Back سابرتوث Arabic Саблезъб (комикси) Bulgarian Sabretooth Danish Sabretooth German Dientes de Sable (personaje) Spanish Sabretooth (Marvel Comics) Basque دندانخنجری (کمیک) Persian Sapelihammas Finnish Dents-de-sabre French Sabretooth Galician
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Sabretooth_(Victor_Creed).jpg) Artwork from Sabretooth: Death Hunt (1993) by Mark Texeira. | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Iron Fist #14 (August 1977)[1][2] |
| Created by | Chris Claremont (writer) John Byrne (artist) |
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| Alter ego | Victor Creed |
| Species | Human mutant |
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Sabretooth[a] is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the X-Men. Created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne, he first appeared in Iron Fist #14 (August 1977) and was initially depicted as a serial killer known as "the Slasher", before being developed into an X-Men villain during the "Mutant Massacre" crossover in 1986. This portrayal of Sabretooth has endured as the archenemy of the superhero Wolverine.
In his comic book appearances, Sabretooth is the alias of Victor Creed, a psychopathic mutant with enhanced senses, razor-sharp claws, superhuman strength and reflexes, and regenerative healing abilities. There have been various possible accounts of the origin of Sabretooth's feud with Wolverine. The most common story involves both of them being participants of the Weapon X super-soldier program. After Wolverine escapes and attempts to suppress his animalistic qualities, Sabretooth becomes obsessed with forcing Wolverine to embrace his feral instincts by tormenting him and ruining his life.
In the X-Men film series, Sabretooth was portrayed by Tyler Mane in X-Men (2000) and by Liev Schreiber in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), with the former returning in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). In May 2008, Wizard magazine ranked Sabretooth #193 of the 200 best comic book characters of all time.[5] In 2009, Sabretooth was ranked as IGN's 44th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.[6]
- ^ Misiroglu, Gina Renée; Eury, Michael (2006). The Supervillain Book: The Evil Side of Comics and Hollywood. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 9780780809772.
- ^ DeFalco, Tom; Sanderson, Peter; Brevoort, Tom; Teitelbaum, Michael; Wallace, Daniel; Darling, Andrew; Forbeck, Matt; Cowsill, Alan; Bray, Adam (2019). The Marvel Encyclopedia. DK Publishing. p. 303. ISBN 978-1-4654-7890-0.
- ^ Wolverine vol. 5 #12. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Avengers & X-Men: AXIS #6. Marvel Comics.
- ^ "The 200 Greatest Comic Book Characters of All Time". Wizard: The Magazine of Comics, Entertainment and Pop Culture. May 13, 2008. Archived from the original on June 16, 2009. Retrieved April 19, 2011.
- ^ Sabretooth is number 44 Archived 2014-01-04 at the Wayback Machine. IGN.
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