Cable
Cover forCable #1 (May 1993). Artwork byArt Thibert
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Superhero
Publication date	List (vol. 1) May 1993 – September 2002 (vol. 2) May 2008 – June 2010
No. of issues	List (vol. 1): 108 (vol. 2): 25 (vol. 3): 14 (vol. 4): 12 (vol. 5): 4
Main character(s)	Cable Hope Summers
Creative team
Written by	List (vol. 1) Fabian Nicieza Jeph Loeb Todd DeZago James Robinson Joe Casey Joe Pruett Robert Weinberg David Tischman (vol. 2) Duane Swierczynski (vol. 3) [[]] (vol. 4) Gerry Duggan (vol. 5) Fabian Nicieza
Penciller	List (vol. 1) Art Thibert Steve Skroce Ian Churchill Jose Ladronn Michael Ryan Igor Kordey (vol. 2) Ariel Olivetti Paul Gulacy Gabriel Guzman
Inker	List (vol. 1) Mike Sellers Scott Hanna Juan Vlasco (vol. 2) Mariano Taibo

Cable is the name of multiplecomic book titles featuring the characterCable and published byMarvel Comics, beginning with the originalCable comic book series which debuted in 1993.

In 1992, the character was featured in his first solo series, a two issue miniseries, titledCable: Blood and Metal, written byFabian Nicieza, pencilled byJohn Romita, Jr., and inked byDan Green, published in October and November of that year.

Shortly afterBlood and Metal, Cable was given his own ongoing series titledCable. The book initially had trouble finding a stable creative team. A writer/penciller team would complete no more than three issues in a row untilJeph Loeb andIan Churchill began work on issue #20 and finish on #35 (though with a gap between issues #20 and #21 due to theAge of Apocalypse event). Loeb and Churchill provided the first instance of stability, working together on 15 of the 20 issues from #20–39. During their run, they explored characters in Cable's past, his feeling of responsibility towardNathan Grey, his relationship withDomino andBlaquesmith, and further adventures withGarrison Kane, theSugar Man, and theMicroverse.

Cable #34–35 were part of the "Onslaught" storyline, which was a top vote getter for theComics Buyer's Guide Fan Award for Favorite Comic-Book Story for 1997.

The series ran for 107 issues from May 1993 until September 2002 before being relaunched asSoldier X, which lasted 12 more issues until Aug. 2003.

After his solo series ended, he was paired with the mercenaryDeadpool in a new ongoing series titledCable & Deadpool.^[1]

In 2008,Marvel Comics releasedCable vol. 2, a new ongoing series byDuane Swierczynski and artistAriel Olivetti.^[2] This new series directly follows the events of "Messiah Complex". The series features Cable, and the messianic child's time traveling adventures. The dangers of the future and pursuit byBishop are balanced with the humor of "Cable the soldier" becoming "Cable the Nanny."^[3]

According toDuane Swierczynski, although the writer "missed Cable's heyday in the early 1990s," Cable is "[his] kind of antihero—the cryptic,Man with No Name of mutantkind. If [Swierczynski had] quibbles with the Cable of yesteryear, it's that he was just atad too powerful. [Cable] could port around the world at will, fetch beer from the fridge with the power of his mind, and then crush said beer can against his metallic love handle."^[4] When asked whether Nathan Summers was a tragic character in his mind, Swierczynski replied that, "Cable's still a bad ass soldier, make no mistake. But [the mission to protect Hope Summers inX-Men:Messiah War] is breaking him down like he's never been broken down before" and said that "[the readers are] going to see Cable struggling with a new bodily problem, one directly borne out of his experiences in 'Messiah War.'"^[5]

In 2009,Cable vol. 2 had a seven-issue crossover withX-Force,X-Force/Cable:Messiah War, which is the second story in a three-part storyline that began inX-Men: Messiah Complex.^[6]

Cable was canceled in April 2010 with issue #25 (the final issue being calledDeadpool and Cable #25).^[7]

A third volume ofCable, written by James Robinson and drawn by Carlos Pacheco, was launched in April 2017 as part of theResurrXion relaunch.^[8] The series ran for five issues before it was renumbered under legacy issue numbering as part of Marvel'sLegacy relaunch, starting with #150.^[9] Under this legacy numbering, the title was written by Ed Brisson (#150-154) and Zac Thompson and Lonnie Nadler (#155-159), and drawn by Jon Malin (#150-154) and German Peralta (#155-159).

Cable was relaunched in March 2020 as part ofDawn of X.^[10] Written byGerry Duggan and drawn byPhil Noto, the series focuses on the younger version of Cable who is at the center ofKrakoa's teenage revolution.^[11] The fourth volume concluded after a brief run of 12 issues.

The fifth volume was launched in January 2024 as part of theFall of X relaunch, taking place at the end of theKrakoan Era. The story finds Cable teaming up with his younger self, to survive a war against Neocracy and Orchis. Being written by longtime X-men writerFabian Nicieza and drawn byScot Eaton, the volume concluded after 4 issues.^[15]

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• Comics about time travel
• Comics by Fabian Nicieza
• X-Men titles

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