Review: Cable #1 Shows us Why the Summers Family has the Best Stories

Writer: Gerry Duggan / Artist: Phil Noto / DC Comics Give me all the Summers’ family content. Make all the arguments you want, but they have the best storylines in the X-Men universe. We’re all very familiar with the tip of the pyramid in Cyclops and have a healthy handle on the craziness involving Jean becoming The Phoenix…despite the bonkers details of that one. But then we have a whole slew of mutants with wide ranging powers and abilities outside of the crazy couple. There is Scott’s father Corsair and the decently known brothers Havoc and Vulcan. Then, there are Jean and Scott’s separate Days of Future Past and Age of Apocalypse timeline offspring Rachel and Nate Grey. There are plenty more details than the 3 sentences I gave to that insane family tree, but that would be the core Summers clan. Six Degrees of Summers Last but not least, we have the widely loved Cable. The child of Scott and a cloned Jean Grey is a 90s cartoon legend and he’s getting his chance to flex that metallic Jax arm and underutilized telekinesis that supports his gun toting recklessness. So..that was a lot, I know. I’d be lying if I said I knew every detail of this family’s trials and tribulations, but every issue featuring one of them turns out to be an engaging read. That is no fluke; the Summers/Grey family have had some of the widest ranging and bonkers stories in this world of mutants and Cable #1 offers us a glimpse through the eyes of a young and excitable one-eyed man. Artist Phil Noto an…