Wolverine #55: The Death of Sabretooth - For Death Week

[theanswer]

Wolverine and Sabretooth's healing factors have become so ridiculously over powered that writers have created a deus machina in the form of a sword called the Muramasa, which is composed of special materials that kill mutant healing factors, just in case they need to kill one of them.

Wolverine confronts Victor with the sword and cuts his arm off with it. Victor picks it up and tries to press it back on so his healing factor can reattach it, but he's horrified when it falls off. Logan explains what has happened and Victor just responds with, "Do it."



And he does.

And he's been dead since.

The bit about all of the hurt women amuses me because this is written by Jeph "Red Hulk has beaten every woman ever" Loeb.

Suggested Tags:
char: sabretooth/victor creed
char: wolverine/logan/james howlett
creator: jeph loeb
creator: simone bianchi
publisher: marvel comics
title: wolverine

Comments

Re: Why did it stick?

[theanswer]

You're very wrong. He's synonymous with Wolverine just as Venom to Spider-Man or Joker to Batman.

Re: Why did it stick?

[nefrekeptah]

No, he's not. He was, but that hasn't been true for a long time now.

Sabertooth was what Wolverine could become if he succumbed to the raging animal inside him - the raging animal that he kept talking about in the 90's, the blood lust that he's was constantly fighting against.

Thing is, that raging beast inside Logan? He's dealt with it. He doesn't bring it up at every opportunity anymore; he's doesn't have to fight against it every time he pops his claws. It's still there, of course, but it's long stopped being something he has to expunge from himself; it's just a part of his character now. He's progressed from there, as much as a character in this static medium can progress.

And Sabertooth? He's not a dark mirror to Logan anymore, he's a cautionary tale. He's what Logan could have become, not what he's in danger of becoming.

The only reason a person may think Sabertooth when they think Wolverine is because Sabertooth is one of the only recognizable rouges that Wolverine has; it's not very impressive when there's next to no competition.

He is no longer a vital portion of Wolverine's past; he hasn't been for years. When people talk about him now, it's less "I miss him" and more "oh yeah - that guy. Isn't he dead?"

And on a related note, Venom is synonymous with Spider-Man - Spider-Man is not synonymous with Venom. That's a very important distinction.

Re: Why did it stick?

[theanswer]

That's your personal opinion, but every Wolverine fan would harshly disagree. Hell, anyone who has a passing knowledge of X-Men would.

Re: Why did it stick?

[nefrekeptah]

It's my passing knowledge of X-Men that led me to this conclusion.

Re: Why did it stick?

[afghanant.wordpress.com]

Your passing knowledge is obviously faulty.

Re: Why did it stick?

[nefrekeptah]

No, I'm pretty sure it isn't.

Granted, there's probably some people who'd like him back, but no one's raising the same kind of fuss like when Seph was killed off.

Re: Why did it stick?

[theanswer]

Because he's a villain, an ARCH villain. Why raise a fuss over a character you know will be back?

Re: Why did it stick?

[nefrekeptah]

Because his death was terrible and the story was awful?

Because he's been dead for about three years now and there's still nothing mentioned whatsoever about bringing him back, or when he'll come back?