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My thoughts on this series as a whole have not entirely been formed yet,
at least not so far as I would feel comfortable making them public. But anyway, I highly doubt
that you came here to read what it is that I may or may not have thought.
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-1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30,
31, 32
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| #-1 | | July, 1997 |
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| Writer | Breakdowns | Finishes | | John Francis Moore | Adam Pollina | Mark Morales &
Jon Holdredge &
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August 1991 | | #1 |
| Script | Penciller | Letters | | Fabian Nicieza | Rob Liefeld | Chris Eliopoulos | | X-Force goes on their first mission. They attack the MLF at their headquarters in Antarctica. X-Force gives the MLF a good beat-down, but they escape. Not before Stryfe sets the base to self-destruct. Meanwhile, Gideon expresses his pleasure with Sunspot’s progress in the business world. Bridge shows up to inspect the ruins of the old MLF headquarters. He finds evidence that Cable was there. Back at X-Force’s headquarters Sam and Cable have a discussion about the previous battle. Domino comes in and we learn that there’s more to Cable then meets the eye. In New York Gideon and Roberto thought they were going to a normal business merger, but instead are met by Black Tom. Nick Fury and Bridge talk about the Cable situation. Bridge makes the call to bring in a dangerous man to take Cable down. |
| #2 | | September 1991 |
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| Script | Penciller | Letters | | Fabian Nicieza | Rob Liefeld | Chris Eliopoulos | | Weapon X is assigned to stop Tolliver from getting his hands on some Japanese software. Deadpool is the man assigned to get the software for Tolliver. Needless to say, they fight each other. Kane just about wins, when Commander Bridge shows up. Bridge wants Kane to help him bring in Cable. Over at X-Force HQ, they’re performing a field exercise. It’s the whole team versus Feral and one of the X-Force members gets eviscerated. Also, at the World Trade Center, Black Tom and Arianna are working on a teleporting machine. And just whom they’re bringing back is a pleasant surprise. |
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October 1991 | | #3 |
| Script | Penciller | Letters | | Fabian Nicieza | Rob Liefeld | Chris Eliopoulos | | Siryn is bent on preventing her Uncle Tom from doing anything horrible. She runs into the Juggernaut and her Uncle Tom only to be defeated. X-Force comes along and she hooks up with them. As a team they infiltrate the World Trade Center. Meanwhile, Gideon and Roberto discuss what to do next. Eventually, Black Tom and the two businessmen do battle. Cable and Shatterstar interrupt them. Tom reveals that he has filled the WTC with explosives and he will blow it up. Spider-Man swings by to see what’s going on. He’s on his way to check out the hostage situation when it really hits the fan. |
| #4 | | November 1991 |
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| Script | Penciller | Letters | | Fabian Nicieza | Rob Liefeld | Chris Eliopoulos | | Warpath, Feral, Shatterstar, and Spider-Man are fighting the Juggernaut. Domino joins in at one point and takes over. Inside the World Trade Center, Cables searches for Black Tom, only Black Tom finds him first. They get into a standoff and end up shooting each other. Tom seemingly dies, but Deadpool shows up and teleports Black Tom away. Siryn has joined the Juggernaut fight as well. She manages to rip of Jugg’s helmet, that had been loosed by Shatterstar’s blades. Before Juggernaut can react, Deadpool teleports him away as well. Bridge shows up to arrest Cable and instead of fighting, Cable bodyslides everyone out of there. |
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December 1991 | | #5 |
| Script | Penciller | Letters | | Fabian Nicieza | Rob Liefeld | Chris Eliopoulos | | Deadpool brings Black Tom and Juggernaut to Tolliver. They are thankful for the help, but Tolliver has something in store for them. Karl Lykos is on his way home to make dinner. He enters his apartment and finds Toad and Blob there with his girlfriend. The Adirondacks, half the X-Force crew is watching an interview with Gideon on the news. They aren’t pleased with his remarks. Cable wants to make sure that Cannonball and Boom-Boom want to stay on the team. Meanwhile, Warpath ponders revenge for the death of his tribesman. Elsewhere, Shatterstar trains in the Danger Room with an all too curious Feral watching. Up above, Cable welcomes Siryn to the team. In Washington D.C., Bridge and Fury along with Henry Gyrich and Val Cooper, discuss how they’re going to handle the Cable situation. In the end, the true motive of Toad is revealed and it costs someone their life. |
| #6 | | January 1992 |
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| Script | Penciller | Letters | | Fabian Nicieza | Rob Liefeld | Chris Eliopoulos | | Stryfe ponders with Zero on how people perceive him. He tells Zero that he knows what the future is going to bring and will have the last laugh. He takes off his helmet and he looks a lot like someone we know. In Manhattan, Toad is trying to strike an alliance between the Brotherhood and the Morlocks. Masque, their leader, is hesitant until Thornn has her say. At the X-Force HQ, Domino and Cable are in a bath together. Domino wants Cable to start being truthful with the team. In the kitchen, Tabitha and Feral have a spat, which could lead to later consequences for one of them. Outside, Warpath and Shatterstar are having a practice fighting session. After it ends, the Brotherhood shows up and battles the three X-Forcers. |
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February 1992 | | #7 |
| Script | Penciller | Letters | | Fabian Nicieza | Rob Liefeld | Chris Eliopoulos | First story : The Brotherhood and X-Force continue their battle from last issue. Meanwhile, Phantazia, Masque and Thornn make their way into X-Force’s base. They are met by the rest of the X-Force team. During the battle, Phantazia messes up Cannonball’s blast field. X-Force retreats for higher ground, but Feral stays behind to fight her sister. She ends up almost losing her life. The trio of X-Forcers out in the woods has defeated all the Brotherhood members except for Sauron so they go chasing after him. He lands near the secret entrance to X-Force’s HQ and sees young Cannonball coming right for him. What happens next isn’t pretty, as Sauron impales Cannonball on his talon. Second story : Weapon X received a call about some smuggling going on and checks it out. He thinks he has completed the mission up until some MLF members show up. |
| #8 | | March 1992 |
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| Script | Penciller | Inks | | Fabian Nicieza | Mike Mignola | Bob Wiacek | | Sauron gloats about killing Sam. Boom-Boom’s yelling causes Cable to have a flashback. We’re given a glimpse of Cable’s past for almost the rest of the issue. He’s the leader of a team called Wild Pack. They’re invading a Hydra research facility in search of a stolen component. After dispatching the goons, they get inside the lab. Hammer accidentally triggers a fail-safe and Baron von Strucker’s image appears everywhere. He threatens to kill them so they quickly retrieve the device and body slide out of there. It turns out that they were working for A.I.M. Later on, the team goes their separate ways. Cable ends up time sliding into the future where he’s actually from. He finds out from his computer, Professor, that there’s a new possible awakening. The name of the possible High Lord, Sam Guthrie. Cable decides it is his duty to train Cannonball and heads back in time, six months to a year before his Awakening. Back in the present, Sam isn’t waking up. Cable wonders if he truly was a High Lord. He vents his anger on Sauron, by blowing him away. |
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April 1992 | | #9 |
| Script | Penciller | Inks | | Fabian Nicieza | Rob Liefeld | Dan Panosian | First story : Cable carries Sam to the medi-lab while Boom-Boom holds off Sauron. Pretty soon Thornn and Domino join the fight. Inside the medi-lab Cannonball still isn’t moving. Sauron sneaks in and Cable shoots him some more. Outside, Warpath, Siryn, and Shatterstar are searching for the remaining Brotherhood members. They encounter Blob and take him on. Back inside the medi-lab Feral is now fighting Sauron. Cable shoots him some more, and then Thornn comes in and attacks. Eventually, Masque and Phantazia enter the medi-lab. Masque thinks he can just walk away, but Cable has other plans. He orders one of his men to kill Masque and it is done. About that time, Sam 'awakens'. Second story : Weapon X battles Wildside, Sumo and Forearm. He’s winning the battle when Zero opens a teleportation portal. Not to be bested, Kane jumps through as well. He’s not too happy when he sees who’s on the other side. |
| #10 | | May 1992 |
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| Script | Penciller | Inks | | Fabian Nicieza | Mark Pacella | Dan Panosian | | The issue starts off with two simultaneous prologues. One deals with the Externals and the other is a continuation of the “X-Tenuating Circumstances” subplot seen in previous issues. In “X-Tenuating Circumstances”, Weapon X is still in an MLF safehouse battling Wildside, Sumo and Forearm. He eventually defeats them and gets to Stryfe. He discovers that Stryfe looks exactly like Cable and thinks that he is Cable. In the “X-Ternals” prologue, we meet most of the Externals. Gideon goes to visit them to discuss the new Awakening. It turns out that he recruited Sunspot because he thought him to be the next External. He plans on bringing in Krule (another External) to capture Cannonball. When Nicodemus asks him what his plans are for Sunspot, Gideon hints at killing him. The main story shows us X-Force dealing with the Brotherhood battle from previous issue. Cable tells Sam all about him being a High Lord and his mission to train him. Sam is all confused and wants answers. X-Force’s next mission will be showing the Morlocks what happens when they mess with X-Force. At Department K, Kane wants to bring in Weapon Prime to stop Cable. His request is denied, but he does get an interesting partner. Also, Tolliver hires Deadpool to put a hurting on one of the X-Forcers. |
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June 1992 | | #11 |
| Script | Penciller | Inks | | Fabian Nicieza | Mark Pacella | Dan Panosian | | Cable, Feral, Cannonball, Boom-Boom and Warpath pay a visit to the Morlocks. Cable lets them know that Masque is dead and returns Thornn and the body of Sauron to them. He makes his message clear that he will kill any Morlocks who attempt to attack X-Force. At the X-Force HQ, Shatterstar is training in the Danger Room. Everyone’s favorite “merc with a mouth” watches him from above and decides to engage him in battle. Deadpool ends up defeating ‘Star easily and moves on to his real target, Domino. After a long battle with Domino, Deadpool wins. We learn a shocking secret about the true identity of Domino. Meanwhile in Austria, Tolliver and his servant Pico pay a visit to a prisoner he has been holding for over a year. He tells this mystery woman that it will all soon be over. The figure is finally revealed to be the true Domino. |
| #12 | | July 1992 |
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| Script | Penciller | Inks | | Fabian Nicieza | Mark Pacella | Dan Panosian | | This issue starts off with another prologue focusing on the Externals. Gideon has gone to Madripoor to recruit Crule for a mission. After the two duke it out Gideon, the victor, tells Crule that he needs him to kill Cable. The main story starts off with the entire X-Force group questioning 'Domino'. Everyone’s upset with her betrayal. Instead of killing her, Cable uses her for his plan. He has her contact Tolliver to set up an explosion at their base to fake the death of X-Force. Then they will go after Tolliver. Also, Weapon PRIME is introduced to Grizzly, their newest member. Bridge tells them to get ready cuz they’ll be there in 16 hours. A little later, Kane bumps into Rictor and finds out his secret to why he wants Cable brought to justice. When the time comes for the assault, Weapon PRIME is ready. Elsewhere, Gideon brings Crule back to his penthouse. Roberto doesn’t understand why Gideon would bring home a man such as Crule. Gideon beats ‘Berto up and leaves him unconscious. He still has plans for the boy. |
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August 1992 | | #13 |
| Writer | Penciller | Inks | | Fabian Nicieza | Mark Pacella | Dan Panosian | | Weapon PRIME makes their assault on X-Force’s base. They charge in and battle. Cable leaves the fight for a short period of time to take care of some business. X-Force handles them pretty well. Bridge tries to convince X-Force to change their ways. Cable comes back and shoots Bridge. One by one, Weapon PRIME is beaten. Just as they’re ready to leave, the place starts shaking. Somehow the explosives they set up went off early. They only have 30 seconds to escape. Cable grabs Copycat boogies out. The last we see of X-Force is Sam yelling for everyone to get near him. Then the whole place explodes. Ophrah Industries, Gideon is having some weird experiment being performed on Roberto. If it doesn’t work out, he could die. In Italy, Tolliver and Pico are toasting to the death of Cable. It turns out that Copycat placed some override triggers on the explosives and it was Tolliver that blew up the base. |
| #14 | | September 1992 |
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| Writer | Penciller | Inks | | Fabian Nicieza | Terry Shoemaker | Al Milgrom | | Cable and Copycat survived the explosion from previous issue. Cable says he wants Tolliver dead. He body slides both of them to Graymalkin. They fly off in a ship headed for Tolliver’s location. The rest of X-Force survived as well along with Rictor, Kane and Bridge. Pretty soon SHIELD comes after them. X-Force eventually defeats them and takes over their ship. Rictor decides to join up with X-Force now that Cable is gone. They fly away before any reinforcements can arrive. On the ship they think of where they should set up their new base. They decide on Warpath’s old reservation. Krule infiltrates the ship and grabs Cannonball. He wants to kill him. At the Ophrah Industries research facility, the tests on Roberto continue. They decide to go on to phase 2 of the experiment which puts ‘Berto in a world of pain. In Italy, Cable and Copycat go through some tunnels in search of Tolliver’s castle. Inside they find the real Domino. They also find Deadpool and Tolliver waiting for them. |
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October 1992 | | #15 |
| Writer | Penciller | Inks | | Fabian Nicieza | Greg Capullo | Al Milgrom | | Directly from last issue, Crule tries to kill Cannonball. Cannonball wants to know why Crule is after him. He explains the whole thing and tells him that Roberto is probably dead. Rictor ends up defeating Crule. A little later the team receives a message from Gideon. He tells them where Roberto is if Cannonball promises not to bother the Externals ever. They fly to New Mexico and rescue him from the research facility. They finally touchdown at their new base in Camp Verde and welcome Sunspot to the team. In Italy, Cable and Deadpool duke it out. ‘Pool explains to Cable the whole Domino thing. After Cable and Domino defeat Deadpool they go after Tolliver. Cable manages to blow up the helicopter that Tolliver was in, but not before telling Domino to leave and find his X-Force team and help them out. Cable survives the explosion and body slides to Graymalkin where he swears that things are going to change. |
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Emigrated to Canada in 1958, where his family moved so much John attended nine schools in eleven years. Enrolled at the Alberta College of Art, he completed two and a half years of a four-year course in Fine Arts before he concluded that there was little they could offer someone wanting to be a "cartoonist".