Cable #155 Review

Writers: Lonnie Nadler, Zac Thompson/ Artist: German Peralta / Marvel Comics Enter Phase 2 of Marvel’s Legacy and Phase 2.5 (?!?) of the X-Men specific ResurreXion initiative.  Thank the Askani for change because after two storylines and creative teams, Cable finally feels alive. In the first five-issue long storyarc of this new volume, Cable battled Conquest (someone approved that name) to prevent the spread of future technology in the past.  This was followed by another five parter in which Cable gathers a misfit crew of B-list X-Folk to stop Gideon from murdering other Eternals in order to gain their powers. Those arcs could have worked, but in three issues maximum.  Ultimately, the previous two story arcs suffered from anticlimactic writing and some less than inspired artwork. The first arc relied on big guns, dinosaurs, and displaced soldiers whereas the second arc relied on Doop…mostly Doop.

  The good news is that those previous two arcs are completely unnecessary and the bad news is that those previous arcs are absolutely unnecessary. ><BODYSLIDE>< “Past Fears” Part 1 finds the series in good hands.  The artwork of German Peralta displays a versatility and cleanness that blends the moments of Cronenberg-style techno organic horror, future warfare, and intimate family revelations.  New series writers Thompson and Nadler waste no time in establishing the tone, character, and pacing for their more textured take on Nathan Summers.

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