119. Cable vol 1 #30 ... Marvel ... Ian Churchill, artist ...

Well, from that limited series and its success, it's only natural that Marvel would launch an ongoing, right? And this series is the result. It enjoyed a very long run and I have to admit I have quite a number of the issues starting from 1

However, the only reason I am starting a review from #30 is because I found the artwork and story confusing and "lame" from 1 until about 25 ... then it improved dramatically for a dozen or so issues ... before it went back to "lame" ... and after that, I couldn't be bothered to follow it any more

So what makes this special? Check out that awesome cover ... now imagine inside all pages are the same ... beautiful artwork, colouring and glossy paper!

As for the story, at this juncture in Cable's journey, he is partnered with a character from his future named Blaquesmith, another psychic type character. During this journey, we have X-Man, supposedly another version of Cable from another world (Age of Apocalypse) ... the main difference is that this guy has no techno organic virus so his powers can roam free ... and he is so powerful that the more he uses, the faster he burns up and approaches his own death!

So he is confused and on the run ... unsure who he can turn to ... if the school of X and Prof X is no longer trustworthy ... then there is Cable who has tremendous potential power but using it to keep the virus from consuming him and thus is very limited ... here he finds someone whose power is so over-the-top that he can even freeze every single snowflake!

As the cover indicate, naturally they have a fight but before they can royally thump each other ... guess what? We have our 5th psychic type character in the form of Exodus ... and he is a nasty who is supposedly very old as well ... and he comes to see what all the hoo-ha is all about ... at the end of the issue ... just in time to say? To be continued ... similar to this review ... hehehe!

Ratings: 8/10 (2 points for artwork, 1 for cover)