Cable / Deadpool #18

The cover of Cable & Deadpool #18 delivers one of 2005's most disarming images: a de-aged, child-sized Cable — glowing techno-organic eye blazing — riding a bicycle through a cheerful, crayon-bright neighborhood, clutching a Deadpool action figure like a beloved toy. Patrick Zircher and M3th frame the absurdity perfectly, setting a scowling little Cable against rainbows and a cartoon sun while two ordinary bystanders stroll obliviously in the background. "Enema of the State, Part Four: Bringing Up Baby" promises that Fabian Nicieza is having a great deal of fun with whatever situation has reduced Marvel's grimmest time-soldier to this pint-sized predicament.