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The Summers and Grey family has always been a bit of a mess.
There are tons of alternate future children between Scott and Jean.
And on top of that there is cloning to worry about.
When Mister Sinister is obsessed with you, apparently you can just expect your family
tree it become a little chaotic.
However this all started with one very important time traveling infant, young Nathan Summers.
Nathan was born to Jean’s clone and Scott.
He was then almost sacrificed to demons by his mother and later would be kidnapped and
infected with the techno-organic virus.
In order to save his son, Scott agreed to send young Nathan to the future.
And that child would stay and grow up in the future to become Cable, a super soldier time
cop whose own timeline is probably one of the most confusing as it involves an unprecedented
amount of time travel.
Being a time traveller from the future but born in the past and stemming from a couple
of the most powerful mutants in comics, Cable is an omega-level telepath and telekinetic
mutant.
But what else should we think of when it comes to Cable’s power set?
Today we’re going to answer that question as we count down the top 10 super powers you
didn’t know Cable had.
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Alright, let’s get counting.
10 Techno-virus
Both a blessing and a curse.
At one point Cable was almost completely turned to metal and cybernetics because of the techno-virus
ravaging his body.
While making him look like a kind of cool terminator which does seem awesome, we actually
discovered in Earth X, if the virus ever completely took hold of Cable of it would reduce him
to a giant metal face.
However there are also some plus sides still to the techno-virus that has warred within
him, such as increased durability and strength.
He’s also even used the metallic parts of his body as a sheild.
So while his metal form may seem all downside as going full cybernetic would mean death,
the fact that the techno-virus is part of the left side of his body, making him a cyborg,
means that he also sees some benefits as well.
Basically Cable is best when he is part cyborg but not full cyborg.
9 Healing Factor
While he might not be immortal, Cable is definitely durable.
Whenever he is depowered his healing factor seems to fade somewhat and we usually end
up with an older Cable.
But as long as his powers remain intact, not only can Cable stave off aging with his healing
factor but he can also be shot to smithereens and still manage to walk away.
8 Teleportation
You might think, wait a minute, but I know this about Cable already.
He’s a time traveller and his body slide ability and device obviously permit him to
teleport throughout space and time.
But did you know that Cable is also capable of doing this without his device?
When you think about it teleportation could be seen as telekinetic power or ability.
After all telekinesis is basically altering an object or molecules without physically
touching it, you’re moving it with your mind.
And Cable is an omega level telepath so moving his molecules to a different space or time
with just his mind should be possible.
He actually likely doesn’t need his device.
In fact Nate Grey who is basically an alternate version of Cable without the techno-organic
virus is capable of this and I would argue that a Nathan Summers, who didn’t have to
waste energy battling the techno-organic virus with this telekinetic powers, would be able
to as well.
After all Nate Grey is like a version of Nate Summers with all the wrinkles ironed out.
7 Get Out of Jail Free Card
For awhile in the Marvel universe, it was believed that Cable was behind the death of
Charles Xavier.
It turned out this wasn’t true however when the culprit turned out to be Cable’s evil
clone, Stryfe.
Which did help to explain why Cable looked so guilty.
Having a near identical evil clone usually doesn’t make you look good.
Unless everyone knows you have one.
When you think about it, once the cat was out of the bag and people knew about Stryfe,
it almost seems like Cable could get away with whatever he wants now.
Stryfe is so similar that it was be easy for Cable to commit dastardly deads and just blame
it on him.
Who farted?
Uhg it wasn’t me, it was Stryfe.
It just looked like me cause you know he’s my evil clone.
6 Adamantium Claws
In Ultimate X-Men, we get to see a Cable who becomes future Wolverine.
No wonder those two are always at odds!
Maybe it’s because in the end they are just too similar.
This version of Cable came with a healing factor and he has one arm complete with a
set of adamantium claws.
I’m not sure we can actually quite count him as Cable as he does go by James Howlett
and his backstory resembles that of Logan’s as well.
But he looks more like Cable.
And I couldn’t pass on the opportunity to share with you a version of Cable who has
adamantium claws.
Cause he just looks so cool!
You might be wondering how he has a healing factor but only one arm.
This cable is not plagued by the techno virus but lost his arm after having his healing
factor stolen by Apocalypse.
So he couldn’t regenerate it when Apocalypse ripped it off.
5 Illusion Creation
While Nathan Summers has become a force to be reckoned with in his own right, I feel
like people often forget where he came from.
While he has the techno-virus and time travel and a lot of his own stuff going on, he is
still the biological son of Scott Summers, aka Cyclops and Madelyne Pryor, Jean Grey’s
clone.
Beyond that Jean also has her memories altered so that she actually thought of baby Nate
as her own child.
And when she and Scott reunited they even raised him together for a time.
And then they also kind of continued to do so in the future, at least their own consciousnesses
did.
In essence Jean Grey is also basically his foster mother.
So it shouldn’t be surprising that he is capable of some of the powerful feats that
his mom is.
One thing that both seem to be capable of is creating illusions.
Cable’s almost appear holographic in nature and he can use this to alter his appearance
or make it appear like objects or people are there when they are not.
4 Force Fields
Being as powerful of a telekinetic as Nathan Summers is, he can also create powerful force
fields.
He can use these fields to shield himself or others.
And can even control the shape and size of them very precisely, even keeping one tight
against himself, tracing his own shape with the force field so that you would likely not
even notice it.
When you add this to the general durability granted to him by his cybernetic, techno-organic
virus affected half, he becomes almost unstoppable.
Almost.
3 Kill His Own Consciousness
When Red Skull threatened to take over his mind, using Quicksilver.
Both hereos had worked together on the Unity Division.
When Quicksilver attempted under Red Skull’s influence to violate and control Cable’s
mind, rather than surrender, Cable simply wiped his mind free of his own consciousness.
A strange but useful power in this coincidence.
And an impressive and brave feat.
Of course without a consciousness, Nathan was left in a permanent coma.
Until Synapses was able to use her brain wave manipulation abilities to restore Cable’s
consciousness to him, in essence healing him and waking him up from his coma.
2 Precognition
Cable has been depowered, repowered, healed and infected a number of times throughout
his very confusing timeline.
But did you also know that he has had his powers not just vanish but also change?
In the Cable and X-Force series, Hope Summer realizes that future her messes with her father,
Cable’s powers and ends up giving his post apocalyptic predictions that also happen to
be killing him as his powers are destabilizing and his brain is basically overloading.
Fortunately this ability only continues to last for awhile as past Hope aims to make
things right and fix her father.
1 Change Size
When it comes to Cable he really can take his powers to the next level.
Proving once again just how powerful of a telekinetic he really is, we see in the Soldier
X series that is appears he can even use this ability to alter his size, becoming giant.
And if you thought a regular sized Cable was insanely powerful and strong, just imagine
what he could do in giant form.
It’s unsurprising that people flee in terror when they see him as a giant.
Thanks for watching, nerd squad.
I hope you found this list informative and learned some new abilities that Cable has
possessed.
Who is your favourite time traveling superhero?
If you could travel to any time, which one would it be?
Who do you like better, Nate Grey or Nathan Summers?
Let us know in the comments below.
And speaking of comments, it’s time to turn to some comments from one of our latest videos,
Morbius Trailer Explained.
Jack comments, “Remember when he had suction cups on his hands to drink ‘plasma’?”
Omgoodness.
Do I?
Good ol Spidey cartoons for the win.
Can’t scare the children now can we?
Hahaha.
Fortunately, it looks like the film won’t be pulling any punches when it comes to all
the blood drinking that Morbius normally does in the comics.
Psycho ConcreteSledge says, “Hope Leto’s Morbius is better than his Joker.”
I mean I think Jared Leto suits the character of Morbius better so my fingers are crossed
that it’ll all work out and he’ll rock it.
Also this is Marvel.
And I just have more faith in them when it comes to live-action films and shows.
I think they’ve earned some trust.
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