Pre-X-Force Cable
The issues Cable makes an appearance in before X-Force. This does not include flashbacks unless the issue was a one-shot. Also, I don't include most of the baby Cable/Christopher stuff because I'll one day make a list of those.
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Weakly chronicles the day Cable first re-entered the present.
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(Optional) Cable's first technical appearance. He has no name and simply lurks in the shadows. The next issue is considered his first appearance because he is properly introduced and gets into the action.
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The official first appearance of "the man called Cable." He's really a mutant.
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Cable's escape from the Freedom Force.
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Cable fights alongside the New Mutants.
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Cable has assumed the role of New Mutant mentor but not all are happy with the arrangements. (Side note: His right arm is drawn metallic instead of the left.)
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It's into the Morlock Tunnels to save Rictor.
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A filler issue, Cable and Rahne exorcise after exercise. (Flashback issue.)
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Cable is not in this issue, but you need to read it to appreciate the whole arc because he's in the rest of the crossover.
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The official entry of Cable into the Days of Future Present arc. Here he let's everyone know about his role as the new New Mutants leader.
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Despite what the cover says, this issue should be read third.
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Cable may have seemed to have a smaller role in this story arc, but for those that know the fate of Christopher Summers, the role wasn't all that small after all.
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(Optional) A book not really in continuity. It's a story about a dream/alternate reality that doesn't need to be read because it is never referenced elsewhere.
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The New Mutants are led by Cable to Madripoor to stop the MLF.
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The conclusion the Cable's initial Madripoor saga.
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This sad excuse for a comic book is a supplement to the Wolverine and Cable feud, as seen in New Mutants #'s 93 and 94. It's not necessary, but it's there for who wants it.
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Fantastic cross-over with Cable playing a bigger part.
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And one of his new charges dies...
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Cable arrives in Genosha to save his kids.
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Cable doesn't appear here, but you need to read this issue because it's part of the dang story.
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Cable and Co. breach Hodge's citadel.
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And Cable takes Hodge on like a soldier.
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On trial in Genosha. This is the first time Cable is called a mutant. It's also a first for Cable's eye to glow.
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The mutants are loose and rendering vengeance on the Genoshan government.
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The X-Tinction Agenda ends.
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When the teams regroup, Cable imparts some words that leave some feeling uneasy. Who is this guy slamming Xavier's dream?
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Just back from Genosha and his team is changing. Cable calls in "Domino" to help raise some kids. And how about a first Deadpool appearance? A tasty treat indeed.
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More leave. More arrive. Cable has a revolving door of teammates on his hands.
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The New Mutants are no more, but that doesn't mean that Cable doesn't pop up elsewhere before X-Force begins.
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The New Mutants are calling themselves X-Force. Cable leads them out to figure out some odd energy patterns.
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Cable leads his team against the New Warriors, then alongside them.
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Now it's an attack on Muir Island.
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Cable voices concern over how Cyclops wants to end the problem with the newly resurrected Proteus. And it's not the type of concern we are used to.
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(Optional) Okay, so this isn't Cable. But, it does have major significance in the Cable backstory. This arc is where Askani first shows up.
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(Optional) Baby Cable gets prepped for a tumultuous future.
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(Optional) It's getting closer...
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(Optional) There's Askani! And there goes baby Cable. (But this isn't known until after the X-Cutioner's Song.)
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Another Wolverine and Cable caper. Cable gets involved in a sewer adventure after hearing that Sabretooth may still be alive (after the Morlocks had their way with him).
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Continuing conflict alongside the feral one.
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Cable's part of the story is done by page 2, but he's still in there. This is the last significant appearance before X-Force begins.
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(Optional) Nothing more than a lame floating head cameo appearance. Not worth the buy for Cable readers. Let me rephrase: do not buy this issue just because Cable has a credit.
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(Optional) An awful excuse for a comic. Cable appears near the end, but it's not worth buying just for that. This issue is out of continuity (Cable had already left the X-Mansion but this puts him there).
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