The classic saga concludes, setting the stage for X-FORCE!Watch out, New Mutants — here comes the man called Cable! This mysterious metal-armed, gun-toting warrior with a glowing eye is targeting the Mutant Liberation Front — and when he crosses paths with Xavier’s students, their lives will never be the same! Cable trains the New Mutants into a fierce fighting force capable of tackling threats including Sabretooth, Skrulls and the shadowy Stryfe — but will they be ready when they find themselves targeted, along with the X-Men and X-Factor, by Cameron Hodge and the Genoshan government? Escape will only come at a devastating cost, and two New Mutants will not return home! Cable’s past catches up to him, the fast-talking Deadpool and the lethal Domino make their debuts and — as Sunspot heads into the sunset — the arrival of Feral and Shatterstar will lead to an end...and a blockbuster new beginning! COLLECTING: New Mutants (1983) #86-100, New Mutants Annual (1984) #5-7, New Mutants Summer Special (1990) #1, Uncanny X-Men (1981) #270-272, X-Factor (1986) #60-62, Wolverine: Rahne of Terra (1991) #1; material from Fantastic Four Annual (1963) #23; X-Factor Annual (1986) #5-6; X-Men Annual (1970) #14-15; New Warriors Annual (1991) #1; Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #71, #78-79, #121Written by Louise Simonson, Rob Liefeld, Fabian Nicieza, Dwight Zimmerman, Ann Nocenti, Chris Claremont, Peter David & MorePenciled by Rob Liefeld, Bob Hall, Guang Yap, Terry Shoemajer, Chris Wozniak, Bret Blevins, Jim Lee, Jon Bogdanove, Andy Kubert & More
Contributors: (W) Louise Simonson; Rob Liefeld; Fabian Nicieza (A) Rob Liefeld (CA) Rob Liefeld
Writer and editor Louise Simonson launched Power Pack and Web of Spider-Man and wrote memorable runs on New Mutants and X-Factor — helping map out the “Mutant Massacre,” “Inferno” and “X-Tinction Agenda” crossovers. Her major editorial credits include Star Wars and Uncanny X-Men. At DC, she wrote multiple Superman titles and became one of the main creative forces behind the “Death of Superman” saga; her scripts also appeared in Detective Comics, New Titans and more. She returned to Marvel to write the Galactus the Devourer limited series and 1999-2000’s Warlock, starring characters from New Mutants. Her later Marvel work includes the limited series Jean Grey and Power Pack: Into the Storm.Since his start on the New Universe’s Psi-Force and backup stories in Classic X-Men, Fabian Nicieza has written most of Marvel’s major super-teams — including Alpha Flight, the Avengers, the New Warriors, the Thunderbolts and the X-Men. Together with artist Rob Liefeld, Nicieza transformed New Mutants into the blockbuster X-Force. The writer also tackled solo heroes ranging from Cable and Deadpool (later combined in Cable & Deadpool) to Gambit and Nomad. He edited Marvel’s Star imprint, contributed to multititle X-events like “X-Cutioner’s Song” and “Phalanx Covenant,” and wrote various “pre-modern” limited series such as Adventures of Captain America and Citizen V and the V-Battalion. Elsewhere, he has written both JLA and Justice League Adventures, The 99, Turok, X-Files, and others.Reimagining New Mutants into X-Force was only the start for Rob Liefeld, one of the leaders of the 1990s comics revolution. After introducing both Cable and Deadpool, he launched an even bigger collaboration as one of the founders of Image Comics with his original property Youngblood. In 1996, he participated in Marvel’s multi-title Heroes Reborn event. Liefeld returned to Marvel fo an X-Force limited series and then revisited Heroes Reborn in Onslaught Reborn. Liefeld returned to his most famous co-creation with the graphic novel Deadpool: Bad Blood, its limited series sequel Deadpool: Badder Blood and the blockbuster Deadpool Team-Up, and introduced a new sensation in Major X.West Coast Avengers artist Bob Hall also penciled Avengers, Champions, Defenders, Marvel Team-Up, Super-Villain Team-Up and other Marvel titles. He was a major art contributor to Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Deluxe Edition. At Valiant Comics, he worked on Shadowman and Timewalker.