As the X-Men move towards X of Swords, Cable has just become a target for some powerful enemies in the Marvel Universe.

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Cable #2, by Gerry Duggan, Phil Noto and VC's Joe Sabino, on sale now.

Kid Cable has had a particularly rough go of it ever since arriving in the relative present of the Marvel Universe two years ago. After helping fix fractures in the space-time continuum exacerbated by the X-Men's tampering of their own history, the time-displaced son of Cyclops and Madelyne Pryor was a founding member of the mutant nation-state of Krakoa, quickly becoming a prominent figure and local ladies' man. However, in the lead-up to the eagerly anticipated crossover event X of Swords, Cable has become a target for some powerful, cosmic opponents: the Spaceknights.

In the opening issue of his ongoing solo series, Cable discovered a monster living on Krakoa that had a Spaceknight's sword embedded into it. Flashbacks revealed that the Spaceknight had been exploring Earth long ago before being devoured by the beast, stabbing his sword into its paw in his dying moments. After rescuing a mutant child at the mercy of the behemoth, Cable retrieved the sword and called it his own, likely poised to wield the cosmic weapon throughout X of Swords in contrast to the upcoming crossover's more mythical blades. And having freed the blade, a signal has been sent to very powerful space cyborgs who have traveled to Earth to locate it for themselves.

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Originally created as a toy by Parker Bros., Rom the Spaceknight was licensed to Marvel Comics in 1979 in his own ongoing comic book series that took place within the canon of the Marvel Universe till 1986. Hailing from the faraway planet Galador, Rom became a Spaceknight when his world was threatened by the invading Dire Wraiths, and he sacrificed his physical body to reborn as a cyborg Spaceknight. As the conflict intensified, Rom swore to wipe out the Dire Wraith menace across the cosmos before he would be restored to his original body on Galador, with his space-faring hunt leading him to Earth where he teamed up with superheroes like the Avengers and X-Men. While Rom is no longer part of the Marvel Universe, the other Spaceknights are, and they're very interested in Cable.

Cable leaves the safety of Krakoa to investigate the kidnapping of a mutant baby in Philadelphia, a case very personal to him due to his own background. Joined by the Esme Cuckoo, the two are attacked when Cable unsheathes the sword, sending an energy signature to Spaceknights observing the planet from its orbit. After identifying the blade as the Light of Galador, the Spaceknights' most powerful weapon, the three Spaceknights attack Cable and Esme. Each Spaceknight possesses their own unique abilities, and they are able to quickly surprise and overpower the two, taking them both off-world to ascertain how exactly Galador's fabled weapon fell into Cable's possession in the first place.

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What turned into a seemingly routine kidnapping investigation has put Cable at the center of an intergalactic incident, and he now faces the full scrutiny of the Spaceknights for absconding of their most powerful weapons. With the fate of the Spaceknight who brought it to Earth likely unknown by his comrades, Cable and Esme may be implicated for an interstellar murder that will force the young mutants to think fast if they hope to avoid persecution by their new captors.

Cable claiming the Light of Galador was largely the actions of a young man finding a cool-looking weapon deep in the jungle. But, as Nathan Summers is about to find out, possession may be 9/10ths of intergalactic law.

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