Today we continue on the cable train as X-Men 97 introduces cable into the main storyline.

And all of you are so thrilled and excited to see him.

We look back on the multiple downgrades across the decades that kept altering cable from his

super commando role that you love so much down to acolyte, disciple, wannabe, Jedi Knight,

and and mercenary in the jungle, just what went wrong and what happened? We chart the entire path on an all-new episode of Rob'servation.

Hey, everybody, and episode of Robeservation. Hey everybody and welcome to another edition of Rob Observations.

I am your host, Rob Leifeld.

Here on Rob Observations, we dive into the world of superheroes and comic books,

in the history of superheroes and comic books, in the history of superheroes and comic books,

and the ultimate exploitation of superheroes and comic books since I've been alive across

screens, big and small, your video game platforms, your toys, the big box stores,

and all those toys and merchandise that you see that are now

directly connected to superheroes that you weren't even into 15 years ago before the giant

boom. Let's be honest, it was Marvel. The MCU exploded. I don't mean to, you know, offend the

DC comic fan, but come on. Those DC movies, so many of them, I love them, I enjoy them, but it was the MCU that just

exploded.

I saw it with my own family.

I saw it with my own kids, their friends, the shirts that they'd all wear, the kids on the

football team, the kids on the basketball team, the kids on the basketball team,

the kids on the soccer team, and you realized, wow, this has really just crossed the aisle,

crossed multiple aisles.

And now these are the de facto figures in pop culture that stand right alongside some of the biggest, some of the most famous

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