Every hero has to face the demons of his past, even when they're from the future! Cable's son is out for vengeance, but only if Cable's clone doesn't get it first! Reprinting the original revelation of the multi-dimensional mutant mercenary's origins! Guest-starring the X-Men and Excalibur! Plus - just her luck - Domino! Collects Cable #5-14.

Collects Cable (1993) #5-14. Every hero has to face the demons of his past, even when they're from the future! Cable's son is out for vengeance, but only if Cable's clone doesn't get it first! Reprinting the original revelation of the multi-dimensional mutant mercenary's origins! Meanwhile, Omega Red, the Acolytes and Belasco prove that no matter how many old enemies a hero has, there's always room for new ones! Guest-starring the X-Men and Excalibur! Plus - just her luck - Domino!

It was 1990, the dawn of the most action-packed decade in comic-book history, and one man - one time-traveling, gun-toting, mutant cyborg mercenary - was there to lead the way! Opening with a one-man assault on the Mutant Liberation Front, Cable finds himself haunted by the failures of both past and future (not necessarily in that order), converging on him at once in the form of his doppelganger Stryfe! Collects New Mutants #87, Cable: Blood & Metal #1-2, and Cable #1-4.

The New Mutants graduate into X-Force! Cable turns his young charges into a mutant militia that means business! Cannonball, Boom Boom, Warpath, Domino, Shatterstar and Feral go in guns blazing and swords swinging -not to mention all the claws, knives and explosions! They're on the hunt for the mysterious Stryfe and his Mutant Liberation Front, but what is the villain's uncanny connection to Cable? X-Force will take on all comers, from Deadpool and the Morlocks to the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants! COLLECTING: VOLUME 1: X-FORCE (1991) #1-15, ANNUAL #1; SPIDER-MAN (1990) #16; WOLVERINE (1988) #54.

Cable and X-Force are united under the pen of blockbuster writer Jeph Loeb A new era begins as Cable revamps his mutant strike team and relocates to the X-Mansion - where Cannonball "graduates" to the X-Men, and Boomer gets unhealthily attached to the murderous prisoner named Sabretooth But when Cable's wife Aliya returns from the future with a dire warning, he'll be swept up in a time-traveling battle to save his younger self from his arch-nemesis Stryfe Plus: Cable's mentor Blaquesmith debuts, Caliban and the Mimic return, Grizzly goes bad, and Deadpool helps Siryn escape from...a mental hospital?COLLECTING Cable (1993) 21-28, X-Force (1991) 44-48

Collects Cable (1993) #59-70, Annual '99; X-Man #45-47. Cable stars in power-packed adventures from an explosive era! The Askani’son’s world is rocked when he battles Jack Truman, the highly trained S.H.I.E.L.D. operative known as Agent 18! When the Nemesis Contract is opened, Cable will face the wrath of Zzzax, the fury of Nick Fury and the portent of Project Deathlok! Then, when Stryfe strikes, Nathan must unite with his “blood brother” Nate Grey — the headstrong young refugee from the Age of Apocalypse known as X-Man — to stop him! But Cable will need help from the Avengers when the end times draw near, courtesy of the Harbinger of Apocalypse! Plus: Rachel Summers — the once and future Phoenix — makes her return! With the Prophecy of the Twelve looming on the horizon, will Cable embrace his Apocalyptic destiny?

Collecting Cable (1993) #97-107 And Soldier X #1-12. Nathan Summers takes his war to the real world! In this gritty and darkly humorous reinvention of Cable’s mission, Nathan refocuses his priorities from super villains to more street-level threats, traveling the world to stamp out injustice one hotspot at a time. Whether it’s taking on terrorists trying to topple Peru’s government, preventing ethnic cleansing in Albania or protecting a young mutant in Russia, “Soldier X” is spreading his powerful philosophy of peace across the globe! But he’s facing a flare-up of the techno-organic virus that has plagued him since childhood. Can he gain control of his plight once and for all? Old allies Blaquesmith and Irene Merryweather return as Nathan battles to save the world from itself in this unique and unpredictable era in Cable’s history!