Sabretooth: Open Season

Sabretooth
Sabretooth on the promotional art of Sabretooth: Death Hunt (1993) mini-series Art by Mark Texeira
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Iron Fist #14 (August 1977)
Created by	Chris Claremont (writer) John Byrne (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Victor Creed
Species	Human Mutant
Team affiliations	X-Men Brotherhood of Evil Mutants Team X Marauders X-Factor Weapon X "Avengers" (1959) Hand Astonishing Avengers Avengers Unity Division
Notable aliases	Slasher, El Tigre, Der Schlächter ("The Butcher" in German), Wolverine
Abilities	Superhuman senses, strength, speed, durability, reflexes, and animal-like attributes Extended longevity via regenerative healing factor Retractable claws and sharp teeth

Sabretooth (Victor Creed) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most commonly in association with the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne, the character first appeared in Iron Fist #14 (August 1977). Sabretooth was originally portrayed as a non-powered serial killer but was later written as a mutant possessing bestial superhuman abilities, most notably a rapid healing factor, razor-sharp fangs and claws, and superhuman senses. He is a vicious assassin, responsible for numerous deaths both as a paid mercenary and for his personal pleasure.

Sabretooth's long-time enemy is the mutant and X-Men-member, Wolverine, with conflicting accounts as to the origin of their feud. It is known that Wolverine and Sabretooth were victims of the Cold War supersoldier program Weapon X, and that Sabretooth saw Wolverine as competition and therefore antagonized him. While Wolverine is depicted as suppressing his more savage qualities, Sabretooth does the opposite and embraces them, until the events of AXIS.

The character has appeared in several X-Men animated series and video games, and was portrayed by Tyler Mane in the first X-Men film and by Liev Schreiber in the 2009 film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. In May 2008, Wizard magazine ranked Sabretooth #193 of the 200 best comic book characters of all time. In 2009, Sabretooth was ranked as IGN's 44th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.