CABLE

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.

Cable was purged of the T-O virus by Hope's Phoenix power in Avengers: X-Sanction #4. During the Cable & X-Force series, the manifestation of new precognitive powers ultimate burnt out his TP/TK. 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 would kill Cable within 24 hours, forcing him to keep his body in cryogenic stasis to prevent the explosive results. He occupied 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 would also explode every 24 hours, requiring Cable to constantly swap out clones. Cable was substantially weakened after these events were dealt with, but he was restored to an optimal version of himself in the Deadpool & Cable: Split Second limited series, complete with TP/TK and techno-organic arm once more.

Cable was "retired" by his time traveling younger self in Extermination #1, who killed him in order to better carry out Cable's mission. Kid Cable spent a number of months in the present, but ultimately came to realize his mistake and regretted his actions. Thanks to Krakoa and the Resurrection Five, he arranged for the older Cable to be brought back to life and then returned to his own proper place in the timestream in Cable (4th series) #10-12.