Cable #17

November 1994 kicks off a new story arc with "The Dark Ride Part 1: The Calling," and the cover — penciled by Steve Skroce and inked by Mike Sellers — sets an appropriately tense tone: Cable himself is front and center, his techno-organic arm and heavy weaponry on full display, while a determined white-haired woman, a figure in purple armor, and a grimly snarling white-skinned bruiser crowd the foreground around him. Looming over them all is a massive, red-eyed armored villain bristling with guns, making it very clear that the odds are stacked against this group from the first page. Jeph Loeb and Steve Skroce look to deliver a genuinely gripping ride for fans of Cable's brand of hard-edged Marvel action.