Cable #15 - Marvel

Again, we don't make a lot of progress in the story-line this issue. Some. But not much. We do learn a couple of things however. First of all, Stryfe has figured out what the 'big deal' is with Hope. He's gathered it from Elixir's mind, of all people. I'm not quite sure how he's aware of what her true potential is. Anyways, now that he knows . . Stryfe wants to take her over . . literally. I think he wants to put his consciousness into her body. And not in a perverted pedophile kind of way. So now everybody is trying to stop Stryfe, not just from taking hope, but also from doing the Vulcan mind-meld thing with her. On top of that, X, Domino and the Vanisher have figured out the source of the chronal net that's holding them in this time. It turns out it's one of X's friends . . Kiden Nixon. You know, from the Nyx mini-series. Deadpool tells them the Bishop and Stryfe picked her up back in 2009 . . or 2010. Either way, she's been there for a long time because she looks like she's in her 60's or 70's now. But, the one thing that may put a crimp in Stryfe's plans is that Archangel has brought Apocalypse back to his ship, the Celestial City. Warren took a little sympathy on him, because of the pathetic state he was in, but as he sees him connect to his ship and regain his former posture . . "I can't help but think . . I've made a huge mistake." Anyways, there's a whole lot of fighting, but . . this issue pretty much ends in the same spot in which it began . . Stryfe has pretty much beaten all of his opponents, and the gang can't decide what to do about Kiden. The issue ends with the timer she's connected to reaching 00:00:01. The next issue of X-Force, #16, is supposed to wrap up this story. Maybe then we'll finally find out just what the big deal is about Hope. Duane Swierczynski writes this story, and Ariel Olivetti does the art. I like the concept of this story . . where it's supposed to be going, and what they're trying to accomplish, but . . it seems like we keep rolling through the same paces every issue. There's a whole lot of filler in this story-line. It probably could've been done in 3 issues, instead of 7. I love all of these characters, and the fate of Hope, and Cable, rests on what happens here. I just wish we could've moved it along a little faster. There's not a lot of suspense . . just the endings of the various chapters, but . . there is a lot of fluff. All we can do is wait for the next chapter and see what happens.