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Issue: Cable 79 Date: May-00 Story: Fire Burn (23 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Stacey Kramer (in flashback) Guest Stars: Cyclops, Phoenix (both in flashback) Villains: Apocalypse (in flashback); Aentaros; Dr. Randall Shire, Key, Wall; Ranshi Imperials including Kriven Other Characters: 3 witches; Andy, Jane, their sons; Berger Credits: Writer & Art: Robert Weinberg, Michael Ryan Inks: Andrew Pepoy Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraftıs Saida Temofonte Colors: Gloria Vasquez Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Cable wanders the streets of New York alone, pondering a post-Apocalyptic purpose. Time stops, and Macbethıs three witches appear, warning him of tests and giving him a vision of a family guy named Andy who goes berzerk and shoots up Shireıs religious meeting at Madison Square Garden. Released, Cable sprints to the Garden and throws a force field around Andy and realizes heıs possessed. He calls himself Aentaros, says heıll be back, and blows himself up with two grenades. Shire plots to enslave the world and prepares with Key and Wall to fight off Aentaros, who is an agent of Azazel. Kriven is used as bait to lure Cable into a warehouse, where he fights off Ranshi androids, who then disappear. Berger, an archaeologist, finds a lost city in the Sinai, which he thinks is Atlantis (he hasnıt read about Namor?). Aentaros possesses Blockade, who has been in a coma in a SHIELD hospital since Cable mind-wiped him (iss. 56). Cable walks through the door of his safehouse but finds himself in another world. Issue: Cable 80 Date: Jun-00 Story: Cauldron Bubble (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Irene Merryweather, Blaquesmith Guest Stars: G.W. Bridge Villains: Randall Shire, Wall; Ranshi Imperials including Malan; Manual, Eyla, and Ezra Cire; Aentaros in Blockade Other Characters: Jason Cross, Karen Gleason; Prof. Henry Oxton (see iss. 81), Berger, Clarity, Greg, Lea Credits: Writer: Robert Weinberg Art: Michael Ryan, Scott Hanna Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraftıs Saida Temofonte Colors: Gloria Vasquez Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Cable tries to reorient himself and finds Eyla singing and painting in the woods, with her pet sabretooth. She hospitably takes him to Niers, a city on Harmony, which is earth in the distant, utopian future. He father realizes Cable is from the past and tells him there is a war with the Ranshi in another timeline. They throw a party for him, say they can cure his t-o virus, and mention that they prevent mutants. Just then the Ranshi attack, and Cable is pushed back to the present. Shire mesmerizes his audience. Archaeologists Oxton and Berger are stopped by superstitious natives. Aenteros possessing Blockade breaks out of and burns down the SHIELD hospital. Irene gets Cable to meet Clarity, a secretive reporter she knows. He is able to process information like a computer, watching all news channels simultaneously. Just then, both Blockade and the Ranshi attack. Issue: Cable 81 Date: Jul-00 Story: The Nexus of Time and Space (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Irene Merryweather, Blaquesmith Guest Stars: G.W. Bridge Villains: Aentaros in Blockade; Ranshi Imperials including Sandella; Manuel and Eyla Cire; Shire, Key, Wall Other Characters: 3 witches, Andy, Eyla, Clarity (all in flashback), Greg, Lea; Oxton, Berger, Sheik Hamid Credits: Writer: Robert Weinberg Art: Michael Ryan, Andrew Pepoy Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraftıs Saida Temofonte Colors: Gloria Vasquez Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: The Ranshi have Cable captive. 2000 years in the future they conquered the galaxy, but the three witches warn the emperor of an alternate universe, Harmony. They realize Cable is the nexus and immediately return him before they damage the time stream. He returns to fighting Aentaros, disabling him. Aentaros twists his own head to commit suicide in Blockadeıs body, vowing to return. Bridge visits Shire to warn him about Blockade and is mesmerized. Shire plans to take control of the U.S. government. Clarity, speaking through Lea and Greg, explains that the five Undying, including Aentaros, have existed throughout history, killing, being executed, then reappearing. Cable has Blaquesmith rig a device to restrain Aentaros when he finds a new host. Irene realizes Randall Shire is the origin of the Ranshi and goes to investigates Harmony. The witches appear to Manuel Cire and tell him Cable is the key to victory over the Ranshi, so he and Eyla travel to the past. Hamid warns Oxton that Azazel guards the ancient doors he has found. He ignores him, and suddenly freezes like a statue. Berger takes a digital photo of the site. Cable tells Bridge where to find Blockadeıs body, then returns to find Blaquesmith attacked by Aentaros, who has possessed Irene. Issue: Cable 82 Date: Aug-00 Story: Irene Must Die! (21 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Irene Merryweather, Blaquesmith Guest Stars: Rachel Summers (Phoenix II/Mother Askani), G.W. Bridge, Domino Villains: the Undying including Aenteros, Semijan; Azazel; Shire, Key, Wall; Ranshi Imperials including Sandella; Manuel and Eyla Cire Other Characters: Clarity, Greg, Lea Credits: Writer: Robert Weinberg Art: Michael Ryan, Andrew Pepoy Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraftıs Saida Temofonte Colors: Gloria Vasquez Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Aenteros in Ireneıs body attacks Cable: if he kills him, he kills her. So he kills her, with a TK-induced heart-attack. At the same time, he calls the EMTıs, who revive her. Blaquesmith recovers and completes a device that can contain Aenteros. Cable sees a vision of Rachel caged, then gets to the hospital to visit Irene. She says the five Undying are ageless homicidal maniacs, and Azazel is their judge (echoes of the Gamesmaster?). Clarity has found Bergerıs photo of Azazelıs temple and data from Key, who is working to free himself from Shire. They and Wall are brothers from Australia, who used their low-level mutant powers to run a circus. Then Semijan possessed Shire. The Cires jump back to the past to find Cable, before the Ranshi destroy their timeline. They drop shields to port Cable aboard; the Ranshis detect them and port themselves in as well, and battle ensues. Cable realizes both Eyla and Sandelli are alternates of Aliya. He telepathically stops forces all to stop fighting and makes them explain why he is the nexus: if he stops an assassin from killing Shire, he takes over the world; if not, Harmony. Bridge is mesmerized and guards Shire. Domino is the assassin. Issue: Cable 83 Date: Sep-00 Story: Reality Trembles (21 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Blaquesmith Guest Stars: Rachel Summers, SHIELD including G.W. Bridge, Garrett; Domino Villains: Aenteros, Semijan; Shire, Wall, Key; Ranshi Imperials including Sandella; Eyla Cire Other Characters: Greg, Lea; 3 witches; Oxton, Sheik Hamid Credits: Writer: Robert Weinberg Art: Michael Ryan, Andrew Pepoy Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraftıs Saida Temofonte Colors: Gloria Vasquez Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Aenteros in Domino stalks Semijan in Shire. Cable goes to Bridge to help stop her, not realizing heıs mesmerized. Greg and Lea show up, having located Berger. Domino sneaks backstage, while Bridge orders his men to shoot to kill. The three witches stop time and appear to Cable, claiming to be the Norns, Fates, and Furies, and representing past, present, and future. This is Cableıs fourth judgment, and secrets will be revealed. Time continues. Lea and Greg sneak back to free Key. Bridge, Cable, Wall, and Domino move in on Shire, interrupting his speech. Cable uses his TK to remove the dynamite Domino is carrying, and they fight hand-to-hand. Cable uses a gun Blaquesmith made to trap her. Aenteros and Semijan argue telepathically about the rules of the game; Shire voices his disgust for her, and his mesmerized audience begins repeating the words, instantly hating him, and even Wall turns against him. Cable has Bridge gag Shire and confine him and Domino. In space, the Ranshi and Harmony ships are each cut off from their futures and believe the other side won. Cable allies with Wall and Key to stop the Undying. He sees a vision of Rachel captive, and prepares to go to Azazelıs temple. Issue: Cable 84 Date: Oct-00 Story: Out of Space & Time (23 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Irene Merryweather Guest Stars: Phoenix (Jean Grey-Summers), Beast (Dr. Henry P. McCoy), Domino, Rachel Summers Villains: The Undying, Gaunt Other Characters: Key, Wall, Sheik Hamid, Oxton, Randall Shire, Eyla, Sandella Credits: Writer: Robert Weinberg Pencils: Michael Ryan Inks: Massengil, Pepoy Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraftıs Saida! Colors: Liquid! Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Cable, Key, Wall, Phoenix, Beast, Hamid, and Berger go to Azazelıs temple in the Sinai. Behind its indestructible doors, Jean senses five inhuman minds in trances, and a sixth, Azazel, protecting them, which she holds off. Hank finds an unnatural rock formation, and Key decrypts the lock. Azazel summons the Undyingsı minds home, as Cableıs team enters. They realize the temple is an alien spaceship, each Undying having brought a favorite body from a different ravaged world. Azazel is the shipıs AI, which is keeping score. The Undying release their host bodies around the world and return to attack. Cableıs team defeats them, but they are unfazed: if killed, they will just jump to other bodies. But Key has accessed Azazel and learned that the shipıs AI and the Undying were all created by a race of scientists, the Serayn, to explore the universe. But the Undying, amoral, went on a killing spree. Key reprograms Azazel to allow the Undying to transfer only into the bodies of cockroaches, where they will live and die for the next few million years. Cable and team bury the temple under a rockslide. Cable visits Irene in the hospital and tells her all. Eyla and Sandella port him away for a quick goodbye: he has prevented both of their timelines from occurring, so they have decided to team up and do good in the present. Cable dreams of his sister Rachel held prisoner by Gaunt. He visits Andy Carmodyıs widow at his gravesite and tells her he died saving others. Issue: Cable 85 Date: Nov-00 Story: Undertow (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Irene Merryweather, Blaquesmith Guest Stars: Rachel Summers Villains: the Black Dawn, Gaunt Other Characters: Alecto, Shin Credits: Writer: Robert Weinberg Pencils: Michael Ryan Inks: Massengil, Pepoy Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraftıs Saida! Colors: Liquid! Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Alecto stops time and wakes Irene, saying she is the Chronicler whose words will be read by millions. She says Apocalypseıs defeat was just the start of Cableıs destiny and raises suspicions about Blaquesmith, who was Rachelıs first Askani acolyte (X-Men: Phoenix miniseries). She tells Irene to investigate why Cable is the ³Chosen One.² Cable is fascinated by a new shop that teaches martial arts. He finds Shin sitting quietly inside. They spar, and she defeats him, serves tea, and promises to continue his lessons next week. Then she and the dojo disappear, leaving Cable bruised on the street. In another reality, the leader of the Black Dawn sends them to find Shinıs new apprentice. Cable tells Irene about his sister: he is having visions, and he suits up to go rescue her. Blaquesmith created a time machine for him, but he warns that time travel is treacherous. He tells Cable to use Rachelıs mind as a beacon to find her, and Blaquesmithıs to get back. Rachel is two billion years in the future, after a million years of darkness, when all alternate realities died out. Earth is barren, except for one mansion. Cable finds Gaunt holding Rachel captive; dampening fields inhibit his telepathy and his weapons. Gaunt says he wants to study heroism; Rachel says thatıs because he is totally evil, so good is alien to him. Gaunt was a warlord, who conquered for 10,000 years. Trillions died, then he was defeated and exiled to Earth till the stars die. Rachel emerged from the timestream (Excalibur 75) and was trapped there with him. He probed her mind and learned of great warriors like Cable, so he lured him there for hand-to-hand combat. Issue: Cable 86 Date: Dec-00 Story: Last Man Standing (21 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Irene Merryweather, Blaquesmith Guest Stars: Rachel Summers Villains: Gaunt, the Three Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Robert Weinberg Pencils: Essad Ribic Inks: Lary Stucker Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraftıs Saida! Colors: Hi Fi Design Asst. Editor: Pete Franco Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Joe Quesada Synopsis: Irene and Blaquesmith wait for Cable to return, while the witches observe. Cable meditates to regain strength and battles the T-O virus. Rachel tells him itıs just a nightmare; Gaunt is playing with his mind, and he is a sadist. The Phoenix force left her during the million dark years, so she just has her native telepathy and telekinesis. They hug, family despite alternate realities. Rachel says Gaunt is techno-organic; Gaunt says he is bored and lonely: peace and seclusion are his hell. They bare-knuckle fight, with steel knuckles. Gaunt wins. But Cable manages to get his blood on him, and his virulent T-O virus takes over Gaunt, felling him. It will take decades for him to learn to control it. Rachel takes Cable back into the timestream; they go past the sunıs death and slingshot to the past. Gauntıs judges thank him for reuniting the Summerses and put him to death. Back home, Cable tells Rachel everything that has happened since she left, including the fact that she will become Mother Askani. She decides to take some time off, maybe go to college. Cable agrees not to let anyone know sheıs back. Issue: Cable 87 Date: Jan-01 Story: Dreamıs End Part 2 of 4: Life Decisions (23 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Professor (in flashback) Guest Stars: Rogue (in flashback), Gambit, Beast, Colossus Villains: bullies including Jake (in flashback); the Brotherhood of Mutants: Post, Blob, Avalanche, Mastermind II; Sen. Robert Kelly; Pyro Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Robert Weinberg Pencils: Michael Ryan Inks: Ketchum, Pertzborn Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraftıs Saida! Colors: Hi Fi Design Asst. Editor: Pete Franco Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Joe Quesada Synopsis: Note: this happens after Uncanny X-Men 388. Flashback: bullies in a pickup chase Rogue, a young girl. She runs square into Cableıs chest: the early Cable. He carries an enormous gun but uses his TK to stop the boys. He wants to take her away, but Professor says he shouldnıt involve children in his struggles. He bodyslides away. In Boston, Cable defends Kelly against the Brotherhood of Mutants. Gambit, Beast, and Colossus provide backup. Colossus takes the brunt of Postıs attack; Cable telekinetically tosses Blob, to his great surprise. An old man in the corner removes his hat, and Cable sees itıs Pyro, dying of the Legacy Virus. He realizes this is all a setup and throws his psimitar into Mastermind, so her illusions dissipate. Post has Kelly, but Pyro uses his power to stop him, pleads with Kelly to make the hatred stop, and dies. Note: the story continues in Bishop 16. Issue: Cable 88 Date: Feb-01 Story: Earth Abides (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Irene Merryweather Guest Stars: Dr. Moira MacTaggert, Prof. Charles Xavier (both in flashback), Storm (Ororo Munroe), Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) Villains: the Dark Sisterhood including Mother of Night Other Characters: Lobenzano Credits: Writer: Robert Weinberg Pencils: Michael Ryan Inks: Ted Pertzborn, Rob Hunter Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraftıs Saida! Colors: Hi Fi Design Asst. Editor: Pete Franco Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Joe Quesada Synopsis: Cable is troubled he didnıt protect Moira, his first friend here (iss. -1). He lays flowers on her grave in Scotland, where Storm meets him. He has been fighting all his life, but villains keep coming. She says she knows someone who can help. Four days later, Cable sees a movie with Irene, and the Dark Sisterhood observe. They protect drug lords and recently expanded to New York. Lobenzano cheated them, so they kill everyone in his organization and all their families, then send him out as a warning. They plan to kill Cable and his sister. Irene says Cable is a hero like Tom Cody, the Michael Pare character in ³Streets of Fire,² and yells at him for wallowing in self-pity. At midnight, Cable takes a cab to St. Bartholomewıs in Brooklyn, whose graveyard grate warns, ³Man comes and goes but earth abides² (Ecclesiastes 1:4). Storm sent him there to meet Nightcrawler, who says Cable is a soldier and doesnıt belong in the X-Men. Moira blamed him for bringing Stryfe and his Legacy Virus into the world. She left him a message, but Nightcrawler makes him chase him before heıll tell. Cable gets angry and chokes him; Storm appears and says they just wanted to make him face his anger at Moiraıs death. Nightcrawler reads her last message, ³To every thing there is a season² (Eccl. 3:1-8). Cable thanks them for dragging him out of his despair. He reconsiders being an X-Man, but Storm says heıs always welcome. He goes to the safehouse and watches Kurt Russell in ³Soldier,² another example of ³a man who does the right thing, no matter what the cost.² Issue: Cable 89 Date: Mar-01 Story: Dark Tide Rising (23 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Irene Merryweather, Blaquesmith Guest Stars: Beast (Henry McCoy), Phoenix (Jean Grey, in flashback); Askani (in flashback), Aliya Villains: the Dark Sisterhood including Mother of Night, Bonita ³Bonnie² Other Characters: Shin, 3 witches: Alice, Meg, Trish Credits: Writer: Robert Weinberg Pencils: Thomas Derenick Inks: Ketcham, Rapmund Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraftıs Saida Temofonte Colors: Enigma Asst. Editor: Pete Franco Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Joe Quesada Synopsis: Cable trains with Shin (iss. 85), who says he relies too much on TK. He still prefers a psimitar or ion cannon over martial arts; she says he may not have the choice, warns him about the Dark Sisterhood, and disappears. Little girls jump rope in the street. They know who Cable and Irene are and extort money for the ice cream truck. They are actually three witches (since iss. 79). The Dark Sisterhood also have disguised agents about. They arrange crimes all over the city. Irene asked Cable to introduce her to Beast and Phoenix. She gives him a present: Meatloafıs ³Bat Out Of Hell² on CD. They meet Beast in a secret lab; Irene asks him about the infant Cable, infected and sent to the future (X-Factor 68). He points out that the babyıs DNA was infected, so his clone, Stryfe, should have been, too. Someone had a cure but didnıt cure Cable. On the street, Cable sees Aliya for a moment. He realizes heıs being watched and takes a cab to Times Square. He tells Irene to warn Blaquesmith and says theyıre moving. The three girls tell Cable whoıs watching his base, and he confronts a homeless woman. She pulls a psimitar on him and gets away. Cable confronts Blaquesmith, who admits he helped Finality, the Dark Mother of the Dark Sisterhood, years ago, before he realized they were villains. Issue: Cable 90 Date: Apr-01 Story: Hearts of Darkness (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Irene Merryweather, Blaquesmith Guest Stars: Aliya Villains: the Dark Sisterhood including Mother of Night, Bonita Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Robert Weinberg Pencils: Michael Ryan Inks: Ted Pertzborn Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraftıs Saida Temofonte Colors: Hi-Fi Design Asst. Editor: Pete Franco Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Joe Quesada Synopsis: The Dark Sisterhood is a worldwide network of criminal psychics, and now they hunt Cable, who is on to them. Blaquesmith wants to abandon the safehouse, but the self-destruct system is damaged. He gives Irene a telepathic shield, and they leave through the sewers while Cable faces 20 sisters. The Sisterhood break into the building and search for Cable, who attacks them one by one while setting up detonators. Blaquesmith and Irene catch Bonita, who was following them and now asks for sanctuary. She says the Sisterhood began long ago by women with unusual powers who were being executed as witches. Its goal is world-domination. Bonita was a runaway whom they recruited. The Dark Mother pops in long enough to telekinetically stop Bonitaıs heart, for failing in her mission and turning traitor. Aliya reappears to Cable and says, ³the Fifth Force.² He battles one of the Seven in hand-to-hand, kicks her, and reads her mind. He blows up his safe house and plans war on the Sisterhood. Issue: Cable 91 Date: May-01 Story: The Fifth Power (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Irene Merryweather, Blaquesmith Guest Stars: G.W. Bridge; Aliya (as a vision) Villains: the Dark Sisterhood including Mother of Night (Finality); Gen. Deutsch, various dons Other Characters: Clarity, Greg, Lea, Murphy, Gens. Sherman and Austin Credits: Writer: Robert Weinberg Pencils: Michael Ryan Inks: Ted Pertzborn Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraftıs Saida Temofonte Colors: VLM Asst. Editor: Pete Franco Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Joe Quesada Synopsis: A week ago: Cable fights the Dark Sisterhood. Irene and Blaquesmith flee but policewomen stop them. Irene realizes theyıre the Sisterhood and races away till a cab crashes into her car. She lands in the river; Blaquesmith disappears. The psi-shield he gave her fools the Sisterhood into thinking sheıs dead. Clarity sees all and knows the Sisterhood want to kill Cableıs friends and isolate him. He, Greg, and Lea evacuate to Australia. Now: Bridge faces court-martial for repeatedly letting Cable go free, but somehow all computer and paper files on the subject disappeared. Cable attacks the Sisterhoodıs heavily fortified mansion, using all his mercenary and mutant skills. He shoots guards in their towers and canine monsters on the grounds, then unleashes TK and telepathy against the sisters. The Dark Mother is in conference with local mobsters, raising her cut. Cable puts up a TK shield to stop their bullets and makes them realize she will eventually kill them. She canıt match his telepathy so she kills the mobsters as a demonstration of ruthlessness. Cable says thereıs a mutant war with 4 powers: passive mankind, mutant-haters, Xavier, and Magneto. He has seen a vision of Aliya and realizes he is the Fifth Power. He plans to achieve Xavierıs goal by force. Issue: Cable 92 Date: Jun-01 Story: Orchestral Movements in the Dark (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Irene Merryweather (alias Margaret ³Meg² Brundage), Rachel Summers Guest Stars: Phoenix, Prof. X, Beast; G.W. Bridge Villains: the Dark Sisterhood; Gen. Deutsch, Secretary of Defense Gina Anderson, Students Against Mutants (SAM) including Connie Moore Other Characters: the Clean-Up Crew: Casper, Wendy, Spooky; Gens. Sherman and Austin Credits: Writer: Robert Weinberg Pencils: Michael Ryan Inks: Ted Pertzborn, Harry Candelario Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraftıs Saida Temofonte Colors: VLM Asst. Editor: Pete Franco Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Joe Quesada Synopsis: 2 weeks ago: Irene is in the river under a pier, scared for her life. She gets to a payphone and calls a number Cable gave her; a van picks her up, and she realizes she has entered the world of espionage. The Clean-Up Crew is a covert-ops team of people who owe Cable their lives. They give Irene a new identity and want to make her black, but this will expose her to racial prejudice. Cable sent a telepathic message to warn Phoenix about the Dark Sisterhood. Xavier never heard of them, and neither of them can contact Cable now. Beast says his safehouse was blown up, and Phoenix wants to rush over, but Xavier thinks Cable has gone rogue. He was disturbed after Moiraıs murder (iss. 88) and suspiciously failed to stop Kellyıs (X-Men II:108). The student responsible was killed, his heart crushed. On his cell wall, he scrawled: ³Cable made me do it.² Bridge is transferred to Alaska; his friends Austin and Sherman were both suddenly killed (car accident and heart attack, arranged by the Sisterhood), and he realizes Deutsch is a villain. In college, Rachel hears about the prison killing and realizes Cable was framed. She packs a gun and goes to a student anti-mutant rally, to learn more. Anderson, the U.S. Secretary of Defense, wants both her and Cable killed before Plan 6 begins. Alone, Cable contemplates the Dark Mother and crushes chess pieces. Some of his resources have been compromised, but he has an arsenal ready. Issue: Cable 93 Date: Jul-01 Story: Countdown (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Irene Merryweather Guest Stars: SHIELD including G.W. Bridge, Rachel Summers Villains: the Dark Sisterhood including the Dark Mother Finality (Fiona), Gloria Temple; Ravens Calvin, Sarah; SAM including Connie Moore Other Characters: Drew, Ruth, Al Credits: Writer: Robert Weinberg Pencils: Tom Derenick Inks: Ted Pertzborn, Harry Candelario Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Avalon Studios Asst. Editor: Pete Franco Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Joe Quesada President: Bill Jemas Synopsis: Cable uses mind control to sneak into Xylon Electronics. He downloads data from their computers and delivers a Bible to Temple, marked at Daniel 5: ³you have been judged and found wanting.² Temple scrambles security, but Cable escapes, having wiped Templeıs memory since the age of 7. He is taking down the Sisterhood one member at a time in a way that exposes them to a media blitz, meanwhile sending lists of their members in the government to Bridge. He sets up a new base, and then walks the streets as bait. Irene, using an image inducer to make her black, is stopped by cops for no reason: racial profiling. When she tells them she has a web-cam on her car, they back down. Long ago, Fiona was an heiress who killed her parents and dispossessed her brother, who has the mutant power to absorb knowledge. She can see possible futures and sees Cable at the end of them; she wants her brother as an ally. Weeks ago, Rachel went to an anti-mutant rally and realized Moore was of the Dark Sisterhood and a low-level telepath. She has planted a bomb and wants to cause an anti-mutant riot. The Sisterhood attacks Cable, but he isnıt there. He left a note saying their memories are about to be wiped. The sisters play with childlike innocence. Issue: Cable 94 Date: Aug-01 Story: Countdown Part 2: Armageddon Approaches (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Irene Merryweather, Blaquesmith Guest Stars: Rachel Summers Villains: the Dark Sisterhood including the Dark Mother Finality (Fiona Knoblach), Secretary of Defense Gina Anderson, Connie Moore Other Characters: Alecto (alias Cyanide Jane); Hans Knoblach, Lady Gertrude Hunter, Gloria Knoblach, William Knoblach (Clarity), William Stroughton, John Jones, Andrew Benedict, Vernon Reaves (all in flashback) Credits: Writer: Robert Weinberg Pencils: Michael Ryan Inks: Ted Pertzborn, Harry Candelario Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Avalon Studios Asst. Editor: Pete Franco Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Joe Quesada President: Bill Jemas Synopsis: Irene investigates the epidemic of amnesia among young women, when time freezes and Alecto (iss. 85) appears, now the guise of biker chick Cyanide Jane. Her younger sister is in ancient Greece as the Delphic oracle, and her older sister is teaching math to aliens in the future. They are caretakers of the the multiverse and appeared to Cable as Macbethıs witches (iss. 79), to keep him on course. Irene rebels, but Alecto says many alternate realities will perish if they donıt play along. She already knows Irene will secretly chronicle everything, so she scrambles her thought patterns to keep her safe from telepaths and leaves. Time resumes; Cable calls Irene, asking to meet at Marshall Fields, but then he nabs her and brings her to his safe house. Weeks ago at the student rally: Rachel claims to be FBI and explodes the bomb away from innocents. She interrogates Moore and drops out of college, deciding to find Cable and rejoin the fight. Cable knows where Finality is, but sheıs too well-protected. She wants to conquer the world and make it a matriarchy, enslaving men. In 1660, a meteor fell on Hamburg, Germany, and six children found it before it disintegrated. Five died, but Knoblach grew up to marry a wealthy English lady and move to Virginia; their children were Gloria, William, and Fiona. Gloria was hung as a witch in Massachusetts; Fiona went mad; William went to Tibet and became Clarity. Fiona had her parents killed in a boat fire and inherited their estate; she wed various wealthy men and she bore them seven daughters, so now she has nearly 30,000 descendants: the Dark Sisterhood. The president pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House are simultaneously killed, and Cable is blamed in the news. Irene realizes the ³Sixth Progression² refers to Andersonıs succession to the White House, and the President and his Cabinet are in danger. Issue: Cable 95 Date: Sep-01 Story: Countdown Part 3: Eternity Waits! (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Irene Merryweather Guest Stars: Rachel Summers, SHIELD including G.W. Bridge Villains: Henry Peter Gyrich; Gen. Deutsch, the Dark Sisterhood including the Dark Mother Finality (Fiona Knoblach), Secy. Defense Gina Anderson Other Characters: Director Whitmoore Credits: Writer: Robert Weinberg Pencils: Michael Ryan Inks: Ted Pertzborn, Harry Candelario Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Avalon Studios Asst. Editor: Pete Franco Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Joe Quesada President: Bill Jemas Synopsis: Itıs a national emergency, and Cable is blamed for the attacks on the government (last iss.). The Dark Sisterhood is really behind it all, and Anderson flies to Washington, prepared to be president once the bomb in the Oval Office finishes the job. Bridge forces his way into Gyrichıs office, with evidence that Deutsch is a traitor (iss. 92). They rescue the president and have Whitmoore arrest Anderson and Deutsch when they land. Cable and Irene prepare to break into the Sisterhoodıs Xylon base. Rachel finds them, dressed as Phoenix (but still without the Phoenix force) and ready to help. SHIELD sends in the first wave, and itıs a firefight. Finality, observing her defeat, waits to kill Cable and Rachel, who attack, Cable using a motorcycle and sonic cannon. Rachel (perhaps taking the codename Justice?) takes out the lesser sisters, while Cable goes for Finality. She says she can foresee possible futures, but Cable and Rachel canıt be predicted: he says thatıs because theyıre from future timelines. Since their psi-abilities are evenly matched, they fight physically. Cable unmasks her: she looks like Jean Grey, because she is her ancestor, and thatıs why sheıs a match for Cable. She raises her sword to finish Cable, but Irene interrupts, Cable chokes her, and she suddenly goes catatonic. Irene says itıs because she realized all possible futures ended in her defeat and couldnıt handle it. Rachel says her claim to be Jeanıs ancestor was another trick. They leave her for the army to find. Issue: Cable 96 Date: Oct-01 Story: I Was Born about Ten Thousand Years Ago (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Villains: Taras Vol (in flashback), One-Eye, Gort Other Characters: Veronica ³V², Cole; Oogla tribe including Jana, Tres (in flashback) Credits: Writer: Robert Weinberg Pencils: Michael Ryan Inks: Ted Pertzborn, Harry Candelario Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Avalon Studios Asst. Editor: Pete Franco Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Joe Quesada President: Bill Jemas Synopsis: Cableıs on his bike in the southwestern deserts. He stops at a burger joint, flirts with the waitress, and accepts a challenge to arm-wrestle the owner, Cole, who isnıt quite human. He fights without powers and strains to win; Cole admits itıs his first loss since Goliath, 3000 years ago. After closing, Cole explains: heıs a Neanderthal, born 30,000 years ago. Some of his fellows were abducted by a Lemurian in a spacecraft, who wanted to test a way to slow the aging process. When an earthquake destroyed the island, they were freed. Cole made it back home, but 15 years had passed, and the tribe was gone. He never remarried and realized he was aging slowly: he probably has another 50,000 years. He blended into human society and saw the Pyramids built, Caesar assassinated, Cortez invade Mexico, the Civil War, the Old West, the World Wars, and finally went to the desert for privacy (is this guy related to Logan?). Then, a year ago, One-Eye and Gort showed up, beat him, and stole his collected treasures. Cole asks Cable to help attack their hideaway and get it back. A few seconds of fighting, and Cole gets his stuff back. Most precious to him is the crude figure he made for his daughter. Cable empathizes, remembering all those from his future past, and rides away.
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