Cable / Nathan Summers / The Askani’son Appreciation 2024

[Jackraow21]

I have him. Very cool looking, but the arms tend to come off quite easily.

[cable guy]

I have him. Very cool looking, but the arms tend to come off quite easily.

Very true with that line of figures from that company. I've had the torso come off putting him different poses lol. But once set, it's my favorite.

[Jackraow21]

Speaking of action figures... I've always felt that this dude looked just like Cable, which was probably the point when he was created, to be a ripoff of him...



Rob Liefeld Action Figures For Bloodstrike And Bloodwulf For 2024
https://bleedingcool.com/collectible...wulf-for-2024/

I went ahead and ordered the Bloodstrike one, as I think he looks dope. My plan is to either put a Cable head on him, or just remove the ponytail and paint the left eye yellow, making him either a Cable without his T-O virus (or hiding it telekinetically) or a reformed Stryfe trying to be a hero for a change.

Awhile back I kind of thought that, in the Krakoan age at least, a cool way to keep Kid Cable around while also giving classic Nathan fans something fun would have been to resurrect Stryfe -- who we all know is a clone of Cable without the T-O virus -- and this version has had a lot of the trauma of his childhood (and being raised by Apocalypse) removed from his memories. So even though he knows he's a clone of the real deal, he strives to be a hero and make up for what the previous version of him has done. Something like that. Then you get a buddy book with Kid Cable and this reformed Stryfe both, kind of like what Nicieza's Cable series is doing right now actually.

At any rate, that's how I think I might approach this figure.

[IN-a-Synch]

Here's hoping in this new Era OG Nate gets his own book and a new purpose and leads a strike force. I feel like over the years the writers ran out of ideas for him. I pray Hope and Kiddie Cable is involved some way.

[Jackraow21]

Yeah, to me it really feels like Cable started to suffer when they distanced him from the core X-line and even the Marvel Universe as a whole by leaning into him as a time traveler more so than as a character. It would be like if every single Wolverine story dealt with Weapon X or something. It's just one facet of his character... and not even the most interesting one IMO.

Once his mission to stop Apocalypse's ascension was completed in the late 90s, it's like they didn't know what to do with him anymore. So rather than lean into what made him popular in the first place -- leading an important X-team, being a core part of the X-line and appearing in the big crossovers and events, interacting with the present day Marvel U -- they leaned into him as, first, Hope's protector jumping around in time, which admittedly was pretty good, and then later as a "time cop" which was not good at all.

If they want Cable to be an A-lister again, or even a B-lister which is probably more achievable in today's comic market, they just need to get back to basics with the character.

[Jackraow21]

More Scot Eaton Cable goodness from Fabian’s X account…


https://twitter.com/FabianNicieza/st...72634444177554

[IN-a-Synch]

More Scot Eaton Cable goodness from Fabian’s X account…


https://twitter.com/FabianNicieza/st...72634444177554

Just a sketch or a upcoming Book??

[Jackraow21]

From the fourth and final issue of the current Cable mini.

[From The Shadows]

The Cable and Storm friendship seems to have been forgotten.

[From The Shadows]

Double post.

[K7P5V]

The Cable and Storm friendship seems to have been forgotten.

https://i.imgur.com/EXD7x1g.jpg

I know, right?! I loved their friendship, especially when it affected the rest of her relationships with her teammates. For example, don't forget X-Men '96:
when Storm just stood in the background while struggling to choose which side to take during the war of words between Logan & Nathan.

[SturdyMike89]

Really hope that Cable ends with an X-Force team again. I am a little tired of the "lone wolf" thing he's been doing for the last few years. I think he works best when part of an ensemble.

[From The Shadows]

Really hope that Cable ends with an X-Force team again. I am a little tired of the "lone wolf" thing he's been doing for the last few years. I think he works best when part of an ensemble.

Or he can be on any X-Team. CC put him on his Uncanny team. I thought he wrote him pretty good and it worked out well.

[From The Shadows]

I know, right?! I loved their friendship, especially when it affected the rest of her relationships with her teammates. For example, don't forget X-Men '96:
when Storm just stood in the background while struggling to choose which side to take during the war of words between Logan & Nathan.

I forgot about that one. I always love your scans.

[Jackraow21]

Image of our boy Nathan from the Heir of Apocalypse mini coming out this summer...



I find myself really hoping he wins the tournament and claims the mantle of Heir. They need to do something new with Cable to refresh him or something, as they don't seem to know how he fits in anymore with the main X-line. He's always running around doing ancillary stuff and nothing core anymore. Maybe this is how they could reinvigorate the character with a big status quo shift that puts him back in the thick of things?