Cable is a pretty popular character and after his bold move in X Sanction, I was wondering when he would appear again. In this series, Cable gets the spotlight once again. He is getting visions of the future for some reason and he decides to assemble a team to stop the threats before they happen. They won’t be working with the law, so he can’t choose someone who’s well known like Wolverine or Captain America. I doubt they would be his first choice anyway. He picks Forge, Domino, Dr Nemesis, and Colossus. (Who I was surprised about. He’s pretty big on following the law after all)

The plot isn’t very deep in this group of comics as it’s more of a case by case plot. When Cable gets a premonition, then the team goes out to stop the threat. He prefers to keep them in the dark about everything, which can annoy some of the members. Hope wants to help them out, but Cable makes sure that she stays out of it, since he doesn’t want her to become a fugitive. The Uncanny Avengers come in to stop them, but they didn’t have enough prep time. Cable finds out that an anti mutant person is going to put something in the food that the company sends out so that everyone will become blob monsters. It may not seem like a big threat, but apparently there would be a lot of collateral damage. The team goes in to stop this before it happens, but things may not go according to plan.

Forge is basically insane in the comic. Something happened to his brain and he decided to fix it. (With help from Cable) After that, he’s all right, but he’s a pretty bland character. Dr Nemesis is there, but he doesn’t get much of a role either. He’s supposed to be the “funny” character I suppose. He’s all right and at least he doesn’t take everything so seriously.

Colossus isn’t a very good character. He’s constantly getting suckered or beaten up and he makes a bold move at the end. Some may call it heroic, but it’s not a very recommended move. He has a very forced one night stand with Domino and it didn’t exactly help his character. (Or Domino’s) Domino was good for the most part, but the ending wrecked her character as well.

I guess that leaves Cable and Hope. Both of them are pretty strong characters and are definitely a lot cooler than the other heroes. Hope wants to help out and with her powers, that would be pretty easy. Unfortunately, Cable leaves her out of the loop for the most part, but I’m sure that she’ll get to appear more in future comics. Cable is still as intense as ever and he’s a pretty good leader. It reminds me of the old days when he was with the X Force. He may not be a complete hero, but he believes that he’s doing everything for the right reasons, which is better than nothing.

On the negative side, the comic was pretty slow paced. It took the whole collection to avert one disaster and it wasn’t a very big one. The cast is pretty uninteresting as well. The art is pretty good, but it did take a pretty big dip during one of the middle comics.

This comic was a decent start to the series. There wasn’t a lot of action, but they are setting things up for future arcs. I’m hoping that they add in some new members and shake some of them out of the lineup. The comic will need better characters if it is to succeed. All in all, I’d recommend this collection. The action can get a bit intense, (In a zombie way) but this is Cable, so what would you expect? Although, I do hope that things get more exciting in the next volume.

Overall 6/10