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Cable was always a cool but inconsistant character, he personality, appearance and powers where constantly shifting. Once the whole Stryfe+Apocalypse story arc had run out there wasn't a reason for the character any more and none of his other stuff really clicked.

The series has been slumping for some time, this is probably a last ditch effor to save a series that had been quite popular.

I suspect Cable is doomed to end up like Dr. Strange, turning up in other series and getting one shots on a regular basis but never quite popular enough over the long haul to keep in indepdent book.

Jay


New Cable is a totally different guy now
Just compare the Cable found in "The New Mutants" to the Cable of today.

He came from the future to save the past, and help train an Army of Mutants, then he goes and abandons those Mutants (X-Force) to lead a Solo Career? Are they smoking Crack at Marvel or what? Doing this almost killed both books, "Cable" and "X-Force" and ticked off many readers.

Stryfe was a tool, sort of the X-Men's Dr. Doom type of character. Cable's clone from the future turned out to be Stryfe. But as you said, when that was over, there wasn't a reason for the Cable character anymore. They should have created more bad guys instead of throwing Cable up against gansters and South American Dictators and Rebels. Even I could have done a better job on the "Cable" comic book.

I am free now, to choose my own destiny.
New The end of an era
[link|http://www.marvel.com/comics/onsale/onsale.htm?id=274|[link|http://www.marvel.com/comics/onsale/onsale.htm?id=274|http://www.marvel.c...e.htm?id=274]]

That is the link to the last Cable comic book. Imagine if they did this crap to Spider-Man? Make his powers go out of control, send him to third world countries, and then change his name to "Anarchnid X" or something and make him fight terrorists and third world countries? Might as well take the whole comic book, and the company and flush it down the toliet.

It has been replaced by this crap:

[link|http://www.marvel.com/comics/onsale/onsale.htm?id=281|[link|http://www.marvel.com/comics/onsale/onsale.htm?id=281|http://www.marvel.c...e.htm?id=281]]

I am free now, to choose my own destiny.
Expand Edited by orion July 24, 2002, 07:42:44 AM EDT
New Re: Cable is a totally different guy now
sort of the X-Men's Dr. Doom type of character.

Are there two Dr. Dooms now? I thought Dr. Doom was always a Spider-man like opponent. There are crossovers, I know, and some of them even make sense - but Dr. Doom was never an X-man or Justice League type of opponent.
The lawyers would mostly rather be what they are than get out of the way even if the cost was Hammerfall. - Jerry Pournelle
New Actually more than two Dr. Dooms
Dr. Doom was always and is always a Fantastic Four villian, he got his start there.

The first Dr. Doom is Victor Von Doom, college room mate to Reed Richards. He got kicked out of college and then went to study the mysic arts. The guy was supposed to be a genius, yet he puts on a red hot mask before it cools down? Well anyway that is Dr. Doom number 1.

Doctor Doom number 2 is a boy name Kristoff that Dr. Doom had adopted. As part of revenge on the Fantastic Four, he had Kristoff brainwashed to believe that he was Dr. Doom and had his own suit of armor made for him. Eventually Kristoff brke the brainwashing, but still puts on the suit of armor.

Doctor Doom number 3, had his own series in the future. Doom 2099 it was called. Turned out he really wasn't Doom, but was brainwashed to believe that he was anyway. The Doom 2099 like the other 2099 series, got cancled. Sort of another "New Universe" type of flop.

Stryfe, Cable's evil clone, took over Latervia and set himself up as ruler there. He became a fourth Dr. Doom type. But I don't know how they resolved it.

Meanwhile the real Dr. Doom was in exile, he was trapped in another dimension, and had Doombots stand in for him while he was gone. The Doombots were programmed with Doom's own memories and there was a large number of them running around. They look and act just like Dr. Doom, and "The Thing" once said, "I'm starting to wonder if Dr. Doom was a real guy or just another robot." after beating so many Doombots that turned out to be robots. Some Doombots were pestering Spider-Man, some pestering the Fantastic Four, etc. Dr. Doom made it to the "Heroes Reborn" Universe, and when the other Earth was brought into our Universe on the opposite side of the orbit of the real Earth, (hey wasn't that where Counter-Earth was with the High Evolutional? Maybe there are three Earths now?) Dr. Doom fought to take over the Heroes Reborn Earth and shape it into his image.

But anyway, it is all one big Comic Book Opera. It has so many twists and turns and complications that it is hard to keep up with.

I am free now, to choose my own destiny.
     Cable comic book ends at Marvel - (orion) - (5)
         Not surprised - (JayMehaffey) - (4)
             Cable is a totally different guy now - (orion) - (3)
                 The end of an era - (orion)
                 Re: Cable is a totally different guy now - (wharris2) - (1)
                     Actually more than two Dr. Dooms - (orion)

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