History Characters / MarvelComicsSabretooth

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider|Man2012}}-Man'': Voiced by Creator.PeterLurie.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: He has committed rape and child murder, but apparently draws the line at child sexual abuse, going by ''Wolverine'' #127. After capturing an unconscious Kitty Pryde, Sabretooth balefully wonders what he should do with her, immediately dismissing anything sexual because Kitty is still "below the legal limit." Interestingly, as this scene is playing out, the narration (which is presumably by Kitty) ironically keeps going on about how Sabretooth is nothing but a sadistic hedonist with no limits or morals.

* BeastMan: Often depicted with a very hirsute physique, possesses fangs and claws, and is capable of lion–like roars and growls. Part of the reason he despises Wolverine is because Creed absolutely ''loves'' and embraces his own feral nature and looks down on Logan for not doing the same.

*** The ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse Sabretooth is this towards Blink and Wild Child. Also, ComicBook/XMenForever Sabretooth is a rather twisted version of this. He used to beat the crap out of Wolverine on his birthday every year, but he's still furious when the evil version of Storm kills his son. He openly says he wants revenge for "his boy's" death and joins the X-Men to pursue revenge.

** There are other levels of bait-and-switch in the story: It appears that Creed and Logan start their feud over romancing the same woman, betraying him to Mr. Sinister over it, but later it's revealed that the woman is actually Creed's sister and he was just too protective. Then Logan accidentally kills her during a fight with Sinister's goons, and Creed finds only Logan alive, but apparently never realizes Logan did it. Then the woman, Creed's sister, is revealed to be a mutant with a healing factor too and she confronts them after they go after Sinister. Then Creed's more brutish appearance and increased abilities seem to be from taking a formula Sinister made (after Logan dunks his head in it and keeps it there), but actually he just drowned (or perhaps still healed due to his own healing factor, but [[UncertainDoom lost his mind]] [[ThatManIsDead due to the formula]]) and the real Victor was like that all along.

* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: A constant in nearly all the mediums Creed appears in is that while he ''starts off'' much more savage and dangerous than Wolverine, either by training or adamantium Logan usually ends up getting the upper hand on him. More than once this has escalated to Wolverine flat–out ''dismissing'' Creed, usually before putting him down in what could charitably be called an afterthought. An AbortedArc back in the eighties intended to [[JustifiedTrope justify this]] by way of CloningBlues.

* LightningBruiser: This is a big part of why he's so dangerous. He's massively strong and has ''at least'' multiple decades' worth of combat experience, but he's also extremely quick and has superhumanly efficient joints and musculature that provides him with agility and grace that is far beyond what any normal human can pull off.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: During the ''Krakoan Age'' miniseries ''ComicBook/Sabretooth2022'' and ''ComicBook/SabretoothAndTheExiles'', artist Leonard Kirk added red irises and black sclera to Creed 's design.

* RoguesGalleryTransplant: This tends to be forgotten, but he was actually an ''ComicBook/IronFist'' villain before [[Creator/ChrisClaremont Claremont]] snagged him for the X-Men, and it would be nearly forty years (1982's ''[[ComicBook/LukeCage Power Man]] and Iron Fist'' #84 to 2017's ''[[ComicBook/MarvelLegacy Iron Fist]]'' #73) before he and Danny would have another significant run–in; in between his respective days as an Iron Fist and Wolverine enemy he also fought Franchise/SpiderMan a few times. These days you'd never know he'd been the enemy of any hero but Wolverine. He was, however, originally created (by Creator/JohnByrne) with links to Wolverine; according to Byrne, the character was a prototype for his idea of a maskless Wolverine (not knowing that Dave Cockrum had already created what is now Logan's appearance) and was thrown into other works. Byrne had planned for the two to be father and son, but WolverinePublicity was inverted, as editors saw Sabretooth as a low-level henchman not on Wolverine's level.

* BeastMan: Often depicted with a very hirsute physique, possesses fangs and claws, and is capable of lion–like roars and growls.

* ''[[ComicBook/AdjectivelessXMen X-Men]]''

** Threatened to eviscerate ComicBook/JubileeMarvelComics once, which he would have done had ComicBook/{{Psylocke}} not come along to save her.

* ActOfTrueLove: With [[ComicBook/MonetStCroix Monet]] in ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2016''. Fused with [[Characters/GenerationX Emplate]], she becomes a vampire and Creed lets her feed on him. It drains his strength, his HealingFactor, and seemingly his [[HeelFaceBrainwashing inversion]] which causes him to become the monster he didn't want to be again. Despite those issues, ''her'' well–being is his main concern.

** After he's inverted during ''{{ComicBook/AXIS}}'', he starts off as a truly heroic figure wanting to atone for his sins, even refusing to kill for a time. During ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2016'', his nominal hero tendencies returned after developing feelings for [[Characters/GenerationX Monet]]. He's still inverted and repentant, but when Monet is around, [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl his priorities shift]].