Cable #92

Few covers from 2001 make a statement quite this visceral — a bloodied, dazed man slumped against a brick wall, hands stained red, while the dripping crimson declaration "CABLE MADE ME DO IT" dominates the image above him. It's a darkly sardonic composition by cover penciler Michael Ryan that immediately raises questions about Cable's role in whatever has unfolded in "Orchestral Movements in the Dark." Robert Weinberg's run on this series consistently pushed the book into grittier territory, and this issue's cover suggests that reputation is very much intact.