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Sabretooth
Victor Creed
Wolverine's counterpart, with a healing factor generally written as faster but less durable against decapitation-tier damage.
First appearance: Iron Fist #14 (1977), Marvel Comics
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Key issues
Milestone appearances — first appearance, death, return, team change. These are the issues the collector market actually prices.
- First appearance · 1977
Iron Fist #14 Marvel Comics
Debuts as an Iron Fist antagonist, long before the Wolverine link.
On screen
Canonical productions only. Parody and fan work is classified and excluded — Wikidata makes no such distinction, so without it these lists fill with material that is not canon.
| Performer | Production | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Tyler Mane | X-Men | 2000 |
| Liev Schreiber | Wolverine | 2009 |
| Liev Schreiber | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | 2009 |
| Tyler Mane | Deadpool & Wolverine | 2024 |
Has appeared with
Every character who has shared a production with this one. Wikis are organised by character, not by encounter, so this question is close to unanswerable elsewhere — it exists here only because co-occurrence is recorded at the moment an appearance is.
| Character | Where | Shared |
|---|---|---|
| Emma Frost | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | 1 |
| Human Torch | Deadpool & Wolverine | 1 |
| Iceman | X-Men | 1 |
| Pyro | Deadpool & Wolverine | 1 |
| Rogue | X-Men | 1 |
Commonly got wrong
Claims that are widely repeated and wrong, with what the cited record actually shows. If you are generating anything about this subject, these are the errors to avoid.
Commonly believed Sabretooth's healing factor is identical to Wolverine's.
Actually It is generally written as faster but less resilient against decapitation-tier damage.
The feat ledger
Healing factor generally written as faster than Wolverine's but less resilient against decapitation-tier damage
Continuities
Claims on this page are tagged by canon. Blending them is the most common error in both wikis and AI answers.
- Earth-616 — The main Marvel Comics continuity
Last updated 2026-09-06 · machine-readable version