Deadpool versus Cable.
The merc with a mouth versus the chosen one.
Who will win?
Let us know your pick in those comments with either hashtag dead pool or hashtag cable.
Welcome to Versus!
A series on our channel where we take two characters and toss em in the ring together
to see who would win in a hypothetical death match.
Today we’re looking at two characters who are tangoing on the big screen together in
the Deadpool 2 movie - Cable, and Deadpool himself.
Before we jump into this match, a few rules - this battle happens on a chance meeting,
and not between the cinematic adaptations of the characters - we’re talking their
comic selves.
And they’ve never met before.
With that in mind, let’s jump in.
Deadpool’s up first.
Wade Winston Wilson was created by Rob Liefeld in 1991, first appearing in The New Mutants
issue 98.
He was initially a super villain, but overtime has evolved into more of an anti-hero.
Having a tendency to never stop talking, cracking jokes and to break the fourth wall, the character
got the nickname ‘merc with a mouth’, and has a history of being a comedic character.
His origin story has changed over the years, with the initial one being that he joined
the Weapon X program after being kicked out of the US Army special forces.
These days the more familiar origin story perpetuated by the Deadpool films is that
the character was an assassin who was taken in by the program, tormented and scarred horribly,
but gained a powerful regenerative healing ability.
Unfortunately it left him badly scarred, which he himself has proclaimed makes him look like
Ryan Reynolds crossed with a Shar-Pei.
He’s also Canadian!
He grew up in Clair, Saskatchewan.
Moving on to Cable.
Cable is the biological son of X-Men Cyclops aka Scott Summers and Madelyne Pryor, a clone
of Jean Grey’s.
He comes from a possible future timeline - a timeline he had been transported to when he
was an infant.
There he would become a warrior and then return to the present.
The character first appeared as a newborn infant in Uncanny X0Men #201 in 1986 via writer
Chris Claremont, while his adult identity would appear in 1990 in The New Mutants #87,
crafted by Louise Simonson and Rob Liefeld.
Named Nathan, the character was initially not meant to be the adult version of Nathan
Summers, but was made that way due to editorial concerns.
His creation overall was due to a need to ‘shake things up’ and give the New Mutants
a new leader.
ABILITIES Let’s look at Cable’s first.
He has telepathy, telekinesis, technopathy, is an expert marksman and hand to hand combatant,
and has cybernetic enhancements.
Born with telepathy and telekinetic abilities, these powers have varied over the years in
terms of their extent, once having increased to the magnitude of Nate Grey, who is genetically
identical to him.
He’s taken on the Silver Surfer in the past while simultaneously levitating the floating
city of Providence.
In Cable vol #2 in 2009, he stated that those abilities have diminished, and faded away
though.
But, at times, he has demonstrated some use of it when it comes to holding back the techno-organic
virus in his body, and when hiding people from Stryfe’s mental view.
In Deadpool & Cable: Split Second in 2015, he didn’t have any of those powers but managed
to retain his precognition, but then gets his powers back AGAIN after Deadpool repairs
his timeline.
What else does he have up that cybernetic sleeve?
Well, let’s discuss his strength.
He’s fought Wolverine to a stalemate back in 1990’s New Mutants issue 93.
He’s defeated Captain America, Red Hulk, and Iron Man all while enduring severe pain
due to his techno-organic infection.
His left eye enhances his eye sight and lets him see into the infrared spectrum.
His cybernetic enhancements allow him to hack into computers and other pieces of technology
and travel through time.
And what about the merc with a mouth?
He’s got extended longevity via an impressive regenerative healing factor.
He’s a skilled marksman, swordsman, and hand to hand combatant.
He has a magic satchel and devices that grant him teleportation and holographic disguise.
His healing ability has been strong enough to allow him to survive from complete incineration
and decapitation more than one, and even had his head regrow after it was pulverized by
the Hulk in Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe.
He’s invulnerable to psychic and telepathic powers, although sometimes this ability has
been inconsistent with various writers.
ONTO THE FIGHT This is a battle we’ve seen pan out multiple
times in the comics.
Cable’s got some immense strength, and Deadpool, while being pretty strong, doesn’t quite
compete.
In the earlier moments of their battle, Deadpool would no doubt have Cable on edge, with his
wicked fast reflexes and his wit.
But here’s the thing - Deadpool is pretty prone to getting distracted.
While he may have a great sense of humour, that sometimes gets him into more trouble
than necessary, and Cable, being a master tactician, could definitely take advantage
of that.
That being said, Deadpool’s smart, and he could turn Cable’s expertise against him
- Deadpool is unpredictable.
To top it all off, even if Cable smashes him to smithereens, Deadpool can regenerate.
He’s basically immortal.
AND THE WINNER?
It’s a tie.
Sort of.
Why’s that?
Because these two would get into a cycle.
Cable would win the fight.
Deadpool would slowly regenerate.
They would fight again.
And again.
Until their bromance blossoms and they team up and join sides.
This has happened before - Cable’s defeated Deadpool, and it wasn’t the end of him.
But, if we’re talking about who would win a one off battle, it’s likely Cable, who
could KO Wade pretty easily.
Dude’s an expert when it comes to combat, whereas Wade sometimes loses his focus.
There we have it friends!
Do you agree with our pick?
Or do you think Deadpool deserved to win?
Let us know in those comments below.
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