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Cable is a superhero spun off from the X-Men, created by Marvel Comics. He was created in the late 1980s by Rob Liefeld, then-artist on the New Mutants title, while writer Fabian Nicieza gave him his character. Originally, Cable was intended to be a future version of Cannonball, but that plot was changed a few years after his first appearance.
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Cable is an alpha-class mutant, with telepathic and telekinetic power on the level of Professor X. He is trained in the use of many futuristic and conventional firearms, as well as guerrilla tactics.
Cable was born Nathan Christoper Charles Summers, the child of Scott Summers and Madelyne Pryor (Madelyne Pryor was later revealed to be a clone of Jean Grey, created by Mister Sinister for the express purpose of mating her with Scott to create Cable). Mister Sinister carefully orchestrated his birth, planning to use him as a weapon against his hated master, Apocalypse. Unfortunately, Apocalypse learned of this treachery, and infected the child with a techno-organic virus that would slowly kill him.
When Apocalypse was defeated on the Moon, a woman from the future appeared to Cyclops. Calling herself Askani, she told him that the only way to save his son would be for her to take him into the far future.
Mother Askani (a time-displaced Rachel Summers) had the child cloned, in case they could not fight the TO virus. Minions of Apocalypse attacked and stole the clone, whom Apocalypse would raise as his heir, Stryfe.
Using her chronoskimming power for the last time, Rachel pulled the minds of Scott and Jean Grey into the future, where they raised Cable (as "Slym" and "Redd") for twelve years, returning to the present mere moments after leaving. During their time with Cable, Scott and Jean prevented Apocalypse from transferring his essence into a new body, and his terrible reign was ended.
The vacuum of power was filled by a group called the New Canaanites, who were no better than Apocalypse. Cable was arrested, and learned from fellow inmate Blaquesmith where to find the last enclave of the Askani. Blaquesmith helped him escape, and Cable joined the Askani resistance against the New Canaanites and Stryfe.
Cable followed Stryfe into the past in order prevent whatever he was planning, as well as prevent the rise of Apocalypse. Cable formed a group initially called the Wild Pack, but conflict with Silver Sable (who already had a group called the Wild Pack) forced him to change the name to Six Pack. Cable travelled between the present and the Clan Chosen future with his ship Graymalkin and the future version of the sentient program of X-Factor's Ship.
The Six Pack performed missions for a "Mr. Tolliver," which put the group in direct conflict with Stryfe. In their last mission, Cable and the Pack confronted Stryfe, but they refused to fight because they weren't getting paid. Cable did not listen, and even when Stryfe threatened the lives of his comrades, Cable did not back down. He abandoned his team in an underground base in order to follow Stryfe, which resulted in Hammer's paralyzation and Garrison Kane's paraplegia.
Cable came into conflict with Stryfe's Mutant Liberation Front, the United States government, and Freedom Force. The New Mutants intervened, and Cable saw them as potential soldiers in his war against Stryfe. He became their new leader, outfitted them, and rechristened the team X-Force.
Cable rescued Domino from a year of imprisonment, and learned from Kane that Stryfe was apparently his identical twin. In return, Cable took Kane to the Clan Chosen future and had him outfitted with bionics to restore his functionality.
Stryfe attacked Professor X while posing as Cable, starting the X-Cutioner's Song event. When Cable returned from the future, he found that pretty much every super-powered force on the planet was after him, including the X-teams. He convinced Wolverine and Bishop of his innocence, and Cable battled Stryfe, activating an explosive and his temporal portal at the same time, apparently killing them both.
Cable reappeared in the Clan Chosen future, with Stryfe's consciousness riding along in his mind. He destroyed the New Caananites' time travel device and returned to the present to confront the consequences of the X-Cutioner's song and learned from Mister Sinister that Stryfe was his clone, and not the other way around (as Stryfe had told him).
Cable eventually fulfilled his destiny and killed Apocalypse using a "Psimitar". His purpose in life (as Sinister had ordained it) now completed, Cable became a globe-traveling mercenary called "Soldier X" for a time. Currently, Cable is a reluctant partner to the mercenary Deadpool.
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