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As always, this post contains spoilers, and page numbers go by the digital edition.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>CABLE vol 4 #11
\n<\/strong>“Depression”
\n<\/strong>by Gerry Duggan & Phil Noto<\/strong><\/p>\n

COVER \/ PAGE 1.<\/strong> A close-up of young Cable’s face, with the Light of Galador superimposed on top. This is a companion piece for the cover of issue #12, which shows the other half of the older Cable’s face. The sword is placed over Cable’s eye, mirroring the familiar glow of Cable Classic’s left eye.<\/p>\n

PAGE 2.<\/strong> Epigraph. Cable says the line later in this issue, but it’s at least a double meaning here, referring both to Cable’s knowledge of the future, and to the fact that the readers probably know where all this is going.<\/p>\n

PAGE 3.<\/strong>\u00a0The Five debate whether to resurrect Cable Classic.<\/em><\/p>\n

Last issue, Kid Cable was pressing for the original Cable to be resurrected in order to help deal with the threat of Stryfe. As hinted at last issue, his plan seems to be to get the Five on side, and then use Cerebro himself to download the relevant mind. Hope is naturally keen to assist, since she views Cable as a father figure – and she makes the reasonable point that the Five are so essential to Krakoan society that they can never really be punished.<\/p>\n

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Over in\u00a0Hellions<\/em> and\u00a0New Mutants<\/em>, there have been stories regarding a strong policy against resurrecting copies and clones. Hope is well aware of this, and referenced it in issue #9. Interestingly, Professor X chooses\u00a0not<\/em> to object in this issue. This sets a precedent which will doubtless be prayed in aid over in\u00a0New Mutants<\/em> for Scout, and by Havok in\u00a0Hellions<\/em> for Madelyne Pryor. However, it’s a distinguishable precedent – earlier issues have shown us that these two Cables are the same person at different points in their lives, with Kid Cable’s arrival having altered their shared past, but without creating a divergent timeline. So the Five haven’t created a second Cable – they’ve resurrected the\u00a0one and only Cable. There are two of them because of time travel, not because of cloning.<\/p>\n

PAGES 4-5.<\/strong>\u00a0The Summers family debate.<\/em><\/p>\n

Cyclops<\/strong> remains strenuously opposed to resurrecting the older Cable. His reasons were spelled out last issue: he believes that once the older Cable returns, the younger one will return to his dystopian future. He wants to give Cable a new, happier history.<\/p>\n

Apocalypse.<\/strong> Jean tells us that Cable has “made a very astute observation about Apocalypse and this family”, but we don’t actually see what it was. Last issue, Cable was wondering “Why the hell did Apocalypse do this to me?” Apocalypse, of course, is deeply embedded in Cable’s back story, both infecting him with the techno-organic virus and dominating the far-future timeline where Cable grew up. This version of Apocalypse sits oddly with the more benign version that we’ve seen in the Krakoan era, and Jean seems to be saying that the convoluted nature of Cable and his time paradoxes is all part of Apocalypse’s designs. (But if so, why did Apocalypse support the rule against reviving clones…?)<\/p>\n

Sophie<\/strong> comes by to dump Cable, probably because the book is being cancelled. But Cable has been running off and ignoring her in favour of more pressing business for a couple of issues now, so it’s hardly surprising that she’s unimpressed with him. And her sister Phoebe is having a much more productive relationship with Quentin Quire, too. Sophie reverts very much to Stepford Cuckoos mode here, with the ironic distance, the lack of visible emotion, and the claim to speak on behalf of the group. (Though note also that the rest of the group aren’t there.)<\/p>\n

The Last Knight of Galador<\/strong> is a new character, presumably. He\u00a0somewhat<\/em> resembles Rom, so it’s possible that this is meant to be Rom with sufficient modifications to sidestep licensing issues. Cable acquired the “Light of Galador” sword back in the opening arc.<\/p>\n

PAGE 6.<\/strong> Recap and credits.<\/p>\n

PAGES 7-9.<\/strong> Cable Classic is resurrected.<\/em><\/p>\n

For once, this story\u00a0does<\/em> directly address the fact that Cable is brought back with his techno-organic infection, rather than uninfected. Of some note is that Proteus says that they “le[ft]” him infected – that is, they would have had to take positive steps to remove it. The implication here is that the husks created by the Five, presumably due to the reality-warping of Proteus, are not simply genetic clones, but (by default) actual copies of the deceased’s body, complete with prosthetics, pacemakers, adamantium and so on. That’s consistent with what we saw in\u00a0New Mutants<\/em>, where Karma was resurrected complete with her prosthetic leg.<\/p>\n

Cable’s immediate concerns on being resurrected are to check that the virus is still there (presumably Apocalypse infected him with it for good reason and there’s a pressing need for it to remain), and then to embrace his daughter.<\/p>\n

Cable mentions that he’s been on Krakoa before, presumably referencing his memories of being there as Kid Cable.<\/p>\n

PAGES 10-12.<\/strong>\u00a0Cable, Cable and Belle.<\/em><\/p>\n

Belle<\/strong>, Cable’s AI from\u00a0Uncanny Avengers<\/em>, was mentioned last issue by way of foreshadowing.<\/p>\n

Graymalkin II.<\/strong>\u00a0This is new, but it’s the successor to Cable’s original Graymalkin base from the 1990s. It was mentioned last issue in the text page that introduced Belle, but without the numbering.<\/p>\n

The TVA<\/strong> is the Time Variance Authority. Cable has indeed drawn their attention before, in the 2015 digital comic\u00a0Deadpool & Cable: Split Second<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“In the days before Krakoa’s formation…”<\/strong> According to Belle, Stryfe has acquired Belasco’s spell book and planned to “sacrifice mutant babies and ignite a demonic invasion”, until Krakoa showed up and he started improvising. While Belle doesn’t say so in terms, Stryfe was apparently in possession of the spell that Madelyne Pryor was trying to cast in “Inferno” back in the 1980s.<\/p>\n

Cable does mention in this scene that he had already tracked Stryfe to this alien dimension before getting killed. But it’s now clear that the scenes of Cable Classic which we saw in earlier issues of this series in fact take place\u00a0during<\/em> this issue – and indeed, he’s dressed identically here to the way he appears in those scenes. He also dusts off the vehicle that he uses in those scenes.<\/p>\n

PAGE 13.<\/strong>\u00a0Cable recruits Magik.<\/em><\/p>\n

A bit of foreshadowing for some favour she’ll need to call in some day. As previously in Duggan’s stories, the marker is a literal marker.<\/p>\n

PAGE 14.<\/strong> Data page. This is supposedly a history of the events in which the War Wagon has already participated, thanks to the wonder of time travel. We’re only on the second entry – the Summers War – but the timeline ends in 2015, so apparently the War Wagon eventually makes it through assorted time travel to a point in the past.<\/p>\n

“1918: Tunguska racing catastrophe”.<\/strong> The Tunguska event was a massive explosion in Russia in 1908 (not 1918), generally assumed to have been a meteorite breaking up and exploding in midair. Presumably the suggestion is that Cable had something to do with it, and the date is a misprint. Reed Richards got materials for his rocket from the site of the Tunguska event. (No, really. He says so in Fantastic Four<\/em> vol 1 #13.)<\/p>\n

“1978: NYC blackout…”<\/strong> The famous New York blackout was in 1977, not 1978.<\/p>\n

PAGE 14.<\/strong> Kid Cable recruits Deadpool.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ah, we’re gathering the supporting cast for the big finale.<\/p>\n

Deadpool was also angling for a spot on X-Force during the\u00a0X-Force<\/em> and\u00a0Wolverine<\/em> tie-ins to “Hellfire Gala”.<\/p>\n

PAGE 15.<\/strong>\u00a0Magik drops Cable off.<\/em><\/p>\n

And this presumably leads into the scenes from earlier issues.<\/p>\n

PAGE 16.<\/strong>\u00a0Cable brushes the Last Knight aside.<\/em><\/p>\n

As we saw last issue, he gave the sword to Cable Classic. The poor Knight is trying to get on with a completely unrelated mission, and is having to wait his turn while the title characters get on with things.<\/p>\n

PAGES 17-21.<\/strong>\u00a0The Cuckoos are recruited.<\/em><\/p>\n

Esme gives a rather more emotional response. Clearly, she shares Cyclops’ interpretation that the young Cable is effectively going to tie up his business here and go back to a dystopian future, and she’s upset about that. In effect, by adopting this plan of action, Cable dumped the Cuckoos (and didn’t bother to tell them).<\/p>\n

Hope and Prestige also join the mission, as we’re rounding up the whole Summers family. And, um, Deadpool, but Cable did have a long-running partnership with him.<\/p>\n

PAGES 22-24.<\/strong> Cable in Stryfe’s dimension.<\/em><\/p>\n

Stryfe only has five actual babies, but he’s cloned five more and figures that will work. Obviously that depends on potentially awkward questions like whether clones have souls and whether that matters to the spell.<\/p>\n

Cable here picks up from the scene in the previous issue. He beats some of Stryfe’s demons, and plants a Krakoan seed so that the reinforcements can get here for next issue’s finale.<\/p>\n

PAGE 25.<\/strong> Trailers. The Krakoan reads NEXT: IT NEVER ENDS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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