což je neskutečně debilní. Ale závěrečná část o evakuaci s Providence je dobrá.
Asi zatím nejlepší díl (a to i přes to crossoverování)
May 7, 2016
Cable and Dead Pool
Go together quite well although I wouldn't have thought so myself.
Lots of pages and action on those pages. Plot and art just dandy. Both the Heroes end up looking noble and I like that kind of a semi-ending.
With so many artists I was concerned the comic would have that "done by a committee" feel, but it didn't. Few single artists have the talent to draw all the props and characters included. It's my review so I'm adding a star because I love it.
Go together quite well although I wouldn't have thought so myself.
Lots of pages and action on those pages. Plot and art just dandy. Both the Heroes end up looking noble and I like that kind of a semi-ending.
With so many artists I was concerned the comic would have that "done by a committee" feel, but it didn't. Few single artists have the talent to draw all the props and characters included. It's my review so I'm adding a star because I love it.
October 7, 2015
Up until this volume, it has been mostly Cable with a little bit of Deadpool, the ratio was off, but with this volume there was a significant increase in Deadpool's panel time and that's never a bad time.
November 23, 2009
For some terrible reason I found this volume incredibly boring. WHYYYY.
October 14, 2013
Individual issues on marvel unlimited
January 21, 2018
ABSOLUTE RATING: {2.5/5 stars} (Rounded Down)
STANDARDIZED RATING: <2/5 stars>
STANDARDIZED RATING: <2/5 stars>
August 20, 2015
Such a great arc. Could legitimately be the end of the series but kind of glad it's not. Just great Deadpool storylines and shows how Cable's personality influences deadpool
March 27, 2016
Is he dead, he can't be dead! OMG why Cable? you sick Jesus wanna be! WHY? I usually feel pity for Wade but you took all the feels and ran with them!
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May 10, 2016
Deadpool parts are great, the Cable tie ins are just urhg.
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