Cable #150

THE NEWER MUTANTS pt I

Written by Ed Brisson
Penciled by Jon Malin
Cover by Jon Malin
Published Oct 18, 2017

   13 years in the past, Cable and Longshot walk into a New Orleans Forensic Unit during an autopsy. After a TV-Coroners-Always-Eating joke from of course, the television obsessed future superstar, they tell the technician that they need the room a few minutes and order him outside. Cable opens up the drawer and explains to Longshot that the Jane Doe is actually Candra, a supposed immortal member of the Externals who by the looks of it, is missing her heart. Longshot touches her skin and with his power, is able to see her last moments.

Jon Malin looks like he was drawing this with orders from Marvel to make sure EVERYONE KNOWS LONGSHOT ONLY HAS 4 FINGERS ON EACH HAND!

   Woken by her sleep, the killer was someone she knew. The fight lasted awhile but eventually got the better of her. Unfortunately, the assassin remained cloaked in shadows in the vision. With Candra down, the last External is Seline. Longshot asks why didn’t Cable go ask her, and Cable explains that Selene had killed all the others - and Candra and her had brokered some peace. They need to speak with her, but to do that, they’re gonna need help.

I think I remember seeing this 13 years ago in New Orleans.

   The two head for a drag strip in the Bronx. Looking for the “Street Scorpion”, Cable only has to break one guy’s hand before he shows up. Doop rolls down the window and after a brief conversation about how somebody’s messing with the timeline, he’s in. Next up, the trio meet their next teammate - Shatterstar. After introductions, they begin their assault on the Hellfire Club.

Everybody else gets introduced in a few pages. Shatterstar gets 4 panels.

   After clearing some halls, suddenly the walls come alive and reaches out to them. A booming voice lowers as Selene stands before the wall-captured men, and she touches Longshot as Shatterstar distracts her. He tells Cable that during the encounter, he could see that she wasn't the murderer. He asks her to listen as she knocks Doop out and he blasts her in the back. She's the last external, he tells her and he offers his help as she laughs uncontrollably. "The Externals are immortal" she tells him. "We can't die" she says... "But you can..." and with that, the groups remainders Absolum, Crule and Nicodemus surround them, as we're left to be continued.

Oh look, now there's enough for Pictionary!

   I never really read much of Cable's series before but I was a pretty big fan of New Mutants in the 90's as well as when the great X-Force spinoff came into existence, but eventually lost touch. With Cable's recent presence in the Deadpool book, it definitely piqued my interest to get back into such a classic character. This version would again make Rob Liefield proud, as he himself provided artwork for one of the book's variant covers - in homage to Cable's introduction in New Mutants #87. As this is the Marvel Legacy jump off, it's a great place to get back into the character. Decent but limited artwork but simple one take writing - it's my kind of book. I give this one a 9/10.

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