CABLE

Real Name:

Nathan Christopher Charles Summers

Universe/Timeline:

Askani Timeline

Marvel Universe

Status:

Deceased

Category:

Mutant

Alias:

Nathan Dayspring Askani'son, Chosen One, Nathan Winters, Traveler.

Nationality:

American

First Appearance:

Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #201

Last Appearance:

Extermination #1

Cause of Death:

Executed by his younger self

Powers & Abilities:

limited telepathic, telekinetic, and precognitive abilities, bionic arm provides him with augmented strength, time travel, and artificial intelligence called "Belle"

Affiliation:

Believers, Cable's Underground, Clan Askani, Clan Chosen, New Mutants, Providence, Secret Avengers (Civil War), Six Pack, The Twelve, Wild Pack II, X-Force, X-Men, X-Force V, X-Force VII, Avengers, Avengers - Unity Division

Avengers Membership:

Recruited for the Unity Division in to Uncanny Avengers (3rd series) #4.

Notes:

Cable was purged of the T-O virus by Hope's Phoenix power in Avengers: X-Sanction #4. He lost most of his left arm prior to X-Force (4th series) #1 while trying to cut out a power-destabilizing serum before it spread. The unstable serum will kill Cable within 24 hours, forcing him to keep his body in cryogenic stasis to prevent the explosive results. He currently occupies a series of one-a-day clone bodies, carrying over his memories from each incarnation using a mnemonic band worn around his skull. The destabilizing serum imprinted on his genetic code, so these bodies will also explode every 24 hours, requiring Cable to constantly swap out clones. His mutant powers have been significantly inhibited by his current status.

First appeared as Cable in New Mutants (1st series) #86-87. Cable's first name was revealed in X-Force (1st series) #1, "Dayspring" in Cable: Blood & Metal #2, and he was confirmed as Nathan Christopher Charles Summers in Cable (1st series) #6.

Alternate Versions:

CABLE (Ultimate).

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Last Updated:

23rd May 2020 by Dean Clayton