Cable #4

In "Homecoming, Part One Chapter One: The Long Sleep," Cable and Hope hurtle toward Earth in cryogenic pods, their journey interrupted by Bishop’s monstrous Acanti ship that seeks to consume them. Even in stasis, Cable battles the relentless threat, but the crash landing leaves them stranded in the shattered remains of New York.

In "Chapter Two: Rat on a Stick," Cable and Hope share a quiet moment over a makeshift meal as she confides in him that she feels ready to return to the present and join the X-Men. Their search of the wreckage of the Acanti ship leads them to a tense discovery—Bishop is missing, and when he finally reveals himself, he’s already turned on Cable, blade drawn and intent on ending Hope’s life.

In "Chapter Three: One Last Chance to Get It Right," Hope faces off against Bishop in a tense showdown that forces her mutant abilities to surface in a way she can’t control. With Cable still healing, he repurposes parts of Bishop’s time machine, setting the stage for a desperate leap back to 1614—where Hope, Bishop, and Cable are all pulled into the past, unaware of what awaits them.

In "Homecoming, Part Two Chapter Four: Mannahatta," Cable, desperate to reclaim the present, uses a stolen piece of Bishop’s time teleporter to leap through the timestream with Hope, each jump pulling Bishop along like a shadow. As the past and future blur, the toll on Cable’s failing heart grows heavier with every leap through time.

In "Chapter Ten: Home" from Cable #4 (2010), Bishop awakens in a desolate future, 6700 A.D., only to have his time jump fail catastrophically—his device explodes, leaving him stranded. Meanwhile, Cable and Hope make a desperate leap to the late 1980s, securing weapons from one of Cable’s old caches and briefly visiting the X-Mansion for a moment of quiet memory before preparing for one final jump.