It has been 19 years since Cable made his first appearance in New Mutants #87 and over 20 since we first learned of the birth of Nathan Summers to Scott Summers and Madeline Pryor. Cable has called the Merc with a mouth a partner and has jumped back and forth thru the timelime. But it was not until Duane Swierczynski got a hold of him that I was really ever interested in a Cable story.Last year saw the Cable/Deadpool series come to an end at the same time as Messiah Complex. A new solo series loomed on the horizon and I was so not feeling it, and then it happened on one of the last panels of Messiah Complex. Cyclops handed the entire premise of the crossover event to his son and told him to protect the future of all mutants. Cable jumped away, Bishop followed and I was intrigued.
But even though I was going to read the first issue, there were no guarantees I would come back for issue two or three. Well Swierczynski’s story hooked me almost immediately as Nathan Summers, with baby in hand, valiantly attempts to avoid detection from the obsessed Lucas Bishop.
The first couple of issues moved slowly, a pace which I liked because it allowed the story to build without any outside distractions. Swierczynski, with masterful art provided by Ariel Olivetti, was like a chef putting together a five-course meal over a three-month period. He painstakingly built the momentum to this series issue-by-issue.
It has been phenomenal and I liken the current run to that of another Marvel series, Thor. Each issue moves at a nice pace as the story takes its time to cook. And while Cable protects the baby at all costs (and just who is the baby? My money is on Rachel Summers), Bishop fanatically attempts to corner them somewhere in time.
I can’t wait to find out who the baby is and what will happen when Bishop and Cable meet again. I do know one thing, in Swierczynski’s hands it will be interesting and entertaining.
