Cable & Deadpool, Volume 1 by Fabian Nicieza

Cable never really makes it past being a comic book character (and not a very interesting one, even). He's a character who embodies an ideal, someone you just have to admire. Unfortunately, at his best, Captain America is honorable and highly motivating, representative of the spirit of the nation (or at least one idealistic version of that spirit). The writer expects us to believe that Cable is some future analogue of Captain America. This issue really gets directly to the problem with the series. The big reveal at the end is a letdown, though, as the man behind the curtain was some guy no one has ever heard of. A decent heist caper, with too many people hired to do the same job. The writer is just fixated on making Cable into an icon like Spider-Man or Batman and he just will never be.īosom Buddies - Issuse 19-23. So, like I said, this series is definitely worth reading-it's fun and at times hilarious (Deadpool vs. Cable, here, is supposed to be pompous, with a serious messiah complex but it's the writer himself who comes off as pompous-WE should care about Cable because Nicieza says he's important, not because he ever has any lasting significance on continuity in the universe (he doesn't.) This volume further complicates his story by adding technological substitutes for his lost telepathy and telekinesis (a very cool idea, but anything that complicates the character is just annoying at this point.) But the REAL problem with Cable in this series is that the writer tries to impress us with his importance NOT by showing us why he's important, but by TELLING us that he's important. He is way too complicated, with a back story that would take pages to fully explain, but readers really just don't know much about him-his motivations and emotions are almost completely hidden. Unfortunately, the author is completely in love with Cable, one of the worst comics characters ever. Occasionally, Cable cracks a joke, and those are always priceless. There are some interesting mysteries and nice reveals. The Deadpool sections are fun-silly, annoying, full of comic-book violence and meta-jokes.

This series is easy to enjoy but hard to love.

Cable & Deadpool, Volume 1 by Fabian Nicieza