OK, I'm game. I'm intrigued by the idea that Cable gets these visions of apocalyptic futures and X-Force does what it can do to stop them. It's a premise that seems to open doors to all sorts of possible stories and unintended consequences without getting quickly tired (like "Project: Rebirth" in "Venom").
Hopeless starts with an intriguing scenario here, using the brouhaha over Chik-Fil-A's support of anti-gay organizations as inspiration. I thought that Hopeless did a good job here of not reducing everyone to absurd caricatures. He has the owner of the fast-food restaurant reveal that her anti-mutant drive comes understandably from the fact that Magneto killed her daughter when he took over Manhattan, a rare acknowledgment of a past event actually having repercussions on a present story. Moreover, although Cable originally believes that she might be behind the virus that he predicts will result in anti-mutant hysteria if X-Force doesn't prevent it from getting released, Hopeless makes it clear that she's unaware of it. This revelations hints that someone else is pulling the strings here and nothing fuels a comic better than a conspiracy!
Given how unhappy I am with the Avengers line under Hickman, I'm more than happy to keep giving this title a shot, since at least it seems to know what story it's telling and where it's going.
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