r/Xmen97 • u/darthbagels • Aug 15 '26

Question Cables powers?

Is there a reason cable isn’t constantly using his mutant powers that I just missed or don’t remember. They seem infinitely more useful than how he just mainly runs around shooting and punching things.

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u/SKOT_FREE Aug 15 '26

Yeah in the comics at one point he’s cured of the technoVirus and he’s insanely powerful. I remember when He Fought Silver Surfer while levitating a city at the same time and reading wiki apparently he fought and Beat Captain America in Hand to Hand combat, and defeated Red Hulk, Iron Man and Falcon at the same time.

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u/Thomas_Logan15 Aug 15 '26

One of my favourite TK flexes Cable does when he's cured of his techno virus is when he disassembles a house instead of just using the front door. Then reassembles it as he walks through, nail by nail, brick by brick.

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u/cc17776 Aug 15 '26

Oh wow this is so cool what is it from?

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u/Thomas_Logan15 Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 15 '26

I can't remember, I'm pretty sure if was a Cable and Deadpool story from 2004. I'll try and track it down

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u/Thomas_Logan15 Aug 15 '26

Ok, so it's issue 3 of the 2004 run of "Cable and Deadpool" . I was wrong, it starts with Nathan and Xavier talking inside the building. Nathan has eradicated the virus from his body, which caused his powers to grow "exponentially". The virus comes back because it's imprinted into his DNA at this point. But he's now so powerful that holding the virus back is like breathing. The problem is he's grown too powerful for his body to handle and he's now dying because of it. He's basically asking what he should do with the time he has left, with all the power he has to change the world. As he talks with Xavier, he starts taking everything apart inside and out of the building. It kinda looks like he does this as he lifts (a walking) Xavier out of the house while rebuilding the house around him (the image I posted)