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'''Cable''' is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by [[Marvel Comics]]. The character first appeared in ''"The [[New Mutants]]''" #87 (March 1990), and was created by writer Louise Simonson and artist/co-writer [[Rob Liefeld]].

Cable, or [[Overly Long Name|Nathan Christopher Charles Dayspring Askani'son Summers]], is a time-traveling soldier from the future who is here to prevent his [[Bad Future|apocalyptic timeline]] from coming to pass. He is biologically the son of [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] Jean Grey (through her clone Madelyne Pryor) and Scott Summers a.k.a Cyclops. As an infant, he first appeared in ''"Uncanny X-Men''" #201 (January, 1986). Though it took years for said infant and the time-traveling adult to be revealed as the same individual.

Once he had grown into a grizzled old veteran, Nathan came back in time to the present in order to kill Apocalypse before he could conquer the world.

Now that Cable has accomplished his mission (repeatedly), he became a man without a purpose; the character has been bounced around through a variety of new concepts. He's been a member of the X-Men more than once, [[Cable and Deadpool (Comic Book)/Ho Yay|became a messiah figure]] and developed an [[Odd Friendship]] with [[Deadpool|a certain psychotic katana-wielding mercenary]], and then adopting and raising of Hope, the first mutant born after the mass depowering (and {{spoiler|who may be the reincarnation of Jean Grey}}), while traveling through time. After returning to the present with a teenaged Hope, Cable appeared to have made a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] at the end of the Second Coming X-Men event but has [[Unexplained Recovery|since returned]]. His powers have fluctuated as well, regaining and losing both his techno-organic symbiote and his mutant powers.

Also has the notorious reputation as a [[Game Breaker]] in ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (Video Game)|Marvel vs. Capcom 2]]''.

* [[Anti -Hero]]: Usually type III, but introduced as type IV to V. (Sticking enemy heads on pikes as a warning, etc)

* [[Artistic License: Biology]]: Marvel canon states that Cable is biologically the child of Jean Grey-Summers because his actual mother was her clone, Madelyne Pryor. In fact, Nate Grey (X-Man) is his ''[[Age of Apocalypse]]'' counterpart, driving home the idea. However, [[Science Marches On|modern science has discredited that possibility]]. Even if two individuals (such as twins or clones) are genetically parallel, they are not ''identical'', due to epigenetic markers; these are markers that are shaped by the individuals' unique environments. Even a clone that is produced on the spot will not be ''completely'' identical to its progenitor, no less producing the same sperm or egg cells which carry its genetic material.

* [[Body Horror]]: While Cable's body was still infected with the TO virus, he could become [http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/77/204270-31903-cable_super.jpg hideously distorted]{{Dead link}} if it was allowed to run unchecked. At one point in his childhood (as depicted in one issue of ''The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix''), he looked like something out of ''[[The Thing (Filmfilm)|The Thing]]''.

* [[BFGBig Freaking Gun]]: One of Cable's trademarks.

* [[ItsIt's Personal]]: Apocalypse and Stryfe have more or less killed everyone that Cable has ever loved respectively.

* [[The Messiah]]: He had a brief stint as this during his [[Cable and Deadpool (Comic Book)/Ho Yay|severely powered-up phase]], at which point he left the antihero teritory entirely and went more into [[Pillars of Moral Character]] territory.

* [[Nineties Anti -Hero]]: Cable is probably the original, if not, he's certainly a major [[Trope Codifier]]. However, in a much later [[Cable and Deadpool (Comic Book)/Ho Yay|subversion]] by [[Fabian Nicieza]], he will apparently try to leave the territory entirely at times.

** Should be enemies? Deadpool debuted as Cable's enemy!

* [[Plot -Relevant Age -Up]]: Sent to the future as an infant - Returned a few decades older than his parents, before the point he was abducted.

* [[Power Limiter]]: It's stated that Cable's inherent telepathic and telekinetic powers are almost off the charts, but he can very rarely use them to their fullest extent because the techno-organic virus that makes him a cyborg could completely consume him if he wasn't constantly, actively suppressing it. [[De -Power|Or later just burning them out with over use]].

** Interestingly enough, he has two sets of powers and they ''both'' act as [[Power Limiter|Power Limiters]] to ''each other''. His techno-organic virus has been compared to the virus that created the Phalanx, a [[Hive Mind]] behind a [[Crisis Crossover]]. Phalanx members and a few rare [[Phlebotinum Rebel|Phlebotinum Rebels]] have [[Shapeshifting]] powers and [[TechnopathyTechnopath]]y, and both abilities can be seen in Cable in minor ways: whenever his psychic powers are overtaxed the metal body parts physically grow and start to take over the rest, and he can physically interface with machines. If the virus ever really consumed Cable, presumably he would be patient zero for [[The Virus|a serious threat]].

* [[Remember the New Guy?]]: Cable was introduced in the 1990's, but once he was introduced he was treated as though he had been known for a long time. Justified mostly by [[Time Travel]].

* [[Status Quo Is God]]: No matter what changes are made to Cable, be it killing his archenemy, getting a new power, curing himself of the techno-organic virus, getting weapons other than guns, etc. He always comes back to being a [[White -Haired Pretty Boy|white haired]], time tossed soldier with the [[BFGBig Freaking Gun]] and metal arm.

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