History Characters / MarvelComicsCable

* DudeWheresMyRespect: The man simply gets no respect, no matter what he does for the world. Not long after Nathan helps talk [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk Professor X]] down from committing suicide on the astral plane to be reunited with the dying Moira, [[UngratefulBastard X]] immediately believes that Nathan is a murderer in an obvious frame up from the Dark Sisterhood. [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished Writing Nathan off as being nothing more than a violent man]]. Also later on, despite everything Cable did and sacrificed for them over the years, the X-Men and most of his own family effectively replace him with his own murderer, an alternate universe version of himself. With [[UngratefulBastard Scott]] even telling Kid Cable [[KickTheDog he doesn't want the 'old man' back, won't let him be resurrected]] when Kid Cable decides he wants to resurrect him, saying that 'his day is done' and the future belongs to Kid Cable. [[EasilyForgiven And allowed his life long nemesis and tormentor]] who infected him with the [[BodyHorror techno organic virus]] and murdered billions [[OmnicidalManiac Apocalypse]] to join ComicBook/{{Excalibur|2019}}. Also the X-Men, especially Xavier stealing his idea of founding an island country and being a messiah figure, after he came up with pretty much the same idea first with the island of Providence. The X-Men thought he was insane at the time and tried to stop him back in the day. With Xavier himself trying to correct Nathan and discourage him from what he was doing. Rubbing more salt into the wounds, [[Characters/XMenMarauders Mister Sinister]], the MadScientist supervillain responsible for his very existence and a great deal of his suffering and angst, is allowed on the Krakoa Council.

* TheDreaded: Is often considered this by his enemies and allies alike. An issue of his series even has ComicBook/{{Storm}} and ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} reveal most of the X-Men considered him this for awhile and were afraid of him being around the mansion. In part because of being a time traveller who knows how terrible the future might be, and in part because of his grim, intimidating, introverted surface.

* GuileHero: Pulled off some messed up actions sometimes balanced by his OmniscientMoralityLicense from being a time-traveller, to make sure the world doesn't lead to the future he grew up in. Such as turning everyone pink to eliminate racism and changing them back, showing KnightTemplar tendencies and playing up his [[MessianicArchetype role as a messianic figure]] when [[PowerCreepPowerSeep his powers were boosted]] to get the world's leaders to unite against a common enemy: himself. And later reviving his arch-enemy Apocalypse for the same reason when the mutant race threatened with extinction, in the aftermath of the Decimation Wave - though that was also part of a complicated TimeyWimeyBall issue (he had to revive Apocalypse so he could be defeated in the future, which is also Cable's past).

* DeadpanSnarker

The son of [[ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} Scott Summers]] and Madelyne Pryor (ComicBook/JeanGrey's clone), Nathan Summers was sent to the future as a child to save him from a techno-organic virus he'd been afflicted with, with the understanding that his parents would never see him again. In actuality, Scott and Jean soon followed him thanks to the machinations of Sister Askani, and raised him under the guises of Slym and Redd Dayspring, which is where Nate got his surname. Eventually, Cable would travel back to the past to save the world from Apocalypse -- in actuality his native era -- as a grizzled soldier, start up Six Pack, mentor the ComicBook/NewMutants, reform them into X-Force and butt heads with and later join the X-Men -- also reconciling with his parents along the way.

-> ''"[[TagalongChronicler Irene]]... when are you going to understand what I've been trying to tell you for so long? I have lived and [[HappilyMarried loved]] and [[ManlyTears cried]] and [[DeathIsCheap died]] across [[TimeAbyss thousands of years gone by and still to come]]. I've watched [[GreaterScopeVillain Apocalypse]] [[OmnicidalManiac kill billions]]. And every single one of them is [[HurtingHero on 'my back']]. [[{{Determinator}} That's why I keep facing forward...]]"''

Being anything from [[WalkingTheEarth heroic lone wanderer]] to [[HiredGuns mercenary]] to [[BadassTeacher teacher]] [[PromotedToParent to]] [[PapaWolf father]] to [[MessianicArchetype mutant messiah]], Cable is always willing to be what the world needs him to be, [[HeroWithBadPublicity even if]] [[UngratefulBastard the world itself and those he loves turn against him]].

* {{Jerkass}}: 1990 Pre-character development Cable was, put bluntly, sometimes an asshole. And also a bit racist (during a crossover with ''Uncanny X-Men'', he keeps calling the Native American Forge "Indian", and often called Banshee "Irish"). Though he went on to become friends with both men, especially Forge.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: After some time with the New Mutants, they were able to tone him down more to this. It's not that he ''doesn't'' care about his friends, he's just not good at showing it, even when he wants to.

* DudeWheresMyRespect: The man simply gets no respect, no matter what he does for the world. Not long after Nathan helps talk [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk Professor X]] down from committing suicide on the astral plane to be reunited with the dying Moira, [[UngratefulBastard X]] immediately believes that Nathan is a murderer in an obvious frame up from the Dark Sisterhood. [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished Writing Nathan off as being nothing more than a violent man]]. Also later on, despite everything Cable did and sacrificed for them over the years, the X-Men and most of his own family effectively replace him with his own murderer, an alternate universe version of himself. With [[UngratefulBastard Scott]] even telling Kid Cable [[KickTheDog he doesn't want the 'old man' back, won't let him be resurrected]] when Kid Cable decides he wants to resurrect him, saying that 'his day is done' and the future belongs to Kid Cable. [[EasilyForgiven And allowed his life long nemesis and tormentor]] who infected him with the [[BodyHorror techno organic virus]] and murdered billions [[OmnicidalManiac Apocalypse]] to join ComicBook/{{Excalibur|2019}}. Also the X-Men, especially Xavier stealing his idea of founding an island country and being a messiah figure, after he came up with pretty much the same idea first with the island of Providence. The X-Men thought he was insane at the time and tried to stop him back in the day. With Xavier himself trying to correct Nathan and discourage him from what he was doing.

!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''New Mutants'' #86 (1990)

* ReallyGetsAround: Has had a number of love interests over the years to varying degrees. Including his first wife Aliya Dayspring, Domino (A disguised Copycat as well as the real Domino later on), Lee Forrester, Storm, Stacey Kramer, Irene Merryweather, his second wife Hope Summers Sr, ComicBook/{{Psylocke}} and Esme Cuckoo.

* GoodIsNotNice: One of the walking epitome's of this trope, particularly when he first appeared in 1990. This trope has stayed with him over the years, but nevertheless he soon went through a great deal of character development, making it less pronounced in time.

* TheDreaded: Is often this to his enemies. An issue of his series even has ComicBook/{{Storm}} and ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} reveal most of the X-Men considered him this for awhile and were afraid of him being around the mansion. In part because of being a time traveller who knows how terrible the future might be, and in part because of his grim, intimidating, introverted surface.

* SkunkStripe: Like [[ComicBook/XMan Nate Grey,]] he only has a tinge of white hair compared to his older self.

* UncannyFamilyResemblance: one alternate reality comic set in the future shows that [[ComicBook/XMan Nate Grey]] will grow up to look exactly like Cable, to the point where an elderly Sunfire mistakes the two. Conversely, a de-aged Cable in ''ComicBook/CableAndDeadpool'' looks ''exactly'' like ComicBook/XMan, SkunkStripe and all.

* BeneathTheMask: As time goes on, it turns out more and more that Kid Cable is struggling with a massive case of Impostor Syndrome.

* ChickMagnet: Like original Cable and their counterpart, ComicBook/XMan, he is most definitely this - as the Stepford Sisters can attest (he's dating all of them. At once. Even with Krakoa's FreeLoveFuture social norms, that's... something).

* EasilyForgiven: [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Murders the original Cable]], and is subsequently forgiven for it by the Summers/Grey Family and X-Men, who act like he's the original Cable, [[ShootTheShaggyDog despite everything the original Cable was to them and sacrificed for them and did for them over the years]]. X-Force isn't as forgiving, however, and he's occasionally called out for it.

* {{Nepotism}}: He's made head of S.W.O.R.D. security despite his youth. Eventually, an internal memo from Abigail Brand has her admit that, yeah, it was pretty much to keep the Summers clan on side, not because of any of Kid Cable's abilities. Of course, this also means when original flavor Cable returns, he's got his younger self's job...

* SkunkStripe: Only has a tinge of white hair compared to his older self.

* [[UnresolvedSexualTension Unresolved Tension]]: Appeared to share this with ComicBook/MoiraMacTaggert. She was the first person to find and treat him well when he first came back to the present and washed up in Scotland, standing up for him against an angry mob. She took him back to Muir Island where he saved her life from falling debris, scanned her mind and learned [[ChildByRape her worst secrets]] and how to speak English, promising to keep her secrets. In turn she taught him all about life in the late 20th century, literature, and put him in touch with the X-Men. They were quite close and fond of each other ever since, and there was implied tension. He felt guilt over her later infection with the Legacy Virus by his evil clone Stryfe, and privately blamed himself for it, and her murder by Mystique. As such, whatever had been between them was tragically never resolved. It devastated him to the point Storm and Nightcrawler had to stage an intervention for him to confront his grief over her loss. Her death ultimately led to him leaving the X-Men to operate alone again.

* BadassBeard: Has sported one on a couple of occasions, but usually sports {{Perma Stubble}}[=/=]{{Perma Shave}}.

* ReallyGetsAround: Has had a number of love interests over the years to varying degrees. Including his first wife Aliya Dayspring, Domino (A disguised Copycat as well as the real Domino later on), Lee Forrester, Storm, Stacey Kramer, Irene Merryweather, his second wife Hope Summers Sr and ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}.

* ArtificialIntelligence: Cable has multiple for his artificial arm which he switches depending on the task at hand. ** He uses a devil themed one called Nicky for his [[ComicBook/TheLastAnnihilation mission on Breakworld]].

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: After some time with the New Mutants, they were able to tone him down more to this.

* MoralityPet: The New Mutants, Sam Guthrie (Cannonball); Hope, Deadpool (!!).

* OldSuperhero: His exact age is hard to pin down due to the amount of time-traveling in his history; he was around 50 in his first appearances as an adult, and must be around (or over) ''70'' at this point after having raised Hope for 17 years on top of that. Being aged and deaged several times makes it a little complicated. He's still ''not'' someone you should mess around with.

* TookALevelInKindness: After X-Force and especially in his solo run.

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!!!'''Debut:''' ''New Mutants'' #86 (1990)

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!!!'''Debut:''' ''Extermination'' #1 (2018)

* DeadGuyOnDisplay: Early in the pages of ''X-Force'' he dragged the bodies of Masque and Sauron down to the Morlock tunnels as a show of force to convince the Morlocks never to go against his team again. Amusingly, both Masque and Sauron returned to life later.