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n. sabre-toothed cat / sabre-toothed tiger
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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.
The character has appeared in several X-Men animated series and video games. Played by Tyler Mane, Sabretooth was a henchman of Magneto in the first X-Men film and X-Men: The Official Game. Liev Schreiber plays him 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 also ranked as IGN's 44th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.
Sabretooth or sabertooth may refer to:
Sabretooth is a 2002 made for television science-fiction- horror film directed by James D.R. Hickox. It premiered as a Sci Fi Pictures TV-movie on the Sci Fi Channel on November 16, 2002.
Usage examples of "sabretooth".
On the tracking monitor, their subject, Sabretooth, was still a half mile away, stopped.
From what Storm had learned in their pre-mission briefing, Sabretooth had been helping Magneto.
Why the professor had wanted them to track Sabretooth out here into the Canadian wilderness was anyone's guess.
With a growl Sabretooth moved on into Magneto's personal office, through another tunnel in the rock.
A moment later Sabretooth tossed Hank's body over the side of the dock and moved back into the shadows, to take care of any other police who might come near the dock at any point in the near future.
Behind him Sabretooth paced, back and forth, his footsteps echoing in the metal space.
With a flying kick, Logan planted one foot in his opponent's stomach, the other on his shoulder, and sprang upward, using Sabretooth as a springboard that allowed him to get up and out, to the observation area on the statue's crown.
Storm said, pointing to the hole Sabretooth had punched in the wall on his way out.
They stood naked before beasts more savage than any man has known—grappled and conquered the sabretooth, the great sloth, the cave bear, the woolly mammoth, and other creatures whose strength and ferocity are unknown in this tame age!
The sabretooth coughed angrily and advanced a step, stubby tail twitching.
Kane braced himself to meet its deadly lunge, then saw in amazement that the sabretooth was edging away.
At the sudden appearance of a creature rivaling its own awesome bulk, the sabretooth bad retreated into the darkness of the cavern.
An avalanche of ivory-fanged terror, the sabretooth bolted from the darkness.
Seared by the blinding heat, the sabretooth released its death grip with an enraged shriek, and the giant's punishing kick flung them apart.
Seared by the blinding heat, the sabretooth released its death grip with an enraged shriek, and the giant’s punishing kick flung them apart.