REVIEW: Cable and X-Force, #1

[CBR News]

"Cable and X-Force" #1 from Dennis Hopeless and Salvador Larroca plants the seeds for Cable's new squad with an appearance by the Uncanny Avengers.


Full review here.

[Stryfe]

Agree with the review. Half-ass start.

[motherofpearl1]

Haven't read it, but I can't help but wish that Rogue and Wolverine were with Cable instead of Captain America's Aryan brotherhood. Why bother sticking Uncanny in front of it - it's just the Avengers plus a few mutants tossed in to show the 'agents of authority' aren't racist. No, really.

[drakeon]

I was actually pleased that the book was basically written for existing fans. These new reader fresh starts always turn me off cause it always ends up feeling like there is no depth and too much time is spent introducing characters I aleady know. So as a mega Cable fan this book was perfect. Most people picking up this book will be exisitng Cable/xmen fans so I really dont see much of a problem here, especially with the internet available for instant reasearch. Its a shared evolving universe, Always expect to need to look some kind of info up. In my opinion of course ;)

[Samy]

I thought this was weak. There wasn't really a premise established. Just Cable wants to work with Forge and Nemesis, and Hope wants to meet Cable. The end. Why are they a team? What is their mission statement? What is the story's hook, why should I be interested in buying the next issue? So far this just comes off as, "this is the roster, buy it or leave it".

[drakeon]

I thought this was weak. There wasn't really a premise established. Just Cable wants to work with Forge and Nemesis, and Hope wants to meet Cable. The end. Why are they a team? What is their mission statement? What is the story's hook, why should I be interested in buying the next issue? So far this just comes off as, "this is the roster, buy it or leave it".

This is a natural progression of these characters story. Following AVX Hope wants to find her dad. That much is a given. As for the books mission statement. Cable has a mission brought on by his headaches which give him visions of the near future. Something gows wrong, and now they are fugtives, and only Cable knows whats going on. Its all shown and implied in the first issue. Its called an arc for a reason. The hook is to find out what that mission is. And of course for Cable fans the hook is: follow your favorite character finally written well!

[MarvelMaster616]

I agree with this review. The book didn't blow anyone away in terms of story, but it did succeed in establishing a unique theme. This book felt like a real X-Force book. The theme of X-Force being a terrorists group that draws the attention of the Uncanny Avengers has a great deal of potential. Plus, it involved Havok getting shot in the face. That alone makes this issue worth buying!

[mikekerrIII]

I agree with this review. The book didn't blow anyone away in terms of story, but it did succeed in establishing a unique theme. This book felt like a real X-Force book. The theme of X-Force being a terrorists group that draws the attention of the Uncanny Avengers has a great deal of potential. Plus, it involved Havok getting shot in the face. That alone makes this issue worth buying!

I have seen no indication of them being terrorists, just apposing the govemet doesn't make you a terrorist. Being a terrorist requires that you use the tactic of terrorism

[Nyadnar17]

I have seen no indication of them being terrorists, just apposing the govemet doesn't make you a terrorist. Being a terrorist requires that you use the tactic of terrorism

I think it was all the dead US Citizens who worked at a Major Corporation. Correct me if I am wrong, but as far as the government is concerned the people they killed weren't members of a criminal organization like AIM or HYDRA. They were just some dudes working security at a company Cable doesn't like.

[dkostus]

I think it was all the dead US Citizens who worked at a Major Corporation. Correct me if I am wrong, but as far as the government is concerned the people they killed weren't members of a criminal organization like AIM or HYDRA. They were just some dudes working security at a company Cable doesn't like.

We really don't know all that yet. Stick around.

[sweetdumbass]

I think it was all the dead US Citizens who worked at a Major Corporation. Correct me if I am wrong, but as far as the government is concerned the people they killed weren't members of a criminal organization like AIM or HYDRA. They were just some dudes working security at a company Cable doesn't like.

You mean all the people we didn't see him kill on panel and who were infected by the TO virus that would kill anyone who can't counter it like Cable did ?

[Jackraow21]

These CBR reviews kill me. I bet the last issue of Wolverine and the X-men with *LOL* Frankenstein's Murder Circus got like 4.5 stars. And Lord only knows what they gave the slow-paced and bumbling Uncanny Avengers issues...

As a fan of Cable and the O.G. X-Force, this bitch should get at least 4 stars. If you're not a fan of those things in the first place (or any of the characters on the cover), then you probably ought to stick to reviewing Avengers and Spider-man books with A-list characters who make you all warm and fuzzy inside. Because you're probably not going to start liking these guys all of the sudden if you haven't warmed up to them over the past decade or so. Just my $.02, of course.

[motherofpearl1]

I have seen no indication of them being terrorists, just apposing the govemet doesn't make you a terrorist. Being a terrorist requires that you use the tactic of terrorism

Apparently according to the 10 commandments of the Avengers it does. Hence Cap's 'bring em in' directive to Havok. which proves that Alex Summers may be leader in name but it's Cap who's calling the shots.

[mikekerrIII]

I think it was all the dead US Citizens who worked at a Major Corporation. Correct me if I am wrong, but as far as the government is concerned the people they killed weren't members of a criminal organization like AIM or HYDRA. They were just some dudes working security at a company Cable doesn't like.

That doesn't make them terrorists , just potential criminals. Terrorism has a definition and nothing shown comes anywhere close to that definition. Simply fighting against government forces does
not make you a terrorist. Committing crimes to instil terror for political purposes does make you a terrorist but that is not shown to be their motive

Devaluing the word by using it that broadly makes it almost meaningless, Your definition would make any anti-government criminal or revolutionary a terrorist and that is not the case

[mikekerrIII]

Apparently according to the 10 commandments of the Avengers it does. Hence Cap's 'bring em in' directive to Havok. which proves that Alex Summers may be leader in name but it's Cap who's calling the shots.

Cap is not very bright these days