King-Size Cable #1 - Marvel

I'm a little unsure of why this story couldn't have occurred in the regular Cable title but . . for whatever reason . . here it is. Everything keeps going along at the same pace and momentum as Duane Swierczynski who wrote this also writes the regular title. So it fits right in with the current storyline. The nice thing about the art is that Ken Lashley did it and, since it's just a one-shot, we don't have to worry about whether or not he'll be back for the next issue. I sincerely enjoy Ken's work. It's just few and far between. This book has a really good look to it. Bishop figures out a couple of things about Cable this issue. First of all he figures out that his time device is broken so he can only go forward in time. That hadn't dawned on Bishop before now. Secondly, he figures out that the events and traveling of both of them are affecting the time-line in ways they hadn't expected. Well, I would guess more Bishop than Cable. Cable seems to be keeping a pretty low profile when he bounces around. But Bishop? Bishop is bouncing around through time like a bull in a china shop. Literally! He finds a journal that has a date and the initials, "NDS-RIP". So he jumps to that time to make sure that Cable and the baby are really dead. However, when he gets there he's attacked by this giant mutant bear. What he didn't know upon arrival was that the bear was originally targeting Cable and the baby. However, Bishop inadvertantly attracts it's attention and then has to fight for his life and ends up taking it down. It's only then that he notices Cable's injuries and that he doesn't have the baby. But before he can act Cable retrieves the baby and jumps ahead in time. So now what's just dawning on Bishop is that because of his involvement, Cable and the baby have just been spared. So the issue ends, as usual, with Bishop cursing out Cable for his damn stubbornness. I liked the issue. I liked the story and the art. But like I said, I don't understand why they couldn't just have put out an over-sized issue in with the regular title. Plus it say it's going to be 30 days until the next issue. Who knows what crazy ideas run through a marketing exec's mind? Anyways, overall I thought it was a pretty decent issue.