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"I was born into war, bred into it. People think they understand pain … but they have no concept of it. What’s the most pain you ever felt? Maybe the kind that leaves you more machine than man?"
―Cable[src]

Nathan Summers is a cyborg mutant from the future known as Cable.

Biography[]

Deadpool 2/Once Upon a Deadpool[]

Nathan Summers was married and had a daughter named Hope. However, under unknown circumstances, the world once again ended up a dark, dystopian future, in part caused by the mutant supervillain Firefist, who ended up murdering many people, including Nathan's wife and daughter.

In grief, Nathan became something of a soldier, undergoing cybernetic enhancement by gaining a robotic arm and cybernetic eye, taking his dead daughter's blood-stained teddy bear as a tragic reminder. He eventually obtained the Temporal Dial, a machine capable of time travel, of which he intended to travel back to 2018 to kill Russell Collins before he became Firefist. After visiting his destroyed apartment to bid farewell to his family's corpses, Cable teleported away into 2018.

Teleporting to a field, he came across two hicks on their pickup trucks, asking them what year it was. Rudely rebuffed, he tasered them and stole their truck. Getting a hotel room, he saw on a news report that Russell had been detained and thrown in the mutant supermax the Icebox. After breaking in, Cable used his specialized blaster to take down the prison guards and blew up a teenage Russell's cell. However, he was engaged by Wade Wilson, aka Deadpool, who was attempting to protect the boy, stopping his attempts to kill him. Although tossing the mercenary off a catwalk and breaking his spine on a table, Wade's inhibitor collar fell off, and he and Cable continued to brawl.

Cable asked Wilson why he was protecting Russel, to which he replied he didn't care about him, to which Russell heard and was upset by. Using one of Cable's mine-shaped grenades, both he and Wade were blown out of the complex by the explosion, but while Summers grabbed onto a rock to save himself, Wilson's head whacked into it and he fell into the frozen lake. Cable retreated to another hotel room, mournfully remembering his daughter. Cable then tracked down and captured Weasel who told him that Wade was forming a team known as X-Force to stop him before revealing everything he knew.

As X-Force (now only consisting of Deadpool and Domino, due to the others dying on their parachute down) attempts to free Russell from the prison convoy Cable arrives and a fight ensues which in turn releases the Juggernaut who then destroys the convoy and escapes with Russell. Realizing he needs Wade help in order to stop Russell and Juggernaut, Cable makes a truce with him: in return for helping he will give Wade 30 seconds to talk Russell down before he kills the Headmaster, who's death cements Russell's turn to evil. Arriving at the rehabilitation facility, Wade and Cable take on Juggernaut but are no match for him. They are assisted by Colossus who takes on Juggernaut and allows them to get to Russel.

While Wade tries to talk to Russell down he seemingly fails. As a last resort he puts on a Mutant Inhibitor Collar and stands in between Russell and the Headmaster. However Cable still tries shooting Russell resulting in Wade taking the bullet for him, the shock of Wade's compassion snapping Russell out of his murderous rage, diverting his future actions and returns Cable's timeline to normal and bringing his wife and daughter back in the process. As Wade lays dying Cable sacrifices the last charge on his Temporal Dial to save Wade from the shot. Having sacrificed his only way home Cable decides to stay in the present timeline to make sure it doesn't end up any worse.

Powers and Abilities[]

Powers[]

  • Bionic Physiology: Due to the techno-organic virus, Cable possesses superhuman attributes, such as superhuman strength, durability, agility and senses.
    • Superhuman Strength: Cable is much stronger than normal humans and some other mutants. He was able to overpower Deadpool, despite the fact that he possesses superhuman strength himself.
    • Superhuman Durability: Cable is far more durable than normal humans and some other mutants. He was able to withstand several blows from Juggernaut and was completely unfazed by them.
    • Superhuman Agility: Cable is far more agile than normal humans and some other mutants. He was able to jump over a speeding truck relatively easily.
    • Superhuman Senses: Cable's senses are far more greatly developed than normal humans and some other mutants.
  • Mutant Physiology: Cable is a very powerful mutant who possesses telekinetic powers.
    • Telekinesis: Cable can telekinetically move objects or other individuals, without physically touching them. He was able to grab his gun that was ten feet away.

Abilities[]

  • Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant/Martial Artist: Due to Cable's training as a soldier and bounty hunter, he is a highly skilled hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist. Cable's combat style is comprised of boxing, jujitsu, karate, krav maga, muay thai and kali. He was able to singlehandedly take out a whole squad of DMC soldiers all by himself relatively easily. He fought Domino and nearly killed her. He was also able to overpower Deadpool in their first confrontation and stalemating him in their second confrontation.
    • Master Marksman: Due to Cable's training as a soldier and bounty hunter, he is a highly skilled marksman. Cable was able to use several different types of weapons relatively easily and accuracy. After he reversed time to prevent Deadpool's noble death, he placed Wilson's skee-ball token directly under Deadpool's scabbard-strap and shot it with pinpoint accuracy.
    • Master Knife-Fighter: Cable is highly skilled with knives in combat.
  • Master Engineer: Cable is an excellent engineer. He was able to make a new futuristic rifle using parts which were outdated for his time. The gun could serve as a shock-wave weapon, normal firearm or a grenade launcher.

Equipment[]

  • Gun: Cable has a specially designed futuristic rifle, built from pieces from several different types of guns. It has three different modes of fire; normal bullets, grenades and an energy pulse. The energy pulse function at full power is strong enough to send Juggernaut flying backwards. The rifle also has an advanced scope and flashlight.
    • FN EGLM Grenade Launcher: Cable uses this grenade launcher during his attack on the Ice Box.
  • Walther PPQ Q5 Match: Cable uses this handgun as his sidearm. He dual wields two of them during the final shootout against the Essex attendants.
  • Combat Knife: Cable uses a combat knife for closes quarters combat. He uses this knife against Deadpool during their fights.
  • Temporal Dial: With the use of a wrist mounted device, Cable is capable of traveling through time. Cable used it to travel over fifty years into the past so he could save his family. It is capable of physical time travel as well as mental.

Character traits[]

Cable for the most part is a soldier; steady, disciplined, and focused on his mission. However, despite his serious demeanor, he does possess a sense of humor as shown in his back and forth with Deadpool. The loss of his wife and child has made him willing to break certain morals for the greater good, such as killing Russell as a child to prevent the post-apocalyptic future he will create as an adult.

After watching Wade sacrifice himself to save Cable's timeline, Cable was deeply moved by Wade's actions and rather than returning to his own timeline (which was now fixed thanks to Deadpool, due to Russell seeing a mutant die to save him) Cable opts to use the final charge on his time travel device to save Wade instead, saving both Wade and his timeline.

Relationships[]

Appearances/Actors[]

Behind the scenes[]

  • Stephen Lang, Ron Perlman and Dolph Lundgren were interested in playing Cable. Both Perlman and Lang went on Twitter to state their qualifications for the role.
  • Originally, Tim Miller wanted Kyle Chandler but Fox wanted Liam Neeson for the role.

Trivia[]

  • Deadpool mentions Mel Gibson, Dolph Lundgren or Keira Knightley for the role of Cable in the first film.
  • In the comics, Cable is the son of Scott Summers and Madelyne Pryor; the clone of the late Jean Grey. In the Earth-66250 timeline, it was never revealed if Nathan's mother is Jean or Madelyne, as well as the fact that it was never revealed if his father is Scott.
  • At one point, Deadpool calls him "Thanos", a reference to his actor, Josh Brolin, also portraying Thanos in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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See Also[]

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