WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Cable #2, by Gerry Duggan, Phil Noto and VC's Joe Sabino, on sale now.

There is perhaps no team in mainstream superhero comic books that has a more convoluted romantic history than the X-Men. Marvel's Merry Mutants have had their fair share of surprising romantic entanglements and, with the majority of mutants in the Marvel Universe now living in harmony together in the newly founded nation-state of Krakoa, love is definitely in the air for the Children of the Atom.

No mutant has capitalized on this new golden age for his species more than Cable, a younger version of Cyclops' time-displaced son. However, as Dawn of X continues, his freewheeling philandering may come with severe heartbreak.

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The opening issue of Cable's new solo series by Gerry Duggan and Phil Noto reveals the young mutant is a tremendous hit with the ladies. He's also a much more fun-loving, self-assured hero than the classically gruff and cantankerous depiction most commonly associated with the character.

While on a routine rescue mission to locate a missing mutant child, Cable is strongly implied to be in flirtatious relationships with both Pixie and Armor, as Krakoa's biggest ladies' man. When Cable goes on a much more personal mission beyond Krakoa's borders, his latest paramours are revealed to be even more numerous: All five of the Stepford Cuckoos.

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Introduced during Grant Morrison's New X-Men run, the Stepford Cuckoos are a set of identical, artificially created daughters of Emma Frost, all possessing her powerful telepathic abilities and the power to phase into a nigh indestructible diamond form.

Esme and Sophie were killed after their introduction, only to be brought back to life through Krakoa's Resurrection Protocols and reunited with their sisters. Since then, the girls have each knowingly gone on dates with Cable, from Nathan Summers taking Celeste on a whirlwind trip to Paris, to Esme accompanying him to Philadelphia to investigate the disturbing disappearance of a mutant baby.

Of course, it's revealed that while Cable is preoccupied by his many dates, the remaining Stepford Cuckoos actively plot to turn the tables on him and eventually break his heart, with visible glee. Cable is privately worried that the Cuckoos all judge him behind his back and his intuition is certainly accurate -- though Esme assuages his fears.

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Once Emma learns what her daughters have been up to, she confronts Cyclops about his son's romantic escapades. Scott Summers agrees to speak with his son, but Emma confides in him that a little heartbreak would actually do Esme good for her own personal development and maturation, in contrast to her sisters.

Having finally built an advanced, peaceful utopia where all mutants -- friend and foe alike -- are welcome, romance is at the forefront of many mutants' minds. Back in the Marvel Universe's relative present, away from the post-apocalyptic future from where he spent much of his youth, Cable has fully embraced the amorous opportunities Krakoa provides.

This carousing has not gone unnoticed, of course, and the Stepford Cuckoos and Emma Frost may be the ones to teach Nathan Summers the age-old adage that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. With a growing list of romantic flings, Nathan might find this lesson imparted with no mercy.

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