Cable’s first page: Love and Chrome #5 begins an unforgettable statement from famous time travel soldiers. He’s not only talking about the techno-organic virus that’s destroying your whole body, but he’s not only forced to use his enormous mental powers to stop its spread, but also forced a way in which time itself has a way of sliding your fingers slowly (or quickly).
For Cable: For Love and Chrome #5, time took away the cable of one woman who could understand him: Avery Ryder. In the brutal twist of fate, Avery becomes Cicada, a figure pursuing cable across the timer stream, and she intends to kill him to stop the techno organic virus from infecting Salvation Bay homes. Cable takes her time and leads to an incredible final conflict and a bittersweet victory in so many ways.
What I like about Cable is that Love and Chrome #5 doesn’t keep you from moving away from the heavy side of time travel. No matter what happens, the cable will lose something. If he doesn’t stop Avery, he will lose his life, but if he changes the timeline to save her, he may very well wipe out the formed relationship with her. In a genre that is often accused of not having any actual concrete changes, David Pepos causes a major upheaval to Cable’s life, going to the emotional jugular vein in the process.
Amazing
Pepose scripts take time to shoot cables and CICADA. This allows Mike Henderson to paint a variety of landscapes. Whether it’s a futuristic skyscraper in 2099 or a snowy battlefield in 1944, Henderson excels at fulfilling the promises of travelers on time. My favorite sequence happens when Cable is trapped in prehistoric times and has to fight against the Tyrannosaurus Rex. Eat Jurassic Park.
The use of Arif Prianto colors is also particularly pronounced during time travel sequences. The vibrant pink energy from a constant time slide is not only an eye-catching person, but also a different landscape. 2099 is a bluish-gray dystopia of a shining steel and smog sky. The face between the cable and the dinosaur takes place in a vibrant green forest. However, the best use of colour occurs when the cable is against his past self. Prianto has a great way to distinguish between the two, as past cables wear his distinctive blue uniforms, but current cables have a darker uniform, reflecting his journey up to this point.
Cable: Love and Chrome #5 closes the book on what was a thrilling and ultimately a tragic story. I didn’t think this would have invested in a story featuring all the X-Men cables, but the creative team kept me hooked from start to finish. Although tomorrow may not be guaranteed, the comic definitely holds a roadmap to tell future cable stories.
“Cable: Love and Chrome” #5 brings a tragic end to that time travel story
Cable: Love and Chrome #5
Cable: Love and Chrome #5 closes the book on what was a thrilling and ultimately a tragic story. I didn’t think this would have invested in a story featuring all the X-Men cables, but the creative team kept me hooked from start to finish. Although tomorrow may not be guaranteed, the comic definitely holds a roadmap to tell future cable stories.
Pepose offers hell of the finale, tied up loose ends and a bittersweet ending.
Henderson takes the idea of a fight throughout time and pushes it to its limits.
Prianto’s colour works help to create each period, and the characters within it feel clearly.
