After lengthy adventures off-world, X-Factor and the New Mutants return home and are reunited. But Archangel's psychotic urges and the arrival of the mysterious mutant called Cable might tear them apart again...
The New Mutants barely survived their unscheduled trip to Asgard, having helped the stop Hela from using the Valkyries to take over the Realm Eternal. Long-standing team member Mirage (Dani Moonstar) decides to stay behind and explore her new role as a Valkyrie. With no Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters to return to, the team latch on to a complete stranger - the militant mutant Cable - over their X-Factor allies.
Rusty Collins and Skids Blevins were left behind when the other New Mutants were taken to Asgard. Since then, they've been captured by Freedom Force (during ACTS OF VENGEANCE), accidentally escaped prison, defeated the Vulture and Nitro and been captured all over again. Lucky for them, the Mutant Liberation Front are here to give them a break.
Tying it all together is the return of Sabretooth. The member of the murderous Marauders is back ad looking to kill more Morlocks for fun. Caliban may have shifted his loyalties from X-Factor to Apocalypse in return for being upgraded to his new Death horseman, but his thirst for Sabretooth's blood will override that loyalty. Vengeance for his fellow Morlocks will override everything, even when he comes into contact with the previous Death, aka Archangel. X-Factor's trip to space is going to look like a relaxing holiday compared to this...
- MUTANT MASSACRE - Sabretooth murders Caliban's Morlock friends
- THE FALL OF THE MUTANTS - Caliban leaves X-Factor for Apocalypse
- New Mutants #87
- New Mutants Annual #5[1/3] (also see ATLANTIS ATTACKS)
- X-Factor #51
- New Mutants #88-89
- X-Factor #52-53
- New Mutants #90-91
The Mutant Liberation Front (MLF) destroy an energy research station, leaving their pursuer, Cable, caught in their bomb's blast. The MLF threaten further action unless Rusty and Skids are released. Worlds away, Mirage (Dani Moonstar) decides to remain on Asgard to help rebuild after Hela's latest attack while rest of the New Mutants head back to Earth via the Negative Zone and the Dark Dimension. Stryfe sends his MLF lackeys on a mission to free Rusty and Skids. Cable arrives and down Tempo, but Strobe melts his cybernetic arm. Rusty and Skids reluctantly leave with the MLF via Zero's teleportation portal. Cable is taken captive by the US Government's captive. Following a little trip down to Atlantis (see below), the New Mutants see X-Factor's Ship return to Earth...
New Mutants Annual #5[1/3]
Ghaur sends a team of Deviants who happen to look almost exactly like members of the New Mutants to steal the Horn of Doom (which may actually be the Horn of Proteus). Namorita and the Atlantean team SURF fail to save the horn and erroneously assault the New Mutants until the case of mistaken identity is resolved. Ghaur and Llyra use the Horn to unleash a giant creature on Atlantis while their troops are busy attacking the surface world, betraying Attuma in the process. The Horn is destroyed in the conflict and the New Mutants (which handy undersea breathers) team up with Namorita and SURF lead the creature into a trench and bury it, though Atlantis is in ruins. The New Mutants return to the surface...
Ship brings X-Factor back to New York and lands upright to become a towering headquarters. Helicopter news crews and law enforcement choppers arrive to investigate, causing a massive air collision. X-Factor help them safely to the ground, where Cyclops deals with the media. Archangel slices up their cameras and mics in a rage flies off. Elsewhere in the city, Sabretooth is stalking and killing stray Morlocks. One called Mole escapes him by teleporting into the basement of Opal Tanaka's record store. Having observed Sabretooth, Caliban escapes Apocalypse's headquarters against his master's wishes and seeks vengeance on Sabretooth for his part in the Marauders' massacre of the Morlocks (during the MUTANT MASSACRE).
New Mutants #88
When he learns the MLF are building a hydrogen bomb, Cable escapes the government facility, burning the Blob and almost decapitating Super Sabre as he departs. Back at X-Factor's ship, the New Mutants arrive and break the news that Mirage has remained on Asgard. Boom-Boom tries to flirt with Rictor who seems more interested in Wolfsbane. A suggestively-dressed Moira MacTaggert calls X-Factor's ship and orders Wolfsbane to come home to Scotland.
Boom-Boom, Cannonball and Sunspot witness Freedom Force pursuing Cable and help him escape. Rictor tries to delay Moira MacTaggert from taking Wolfsbane away. The New Mutants take Cable back to X-Factor's Ship where he convinces Moira (who he appears to share history with) to go home without Wolfsbane. Cable needs the New Mutants to help him find the MLF's bomb. But Rictor also seems to recognise Cable. And he's not a fan...
Archangel meets Officer Charlotte Jones for the second time as she discovers the body of the Morlock known as Chicken Wings. As he flies off, Sabretooth shoots him out of the sky and the pair soon battle it out. They end up slicing each other's guts open before passing out in the snow. While having dinner together, Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Beast and Trish Tilby are attacked by the Locust and his giant cockroaches who's easily defeated. Opal Tanaka continues to hide Mole in her store, but he gets jealous when Iceman enters and scores a date with Opal. Mole leaves the safety of the store to 'protect' her...
X-Factor #53
Marvel Girl turns down Cyclops' marriage proposal due to all of the conflicting thoughts in her head. Archangel regains consciousness and immediately clashes with Caliban who's following Sabretooth's trail. The fight is interrupted when Officer Charlotte Jones warns Caliban off. Iceman goes on his date with Opal while carting Cyclops' son, Nathan Christopher Summers, around with him. The jealous Mole tries to ruin their date, fails miserably and heads back to the sewers were Sabretooth has been waiting for him...
New Mutants #90
Cable and the New Mutants set up their new HQ under the rubble of the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters (destroyed during INFERNO) where Cable will train them to become a force to be reckoned with. Rictor dislikes Cable as he believes he had something to do with the death of his father. A training session in the Danger Room gives Rictor flashbacks so he runs off into the Morlock tunnels. Elsewhere in the tunnels, Sabretooth is still killing Morlocks, unaware that Caliban is close to tracking him down. Rictor fails to recognise the new-look Caliban and gets sliced across the stomach by Sabretooth...
New Mutants #91
As Rictor bleeds out, he tries to help Caliban but just gets slapped by Sabretooth. Cable and the New Mutants run into Masque before they take down Caliban while Sabretooth runs off with Rictor. Caliban gets to Sabretooth first, snapping Sabretooth's spine and leaving his body in the sewers to rot. Rictor is taken back to the Xavier School for treatment. Despite having his guts almost ripped out, Rictor sneaks off to watch Cable train in the Danger Room and he can't help respecting the man for being able to beat robots into recycling, despite allegedly killing his father...
Marvel Girl turns down Cyclops' marriage proposal due to all of the conflicting thoughts in her head. Archangel regains consciousness and immediately clashes with Caliban who's following Sabretooth's trail. The fight is interrupted when Officer Charlotte Jones warns Caliban off. Iceman goes on his date with Opal while carting Cyclops' son, Nathan Christopher Summers, around with him. The jealous Mole tries to ruin their date, fails miserably and heads back to the sewers were Sabretooth has been waiting for him...
Cable and the New Mutants set up their new HQ under the rubble of the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters (destroyed during INFERNO) where Cable will train them to become a force to be reckoned with. Rictor dislikes Cable as he believes he had something to do with the death of his father. A training session in the Danger Room gives Rictor flashbacks so he runs off into the Morlock tunnels. Elsewhere in the tunnels, Sabretooth is still killing Morlocks, unaware that Caliban is close to tracking him down. Rictor fails to recognise the new-look Caliban and gets sliced across the stomach by Sabretooth...
New Mutants #91
As Rictor bleeds out, he tries to help Caliban but just gets slapped by Sabretooth. Cable and the New Mutants run into Masque before they take down Caliban while Sabretooth runs off with Rictor. Caliban gets to Sabretooth first, snapping Sabretooth's spine and leaving his body in the sewers to rot. Rictor is taken back to the Xavier School for treatment. Despite having his guts almost ripped out, Rictor sneaks off to watch Cable train in the Danger Room and he can't help respecting the man for being able to beat robots into recycling, despite allegedly killing his father...
X-Factor Annual #4 (1989)
X-Factor find themselves drawn into Ghaur's war against the surface world during ATLANTIS ATTACKS.
Fantastic Four Annual #22 (1989)
Ghaur's plan is ultimately thwarted by the Avengers and Fantastic Four during ATLANTIS ATTACKS.
Uncanny X-Men #255 (1989)
Let's pretend Destiny and Stonewall were injured on some other recent mission, as referenced by Mystique - their deaths take place a little later on the fateful mission to Muir Isle during DISSOLUTION & REBIRTH.
X-Factor #54-58 (1990)
Archangel is taken to hospital and finally gives in to the rage in his wings; Archangel eventually gets his wings back under control during SCARY MONSTERS.
Avengers West Coast Annual #5 (1990)
SURF return, attacking Seaworld on behalf of Atlantis until they're defeated by the West Coast Avengers.
New Mutants #93-94 (1990)
Avengers West Coast Annual #5 (1990)
SURF return, attacking Seaworld on behalf of Atlantis until they're defeated by the West Coast Avengers.
New Mutants #93-94 (1990)
The New Mutants thwart the Mutant Liberation Front's next scheme, though their tritium plot is forgotten.
New Mutants #95-96 (1990)
Warlock is killed when some of the New Mutants are captured by Genoshans; Wolfsbane is transformed into a mutate during X-TINCTION AGENDA.
X-Factor #62 (1991)
Wolfsbane leaves the New Mutants to help rebuild Genosha during X-TINCTION AGENDA.
New Mutants #98-100 (1991)
New Mutants Annual #7 (1991)
New Mutants #98-100 (1991)
Rictor runs away from the New Mutants to go and be with Wolfsbane and get away from Cable; first mention of 'Mr Tolliver' who hires Deadpool to kill Cable; Sunspot leaves the New Mutants to take over his father's business; Cable transforms the New Mutants into X-Force; Brute is shot dead by Cable as a warning to Masque; X-Force leave their Xavier School headquarters; Rusty and Skids are revealed to have become members of the Mutant Liberation Front; Stryfe unmasks to reveal he looks exactly like Cable during A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH.
New Mutants Annual #7 (1991)
New Mutants Annual #7 (1991)
When Namorita next meets the New Mutants, they've been transformed into the paramilitary unit X-Force during KINGS OF PAIN.
New Mutants Annual #7 (1991)
Super Sabre is decapitated by Aminedi of Desert Sword during THE KILLING STROKE.
X-Factor #65-68 (1991)
Ship leaves New York after Apocalypse infects him with a virus that makes him attack citizens; Ship is destroyed but his persona survives; Nathan Christopher Summers' force fields don't protect him from infection when Apocalypse gives him a techno-organic virus; baby Nathan is taken to the future by one of the Askani to be cured.
Uncanny X-Men #280 (1991)
Moira MacTaggert is being controlled by the Shadow King, hence her uncharacteristic behaviour; the X-Men and X-Factor free the inhabitants of Muir Isle from his control during THE MUIR ISLAND SAGA.
Wolverine #41-43 (1991)
Sabretooth is revealed to have survived and continues to hunt Morlocks in the New York sewers; Cable tracks down Sabretooth.
X-Force #1 (1991)
Cable and X-Force set up a new headquarters in the Adirondack Mountains; Cable tells Cannonball that his son, Tyler, was killed by Stryfe during MUTANT GENESIS.
X-Force #5 (1991)
First appearance of 'Mr Tolliver'.
X-Men #1 (1991)
The Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters is rebuilt during MUTANT GENESIS.
X-Factor #74 (1992)
Thumbelina's brother, Slab, first appears during MUTANT GENESIS.
X-Force #8-15 (1992)
Marvel Comics Presents #121 (1993)
Mirage continues to help rebuild Asgard.
Cable: Blood & Metal #2 (1992)
Uncanny X-Men #308 (1994)
X-Force #34 (1994)
X-Men #30 (1994)
X-Factor #74 (1992)
Thumbelina's brother, Slab, first appears during MUTANT GENESIS.
X-Force #8-15 (1992)
It's revealed that, as a member of the Six Pack, Cable used to go on black ops missions for the US Government; Cable's 'cyborg' parts are revealed to be a techno-organic (though this doesn't explain how he 'repaired' his arm during imprisonment); Masque comes gunning for Cable once more, but is stabbed through the chest by Shatterstar; Masque somehow survives; Rictor goes to Department K to join Weapon: Prime - a special squad intent on apprehending Cable; unable to betray his friends, Rictor betrays Weapon: Prime and joins X-Force.
Marvel Comics Presents #121 (1993)
Mirage continues to help rebuild Asgard.
Cable: Blood & Metal #2 (1992)
Cable learns that Stryfe - Cable's clone from the future - was the one who killed Rictor's father during X-CUTIONER'S SONG.
Uncanny X-Men #294 (1993)
Caliban rejoins the Horsemen of Apocalypse during X-CUTIONER'S SONG.
X-Men #15 (1992)
Rusty Collins and Skids are revealed to have been brainwashed by Stryfe during X-CUTIONER'S SONG.
X-Force #18 (1993)
It's implied that Stryfe is the son of Cyclops (Scott Summers) and Madelyne Pryor during X-CUTIONER'S SONG.
Cable #1 (1993)
X-Men #15 (1992)
Rusty Collins and Skids are revealed to have been brainwashed by Stryfe during X-CUTIONER'S SONG.
X-Force #18 (1993)
It's implied that Stryfe is the son of Cyclops (Scott Summers) and Madelyne Pryor during X-CUTIONER'S SONG.
Cable #1 (1993)
First full appearance of Tyler Dayspring, Cable's step-son, during ASSAULT ON GRAYMALKIN.
X-Force #24-25 (1993)
X-Force 'rescue' Rusty Collins and Skids from the Friends of Humanity; Rusty and Skids join Magneto's Acolytes on Avalon when he undoes Stryfe's brainwashing during FATAL ATTRACTIONS / ASSAULT ON GRAYMALKIN.
X-Force #27 (1993)
Mirage returns to Earth as Moonstar, a members of Reignfire's new Mutant Liberation Front.
Cable #6-10 (1993-1994)
Cable is revealed to be Nathan Christopher Summers, the true son of Cyclops and Maddie Pryor; Stryfe is revealed to be Cable's clone; 'Mr Tolliver' is revealed to be Tyler Dayspring; Tyler wants to kill Cable, having been manipulated by Stryfe.
X-Force #24-25 (1993)
X-Force 'rescue' Rusty Collins and Skids from the Friends of Humanity; Rusty and Skids join Magneto's Acolytes on Avalon when he undoes Stryfe's brainwashing during FATAL ATTRACTIONS / ASSAULT ON GRAYMALKIN.
X-Force #27 (1993)
Mirage returns to Earth as Moonstar, a members of Reignfire's new Mutant Liberation Front.
Cable #6-10 (1993-1994)
Cable is revealed to be Nathan Christopher Summers, the true son of Cyclops and Maddie Pryor; Stryfe is revealed to be Cable's clone; 'Mr Tolliver' is revealed to be Tyler Dayspring; Tyler wants to kill Cable, having been manipulated by Stryfe.
Uncanny X-Men #308 (1994)
Jean Grey (having dropped the 'Marvel Girl' name) proposes to Cyclops.
X-Force #34 (1994)
Cable finally reveals to Rictor that Stryfe killed his father.
X-Men #30 (1994)
Cyclops and Phoenix are married during THE WEDDING OF CYCLOPS & PHOENIX.
Excalibur #77-80 (1994)
Zero sacrifices himself in an effort to become 'alive', transferring all his memories to the Phalanx called Douglock when his self-destruct sequence initiates.
Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #1-4 (1994)
Cyclops and Jean Grey learn the origins of Cable and Stryfe, firsthand, and bring up young Cable in the futurel Jean takes the codename Phoenix.
Namor the Sub-Mariner #56 (1994)
New Mutants Epic Collection vol.7: Cable
X-Force: Cable and the New Mutants
Include...
Excalibur #77-80 (1994)
Zero sacrifices himself in an effort to become 'alive', transferring all his memories to the Phalanx called Douglock when his self-destruct sequence initiates.
Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #1-4 (1994)
Cyclops and Jean Grey learn the origins of Cable and Stryfe, firsthand, and bring up young Cable in the futurel Jean takes the codename Phoenix.
Namor the Sub-Mariner #56 (1994)
The Horn of Proteus is a different horn as proven when it makes its next appearance.
X-Force #39 (1994)
X-Force #39 (1994)
Ship evolves again into the humanoid Prosh.
X-Men #42 (1995)
Rusty Collins is killed during Holocaust's attack on Avalon during THE FALL OF AVALON.
X-Force #44 (1995)
X-Men #42 (1995)
Rusty Collins is killed during Holocaust's attack on Avalon during THE FALL OF AVALON.
X-Force #44 (1995)
Caliban joins X-Force, alongside Cable, Sunspot and Boomer during UNDER ONE ROOF.
All New Exiles #∞ (1995)
Reaper is transported to the Ultraverse (Earth-93060) during BLACK SEPTEMBER / INTO THE BREACH.
Askani'son #1-4 (1996)
Zero's origin is revealed; Zero was created by the Askani in the alternate future Earth-4935 as a peace-keeping android.
Wolverine #100 (1996)
All New Exiles #∞ (1995)
Reaper is transported to the Ultraverse (Earth-93060) during BLACK SEPTEMBER / INTO THE BREACH.
Askani'son #1-4 (1996)
Zero's origin is revealed; Zero was created by the Askani in the alternate future Earth-4935 as a peace-keeping android.
Wolverine #100 (1996)
Tyler Dayspring (by this time known as Genesis) is killed by Wolverine during STONE COLD DEATH.
Cable #-1 (1997)
It's revealed that Cable was aided by Moira MacTaggert when he first travelled back to the present day during FLASHBACK.
X-Force #70 (1997)
Moonstar rejoins her former teammates in X-Force during OPERATION: ZERO TOLERANCE.
X-Treme X-Men #42 (2004)
Skids joins the X-Corporation, returning to Charles Xavier's dream, but her allegiances flip-flop throughout the rest of her life.
X-Factor #3 (2006)
Cable #-1 (1997)
It's revealed that Cable was aided by Moira MacTaggert when he first travelled back to the present day during FLASHBACK.
X-Force #70 (1997)
Moonstar rejoins her former teammates in X-Force during OPERATION: ZERO TOLERANCE.
X-Treme X-Men #42 (2004)
Skids joins the X-Corporation, returning to Charles Xavier's dream, but her allegiances flip-flop throughout the rest of her life.
X-Factor #3 (2006)
Rictor joins X-Factor Investigations alongside Wolfsbane, allowing their relationship to grow again.
Son of M #6 (2006)
After being depowered by the Scarlet Witch on M-Day, Reaper is repowered by Quicksilver's stolen Terrigen Crystals during DECIMATION.
New Avengers #18 (2006)
Forearm, Strobe and Wildside are revealed to have been depowered on M-Day during DECIMATION.
X-Factor #28 (2008)
Son of M #6 (2006)
After being depowered by the Scarlet Witch on M-Day, Reaper is repowered by Quicksilver's stolen Terrigen Crystals during DECIMATION.
New Avengers #18 (2006)
Forearm, Strobe and Wildside are revealed to have been depowered on M-Day during DECIMATION.
X-Factor #28 (2008)
Wolfsbane leaves X-Factor Investigations, ending her relationship with Rictor during DIVIDED WE STAND.
X-Force #9 (2009)
Hrimhari is reunited with Wolfsbane.
X-Factor #45 (2009)
X-Force #9 (2009)
Hrimhari is reunited with Wolfsbane.
X-Factor #45 (2009)
Rictor comes to realise he's bisexual and enters into a relationship with Shatterstar.
X-Factor #210-212 (2010-2011)
X-Factor #210-212 (2010-2011)
Wolfsbane leads Rictor to believe he's the father of her unborn child, despite the Asgardian wolf Hrimhari being the real father; Rictor learns he's not the father of Wolfsbane's child, but agrees to help her through the pregnancy.
X-Men Legacy #245 (2011)
Tempo is killed by the Human Coalition during AGE OF X.
X-Factor #224 (2011)
Wolfsbane gives birth to a son by Hrimhari.
Uncanny X-Force #18 (2012)
The Celestial Life Seed purges the Archangel persona from Warren Worthington's body, but leaves him with techno-organic wings.
All-New X-Factor #2 (2014)
Reaper's Terrigen-based powers are removed by Terence Hoffman during ALL-NEW MARVEL NOW!
X-Men Legacy #245 (2011)
Tempo is killed by the Human Coalition during AGE OF X.
X-Factor #224 (2011)
Wolfsbane gives birth to a son by Hrimhari.
Uncanny X-Force #18 (2012)
The Celestial Life Seed purges the Archangel persona from Warren Worthington's body, but leaves him with techno-organic wings.
All-New X-Factor #2 (2014)
Reaper's Terrigen-based powers are removed by Terence Hoffman during ALL-NEW MARVEL NOW!
X-Force: Cable and the New Mutants
Include...
New Mutants #87-91
New Mutants Annual #5
Atlantis Attacks Omnibus
Includes...
Atlantis Attacks Omnibus
Includes...
New Mutants Annual #5
Cable Classic vol.1
Includes...
Cable Classic vol.1
Includes...
New Mutants #87
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