153 BRISSON • MALIN • ABURTOV

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PULLED FROM HIS OWN ERA AND RAISED IN A FAR-FLUNG ED BRISSON WRITER FUTURE, NATHAN SUMMERS HAS TRAVERSED TIME IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE HUMAN AND MUTANT ALIKE. HE IS THE LINK BETWEEN THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE. HE IS KNOWN JON MALIN ARTIST BY MANY NAMES, BUT TO MOST HE IS SIMPLY THE MAN CALLED… JESUS ABURTOV COLORIST CABLE VC’s TRAVIS LANHAM LETTERER JON MALIN & FEDERICO BLEE WHEN CANDRA, A MEMBER OF THE POWERFUL AND COVER ARTISTS IMMORTAL MUTANT SUBSPECIES KNOWN AS EXTERNALS, WAS MURDERED, CABLE LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION TO FIND HER KILLER. ASSEMBLING A STRATEGIC BUT DISPARATE TEAM OF MUTANTS (LONGSHOT, DOOP, SHATTERSTAR, X-23 AND ARMOR), HE INTERROGATED ALL THE REMAINING EXTERNALS ONE BY ONE UNTIL THE KILLER WAS REVEALED TO BE GIDEON! BEFORE CABLE’S TEAM COULD COMPEL A FULL CONFESSION, GIDEON TRAPPED THEM WITH A HORDE OF DEVOLVED HUMANOID BEASTS AND PSYCHIC SENTRIES OUT FOR BLOOD!

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welcome back, gideon. YEAR 5352.

I’m you’re sensing life- malfunctioning, forms. eve.

there’s nothing.

everything’s…

…gone.

you were saying? YEAR 5361. what’s this?

I must’ve why is there missed the an x-mansion housewarming in the middle of party. central park?

I’m look for going food and to see supplies. what other goodies might be waiting for us. ohhhh…

…what have we here?

looks like one of cable’s time- traveling, gun-toting, who- knows-what-else arms. our I bet it makes struggle a mean cup of is over. coffee, too.

is it still operational? if not, I’m sure there are enough gadgets around here to get it up and running.

we’re leaving this time… NEW ORLEANS. 13 YEARS AGO.

hello? evening, who’s candra… there? “… and going home.”

…it’s been a while.

gideon…