Appearing in "Transmission"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Adversaries:
Other Characters:
Silver Surfer (Cameo) - Unnamed Shi'ar soldiers
- Unnamed Kree engineer (Hologram)
Locations:
Items:
- Shatterstar's Swords
- Shi'ar Intergalactic Portal
Vehicles:
- Silver Surfer's Surfboard
- Hawksblood imperial cruiser (First appearance)
- Novaburst starskimmer (Single appearance)[1] (Destroyed in this issue)
Synopsis for "Transmission"
A Kree artificial intelligence named Pulse enters Earth’s solar system with an imperial Shi’ar warbird in pursuit. Charged with treason, Pulse insults the Shi’ar then transmits his mind to Earth seconds before they destroy his ship. At the Xavier Institute, X-Force trains in the Danger Room as Cable and Domino monitor them from the Room’s control booth. Cable senses a presence just before the electric power briefly goes out. Inside, Meltdown attacks a shifting mass of metal, and it morphs into the hostile android Ultron. Cable struggles to regain control of the simulation and warns X-Force the Room’s safety protocols are offline. Shatterstar eagerly impales Ultron with his sword, but it has little effect. The simulation changes again, and Ultron morphs into Deathlok. In the control booth, Cable senses the presence again and decides to contact the Shi’ar for help with the Danger Room. Inside, Warpath fights Deathlok until the simulation changes yet again, and they get separated. The team finds Deathlok just as he changes into their late alien teammate Warlock. Sunspot tackles the creature and flies into the ceiling. Meanwhile, Cable and Domino receive a transmission from Deathbird, the Shi’ar viceroy of the Kree homeworld. She reveals the shapeshifter is a sentient computer program and orders them to restrain it until her troops arrive. Siryn and Warpath use their powers to disable the Danger Room simulation. Cable kicks the door in to get inside, and the shapeshifter bolts past him. As the team chases after it, it reaches the Institute boathouse and recovers its core memories, remembering it is Pulse. X-Force intercepts him, Cable downs him with a telekinetic blast, and they take him back inside. Pulse explains he is a member of the Kree resistance to Shi’ar rule, and he carries information the Shi’ar do not want released. When he transmitted his mind to Earth, it immediately went to the largest node of Shi’ar technology on the planet—the Danger Room. The Shi’ar warbird lands outside the Institute, and its commander emerges with guards to take Pulse into custody. He refuses to detail Pulse’s crimes to Cable, and Domino scuffles with a guard. X-Force is ready to fight until Siryn and Warpath appear with parts of Pulse’s body and inform the commander that Pulse transmitted his mind off-world. The commander warns X-Force will be held accountable for Pulse’s escape, and the Shi’ar leave. Later, X-Force relaxes while, in deep space, Pulse resumes his mission to find the Silver Surfer.
Appearing in "Tribute the Fourth: Denouement"
Featured Characters:
- Cable (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Cyclops (Flashback and main story)
Other Characters:
- Aliya Dayspring (Only in flashback)
- Ship (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
Locations:
Items:
Synopsis for "Tribute the Fourth: Denouement"
Cyclops takes Cable to Genesis’s abandoned stronghold in the Egyptian desert to gather intelligence on Apocalypse. They discuss their shared history with the tyrant and find his empty sarcophagus. Cable laments Cyclops never got to know his wife Aliya and rages at the corruption of their son Tyler AKA Genesis. Empathizing, Cyclops shares how he felt when he lost the infant Cable because of Apocalypse. As rain begins to fall on them, Cyclops reminds Cable he does not have to mourn alone, and they leave together.
Notes
- This issue is reprinted in the Cable and X-Force: Onslaught! trade paperback published in 2019.
- Issue includes a bonus pinup of:
by Luke Ross
Trivia
- Warlock was murdered in Genosha in New Mutants #95.
- Tyler was corrupted by Cable's nemesis Stryfe as revealed in Cable #1. Tyler later declared himself Apocalypse's heir and renamed himself Genesis. He tried to resurrect Apocalypse in Wolverine Vol 2 #100, unaware Apocalypse was still alive. Wolverine killed Genesis in combat in the same issue.
- Cyclops gave the infant Cable to the Askani to save his life after Apocalypse infected him with the techno-organic virus in X-Factor #68.
See Also
Recommended Reading
Links and References
- X-Force at Wikipedia
- X-Force at Marvel Subscriptions
- X-Force series index at Comicbookdb.com
- X-Force series index at Uncanny X-Men.net
- X-Force series index at the Grand Comics Database Project
- The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators - accessed on 08/17/2010