The New Mutants # 86-94
Confession time: I love Cable.
I find him to be an interesting character, despite the insane amount of weapons he carries around with him in the early 90's and the amazingly convulted history, I think he's a fantastic character. Call me crazy and blame on getting into X-Men comics (and comics, really, in general) in 1992, but I just love that time-traveling, ass-kicking, son of a X-Man.
We're introduced to Cable at a point where the New Mutants are in a bit of jam. Hunted by Freedom Force and with the still-acting-strange-Moria threatening to take Rahne back to Muir Island, the New Mutants have no one else to turn to than Cable. Cable, being on the run himself from Freedom Force and knowing Moria from years past (we'll get to that in a later entry), takes custody of the New Mutants.
The New Mutants and Cable take up residence at the remains of the mansion - the sub-basement, really. From there, they learn to trust Cable during an encounter with Masque and the Morlocks; Caliban; and Sabretooth.
A little later, they head to Madripoor to stop new villains Stryfe and the MLF (Mutant Liberation Front) from releasing a new drug upon the populace. As they battle the MLF, Wolverine shows up (he's in Madripoor, too, remember?) and fights Cable. A classic battle. In the end, the MLF is stopped.
The story is surprisingly good, focusing equally on both Cable and the New Mutants, as well as their working relationship with each other. My major criticism is that the New Mutants become Cable's wards far too quickly. While it is later revealed that Cable has a history with Xavier and Moria, his taking of command of them is just a wee bit forced (pardon the pun).
I find Rob Liefeld's work pretty good, for the most part. I prefer him in this time period, because his characters still retain human qualities that become missing from his artwork sometime post-1994.
~W~
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