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Issue: Cable 16 Date: Oct-94 Story: The Phalanx Sanction (36 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Wolverine, Cyclops, Phoenix/Redd, Psylocke, Bishop, Archangel, Storm, Iceman, Beast, Gambit Villains: the Phalanx including Dr. Steven Lang, Cameron Hodge, Brick, Dymphna Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Larry Hama Pencils: Steve Skroce Inks: Mike Sellers, Batt Letters: Starkings/Comicraft Colors: Marie Javins Editor: Lisa Patrick Group Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Note: this is part of the Phalanx Covenant crossover. Scott, Jean, Wolverine, and Cable fly a DC-3 right into the Phalanx citadel in the Himalayas. Lang has Psylocke captive, but is secretly rebelling against the Phalanx, since he realizes they will destroy all life, not just mutants. Jean has psi-blasted the team to a nearby ledge, and they climb toward the Phalanx. Wolverine bickers with Cable, but then makes nice when he realizes how much Jean cares about him. Psylocke lets Lang take control of her; he plans to use her against Hodge, and then she can free the X-Men. When Jean uses her psi power to boost Cable up, Hodge senses it and suspects Lang. The mutants attack, Wolverine frees Bishop, who frees the other X-Men, who attack. Hodge orders Psylocke to attack the X-Men, but that was Langıs trigger to free her from the Phalanxıs control. She gets Jean and Cable to power her up, and destroys the Phalanxıs psi-net. Lang releases his control of the citadel, it collapses, and Hodge drags the traitor down with him. On the far side of the galaxy, the Phalanx plans a more aggressive attack on earth. Issue: Cable 17 Date: Nov-94 Story: The Dark Ride Part 1: The Calling (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Domino, Caliban Guest Stars: Cyclops, Phoenix, Beast, Storm; Prof. Xavier, Iceman, Beast, Angel Villains: The Dark Riders: Foxbat, Lifeforce, Hurricane, Deadbolt, Gauntlet, Spyne, Hardrive Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Steve Skroce Inks: Mike Sellers, Ryan, Dvorak Letters: Starkings/Comicraft Colors: Mike Thomas Editor: Lisa Patrick Group Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: In Alexandria, Egypt, the Dark Riders hunt down Foxbat (survival of the fittest). In Westchester, Cable spends some quality time in the Danger Room with dad, who encourages him to develop his TK. Scott and Jean try to get closer to him and Domino, but they are wary. They all breakfast together with the X-Men (Ororo: ³Cable! How nice to see you when it does not require ducking.²) Cable tells Storm the Morlocks are alive (iss. 15), so they go down the sewers and run into Caliban, who is being chased by the Dark Riders. Much fighting. Storm vs Hurricane (no contest), Domino vs Lifeforce (a brick luckily drops on her head), Cable vs Spyne (he follows dadıs advice). Hardrive ports in and says Gauntlet shouldnıt have started this fight. He ports the Dark Riders away, leaving Cable wondering who is leading them now, and planning to use Caliban to find them again. Issue: Cable 18 Date: Dec-94 Story: The Dark Ride Part 2: Judgment Day (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Domino, Caliban Guest Stars: Storm Villains: Tyler Dayspring and the Dark Riders: Tusk, Lifeforce, Hurricane, Barrage, Spyne, Gauntlet, Hardrive Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Steve Skroce Inks: Sellers, Lowe, Barta, Carani, Ryan, Branch Letters: Starkings/Comicraft Colors: Mike Thomas Editor: Lisa Patrick Group Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Caliban tracks a Tusk-ette to a marketplace in Egypt. After a scuffle, he agrees to lead them to the Dark Riders, if they free Tusk prime and his brothers from them. They ride camels through Hurricaneıs sandstorm and are ambushed. Cable uses TK and big guns to defeat them, then Storm gets fed up and dissipates the storm. Hardrive ports his team away, then ports Cableıs team to Akkaba, Apocalypseıs birthplace and Cableıs future base, where the dead litter the ground. Tyler reveals himself, alive, the new leader of the Dark Riders, and responsible for this massacre. Issue: Cable 19 Date: Jan-95 Story: The Dark Ride Part 3: In the Name of the Father (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Domino, Caliban Guest Stars: Storm Villains: Tyler Dayspring (Genesis henceforth) and the Dark Riders: Tusk, Lifeforce, Spyne, Gauntlet, Hardrive, Deadbolt; Apocalypse Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Steve Skroce Inks: Mike Sellers, Kevin Conrad Letters: Starkings/Comicraft Colors: Mike Thomas Editor: Lisa Patrick Group Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: The Dark Riders attack Cableıs friends, until he agrees to surrender to Tyler if they go free. He gives Storm a homing device, and lets Hardrive port him away. Tyler takes the name Genesis, and plans to change the future so Cable cannot shoot him (iss. 1). He uses Apocalypseıs equipment to siphon Cableıs mutant energy into himself. Storm, Domino, and Caliban track Cable to the trackless desert, and Storm blows away the sand to reveal Apocalypseıs fortress. Cable tries to talk Tyler out of his mad scheme: you canıt control the future. The cavalry arrives and busts up the place; Cable opens his mind to Tyler, so he can see the love he has for him. That gives him something to think about, but he is still unwilling to give up his power, and had Hardrive port him away. In the ruins, Apocalypse stirs. Issue: Cable 20 Date: Feb-95 Story: An Hour of Last Things (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Domino Guest Stars: Cyclops, Phoenix, Prof. Xavier, Gambit, Beast, Rogue, Iceman, Storm, Psylocke, Bishop, Archangel, Majestrix Lilandra Neramani Villains: Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Ian Churchill Inks: Bud LaRosa, Barta, Carani Letters: Starkings/Comicraft Colors: Mike Thomas Editor: Lisa Patrick Group Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Note: this is an addendum to the Legion Quest crossover. Cableıs astral form goes into the past to remind Bishop to stop Legion. Mission accomplished, but Lilandra says the universe is still crystallizing. As they wait in the Israeli desert for the end of the universe, Warren thanks Beast for being his friend; Scott and Jean thank Xavier for having a dream; they tell Cable they were his foster parents Slym and Redd (see Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix, 1994); Cable kisses Domino. Xavier gathers them and says good-bye. Then the world crystallizes. Note: the Age of Apocalypse intervenes as X-Man 1-4. Issue: Cable 21 Date: Jul-95 Story: Our Regularly Scheduled Program (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Cannonball, Boomer, Warpath, Domino, Caliban; Blaquesmith Guest Stars: Phoenix, Dr. Moira MacTaggert, Rory Campbell Villains: Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Arnie Jorgensen Inks: Mike Pennington Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Mike Thomas, Digital Chameleon Editor: Lisa Patrick Group Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: The world goes on. Cable and Domino survey their situation: Murderworld is blown up (X-Men Prime), the Legacy Virus is public knowledge, and anti-mutant hysteria is growing. Siryn is gone; Cable wonıt say where (see X-Force 44ff). X-Forceıs newest member Caliban has found the PACRAT in one piece, and Cable and Jean use TK to lift it out of the rubble. Cable collapses temporarily with the effort, and his T-O virus goes out of control, but he is soon up again, barking orders. Cable takes X-Force to Westchester, then gets a telepathic cry for help from Blaquesmith, and races to Baltimore with Domino and Caliban. Blaquesmith is based in an old freighter; they blast in, get through the defence systems, and free him. He had been attacked and trapped under some equipment; the attacker wanted data on Cable. Moiraıs computer logs have been accessed, and thatıs how the Legacy Virus became public. She realizes the stolen data puts Cable in danger. Issue: Cable 22 Date: Aug-95 Story: Sanctuary (23 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Domino, Shatterstar, Rictor Guest Stars: Renee Majcomb, Trish Tilby Villains: Genoshan magistrates Hawkshaw, Pipeline Other Characters: Everett Hale Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Ian Churchill Inks: Scott Hanna Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Mike Thomas Editor: Lisa Patrick Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Majcomb doctors a passport so she can fly from Genosha to the US. Shatterstar drops Rictor off to catch a plane to Mexico. They make their way through anti-Genoshan protestors, and see that Cable has come to say goodbye, and that he hopes he will return soon. He and Domino offer to drive Shatterstar back, but stop to help Majcomb, who has been captured by the magistrates and is about to be digitized and sent back to Genosha. Cable destroys Pipelineıs computer; Shatterstar attacks them with swords and is immediately shot with bullets. Cable, Domino, and Majcomb take down the Genoshans, and Majcomb stays to talk to the police. At Xavierıs, Shatterstar is stable. Domino watches TV and sees that the magistrates have diplomatic immunity, and that a serial killer is loose in the Rockies. She recognizes his footprint as Grizzlyıs. Issue: Cable 23 Date: Sep-95 Story: Family Secrets (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Domino, Blaquesmith Guest Stars: Storm, Mother Askani, Aliya (Jenskot) Villains: Grizzly (Theodore Winchester) Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Art: Ian Churchill, Scott Hanna, Mark Buckingham, Tim Sale Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Mike Thomas, Digita Chameleon Editor: Lisa Patrick Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Cable canıt sleep, so he meditates (levitating upside-down). Storm finds him and talk to him about the massacre at Akkaba (iss. 18). He shows her a postcard from Tyler, and she insists he take it to Xavier. He tells him he canıt find Tyler because of interference on the psi-plane (X-Men Prime). Also, he hasnıt yet heard from Majcomb. Domino is in the Rockies, and breaks into Grizzlyıs cabin. She finds corpses hung in the attic, and Grizzly holed up there. He says he was manipulated to lose control, and canıt stop killing. Cable visits Blaquesmith, who still canıt identify the intruder (last iss.), and tells him to find Tyler in Akkaba (iss. 18). He doesnıt tell him about Nate Grey, and talks that over with Mother Askani. Cable goes to Tylerıs sanctuary and finds Jenskot, alive. Issue: Cable 24 Date: Oct-95 Story: Lost Souls (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Domino, Blaquesmith Guest Stars: Aliya (Jenskot), Mother Askani Villains: Grizzly (Theodore Winchester) Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Sal Larroca Inks: Bud LaRosa, Al Milgrom, Bob McLeod Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Mike Thomas Editor: Lisa Patrick Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Grizzly pleads with Domino to kill him before he loses control. She wants to try to save him, and he attacks. She is finally forced to put him down; he says Tyler made him this way, and dies. Cable takes Jenskot to Blaquesmith. She awakens and says she must take ³Cable² to the future to save her love ³Nathan Dayspring,² not realizing they are the same man. He agrees to go with her. Domino buries Grizzly, and is ported away by Blaquesmith. Issue: Cable 25 Date: Nov-95 Story: What Was.. What Is (37 pages) Feature Characters: Cable, his younger self Regular Characters: Domino, Blaquesmith, Professor Guest Stars: Aliya (Jenskot), Tetherblood Villains: Stryfe, his forces including MıGyn, Korless Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Ian Churchill, Joel Thomas Inks: Scott Hanna, Ryan, Wiacek, LaRosa, Vey, Carani Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Mike Thomas, Malibuıs Hues Editor: Lisa Patrick Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Cable and Jenskot arrive in the future with Domino not far behind them. After knocking out a few of Stryfeıs guards, they make introductions, and make their way through Stryfeıs camp to Aliyaıs. Stryfe has Tetherblood captive, and a green glowing object of Cableıs. The younger Dayspring is feverish, fighting off a psionic attack from Stryfe. Cable tries to help him, but he mistakes his mind for Stryfeıs and fights him off. So Cable reaches out and makes contact with Professor. Domino goes to shoot the young Stryfe, and so prevent a lot of trouble, but Cable stops her, since he knows that fiddling with time has destructive consequences. They enter Stryfeıs tent and retrieve Professor and Tetherblood. Korless turns out to be a traitor to the Askani cause and pulls a gun on them. Cable gets Professor to bodyslide them out, leaving Korless to explain things to Stryfe. Cable gives Professor to the younger Dayspring, says goodbye to Aliya, and returns to the present with Domino. Young Dayspring rises from his sickbed and leads his army in a victory over Stryfe. Issue: Cable 26 Date: Dec-95 Story: The Long Way Home (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Domino Guest Stars: Phillip Moreau, Jenny Ransome Villains: Mr. Sinister (Nathaniel Essex), Sugarman; magistrates including Pipeline, Punchout, Hawkshaw Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Rob Haynes, Randy Green Inks: John Lowe, Bud LaRosa Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Mike Thomas Separations: Malibuıs Hues Editor: Lisa Patrick Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: It is a dark and stormy night. Expatriates Moreau and Ransome have returned to Genosha. They meet secretly with Sinister to get information about the origin of Genosha. Cable and Domino are dropped in, join them, and are taken to the rebel HQ, Safehaven, but are not allowed to call out. In his mountain base, Sugarman fears Nate Grey has come for him. Ransome and Moreau reaffirm their love and their dedication to their cause. Then Safehaven comes under attack. Issue: Cable 27 Date: Jan-96 Story: Rebels (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Domino Guest Stars: Phillip Moreau, Jenny Ransome Villains: Mr. Sinister; Sugarman; magistrates Pipeline, Punchout, Hawkshaw, Gunshot Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Ian Churchill Inks: Scott Hanna Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Mike Thomas Editor: Lisa Patrick, Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Magistrates attack the rebel base and get too much resistance, so Pipeline transmits them back to base, but Cable blocks him when he tries to leave. He takes control of his mind, forcing him to digitize and transmit them to the Ridgeback Mountains. The find a manmade cave and Sugarmanıs lab, which proves that the Genegineer had help creating the mutates. Sinister and Sugarman each look on. Issue: Cable 28 Date: Feb-96 Story: Tick Tick Tick! (23 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Domino Guest Stars: Phillip Moreau, Jenny Ransome; Random, Havok, Cyclops, Phoenix, Archangel, Iceman (on video); X-Man (as a memory) Villains: Mr. Sinister, Sugarman, the Dark Beast; Pipeline, Punchout, Hawkshaw, Threnody; Apocalypse, Holocaust (as memories) Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Wilfred Inks: Scott Hanna, Rachael Hawkey Letters: Chris Eliopoulos Colors: Adam Wallenta Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Sugarman sets his nuclear core to meltdown in 60 seconds. Sinister learns that Sugarman used his genetic technology to create the mutates. Cable and the rebels find Sugarman and attack. Cable reads his mind and nearly learns there is another Nathan. The Dark Beast taps into his computer files and nearly learns there is another Beast. Sugarman flees, but is stopped by Moreau at gunpoint. He tells him he made a deal with his father the Genegineer: gave him Sinisterıs genetics in exchange for a power base. He dissappears with Moreau. Cable sends Pipeline away with Ransome, while he and Domino try to shut down the core. Pipeline realizes the whole social structure of Genosha has to be rethought, and Cable realizes the keyword ³sugar² will stop the core breach. Sinister appears and talks to Cable. He congratulates him on doing his dirty work; the mutate process will not be used again. He reminds him there is another him out there, and sends him home. Sinister orders Threnody to find out about Nate Grey. Issue: Cable 29 Date: Mar-96 Story: Man in the Mirror (19 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Warpath, Caliban, Sunspot, Siryn, Meltdown, Shatterstar, Domino, Blaquesmith Guest Stars: Storm, Cyclops, Phoenix, Prof. X, Dr. Moira MacTaggert; Nate Grey (in flashback) Villains: Dark Phoenix (in flashback) Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Ian Churchill Inks: Scott Hanna Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Mike Thomas Color Separations: Graphic Color Works Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Blaquesmith lands in Westchester and mind-controls Domino and X-Force so they wonıt remember his being there, but finds he canıt control Sunspot, who speaks Askani. Xavier, Moira, Phoenix, Storm, Cyclops, Cable, and Blaquesmith have assembled to discuss Nate Grey, who has Cableıs DNA and psi-power, unfettered by the T-O virus. He could be a major menace: an adolescent as powerful as Dark Phoenix. Blaquesmith uses Askani power to make the X-Men forget this meeting. He tells Cable to deal with Nate Grey, and he berates him for abusing the X-Menıs trust in him. Issue: Cable 30 Date: Apr-96 Story: For Every Action (21 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Blaquesmith Guest Stars: the Black Knight (Dane Whitman) in flashback, Nate Grey (X-Man); AOA Cyclops, Redd, Slym (as memories) Villains: Exodus, Threnody Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Ian Churchill Inks: Scott Hanna Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Mike Thomas Color Separations: Malibuıs Hues Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: During the Dark Ages, the Black Knight imprisoned Exodus in a tomb in Switzerland (see Black Knight: Exodus, Dec-96). In the present, he has returned there to recuperate. Cable goes to find Nate Grey, and their proximity makes their minds blur together. Cableıs T-O virus gets out of his control, and he sees the AOA Cyclops. Nate sees Redd and Slym, who raised Cable. Nate says ³stop,² and even the snow and the birds around him are held still. Threnody gets him up again, and they keep moving. Cable trails them; Blaquesmith appears to fix the damage done to the psionic plane. He says Nate Grey should not exist, and jeopardizes everything Cable has worked for. Nate finds Cableıs safe house, near where he first fell to earth (X-Man 5). Cable arrives, and Nate immediately attacks him. Outside, Exodus has been drawn to all this excess psionic energy. Blaquesmith enters to warn them, but Nate takes this as an attack, too. Cable tries to explain that he wants to help, but Nate wonıt listen, and explodes the house with a thought. All are scattered, and Exodus finds Nate. Note: Blaquesmithıs summary of Cableıs history part 1 follows. Issue: Cable 31 Date: May-96 Story: There is a Reaction! (19 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Blaquesmith Guest Stars: Nate Grey, Archangel, Psylocke, Phoenix, Prof. Xavier Villains: Threnody, Sebastian Shaw, Holocaust, Post (Kevin Tremain, see iss. 33, 72), Onslaught Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Ian Churchill Inks: Scott Hanna Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Mike Thomas Color Separations: Graphic Colorworks Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Blaquesmith tries to kill Nate, using a failsafe evidently prepared against Cable, and Nate blasts him. Nateıs power ripples across the psionic plane, alerting Holocaust that Nate Grey still exists, painfully attacking Psylocke, Phoenix, and Xavier. Cable wants Nate as an ally, but he refuses to listen, so Cable slugs him. Cable finds his power is augmented; he is able to ³step between the moments,² sneaking up on Nate, and continuing the physical and phsychic assault until Nate overextends himself and collapses. Cable enters his mind to revive him, and finally gets Nate to trust him, while the T-O virus ravages his body. Blaquesmith takes him away to heal him, leaving Nate with Threnody. Cable gets a telepathic call from Domino and races to help X-Force in New York (X-Force 54). Onslaught observes, and sends Post to Cable. Note: Blaquesmithıs summary of Cableıs history part 2 follows. Issue: Cable 32 Date: Jun-96 Story: Venting (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Domino, Blaquesmith Guest Stars: Villains: Post Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Ian Churchill Inks: Scott Hanna Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Mike Thomas Color Separations: Graphic Colorworks Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: After Tylerıs funeral (he was killed in Wolverine 100), Cable and Domino shoot their way into Camp Hayden to learn more about Onslaught (X-Force 52). Domino tells him how Tyler had manipulated Grizzly (iss. 24), and she notices that Cableıs T-O virus is growing (after his exhausting battle with Nate Grey, iss. 30-31). Cable reassures Domino that she couldnıt have done more to save Grizzly; he is coldly realistic about Tyler, too. They find the security systemsı memory chip, but it has been magnetically wiped. There are no clues left. Post has observed all this, taking stock of his ³old friend.² Blaquesmith is extrapolating the growth of Cableıs virus, when Onslaught attacks, blowing up his freighter. Issue: Cable 33 Date: Jul-96 Story: Never Is a Very Short Time (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Domino Guest Stars: Storm; G.W. Bridge (in flashback) Villains: Dark Beast; Mandarin (in flashback); Post, Onslaught Other Characters: Baltimore PD: Frank, Tim Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Ian Churchill, Rick Leonardi Inks: Scott Hanna Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Mike Thomas Color Enhancements: Malibu Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Cable has gone to Beast for help against his T-O virus (not knowing it is really Dark Beast, see X-Men Unlimited 11). Storm asks Cable to probe her mind for information on Post, but he has masked his trail. There is, however, a familiar telepathic ³echo.² Domino tells him that Blaquesmithıs freighter blew up (last iss.), so he goes to Baltimore. He finds the same traces of a familiar mind. Flashback: The Mandarin is extracting the x-factor from Tremain, so he can build a super-human army. Cable and Bridge drop in and break things up. Cable uses his telepathy and TK to save Tremainıs life. He gives him a transfusion of his own blood, not knowing what the T-O virus will do to him. Tremain has become Post, herald of Onslaught, and pounds Cable. Cable figures out who Onslaught is, but is too weak to warn the X-Men. Post chooses not to kill him, because he and Onslaught are convinced he is no further threat. Issue: Cable 34 Date: Aug-96 Story: Loose Cannons (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Prof. Xavier, Phoenix, Cyclops, Archangel (as engravings); SHIELDıs Contessa Valentina de la Fontaine, Timothy Aloysuis ³Dum-Dum² Dugan, G.W. Bridge; Storm Villains: Ozymandias, Hulk (Dr. Robert Bruce Banner), Apocalypse Other Characters: Baltimore PDıs Frank Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Ian Churchill Inks: Scott Hanna Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Mike Thomas Color Enhancements: Malibu Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Note: this is part of the Onslaught crossover. For millenia, Ozymandias has recorded Apocalypseıs history in stone beneath the Egyptian desert. He predicts a dire future. In Baltimore, Cable is not yet recovered from Post, when the Hulk shows up, at first in ³smash² mode, then willing to reason. Cable smells something fishy: Hulk is being controlled by Onslaught. They fight; Cable tries to telepathically revert Hulk to Banner, but gets Grey Hulk, instead. SHIELD puts Baltimore under martial law; Storm comes to the rescue and blows Hulk away. Cable is dead; she uses lightning to restart his heart. Hulk returns for more; Cable mind-links with Storm and uses lightning to short out Hulkıs brain, and winds up with Savage Hulk. Note: the battle continues in Hulk 444. Issue: Cable 35 Date: Sep-96 Story: It Is Always Darkest (24 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Uatu the Watcher; Invisible Woman (Susan Richards), Franklin Richards Villains: Apocalypse, Onslaught; Hulk, Post, Magneto (as psionic projections) Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Ian Churchill Inks: Scott Hanna, Art Thibert Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Mike Thomas Color Enhancements: Malibu Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Note: this is part of the Onslaught crossover. Cableıs T-O virus is totally out of control; he is standing in the middle of a psionic hurricane with the Invisible Woman, protected only by their respective shields, trying to find a way to get Franklin away from Onslaught. Apocalypse shows up; Cable immediately attacks him, but he is there to help, so Sue stops the fight. Apocalypse has Cable take them to the astral plane, where they can enter Onslaughtıs citadel undetected. But they are detected, and Onslaught sends projections of Hulk, Post, and Magneto against them. Apocalypse tries to kill Franklin, who he says will be a threat to him, but Cable has brought Sue along, hidden, and she stops him. Onslaught casts them all out of the astral plane; Apocalypse is furious and ports away (after a chat with Uatu), but Cable is determined to defeat Onslaught and free Franklin. Franklin now also has hope. Issue: Cable 36 Date: Oct-96 Story: The Gift (23 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Domino, Cannonball, Caliban Guest Stars: Franklin Richards, Nathaniel Richards, Storm; Tyler Dayspring, Aliya (as visions) Villains: Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Bernard Chang Inks: Scott Hanna Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Mike Thomas Color Enhancements: Graphic Colorworks Editor: Mark Powers Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Onslaught is defeated; the heroes are gone; Cable is dying of his T-O virus in the shell of Four Freedoms Plaza, and Nathaniel Richards is unable to save him. In his distress, Cable knocks Caliban off the building, and Sam has to catch him, then talks to Cable to calm him. Cable sees him as Tyler, then sees a vision of Tyler by his grave in Kentucky, happy and peaceful in death. He doesnıt blame Cable and encourages him to keep living. The virus reaches Cableıs brain, and his TK goes wild, then stops abruptly. The elder Richards gives up on him; Storm and the younger Richards certainly do not. Cable sees Aliya, who encourages him to live, and to let others share his burdens. She goes into the light with Tyler, and Cable returns to his body, whole and refreshed, aided by Franklin.
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