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Issue: Cable 37 Date: Nov-96 Story: True Lies (23 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Domino Guest Stars: SHIELD including G.W. Bridge, Contessa Valentina de la Fontaine; Garrison Kane, Vanessa Carslyle (Copycat) Villains: Graydon Creed (on a poster), Psychoman Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Ian Churchill Inks: Scott Hanna Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft/AD Colors: Mike Thomas Color Separations: Graphic Colorworks Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: The Weapon-X lab has gone off-line; Bridge investigates and finds the files have been stolen. Cable and Domino meet Kane in an abandoned building in San Francisco. Copycat is with him; they tried to live as normal humans but were marked as mutants. Copycat and Domino fight (they have issues: see X-Force 14); Cable is incapacitated with doubt, Kane with fear. Cable realizes they and the whole city are being manipulated, and creates a telepathic bubble to shut it out. Psychoman reveals himself, sated with emotions for now, and shrinks away with Kane. Cable and Domino find the Endeavor, realize that Psychoman actually took Copycat impersonating Kane, and they all go to the Microverse to save her. Issue: Cable 38 Date: Dec-96 Story: In Perspective (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Domino Guest Stars: Garrison Kane, Copycat; the Micronauts: Cmdr. Arcturus Rann, Mari, Bug; G.W. Bridge Villains: Psychoman, Number Nine, Dog Soldiers Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Ian Churchill Inks: Vince Russell, Hanna, Lee Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft/AD Colors: Mike Thomas Color Enhancements: Graphic Color Works Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Cable, Domino, and Kane shrink down to the Microverse, the sub-atomic universe, and their ship immediately comes under fire. Fortunately, the Micronauts are at hand and beat back Psychomanıs forces. For the first time, Cable accepts being called an X-Man. Bridge investigates Kaneıs trashed home, and realizes Cable is involved. Psychoman plans to take over two universes, now that the Fantastic Four are missing (Onslaught: Marvel Universe). He tries to analyze Kaneıs technology so he can build a super-army, only to find it is really Copycat impersonating Kane. The Micronauts and company go outside their ship to attack Psychomanıs base, which is defended by Dog Soldiers (reanimated dead men). Psychoman fells Cable with feelings of doubt, and makes Kane hate, so he turns on Cable. Issue: Cable 39 Date: Jan-97 Story: All Things Great and Small (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Domino Guest Stars: Garrison Kane, Copycat; the Micronauts: Cmdr. Arcturus Rann, Mari, Bug; Dr. Moira MacTaggert Villains: Psychoman, Dog Soldiers Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Ian Churchill Inks: Scott Hanna Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft/AD Colors: Mike Thomas Color Enhancements: GCW Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Kane attacks Cable; the Micronauts retreat, leaving them to Psychoman. Cable telepathically instructs Domino to find Copycat, so she canıt be used as a hostage. Psychoman is expropriating Kaneıs technology when the Micronauts attack, in even more miniaturized form. Domino makes her way to Copycat and slaps her out of Psychomanıs control (³Believe me, Iım not enjoying this²). They fight together. Cable recovers and mind-links Kane and Copycat to Psychoman, overwhelming him with a new emotion, love. Then he punches him out. The Micronauts put Psychoman into stasis; the rest return to San Francisco. Kane and Copycat ride off into the sunset. In Westchester, Moira makes a desparate call to Cable: Rene Majcomb is in danger. Issue: Cable 40 Date: Feb-97 Story: Into the Dark (23 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Domino Guest Stars: Douglock, Dr. Renee Majcomb, Nils Styger; Dr. Moira MacTaggert (in flashback) Villains: Bastion, Harper, First Strike: Hendricks, Mann, Amy Neils, Holton Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Todd DeZago Pencils: Scott Clark Inks: Chris Carlson Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Mike Thomas Color Separations: GCW Editor, Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Moira has sent Cable, Domino, and Douglock to Louisiana to make sure Majcomb is safe. They run across First Strike, who have stealth suits making them invisible even to telepathy. Majcombıs guardian Nils takes out Neils, and Harper pulls them out, but not before one of them tussles with Cable, and two more with Nils, who envelops them, sending them into a cold abyss (c.f. AOA Abyss). Cable tells First Strike to leave innocent people alone and sends them off. Majcomb chooses to stay in Louisiana, working on the Legacy Virus, with Nils as guardian, who is a Genoshan mutate with the new, mutate strain of the Legacy Virus. Issue: Cable 41 Date: Mar-97 Story: The Depths of Time (23 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Bishop, Storm Villains: Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Todd DeZago Pencils: Steve Crespo Inks: Scott Hanna Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Mike Thomas Color Separations: GCW Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: With Bishop, Cable flies the PACRAT across the Pacific, then dives down to his time displacement core (see X-Force 21). There has been an intruder; it turns out to be Sinsear (iss. 1-5). During the ensuing battle, the time core is damaged; Sinsear has locked it down, and it will explode, causing all of time to exist simultaneously, unless all three of them work together to shut it down. Cable plans to throw himself into the core with a device that will implode it; he will be lost in time. Sinsear attacks him, having decided to sacrifice himself, instead. He enters the core and explosively disappears. May he find peace. Back in Westchester, Cable asks Storm about his sister Rachel. Issue: Cable 42 Date: Apr-97 Story: Tolerance (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Storm, Lila Cheney, Thornn (Lucia Callasantos) Villains: Sanctity, Callisto, Marrow (Sarah) Other Characters: Lenny, Frankie Credits: Writer: Todd DeZago Pencils: Randy Green Inks: Scott Hanna Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft/AD Colors: Mike Thomas Color Separations: GCW Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: In Switzerland, the mad Sanctity orders her Askani disciple to find Cable and make him fulfill his destiny, as Blaquesmith could not. Cable is reluctantly moshing at a Lila Cheney concert. Thornn has warned Storm that Callisto was going to cause trouble there. And she does, with Marrow helping (whom Storm thought she killed, Uncanny 325, and Cable met as a child, iss. 15). Their attack causes a panic; Storm is mobbed and goes claustrophobic and unleashes lightning. Callisto sends Marrow to plant a bomb, and confronts Storm outside. Storm calls terrorism cowardice; Callisto says itıs a fair response to genocide. They fight. Marrow attacks Cable (no contest) and explains the bomb will go off when Lila ends her last song. He gets Lila to vamp, while Thornn finds the bomb. She tosses it to Lila, who ports it far, far away and ends her show with a flourish. Issue: Cable 43 Date: May-97 Story: Broken Soldiers (20 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Tetherblood (in flashback), Phoenix; Cyclops, Madelyne Pryor (in flashback) Villains: New Canaanites (in flashback) Other Characters: Askani disciples Credits: Writer: Todd DeZago, Brian Vaughan Pencils: Randy Green, Chap Yaep Inks: Scott Hanna Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft/AD Colors: Mike Thomas Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: In Switzerland, a displaced Askani gathers his disciples and tells them about Cable as a young man. (Note: this is told in parallel with present-day events.) In the future, after Aliyaıs death, Cable recklessly returns to a battlefield to save a fallen comrade. Confronting the New Canaanite soldiers, he gives them an ultimatum, then Tetherblood shoots them from a hidden position. The rescued soldier wants to kill the New Canaanites, but Cable stop him. In the present, Cable saves a young mutant from an angry crowd. The boy lashes out with his power, telepathically felling the entire crowd. Cable stops him before he kills them all. The lesson: donıt let anger become hatred and make you a murderer. Phoenix reviews the life of Maddie Pryor, since she is alive again (see X-Man 5, 25). Note: a catalog of Cable friends and foes follows. Issue: Cable 44 Date: Jun-97 Story: Temptation in the Wilderness (24 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Phoenix; Cyclops Villains: Madelyn Pryor, an Askani, Sebastian Shaw Other Characters: Credits: Writer: James Robinson Pencils: Randy Green, Allen Im Inks: Scott Hanna, Scott Koblish Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Mike Thomas Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: On the astral plane, Madelyne has her boy in a cage and introduces herself, alive from the dead (X-Factor 38, X-Man 5, 26). In Westchester, Jean and Scott are concerned because Cable is meditating, and his mind and body have frozen in place. Maddie takes Cable on a tour of her life: Sinisterıs London lab (he kills an illusory monster to save her); Sinisterıs Nebraska lab where he made her; her and Scottıs cabin in Alaska (where she was deserted); the Empire State Building (where she died as a villain). She to ally with him, destroy all mutants and rule the world, but he (a mutant) has other goals and refuses. But he makes the cabin neutral territory, if she wants to meet with him. Jean helps Cable come out of his trance; they and Scott plan to befriend Maddie if they can. In Switzerland, an Askani offers to ally with Shaw. Issue: Cable -1 Date: Jul-97 Story: The Devilıs Herald (24 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Stan Lee, Dr. Moira MacTaggert, Rahne Sinclair; Clan Askani including Tetherblood (in flashback) Villains: Rev. Craig; New Canaanites (in flashback); Apocalypse Other Characters: Angus MacWhirter, Terry Credits: Writer: James Robinson Pencils: Jose Ladronn Inks: Juan Vlasco Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Note: this is a ³Flashback² issue, introduced and concluded by Marvel creator Stan Lee. Moira and her ward Rahne go to investigate trouble on the mainland and find Cable, newly arrived in this time, speaking Askani to Craig who is wielding his Bible and inciting mob violence, as usual. Cable manipulates the crowdıs minds, and they wander off peacefully. Moira takes Cable to Muir and runs tests. Her really big sensor drives Cableıs t-o arm wild and then explodes. Cable telekinetically saves her from falling equipment, then telepathically learns English from her (so why doesnıt he have a brogue?). He has come to find Xavier, and she plans to take him to her one-time friend. Cableıs arrival has awakened Apocalypse in Switzerland. Stan notes that Cable erased Rahneıs knowledge of him (New Mutants 89). (He also must have erased Moiraıs knowledge of his t-o, cf. iss. 9.) Issue: Cable 45 Date: Aug-97 Story: Moving Target Part One: No Escape (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: G.W. Bridge Guest Stars: X-Men Cannonball, Wolverine, Phoenix; Caliban Villains: Bastion and Operation: Zero Tolerance soldiers, Henry Peter Gyrich Other Characters: Credits: Writer: James Robinson Pencils: Randy Green Inks: Scott Hanna Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft/AD Colors: Mike Thomas Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Note: this is part of the Zero Tolerance crossover. Cable fights his way through OZT soldiers into Xavierıs mansion. Overwhelmed, he explodes himself, making them think heıs dead, but it doesnıt fool Bastion. Flashback: Bridge informs him that someone in the Hellfire Club was after him, and he is not surprised. The TV informs him of OZTıs attack on the X-Men (X-Men 65). Bridge says thereıs suspicious Federal activity at some school in Westchester. Cable wanted to protect the mansion and its files. He remembers helping Xavier build the complex with advanced technology, evidently before the school opened. Xavier acclimated him to this century. In the mansion, Cable goes to free the ailing Caliban. They are pinned down by Bastionıs forces, and try to shoot their way out. Issue: Cable 46 Date: Sep-97 Story: Moving Target Part Two: Siege (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Caliban, Nate Grey Villains: Bastion and OZT soldiers including Pulver, Mason, Darnell Other Characters: Credits: Writer: James Robinson Pencils: Randy Green, Steven Harris, Deodato Studio Inks: Scott Hanna, Deodato Studio Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft/AD Colors: Mike Thomas Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Note: this is part of the Zero Tolerance crossover. Cable and Caliban fight OZT soldiers in the mansion. Cable has Caliban trigger giant, spiked balls from the Danger Room, and in the confusion, they escape to the Morlock access tunnel beneath the mansion. Cable sends Caliban off, since he is still ill (see X-Force 65-66), and goes back to retrieve Xavierıs computer files. He seals the tunnel with an explosion, then one by one takes out the soldiers guarding the computer. He sees that Bastion has had time to download the Cerebro files, but the security systems encrypted the rest into Shiıar: Mutant Underground, Danger Room, Xavier Protocols. Cable loads them onto disk and destroys the computer. He realizes that Bastion could already have sent people after his family, and, with considerable strain, telepathically asks a reluctant Nate Grey to protect the rest of the Grey family (see X-Man 30). He has been too slow: Bastion catches him in the computer room before he can escape. He has his men blow down the door, but then enters alone, addresses Cable by his real name, and says they must talk. Issue: Cable 47 Date: Oct-97 Story: Moving Target Part Three: Man to Man (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: G.W. Bridge Guest Stars: Villains: Bastion and OZT soldiers, Donald Pierce Other Characters: Credits: Writer: James Robinson Pencils: Rob Haynes Inks: Scott Hanna Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft/AD Colors: Mike Thomas Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Note: this is part of the Zero Tolerance crossover. Bastion confronts Cable alone and says he has downloaded the Cerebro files, giving him data on every known mutant and their relatives. He has instructed his men to kill everyone on the list, if Cable kills him. He also knows Cableıs personal history. OZT soldiers burst into the room and start shooting, so Cable uses TK to bring down the ceiling, and tackles Bastion as he flees. Bastion notes that Cable now has no escape route; Cable note that he cannot read Bastionıs mind. Cable takes Bastion hostage, walks through the soldiers, and overrides their psi-shielded armor and makes them forget everything at Salem Center. As Cable passes out, Bastion picks up his gun and tries to shoot him in the back, but there are no more bullets. Cable wakes later and tells his tale to Bridge. Bastion is gone, and so is the mansion. SHIELD will care for the OZT soldiers; Sen. Kelly is trying to get the president to use SHIELD to stop OZT. In Boston, Donald Pierce plans to use the Hellfire Club to attack Cable. Issue: Cable 48 Date: Nov-97 Story: The Hellfire Hunt, Part 1: Dirty Secrets (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Irene Merryweather Guest Stars: Villains: Sebastian Shaw, Madelyn Pryor (in a picture) Other Characters: Max ³Maxie² Mullins, Priscilla, Lenny, Toby, Mildred, Mickey Billings Credits: Writer: James Robinson Pencils: Jose Ladronn Inks: Juan Vlasco Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft/AD Colors: Gloria Vasquez Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Irene regrets her life as a tabloid reporter and wishes she could work at the Daily Bugle. Mullins, her editor, assigns her to find a scandal on Shaw. All her regular sources feign ignorance, and there is very little public record of the man. Billings, a caterer, overheard Shaw talking to Pierce about a ³club² and an ³operation² and ³hitting Cable.² Billings and the tabloid staff are all killed, and Hellfire Club goons attack Irene and explode her car, but at the last minute Cable arrives, beats back the goons, and asks her why they attacked her. Issue: Cable 49 Date: Dec-97 Story: The Hellfire Hunt, Part 2: Weary Knights & Shabby Paladins (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Irene Guest Stars: Iron Man (in flashback) Villains: Donald Pierce, Hellfire goons including Taft; Paladin Other Characters: Credits: Writer: James Robinson Pencils: Jose Ladronn Inks: Juan Vlasco, Scott Hanna Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraftıs Albert Deschesne Colors: Marie Javins Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Cable wants Irene to document him, so others can learn from his experiences. He explains about the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club, and that Pierce is his and Ireneıs mutual enemy. Cable plans to stop his ³Tomorrow Agenda² by infiltrating his family mansion in Boston. Pierce is told that Cable is about to attack his base in Algeria, so he flies there. Cable had arranged this distraction through his loose organization of ³Believers.² Cable easily breaks into the mansion and its computer, and he starts to interrogate Taft about the Tomorrow Agenda. He is interrupted by the mercenary Paladin, but has enough firepower to quickly overcome him and the rest of the Hellfire goons. Taft suicides rather than blab, and Cable nearly dies psi-scanning him. He learns that Pierce has information from the future and plans to find Apocalypse in Switzerland and harness his power. Cable plans to stop them. Issue: Cable 50 Date: Jan-98 Story: The Hellfire Hunt, Part 3: And He Shall Be Called Man! (40 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Irene Guest Stars: Cyclops, Phoenix; Union Jack (Lord Montgomery Fallsworth, in flashback) Villains: Donald Pierce, Sebastian Shaw, Madelyn Pryor, Chıvayre, the Harbinger of Apocalypse; Apocalypse Harry Manners (both in flashback) Other Characters: Credits: Writer: James Robinson Pencils: Jose Ladronn Inks: Juan Vlasco, Scott Hanna & Co. Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraftıs Albert Deschesne Colors: Gloria Vasquez Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Cable visits Westchester to check on his wounded father and say good-bye for a while. London, 1859: Apocalypse puts one of Essexıs spies into a pod which will make him his Harbinger and keep him in stasis. London, present: Shaw tells Pierce that the Hellfire Club had once tried to work with Apocalypse (Further Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix limited series). He shows him the stasis pod, and Chıvayre, who can open it (he wants to force Cable to confront Apocalypse). London, 1915: Union Jack wangles an invite to the Hellfire Club, is attacked, and overcomes Manners and stops him from opening the pod. Irene insists on going with Cable; Madelyn pops up to direct him to London, to stop Shaw before he accidentally destroys the place. He arrives just as the pod opens, and the Harbinger attacks all present, adapting to their every weapon, and exploding the place. Later, Cable finds that he robbed a Saville Row tailor, and from there is able to track his psi-signature. They talk: the Harbinger is unsure what to do. Apocalypse wanted him to cause destruction and chaos, but he thinks there may yet be hope for man. He goes off to judge for himself. Cable investigates the mansion and finds the Hellfire Club had indeed located Apocalypse. Issue: Cable 51 Date: Feb-98 Story: The Hellfire Hunt, Part 4: Faith and Deception (24 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Irene Guest Stars: the Invaders: Capt. America, the Sub-Mariner, the Human Torch (in flashback) Villains: Chıvayre, the Hellfire Club including Sebastian Shaw, Donald Pierce; Trevor Fitzroy, Adolph Hitler (both in flashback); Wilhelm Lohmer (Master Man) Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Joe Casey Pencils: Jose Ladronn Inks: Juan Vlasco, Bud LaRosa Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraftıs Saida Temofonte Colors: Gloria Vasquez Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Special Thanks To: James Robinson Synopsis: Cable follows the Hellfire Club to Switzerland, where he is ambushed, and Irene is amazed at his fighting skills. They would have been killed, but Wilhelm appears, creates an explosion as a diversion, and takes them safely to his castle. They are both suspicious of him, even though he identifies himself as a Believer. Cable overrides Ireneıs objections and reads his mind, seeing images of Hitler and the Invaders. He realizes that Wilhelm was once the Nazi villain Master Man, and he confronts him. Shaw, Pierce, and Chıvayre bicker while preparing to open Apocalypseıs tomb. Issue: Cable 52 Date: Mar-98 Story: The Hellfire Hunt, Part 5: Beyond Belief (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Irene Guest Stars: Villains: Chıvayre, the Hellfire Club including Sebastian Shaw, Donald Pierce, Wilhelm Lohmer (Master Man); Sanctity, Warrior Woman (both in flashback) Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Joe Casey Pencils: German Garcia Inks: Jon Holdredge Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Gloria Vasquez Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: 30 years ago, Sanctity ported a boy from the future to Switzerland, where he was rescued by monks. Sanctity named him Chıvayre and commissioned him to bring Cable and Apocalypse into conflict. Chıvayre has succeeded by using the Hellfire Club, which finds and attacks Apocalypseıs tomb. Lohmer regrets his villainous Nazi past and wants to redeem himself. Cable lets him take him to the tomb, leaving Irene asleep in the castle. Apocalypseıs tomb is not without defences, and when Cable arrives, it is keeping the Hellfire Club at bay. Lohmer dies saving Cable from a Hellfire Club member, and Cable buries him in the snow. Issue: Cable 53 Date: Apr-98 Story: The Hellfire Hunt, Part 6: Beautiful Friend (23 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Irene Guest Stars: Caliban Villains: the Hellfire Club including Sebastian Shaw, Donald Pierce; Chıvayre; Wilhelm Lohmer (Master Man, in flashback), Apocalypse, Ozymandias Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Joe Casey Pencils: Jose Ladronn Inks: Juan Vlasco Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraftıs Albert Deschesne Colors: Gloria Vasquez Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Irene is abandoned in Zurich, writing notes about Cable. Shaw, Pierce, and Chıvayre break into Apocalypseıs tomb, donıt see him, and plan to exploit his technology. Cable enters, and Pierce finally confronts the man who caused him to become a cyborg. They fight, and Cable destroys Pierceıs hand, again. Chıvayre insults the Hellfire Club, so Shaw attacks him and puts him into one of Apocalypseıs cocoons. Shaw leaves, abandoning the failed Pierce, while the roof caves in. Cable tries to rescue Chıvayre, but only manages to make telepathic contact before the structure blasts into space and explodes. Cable is presumed to have survived the wreckage. In Egypt, Apocalypse prepares to begin the next stage alone. He frees his servants Ozymandias and Caliban. Issue: Cable 54 Date: May-98 Story: Jungle Action (24 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Irene, Blaquesmith Guest Stars: TıChalla the Black Panther; Cyclops, Phoenix, Domino, Aliya (in flashback) Villains: Apocalypse, Donald Pierce (in flashback); Ulysses Klaw Other Characters: Dr. Joshua Itobu, MıKambi, NıGassi Credits: Writer: Joe Casey Pencils: Jose Ladronn Inks: Juan Vlasco Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft/ST Colors: Gloria Vasquez Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Cable falls like a meteorite into the jungles of Wakanda. Tribesmen take him to a doctor, and to their king the Black Panther. Cable decides to stay awhile, and considers his purpose in destroying Apocalypse. Irene finds Blaquesmith in Cableıs place in New York, and is taken aback. Cable, TıChalla, and his cousin Joshua debate Wakandan politics. Joshua has allied with Klaw; Joshua wants to use the vibranium to make Wakanda a military power, while Klaw needs a replacement part for his sonic blaster. Impatient, Klaw turns against Joshua and breaks into the underground vibranium labs, despite the fact that it poisons him. Cable and Panther fight him and trap him into a vacuum chamber. Sound cannot exist in a vacuum, so he dissolves, leaving only his hand unit. Cable flies back to New York, having made an ally. Issue: Cable 55 Date: Jun-98 Story: Wiser Times (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Irene, Blaquesmith, Domino, Stacey (Kramer, see iss. 64) Guest Stars: Daredevil Villains: Blockade (Dexter Parish, see next iss.), Sanders Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Joe Casey Pencils: Jose Ladronn Inks: Juan Vlasco, Keith Aiken Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraftıs Liz Colors: Gloria Vasquez Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Blaquesmith has a nightmare of Apocalypseıs victory over Cable and the X-Men. He has been captive since he was almost killed (iss. 32) and has resisted extraction of his knowledge about Cable. With his last strength, he reaches out mentally to send a message to Cableıs safehouse. In Chicago, Blockade gets an e-mail hiring him. He preps in Sandersı apartment in New York, then goes after a ³mutie chick.² Cable arrives in New York, grabs a bite in Hells Kitchen, and meets a chatty waitress named Stacey. Irene enters, furious he didnıt contact her; she tells him she saw Blaquesmith (last iss.), and he runs off again to find him. Instead, he finds Domino. She walks away, choosing to find her own fate, and runs smack into Blockade. Issue: Cable 56 Date: Jul-98 Story: Bloodrite (23 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Irene, Blaquesmith, Domino Guest Stars: Villains: Blockade; Stilts, Morris Other Characters: Sid Credits: Writer: Joe Casey Pencils: Ryan Benjamin Inks: Matt Banning, Scott Hanna, Keith Aiken, Jon Holdredge Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraftıs Saida Temofonte Colors: Gloria Vasquez Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Blockade beats up Domino and throws her off a bridge. Blaquesmith contacts Cable (who thought he was dead since iss. 33) and reminds him of his destiny. Cableıs psychic rapport with Domino leads him to her, just in time to rush her to the hospital. He asks Irene to watch over her, while he takes revenge on Blockade, first fighting him, and then ravaging his mind, making him catatonic. Not very heroic, but in accord with future Canaanite tradition. Domino awakes and storms out of the hospital. SHIELD agents are sent to pick up Blockade and get Cableıs description.
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