Cable #101

Cable cuts a striking, world-weary figure on Igor Kordey's cover — seated amid rubble, wearing round tinted goggles, a tank top, and a plaid kilt, with his heavily armored techno-organic arm resting across his knee while a flock of black birds wheels through a vivid green and pink sky behind him. The unconventional wardrobe and moody atmosphere hint at something far from a standard superhero adventure, which fits nicely with a story title as irreverent as "How Many Albanians Does It Take To Screw in a Lightbulb?" Writer David Tischman and artist Igor Kordey — who handles the full cover art as well — bring a distinctly grounded, street-level energy to this 2002 chapter of Cable's solo series.