Real Name: Nathan Christopher Charles Summers | Universe: Marvel | Rating: 89 OVR (Techno-Organic Cybernetic Soldier)
"I've seen the future. It's ugly. But we're going to fix it right here, right now."
Writer/Artist: Fabian Nicieza & Mark Brooks | Format: Trade Paperback
The time-traveling mutant soldier teams up with the erratic Merc with a Mouth in an iconic buddy-cop comedy epic.
Why Start Here: The quintessential, laugh-out-loud comic pairing that defined both characters for decades.
Writer/Artist: Rob Liefeld & Fabian Nicieza | Format: Graphic Novel
Cable transforms the New Mutants into the proactive, heavily-armed strike force X-Force.
Why Start Here: The record-shattering 5-million-copy comic debut that launched 1990s comic book mania.
Writer/Artist: Ed Brubaker, Mike Carey & Craig Kyle | Format: Trade Paperback
With mutants on the brink of extinction, the first mutant baby is born, and Cable must protect her across the timestream.
Why Start Here: High-stakes, pulse-pounding chase across a ruined future that redefined modern X-Men lore.
Documented Weakness: Constantly expends the majority of his psionic power holding back the Techno-Organic virus.
Citation: Cable & Deadpool #10 (2005)
Held a massive floating oceanic metropolitan city suspended in the sky while simultaneously dueling the Silver Surfer in telepathic and energy combat.