Notice! Spoilers ahead for Sabretooth: The Dead Don't Speak #1!Like an immortal superhero and the X-Men's Berserker with adamantium claws, Wolverine He apparently had countless fights with countless enemies, but none more brutal or notorious than his rivalry with the villain Sabretooth. For now, Sabretooth is dead, but in his passing, Marvel reveals that Wolverine may have changed Sabretooth's life greatly, for the worse, during their infamous encounter at Ravencroft Asylum.
Sabretooth: The Dead Don't Speak #1 – written by Frank Tieri, with art by Michael Sta. Maria – uncovers a whole new side to Victor Creed's past, when a stranger in a bar reveals that Wolverine may have started Sabretooth's bloody career as a supervillain. The man tells Wolverine that Sabretooth's failed revenge attempt on Wolverine has haunted Creed forever, driving him to new levels of savage debauchery, directed at everyone, and anyone, around him.
This new chapter in Sabretooth's life suggests that Wolverine may have unintentionally created his most ruthless villainturning him into the ruthless killer he became.
Marvel Reveals a New Perspective on Wolverine and Sabretooth's Iconic Rivalry, Changing What Fans Know About Their Rivalry
Sabretooth: The Dead Don't Speak #1 – Written by Frank Tieri; Art by Michael Sta. Maria; Main cover by Adam Kubert and Frank Martin (color)
Wolverine and Sabretooth have a past marked by blood and brutality, but it began when Wolverine killed Sabretooth's brother and, in a twisted act of revenge, Sabretooth dragged Logan to Ravencroft, where Mister Sinister lobotomized him. Despite having Wolverine in a vegetative state Sabretooth's opportunity for revenge was wasted when Wolverine got the better of him, ushering in his obsession with tormenting Wolverine.. This moment in Marvel's new Sabretooth miniseries, The dead don't speakshows a new perspective on Sabretooth's perennial quest to destroy his heroic counterpart.
Despite Wolverine and Sabretooth's known vendetta, Creed's insight into the Ravencroft incident reveals how important Sabretooth feels Wolverine is to his origin.
Letting Wolverine go from Ravencroft sent Sabretooth into a tailspin, and even though Victor Creed was already a threat to society long before Wolverine killed his brother, Sabretooth believed that Wolverine's actions turned him into an obsessive, bloodthirsty killer. Because he was unable to get revenge on Wolverine, Sabretooth made it his mission to hurt Wolverine, such as killing Wolverine's lover and forming the tradition of fighting Wolverine on his birthday. Despite Wolverine and Sabretooth's known vendetta, Creed's insight into the Ravencroft incident reveals how important Sabretooth feels Wolverine is to his origin.
Marvel confirms that Wolverine created his greatest enemy
Sabretooth's last words take on new meaning
The dead don't speak reveals that Sabretooth thought about the time when Wolverine constantly escaped him; was all Creed thought about, to the point where he became uncontrollably violent. In Wolverine #50, with his last breath, Sabretooth said to Wolverine, “You just want me to finish. But do you even exist without me? Who would you be without all this pain?” In truth, Sabretooth was a killer long before he met Wolverine, but his final words to Wolverine paint a clear picture of how Sabretooth viewed his sworn enemy..
Sabretooth's chilling last words and his fight at Ravenscar show how he projected his actions onto Wolverine, believing he influenced Wolverine just as Wolverine influenced him, meeting their rivalry with sick pleasure and undeserved revenge. Wolverine and Sabretooth share an equally painful upbringing, but unlike Wolverine, Sabretooth attacked society with unbridled rage and bloodlust, with Wolverine bearing the brunt of his wrath. This unearthing of SabretoothThe path after his death gives new life and perspective to one of the greatest and most visceral rivalries within Wolverine and X-Men tradition.
Sabretooth: The Dead Don't Speak #1 will be available on December 25, 2024.