X-Lapsed, Episode 118 – Cable #5 (2020)
X-Lapsed, Episode One Hundred Eighteen
Cable (vol.4) #5 (December, 2020)
“X of Swords, Chapter 08”
Writer – Gerry Duggan
Art – Phil Noto
Letters – VC’s Joe Sabino
Design – Tom Muller
Head of X – Hickman
Edits – Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: October 14, 2020
It’s #EcksofTens… but, whatta we do when our titular hero already has his sword? Well, we kill some time fighting generic aliens – like ya do!
Kid Cable and his folks give the upcoming S.W.O.R.D. series a hand by sorta-kinda reintroducing the concept – and that’s about it!
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I have to admit to being thrown by this issue of Cable. I couldn't see how it had anything to do with X of Tens. I found myself guessing that the aliens would turn out to be from one of the parts of Otherworld which were mysterious. As it turns out I was wrong and the events of this issue feed into X of Tens in a different way. I'm also right on the same page of not caring about SWORD and not being even slightly interested in the ongoing. It does have a bonkers cast which (post Hellions) offers hope that something interesting might happen. I get the feeling though that the actual reason we're getting a SWORD series is because of the Wandavision tv series. I doubt you're watching it but SWORD is a key element.
Anyway until we stop getting random aliens, Make Mine X-Lapsed!