Cable #59

Part one of "The Nemesis Contract" kicks off in October 1998, and José Ladrönn and Juan Vlasco's cover sets the stakes immediately — Cable lunges forward wielding a massive staff while an enormous, blazing energy being identified as Zzzax erupts before him in a torrent of flame and crackling light, wreckage scattered all around them. The tagline promises a saga that will rock the Askani'Son's world, and with that incandescent threat filling the frame, it's easy to believe it. Joe Casey's four-part story gets a genuinely compelling opening image here.