Marvel Comics Legacy & Cable #150: The Convoluted Secret Origin Of Cable Gets Some Simple Clarity?

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THAT cover from 27 years ago is iconic and has been re-used, re-purposed, homaged many times.

Marvel Comics Legacy and Cable #150 spoilers follow.

Cable’s first appearance in 1990’s New Mutants #87 with art by Rob Liefeld.

Cable and the Mutants #150 2017 cover also by Rob Liefeld.

The lenticular version shifting between the two covers.

Anyhow, Cable #150 has a three page back-up that…

…tries to make sense of the convoluted origins of Nathan Summers aka Cable.

Does this help you understand Cable’s history?

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