Cable #89

Cable stands crucified against a splintered post wrapped in barbed wire, his techno-organic arm splayed open and his eye blazing with a fierce psychic flash, as a glowing weapon streaks toward him from the upper right — all while a crowd of red-hooded, spear-bearing figures surrounds him in eerie unison. It's a striking image of defiance under overwhelming pressure, rendered with real intensity by cover penciler Michael Ryan and inker Tim Townsend. "Dark Tide Rising" promises exactly the kind of desperate, high-stakes confrontation that made Cable's solo series a compelling corner of the 2001 Marvel Universe.