X-Force # 74-75, Cable # 48-53
It's trouble for Cable and X-Force!
After discovering that it was Stryfe that had years ago ordered the death of his people, Warpath encounters him in Hell . . . or something like it. There, Stryfe has struck a deal with Blackheart that if he is able to best Warpath, he gets to return to the land of the living. However, thanks to Dani Moonstar's old skool magic powers, she and X-Force are able to rescue him and Stryfe is thrown into a pit of some sort.
Looking for some R&R, X-Force heads to the Burning Man Festival. It's there they are reunited with Cannonball and Karma. Cable is also there, following them to make sure that they are indeed ready to lead out their own lives. After Selene's attack accidently brings the Burning Man himself to life, they proof to Cable (unwittingly so) that they are adults.
In NYC, Irene Merryweather launches an investigation into Sebastian Shaw. When she begins to catch a lead, she finds the entire staff of her tabloid paper - the Inquiring Eye - has been killed by the Hellfire Club. She too is targeted, but is rescued by Cable. Cable then asks her to be his chronicler - someone to write down his story. He then tells her of the mysterious "Tomorrow Agenda" and learns that Shaw is working with Donald Pierce (isn't he dead?) on it. Maddie then shows up and points Cable in the right direction. Cable and Irene end up in England, in an old manor where Apocalype left a powerful device with a person inside.
With the time traveled Ch'Varye, Shaw and Pierce activate the machine to help them track down Apocalypse. Shaw and Pierce are looking to use Apocalypse's power to their own will. Ch'Varye wants a confrontation between 'Poccy and Cable. Cable arrives on the scene as the machine activates. A cyborg emerges from it, being once a man who Apocalypse had taken in teh 1800's (when all that Sinister stuff was happening). This man has become Apocalypse Herald, though he is not yet activated.
Cable and Irene then track Shaw and co. to the Swiss Alps. With the help and eventual sacriface of Golden Age villian Master Man (who is seeking redemption), Cable arrives at one of Apocalypse's fortresses. A battle ensues. Ch'Vayre ends up in a capsule that puts him in statis and will transform him into an agent of Apocalypse (the one we all know and love - ugh). The base is blowed up.
Despite the Ch'Vayre stuff, I really like this era of Cable. He's a slimmer character, continunity wise and both James Robinson and Joe Casey do a great job of setting him on the right course. They've captured the core essence of Cable and have set him on the road to fighting Apocalypse. Lots of tension and foreshadowing. Ladronn likewise does a fantastic job. His quasi-Kirby style is perfect for this title.
"X-Force" itself is good too - really capturing the grungy, slack-like feel of that age group in the 90's.
~W~
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