Why don’t you treat yourself to a cheesesteak?

Cable #2 (2020)

Written by Gerry Duggan
Artwork & Colors by Phil Noto

Chef’s Note:  There is really nothing to say here except to note that this is one of the extremely rare moments where Scott Summers actually takes orders from and obeys law enforcement.

It’s also one of the rare moments where Scott actually looks happy. Look at that smile! He’s even licking his lips in anticipation of his legally ordained treat!

And all it took was a Philly Cheesesteak sammich (so who could blame* him?).

It all started in 1930, when Pat Olivieri began operating a hot dog cart near the Italian Market in South Philadelphia, Philadelphia Magazine relays its oral history of the city’s most famous sandwich. As the story goes, one lunchtime that same year, Olivieri was in the mood for something else to eat and sent his brother to a local butcher shop for meat. Olivieri cooked the chopped beef on his cart’s grill, scooping it into an Italian roll with onions, according to Pat’s King of Steaks website (the namesake restaurant that Olivieri subsequently established across from the old hot dog stand). A passing cab driver was intrigued and asked for the same thing. Per the restaurant’s site, the cab driver reportedly said, “Hey … forget ’bout those hot dogs, you should sell these,” after scarfing the sandwich down.

 

* Emma, obviously – who, tragically, has no appreciation of how good a “log of bread and meat” can be. Still, no one likes talking to someone whose mouth is full, even (or perhaps especially) telepathically.