José O. Ladrönn (born 1967) is a comic book penciller and inker born in Mexico .
21-487: Comic book titles he has contributed to include Cable , Spider-Boy Team-Up , Superman Transilvane and Inhumans . In the 2006 he received an Eisner Award (Best Painter/Multimedia Artist) for his work with writer and publisher Richard Starkings on Hip Flask: Mystery City , one of a series of Hip Flask one-shots published by Active Images . In 2004 he worked with the Chilean author Alejandro Jodorowsky in
42-431: A laser cannon and blasts him off the platform. As Wolverine recovers and Deadpool celebrates, Stryfe returns and rips Deadpool in half. Archangel returns Apocalypse to his fortress, and they go to confront Stryfe. As Wolverine, Elixir, Warpath and Cable prepare to battle Stryfe, the time-travel devices reach 0:00 and try to pull X-Force into the present. Kiden is still alive and connected to Graymalkin, so X-Force remains in
63-600: A new bodily problem, one directly borne out of his experiences in 'Messiah War.'" In 2009, Cable vol. 2 had a seven-issue crossover with X-Force , X-Force/Cable: Messiah War , which is the second story in a three-part storyline that began in X-Men: Messiah Complex . Cable was canceled in April 2010 with issue #25 (the final issue being called Deadpool and Cable #25). A third volume of Cable , written by James Robinson and drawn by Carlos Pacheco,
84-424: A war against Neocracy and Orchis. Being written by longtime X-men writer Fabian Nicieza and drawn by Scot Eaton , the volume will conclude after 4 issues. Messiah War " Messiah War " is a crossover storyline running through the issues of Cable and X-Force cover-dated May– July 2009 and a one-shot , X-Force/Cable: Messiah War , published by Marvel Comics . Writer Craig Kyle described it as
105-524: Is keeping X-Force from returning to the present: Kiden Nixon , strapped to a device in Graymalkin which uses her time-manipulation powers to keep Stryfe's fortress out of the timestream. Deadpool says that he will save the "annoying messiah kid" and leaves. Cable and Bishop recover from Stryfe's assault and fight until Bishop leaves Cable to battle a brain-damaged Wolverine. As Bishop confronts Stryfe and Hope, Wolverine attacks Stryfe. Deadpool arrives with
126-522: Is keeping X-Force trapped in the future. Warpath unsuccessfully attacks Stryfe when he sees him with Hope. Stryfe awaits the arrival of Cable, who is quickly defeated. He realizes the purpose of the attack: to cloak Wolverine, who attacks him. Elixir tries his death touch on Stryfe, who subdues them with telekinesis (forcing Elixir to heal him and Wolverine to stab himself). In the cave Archangel decides against killing Apocalypse, who suggests that they kill Stryfe. Domino, X-23, Vanisher and Deadpool find what
147-668: Is shot by a sniper (the future Deadpool ). X-Force takes Deadpool in search of Cable, whom X-23 tracks to UN Headquarters . Wolverine finds Hope, and is held at gunpoint by Cable. When the team finds them, Cable tells X-Force that they are trapped and shows them the fortress of Apocalypse in the distance. Deadpool tells X-Force and Cable his 900-year story; Stryfe , not Apocalypse, rules this future. Cable refuses to believe this, and they are ambushed by Stryfe's soldiers. Stryfe has an alliance with Bishop , who agreed to help him kill Apocalypse in exchange for his aid in killing Cable. As X-Force overcomes Stryfe's troops, Archangel flies into
168-539: Is the name of multiple comic book titles featuring the character Cable and published by Marvel Comics , beginning with the original Cable comic book series which debuted in 1993. In 1992, the character was featured in his first solo series, a two issue miniseries, titled Cable: Blood and Metal , written by Fabian Nicieza , pencilled by John Romita, Jr. , and inked by Dan Green , published in October and November of that year. Shortly after Blood and Metal , Cable
189-845: The 20 issues from #20–39. During their run, they explored characters in Cable's past, his feeling of responsibility toward Nathan Grey , his relationship with Domino and Blaquesmith , and further adventures with Kane , the Sugar Man , and the Microverse . Cable #34–35 were part of the " Onslaught " storyline, which was a top vote getter for the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award for Favorite Comic-Book Story for 1997. The series ran for 107 issues from May 1993 until September 2002 before being relaunched as Soldier X , which lasted 12 more issues until Aug. 2003. After his solo series ended, he
210-552: The citadel, Apocalypse teleports away with Stryfe. As Cable and Hope jump into the timestream, X-Force remains. Wolverine, Archangel and Elixir head to the United Nations, where they hope to find Hellion and Surge when they return to the present. As they remove their time bands, Domino and X-23 struggle to return to the building where Boom Boom was held by the Leper Queen. Domino goes blind and X-23, realizing that Domino
231-599: The distance. Domino grows suspicious of Deadpool, who says that Stryfe just launched from his citadel and is about to kill them. Archangel investigates a cave and discovers a severely-injured Apocalypse. X-Force and Cable unsuccessfully battle Stryfe. Cable detonates explosives which destroy the cliff, but Stryfe captures Hope and Warpath . Warpath is tortured; Bishop neutralizes Stryfe with nanomachines and tries to kill Hope, but Stryfe subdues him. X-Force splits into two teams: Wolverine, Elixir and Cable go to confront Stryfe, while Domino, X-23, Vanisher and Deadpool search for what
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273-517: The fridge with the power of his mind, and then crush said beer can against his metallic love handle." When asked whether Nathan Summers was a tragic character in his mind, Swierczynski replied that, "Cable's still a bad ass soldier, make no mistake. But [the mission to protect Hope Summers in X-Men: Messiah War ] is breaking him down like he's never been broken down before" and said that "[the readers are] going to see Cable struggling with
294-735: The future. Domino kills Kiden despite X-23's protests, and Vanisher removes his time band to return to the present. The rest remain to help Cable, who battles Stryfe until Archangel and Apocalypse arrive. Apocalypse declares the Age of Stryfe over. Bishop makes a final attempt to kill Hope, but is stopped by Cable. As Apocalypse and Archangel defeat Stryfe, Bishop escapes into the timestream. Apocalypse senses power in Hope and deems her worthy of hosting his essence, but Angel demands he return her in return for sparing his life. Apocalypse gives Hope to Cable, warning him that emotion will be their undoing. As X-Force leaves
315-460: The humor of "Cable the soldier" becoming "Cable the Nanny." According to Duane Swierczynski , although the writer "missed Cable's heyday in the early 1990s," Cable is "[his] kind of antihero—the cryptic, Man with No Name of mutantkind. If [Swierczynski had] quibbles with the Cable of yesteryear, it's that he was just a tad too powerful. [Cable] could port around the world at will, fetch beer from
336-439: The story Tears of gold published in the U.S. by Metal Hurlant magazine. Prior to 2010, he also regularly contributed covers for various titles such as Marvel's Incredible Hulk and DC Comics ' Countdown to Infinite Crisis : The OMAC Project . He is currently working on Hip Flask volume 5 as well The Sons of El Topo with Alejandro Jodorowsky. Interior comic work includes: Cable (comic book) Cable
357-461: The timestream in pursuit of Cable and Hope , shortening their operation against the Leper Queen despite Wolverine's protests. X-Force arrives in 2973, with 32 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours to complete their mission before their time-travel devices kill them. Although Elixir removes his time-band, he does not return to the present. As Vanisher discovers his teleportation powers have failed, he
378-485: Was given his own ongoing series titled Cable . The book initially had trouble finding a stable creative team. A writer/penciller team would complete no more than three issues in a row until Jeph Loeb and Ian Churchill began work on issue #20 and finish on #35 (though with a gap between issues #20 and #21 due to the Age of Apocalypse event). Loeb and Churchill provided the first instance of stability, working together on 15 of
399-465: Was launched in April 2017 as part of the ResurrXion relaunch. The series ran for five issues before it was renumbered under legacy issue numbering as part of Marvel's Legacy relaunch, starting with #150. Under this legacy numbering, the title was written by Ed Brisson (#150-154) and Zac Thompson and Lonnie Nadler (#155-159), and drawn by Jon Malin (#150-154) and German Peralta (#155-159). Cable
420-441: Was paired with the mercenary Deadpool in a new ongoing series titled Cable & Deadpool . In 2008, Marvel Comics released Cable vol. 2, a new ongoing series by Duane Swierczynski and artist Ariel Olivetti . This new series directly follows the events of " Messiah Complex ". The series features Cable, and the messianic child's time traveling adventures. The dangers of the future and pursuit by Bishop are balanced with
441-691: Was relaunched in March 2020 as part of Dawn of X . Written by Gerry Duggan and drawn by Phil Noto , the series focuses on the younger version of Cable who is at the center of Krakoa 's teenage revolution. The fourth volume concluded after a brief run of 12 issues. The fifth volume was launched in January 2024 as part of the Fall of X relaunch, taking place at the end of the Krakoan Era. The story finds Cable teaming up with his younger self, to survive
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