I Was Born about Ten Thousand Years Ago

• Writer - Robert Weinberg
• Penciler - Michael Ryan
• Inker - Ted Pertzborn
• Inker - Harry Candelario
• Lettering - Richard Starkings
• Lettering - Comicraft
• Colorist - Avalon Studios
• Ass't Editor - Pete Franco
• Editor - Mark Powers
• Editor in Chief - Joe Quesada

Summary

  Cable's on his bike in the southwestern deserts. He stops at a burger joint, flirts with the waitress, and accepts a challenge to arm-wrestle the owner, Cole, who isn't quite human. He fights without powers and strains to win; Cole admits it's his first loss since Goliath, 3000 years ago.

  After closing, Cole explains: he's a Neanderthal, born 30,000 years ago. Some of his fellows were abducted by a Lemurian in a spacecraft, who wanted to test a way to slow the aging process. When an earthquake destroyed the island, they were freed. Cole made it back home, but 15 years had passed, and the tribe was gone. He never remarried and realized he was aging slowly: he probably has another 50,000 years. He blended into human society and saw the Pyramids built, Caesar assassinated, Cortez invade Mexico, the Civil War, the Old West, the World Wars, and finally went to the desert for privacy (is this guy related to Logan?).

  Then, a year ago, One-Eye and Gort showed up, beat him, and stole his collected treasures. Cole asks Cable to help attack their hideaway and get it back. A few seconds of fighting, and Cole gets his stuff back. Most precious to him is the crude figure he made for his daughter. Cable empathizes, remembering all those from his future past, and rides away.