Cable
Nathan Summers
Created by Louise Simonson & Rob Liefeld
First Appearance
The New Mutants #87 (1990)
Appearances
772
Primary Team
X-Force
Debut Era
1990s
The time-traveling son of Cyclops and Madelyne Pryor, sent to the future as an infant to save him from a techno-organic virus. Cable returned as a grizzled soldier armed with future technology and vast psionic powers constantly spent fighting the virus. He transformed the New Mutants into X-Force and has served as both militant leader and reluctant messiah across multiple timelines.
Appearances Over Time
Series
Most Appearances By Series
Cable (1993) 114 issues
X-Force (1991) 68 issues
The Uncanny X-Men (1981) 47 issues
Cable (2008) 37 issues
X-Factor (1986) 28 issues
Cable / Deadpool (2004) 24 issues
X-Men (1991) 21 issues
Cable and X-Force (2013) 20 issues
X-Men (2004) 17 issues
Cable (2017) 17 issues
Events
Event Participation
Inferno (1989) 7/14
Onslaught (1996) 8/31
Messiah War (2009) 10/12
Necrosha (2009) 1/13
Second Coming (2010) 14/22
Schism (2011) 1/12
X of Swords (2020) 11/23
First Appearance
The New Mutants #87
1990
First Appearance
The New Mutants #87
March 1990