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Summary
Cable is Nathan Summers, the son of Scott Summers and Madelyne Pryor, a clone of Jean Grey. Mister Sinister had secretly created Madelyne with the plan for her and Scott to produce a powerful mutant child that could destroy Apocalypse.
Unfortunately, Apocalypse captured Nathan as a baby and infected him with a deadly techno-organic virus. Scott reclaimed his son after a battle, but could do nothing save him from the TO Virus. Scott's only option was to send Nathan into the future where the Askani tribe could save and raise him. In that future, Apocalypse seized power and exerted his evil influence on the world. Cable became a messianic warrior seeking to end Apocalypse's evil, but he was pursuing his destiny thousands of years too late.
Unsuccessful in bringing peace about in the future, Cable has returned to his original (616) timeline for several periods as an adult. Notably, he mentored the New Mutants and then X-Force for a time; worked with, and joined the X-Men on many occasions; and eventually took the Mutant Messiah, Hope Summers, into the future to raise her, and then returned her. He continues to work with various teams in the present to protect the future.
Power and Stats
Tier: 8-C, higher with telekinesis. Up to 5-B with weaponry | 5-B
Key: Restricted Telekinesis | Full Potential
Name: Nathan Christopher Charles Summers, Cable
Origin: Marvel Comics, The New Mutants #87
Gender: Male
Age: Likely in his 60s
Classification: Human Mutant, Time Traveler, Rebel
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Cyborgization, Statistics Amplification (Can increase his physical strength by letting the techno-organic virus consume him), Weapon Creation, Telepathy, Telekinesis, Limited Biological Manipulation (Can manipulate the biology of his opponents, causing effects such as cardiac arrest), Flight (As shown here), Extrasensory Perception (His bionic eye can in the infrared spectrum), Information Analysis (Can scan areas to locate objects), Explosion Manipulation (Can explode technology using telekinesis, possesses various explosives), Enhanced Senses (Can see clearly in the dark, can see two miles away), Perception Manipulation (As shown here), Pain Manipulation (Made Stryfe experience all the pain he's ever caused), Technopathy, Hacking (As shown here), Weapon Mastery (Stated to hold mastery over nearly any present or future weapons), Martial Arts, Matter Manipulation (Disassembled and reassembled the Pacific Fleet on an atomic level), Memory Wiping, BFR (Capable of forcing opponents out of the battlefield via teleportation), Mind Manipulation (Controlled a person and shut down a person's mind. Overpowers Psi-Shields of multiple guards), Astral Projection (His consciousness left his body), Teleportation (Via bodysliding), Forcefield Creation (Big and skin tight), Size Manipulation (Grew to a giant size), Regeneration (Mid; Lit up with bullets and healed later. Was shot in the head and healed. Low-Mid for his techno-organic body; can reattach limbs and regenerate from damage almost instantly), Self-Resurrection (Came back to life after he died), Transmutation (Turned a man's epidermis into fungi luminescence), Energy Projection (His cybernetic arm can project energy. He can also project telekinetic blasts and regularly wields futuristic laser weaponry), Heat Manipulation (Using finger torches), Electricity Manipulation (As shown here), Adaptation and Resistance to Telepathy (His physiology automatically adapts to external conditions, stated by Moira to be hard to read by even the best mutant telepaths). Optional Equipment grants him Time Stop (With time freeze grenades), Animal Manipulation (As shown here) and Illusion Creation (By using holograms)
Attack Potency: Building level (Comparable to characters capable of harming him), higher with telekinesis. Up to Planet level with weaponry (Staggered Hulk with his more advanced guns) | Planet level (Shattered the board of the Silver Surfer and also fought evenly with Apocalypse)
Speed: Likely Transonic running speed (Outran an explosion) with Hypersonic combat speed (Swifter than the Black Panther) | Relativistic+ combat speed
Lifting Strength: Class M physically (Should be comparable to Wolverine. Ripped off a mechanical leg, easily unbent a metal bar, ripped apart thick metal chains, can grip hard enough to indent his fingers into rock) and with telekinesis (Lifted and repositioned a space station) | At least Class M physically (Should be far stronger than before) and with telekinesis (Overpowered Hulk, stated he could crush a cyborg via telekinesis)
Striking Strength: Building level | Planet level
Durability: Building level, Planet level with force-fields (Blocked a punch from Colossus) | Planet level
Stamina: Superhuman
Standard Equipment: Various firearms, energy weapons, knives, teleporter and explosives
- Optional Equipment: Mind controlling drones, Time Freeze Grenades, Hologram Projector
Intelligence: Gifted (Cable is a highly accomplished battle strategist and highly adept in many forms of hand-to-hand combat and in the use of a variety of weaponry from both the late 37th-early 39th century and the modern era. He has a diploma in law and is also in possession of an education provided by the Clan Askani, which is far in advance of modern era conventional education, especially in the sciences)
Weaknesses: Forced to use 20% of his power to prevent the Techno-Organic virus from spreading
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