nicieza took over the comic, and cable changed drastically as a character. he suddenly doesn't give half a shit about the team.
rictor runs off to genosha to save rahne who doesn't need saving, and nate is inclined to just let him. tabitha and sam are deeply offended by this and just might run off to save ric's stupid ass, too. roberto has just lost his father and comes by to inform nate that he will have to quit, maybe permanently. nate offers him his condolences and then literally says 'whatever' at the news.
his team, who he's been training and protecting for so long, is falling apart, and he doesn't care? he was willing to go against a whole country just to pluck four of them out of captivity, and now he just says 'whatever'? i'm expecting to see an explanation to this real soon, mr. nicieza.
everybody seems to have forgotten about saving rusty and skids, too. what's up with that? in the previous issue nate deemed them 'too difficult to liberate', although he promised his team that they will make their best effort to save them right before this whole genoshian mess started. the nate i know doesn't back out of his promises. i'm dubbing this guy 'the big jerk'. it's like he's a whole other person, really.
the only good thing about this issue is just how good nate looks in official attire. this is an improvement compared to his previously favorite 'a ridiculous pouch vest over a naked torso' look. i guess we can have either the nice guy nate or the tastefully dressed nate, they just can't be combined. not until cable & deadpool, anyway.