*Marvel: … And a generation of lame jokes about television reception was launched. Issue #87 of the ‘junior X-Men’ series, New Mutants, saw the first full appearance (he’d stuck his face in for a foreboding panel or two the issue previously) of Cable, the time-travelling man of mystery. Who was he, really? What was his agenda? What the hell were his powers, again? Some of these questions would be answered more promptly than others (apart from the Big Gun & Mullet ensemble, I still to this day don’t know what his powers are…), but he stuck around to become the leader of the New Mutants, then, after that series’ cancellation, honcho of X-Force and star of several solo series. A co-star of the imminent Deadpool 2 movie, Cable’s earlier appearances are undergoing a meteoric rise in value. This is a very affordable FN p copy, with minimal corner wear and a tiny notch in the upper right cover edge preventing a higher grade. On sale at £50. SORRY, THIS HAS NOW SOLD