Victor Creed: Sabretooth Appreciation 2019

[WildR]

I hold positive prospective to Tieri's story next year. Its background or plots should be irrelevant to any of the Hix-Men/ DoX/ Wave Books franchise, but still reflect Marvel's or X-Office's basic portrait or attitude for him, which means it may make good sense like Brisson's Iron Fist. But the cover art really drove me uneasy...

Meanwhile, Brisson's Dead Man Logan's gonna end in the next issue... I have no expectation but at least I like its art.

[WildR]

I was thinking why X-Office decided to abolish his AXIS state. Maybe they more need him as a villain, but his performance in Rosenberg's hand is just ridiculous and we still are not sure if Hickman really planted a rebel/ exile-agent role for him or just used him as a pathetic clown to mold Krakoa's unique legislative system lol.

Or maybe Bunncanny and Pak's WX just hadn't receive enough reception.

[Dthirds3]

Well sabertooth is geting a ravencrosft one shot where he is a wolverine cosplayer ?
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[Silver Fang]

Nah. Just Wolverine on the cover because Sabretooth isn't taken seriously enough to have his own. So Wolverine gets the cover for his book. Lol Same ol' same ol'. Huge red flag, but I'll give Tieri benefit of the doubt.

Maybe this will be Creed's story without Wolverine usurping him like X-Men Origins: Sabretooth, which ended up being about Logan rather than Creed and retelling the same tired stories told better in the 80's.

[WildR]

Well sabertooth is geting a ravencrosft one shot where he is a wolverine cosplayer ?
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I doubted like you at once, but clearly that's Wolverine himself, black-haired. Maybe it will tell a story about Logan breaks into the ravencrosft only to kick Creed's ass, doing what he's best at lol. But Creed has been a crazy Wolverine stalker for so many years, maybe this time a story about Logan willingly comes to ravencrosft for him will show something new.

[WildR]

Hello there, though now the most related news about Creed should be the fate of Wastooth in DML, but Marvel Future Fight just add the Uncanny Avenger costume for the game's upgrade. CEBBA00E-F26E-40D6-B422-F96ED9421720.jpg6D004310-6F0B-4FED-B909-CC2D27C26EA5.jpg29173B77-B947-4802-A813-9B760414ADA8.jpg

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Uncanny X-Men #251 Nov 1989
"Fever Dream!"
Wolverine, beaten and bruised, hangs from a wooden X outside the X-Men's base camp.
Donald Pierce, Wolverine's captor, continues to torment the shackled Wolverine, who begins to hallucinate.
In his delusions, in actuality one of Gateway's "Dreamtimes", Wolverine witnesses the past.
He watches the X-Men return from their trip to the Savage Land.
Next, he is visited by phantoms of various acquaintances, both friends and foes.

He sees his own return to town,

and his subsequent capture.

Again, his vision returns to the arrival of the four X-Men from the Savage Land.
As the Reavers approach the X-Men's position to attack, Psylocke opens the Siege Perilous
and telepathically cajoles the X-Men to enter. Arriving too late, Pierce is furious at the loss of his prey.
Back to reality and the present, the town comes under the fury of a powerful storm that seems to be encircling the whole globe.
While the Reavers wait out the tempest inside, Jubilee summons the courage to approach Wolverine.
To her surprise, Wolverine frees himself from his X-shaped crucifix.
Lacking the strength to even stand, Wolverine asks the young Jubilee for help.

Story by Chris Claremont https://happybday.to/Chris-Claremont. Art by Marc Silvestri and Dan Green.

[Park Slope Pixie]

I can't wait for him to come back and lay waste to Krakoa

[Tycon]

I can't wait for him to come back and lay waste to Krakoa

Turn all that green lush flora red.

[Park Slope Pixie]

Turn all that green lush flora red.

It's what Stepford Island deserves. All that soothing mind balm its spores emit like so much effluvia. Making the mutants all loopy.

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Amazing Spider-Man #322 Oct 1989
"Ceremony" The Assassin Nation Plot Part 3 of 6. Guest-starring Silver Sable.
Spider-Man has accompanied Silver Sable and the Wild Pack to her native Symkaria to prevent an assassination plot.
They crash in on a bunch of militants at a Symkarian government office. Thinking this is part of that plot,
Silver Sable and her team are disappointed to discover that this is merely an attempt to rob a government payroll.
Silver Sable and Spider-Man then take a limo back to the Symkarian royal palace.
On the way, Sable is frustrated as this is another in a series of failed raids.
This is mostly because Silver Sable International could be involved in more profitable ventures.
Spider-Man balks at this opinion, but Sable reminds the wall-crawler that the only reason why he is here is that he interfered in her operation in the
United States to determine who the assassin trying to kill the king was, and that he only agreed to come to Symkaria because she offered to pay him.
Spider-Man wishes he could tell Sable that he has a wife and apartment and they could use the money,
but can't without exposing his identity, leaving them both in a chilly silence.

When they arrive at the royal palace, Spider-Man witnesses the festivities being
prepared for the silver jubilee and the upcoming wedding of the king of Symkaria.
They then witness King Stefan and his fiancee Vivian address the crowds from a balcony.
Silver Sable tells Spider-Man that the king and his bride-to-be are much loved
by the people of Symkaria and their deaths would be a national tragedy.
They are then joined by Prime Minister Limka who extends his apologies for the unsuccessful raid.
Sable is not impressed with Limka's security and tells the Prime Minister that her Wild Pack will remain with the king.
While Sable decides to spend her downtime to get some exercise in, Spider-Man web-slings off to do some sightseeing.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Limka is back in his office where he thinks about how Spider-Man's involvement complicates things.
His thoughts are interrupted by Major Weil, an operative of the terrorist organization known as ULTIMATUM.

Weil learns that the false intel they have been feeding Silver Sable has been working,
and they decide to proceed to assassinate the king during the air show tomorrow.
ULTIMATUM is targeting Symkaria for their anti-nationalism agenda.
The Prime Minister, however, is only interested in eliminating King Stefan before he can produce an heir,
so he can take control of the Symkarian government and dissolve the monarchy.

At that moment, Spider-Man goes into the city again so he can call back home from a pay phone.
The phone is answered by Aunt May who is delighted to hear from her nephew.
She tells him that Mary Jane isn't home because she went off for her audition for a role in the soap opera "Secret Hospital".
Spider-Man has to cut the call short before it gets too expensive and heads back to the castle.
While in New York City, Mary Jane is nervous as she goes over the script.
The character she is auditioning for is an arrogant woman named "Sybil"
and she wonders how she can stand out among all the other women auditioning for the role.
When it's her turn, Mary Jane puts on a scene, refusing to read her lines,
telling the auditioners that they should appreciate that she even bothered coming to the audition.
This takes them aback, and they point out that is not how a relative unknown would act during an audition.
Mary Jane drops character and agrees, pointing out that this is exactly how Sybil would have handled the situation.
Telling them her phone number is on her resume, Mary Jane walks out of the audition with a smile on her face.
Amazed by the stunt she pulled, Mary Jane heads to find a party.

Later that evening, at the Symkarian palace, Spider-Man is among the guests at a formal dinner being thrown for the king.
He feels silly having to wear a tuxedo over his Spider-Man costume.
Particularly since he has had to wear his costume at all times in order to preserve his secret identity.
He spots Silver Sable walking out onto a nearby balcony and joins her.
She tells him that she is checking the security perimeter and reveals her concerns
about how the assassination of the king could pitch Symkaria into the dark ages.
Spider-Man is surprised to hear Silver Sable speak of anything deeper than her corporate bottom line.
Sable reveals that she is willing to die for her country, and asks Spider-Man if he would ever be willing to do the same for his own.
Spider-Man isn't sure, and Sable tells him to sleep on it, dismissing him for the evening.
The next day, Spider-Man joins the Wild Pack in providing security for the air show being put in celebration of the king.
Much to everyone's surprise, the jets on display begin deploying ULTIMATUM paratroopers who begin opening fire on the crowd.
While the Wild Pack return fire, Silver Sable and Spider-Man pull the king and Vivian to the safety of the castle.

When the terrorists storm the palace, Spider-Man and Sable join the Wild Pack in fending them off.
While everyone is distracted, Prime Minister Limka prepares to kill the king. However, before he can,

a feral man leaps out of the shadows and slaughters the Prime Minister.
Meanwhile, two ULTIMATUM agents manage to reach King Stefan and Vivian.
When they open fire, Vivian pushes her would-be husband out of the way and is fatally shot.
Silver Sable comes rushing in and kills the two agents. Spider-Man pushes himself
to the limits to take down the rest of the terrorists and then consoles Silver Sable.

While the king mourns the loss of his bride-to-be, one of the Wild Pack shows Silver Sable and Spider-Man the remains of the Prime Minister.
Silver Sable is furious at this death, as it will weaken her government.
That's when the Wild Pack also report that they discovered a secret passage way, however it was empty.
However, they found a scrap of a uniform with a capsule stuck to it. Sable wants it to be analyzed but
suspects that it is a capsule of panadoxin, a synthetic poison used in suicide pills specially used by the CIA.

Script by David Michelinie. Art by Todd McFarlane.

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Amazing Spider-Man #323 Nov 1989
"Assault Rivals" The Assassin Nation Plot Part 4 of 6. Guest-starring Captain America, Silver Sable and Solo.
In the sewers beneath Paris, France, agents of the terrorist organization
known as ULTIMATUM are attempting to blow up the famed Arc Du Triomphe.
However, their operation is interrupted when the anti-terrorist mercenary known as Solo teleports in on them.
Solo guns down all of the soldiers but one. He demands that the terrorist give him the location of his commander Toler Weil.
With his life on the line, the terrorist buckles and tells Solo that he can find Weil in Symkaria.
With the information he needs, Solo tosses a grenade at the terrorist.
Announcing that while he lives, terror dies, Solo teleports away as the grenade explodes.

Meanwhile, in Symkaria, the country is reeling after the assassination of Vivian, the woman who was to marry King Stefan.
With the CIA potentially implicated in the attack on the royal palace by ULTIMATUM,
the ambassador of the United States heads to the palace in a limo to answer to the allegations.
As they approach the palace, the vehicle is pelted with tomatoes by the angry citizenry.
Inside the palace, the Ambassador Hawthorne is introduced to acting Prime Minister Alphonse Gallatik
who then takes Henry to see Silver Sable who is investigating the murders.
They are surprised to see Spider-Man with Silver Sable, but things quickly turn to business at hand.
She briefs Hawthorne on Silver Sable International's investigation into American groups like
the Life Organization, who are somehow involved in a plot to assassinate the king of Symkaria.
After the ULTIMATUM attack the day before, Sable found a panadoxin pill that points to the CIA also possibly being involved.
She warns the ambassador that should they find proof of CIA involvement there will be stiff reprisals from her country.
The ambassador assures her that America is an ally of Symkaria, however, Sable points out
past partnerships between the United States and nations it now considers enemies.
When Spider-Man suggests they should focus their energies on finding the assassin,
the ambassador tells Spider-Man to butt out, due to his vigilante status in the United States.

Angered by this, Spider-Man decides to go outside where he addresses the news crews camped outside of the palace.
On live television, Spider-Man tells them that his activities in Symkaria are
not intended to embarrass the United States and that he is being a model citizen.
He also uses the opportunity to send a veiled message to his wife Mary Jane to let her know that he is fine.
The report is watched by Aunt May, Nathan Lubenski and Mary Jane.
Seeing this report prompts Mary Jane to tell May that Peter called to let them know that he is okay.
However, Spider-Man's interview with the media is cut short when the press
is made aware that Captain America is being parachuted into the country.
Cap is swarmed by the press who ask him if he is here in his capacity as an Avenger or to help the CIA.
All the star-spangled Avenger can tell them is that he is here to do the right thing.
Also watching this development are the members of ULTIMATUM.
Major Weil orders his men to mobilize and prepare for the worst.
As they go about their duty, Weil begins planning his own escape strategy.

Soon, Captain America is brought in for a strategy meeting and Spider-Man is forced to wait outside.
The wall-crawler considers heading home, as he is tired of being looked at as nothing more than hired help.

However, when the others emerge from their private meeting, Captain America vouches for Spider-Man and his involvement.
With files from the CIA, Captain America informs them that ULTIMATUM has set up operations on the Symkaria/Latverian
border and that they are planning a strike so they can find the real assassin and absolve the United States of any responsibility.

Silver Sable also informs Spider-Man that his contract has been fulfilled and that he can go home if he wants.
However, Spider-Man's sense of responsibility prevents him from turning his back on the rest of this mission.
The Wild Pack, Cap and Spider-Man are dropped near the ski lodge where ULTIMATUM is set up.
As they prepare to attack, Captain America asks Spider-Man what his motivation is,
and is proud to hear that Spider-Man is joining the operation for the sake of his own country.
Suddenly, they are ambushed by ULTIMATUM soldiers hiding in the snow.
While Spider-Man and the others are busy fighting the guards outside,
Major Weil realizes that his operation is a failure and makes preparations to blow up his hideout and escape.

However, before he can do so, Solo teleports into the room. Before the mercenary can kill Weil, he is surrounded by guards.
This gives the Major a chance to make a break for his escape vehicle. Solo manages to catch up,
but before he can gun down Weil, Spider-Man and his allies come crashing through the wall.
Spotting Solo, Captain America hits him with his shield. This allows Major Weil to make hie escape.
Solo is furious at their interference, pointing out that Weil is a top ULTIMATUM official.
Having heard about Solo's activities, Captain America expresses his dissatisfaction with the mercenary's methods.
Learning about the communications room, Spider-Man doubles back
and webs up an ULTIMATUM operation and demand that he give them the access codes.
He refuses, but Silver Sable manages to get the information out of him.
As the ULTIMATUM agents are being arrested, Solo teleports away leaving Spider-Man,
Silver Sable and Captain America go over the records they pulled from the computer.
They are surprised to learn that the assassin that was hired was the mutant killer known as Sabretooth.

They all agree that in order to clear the United States of any wrong doing they must find Sabretooth alive and force him to testify.
That's when one of the Wild Pack informs Silver Sable that the American ambassador has been
recalled due to death threats, and there is some real fear that this may be a precursor to war.

Script by David Michelinie. Art by Todd McFarlane.

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Amazing Spider-Man #324 Nov 1989
"Twos Day" The Assassin Nation Plot Part 5 of 6. Guest-starring Captain America, Silver Sable and Solo.
Back in New York City after his trip to Symkaria to stop the assassination of the king,
Spider-Man has tracked down an ULTIMATUM cell attempting to blow up Ellis Island.
He has webbed up the terrorists and demands answers from them.
One of the ULTIMATUM soldiers manages to pull his arm free
and is about to shoot the wall-crawler when suddenly Solo teleports into the room.
Spider-Man dodges the mercenaries shots. He is furious that Solo killed the soldiers, as his spider-sense warned him.
He also scolds Solo for pursuing his personal vendetta when America and Symkaria are on the brink of war
unless they can prove that the United States wasn't responsible for the assassination attempt on the king.
Solo admits that Spider-Man has a point, and he accepts the offer to help him, Silver Sable
and Captain America in tracking down the assassin, the mutant mercenary known as Sabretooth.
As Solo walks away, Spider-Man wonders why he didn't just teleport away,
frustrated about how little he knows about the mercenary.

Meanwhile, Silver Sable and Captain America are flying into Mexico
to follow up on a lead that could bring them closer to finding Sabretooth.

Sable is determined to kill the mutant, but Captain America reminds her that they need
him alive to testify and clear the United States of any involvement in the assassination plot.
They are air dropped over a jungle where they drop in on a group of mercinaries.
When Cap demands to know wher Sabretooth is, the mercinaries attack.
However, the pair easily incapacitates the soldiers and nab their leader,
who refuses to talk, knowing Captain America's morality will prevent him from harming his prisoner.
However, Silver Sable has no such compunctions and threatens to shoot him.
The leader of the bandits quickly changes his position, telling them that he can take them to Sabretooth.

Back in New York, Peter Parker has returned home to his wife to celebrate the fact that she landed the role on Secret Hospital.
Peter remarks that it's not much of a celebration as it involves ginger ale and late night television.
Mary Jane suggets that they have a real party once they move into their new loft.
Peter remarks how things are quickly changing, as after they move out,
only the Palmero's and Nathan Lubenski will be living in Aunt May's home.
The next morning, Spider-Man heads to the Metropolitan Museum, as part of his investigation into ULTIMATUM.
He meets with Solo and tells him that they are checking out the museum
as it is currently being renovated that is being funded by the Life Foundation.
He tells Solo about he and Paladin had previously discovered a connection between the Life Foundation and ULTIMATUM.
Solo doffs his disguise and is looking forward to clashing with ULTIMATUM again.
Spider-Man reminds Solo that they need ULTIATUM's commanding officer, Major Weil, alive.
As Solo charges off, Spider-Man isn't sure who is worst: his enemies, or his allies.

While back in Mexico, Captain America and Silver Sable have managed to track down Sabretooth. The mutant assassin
has killed one of his minions as an example for the others for not following his orders during an artifact heist.
The mercenary who brought them there alerts Sabretooth and his men by starting a fire, spoiling the element of surprise.
While Captain America handles the other mercenaries, Silver Sable chases Sabretooth into a nearby temple.
Sabretooth has the advantage thanks to his enhanced speed and agility, and he manages to slash Sable a few times.

However, the woman notices that the walls of the temple are crumbling and tricks the feral mutant into crashing into one.

As she planned, the wall shatters, burying Sabretooth under tons of debris.
Captain America digs through the rubble and is disappointed to discover that Sabretooth is apparently dead.
Now the entire situation hinges on Spider-Man finding Toler Weil.

Back in New York, Spider-Man and Solo storm the Metropolitan Museum
where they are ambushed by ULTIMATUM soldiers hiding in suits of armor.
As Spider-Man is busy fighting the soldiers, Solo teleports into the other room to get at Weil.
Toler flees, leaving a Life Foundation representative alone with Solo.
Spider-Man manages to spot Weil trying to flee to a helicopter on the roof.
However, the terrorist pushes past a man working with an acetylene torch,
causing the fuel tank to explode, sending Toler falling off the roof.
Spider-Man manages to catch him, but this puts him at the mercy of Solo,
who orders him to let Weil go, or he will shoot them both.
However, Spider-Man refuses to let Solo kill the only person who can
testify that his country was not responsible for the assassination attempt.
Solo is impressed by Spider-Man's bravery and decides to spare him, this time, and teleports away.
Back at the Symkarian embassy, Captain America learns that while Weil is in custody, he is refusing to talk.
Spider-Man suggests that they find some other evidence to prove things.
Captain America points out that they need to do so soon as things are growing more volitile.
He explains that Symkaria has broken relations with the United States and death squads are mobilizing
to kill American officials in that country, and the threat of war looms even heavier on the horizon.

Script by David Michelinie. Pencils by Erik Larsen https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/12...y-erik-larsen/. Inks by Al Gordon.

[WildR]

Well, at least it's gonna be interesting. 264889F5-8047-4767-BD0A-34D11AD1812C.jpgEEA5905F-8D81-4D1C-BC3D-57745F18D388.jpgDA820C5E-AA69-4369-8304-CED169F901B8.jpg

[AbnormallyNormal]

Do we think Wild Child returning to the upcoming Hellions book may have any importance for Creed?