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Victor Creed
Victor Creed

Victor Creed

563 appearances Β· Bronze Age Β· 1980–2026 Β· 11 key issues
Who is Victor Creed?

Victor Creed is a feral mutant born with retractable claws, animal-keen senses, and a savage healing factor that has kept him alive for well over a century. Channeling his berserker instincts through black-ops programs like Weapon X and Team X, he became one of Marvel's most brutal and enduring predators.

Few Marvel villains have clawed their way from a single Bronze Age debut to nearly five decades of collector-essential appearances quite like Victor Creed. Introduced in Power Man #66 in 1980 by Mary Jo Duffy and Kerry Gammill, this savage, imposing figure quickly outgrew his origins to become one of the most recognizable presences in the Marvel Universe, racking up 489 catalog appearances across Wolverine, X-Men, and Weapon X β€” with 11 of those issues flagged as key collectibles. His world is defined by the company he keeps: Wolverine, Storm, Cyclops, and the broader X-Men corner of Marvel, and his affiliation with the X-Men themselves makes him a figure of genuine complexity rather than a simple bruiser. If you're building a serious Bronze Age Marvel collection or chasing the wild, violent heart of the Weapon X saga, Victor Creed is absolutely essential reading.

Identity

Real name. Victor Creed

Powers. Regenerative healing factor; superhumanly enhanced strength, speed, senses, and reflexes; retractable claws and fang-like canines; slowed aging.

Teams & affiliations
X-Men
β˜… First appearance
Iron Fist #14
Aug 1977

Trivia

  • Victor Creed's most famous alias, Sabretooth, was originally introduced not as an X-Men villain but as a recurring Iron Fist antagonist who first appeared under the cover identity 'the Slasher.'marvel.fandom.com
  • Marvel later reframed him as an X-Men nemesis during the 'Mutant Massacre' crossover, which is the real turning point that made him a major franchise villain.marvel.fandom.com
  • The character's backstory has been repeatedly treated as unreliable, with Marvel noting that his memories were tampered with by groups such as Weapon X, so much of his history cannot be taken as fully trustworthy.marvel.fandom.com
  • Chris Claremont has written more of Victor Creed's comics than any other writer in our catalog β€” 34 issues.

Top series

Covers through the years β€” 1980–2023

Power Man #66 β˜… 1980
Power Man #66
X-Factor #10 1986
X-Factor #10
The Uncanny X-Men #213 β˜… 1987
The Uncanny X-Men #213
The X-Men Annual #1 β˜… 1992
The X-Men Annual #1
X-Men #36 β˜… 1994
X-Men #36
X-Men Unlimited #15 1997
X-Men Unlimited #15
Thunderbolts #44 2000
Thunderbolts #44
Wolverine: Origins #5 β˜… 2006
Wolverine: Origins #5
X-Men #193 2007
X-Men #193
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man: Death of Spider-Man Fallout #[nn] β˜… 2011
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man: Death of Spider-Man Fallout #[nn]
Wolverine & the X-Men #24 2013
Wolverine & the X-Men #24
Extraordinary X-Men #19 2017
Extraordinary X-Men #19
Wolverine #1 2020
Wolverine #1
Wolverine #28 2023
Wolverine #28

Appearances (151–300 of 563, oldest first)

Ultimate Spider-Man and Wolverine (2001)
#1
Blink (2001)
#4
Giant Size Mini-Marvels: Starring Spidey (2002)
#1
Ultimate X-Men (2001)
X-Treme X-Men: Savage Land (2002)
Ultimate Marvel Team-Up [Mad Engine Reprints] (2002)
#1
Sabretooth: Mary Shelley Overdrive (2002)
Weapon X (2002)
Marvel MΓ©ga (1997)
X-Men 2 Prequel: Wolverine (2003)
#1
Spidey and the Mini-Marvels (2003)
#1
New X-Men (2001)
Arma X (2003)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Wolverine 2004 (2004)
Marvel Holiday Special 2004 (2004)
#1
X-Men: The Complete Age of Apocalypse Epic (2005)
Exiles (2001)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: X-Men - Age of Apocalypse 2005 (2005)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Teams 2005 (2005)
Essential X-Men (1996)
Wolverine Classic (2005)
#2
Marvel : Les origines (2002)
#4
X-Men and Power Pack (2005)
#1
Official Handbook of the Ultimate Marvel Universe: The Ultimates & X-Men 2005 (2005)
Best of Marvel : mariages Marvel (2006)
Ultimate X-Men Ultimate Collection (2006)
#1
Marvel Zombies (2006)
The Amazing Spider-Man (1999)
Wolverine: Origins (2006)
New Excalibur (2006)
#15
Wolverine: Blood & Sorrow (2007)
Cable & Deadpool (2004)
Civil War Chronicles (2007)
#2
Marvel Adventures The Avengers (2006)
#22
Wolverine: First Class (2008)
X-Men: The Complete Onslaught Epic (2007)
New Exiles (2008)
X-Men Extra (1997)
#71
Weapon X: First Class (2009)
X-Men: Mutant Massacre (2009)
Wolverine: Weapon X Files (2009)
X-Men Origins: Sabretooth (2009)
#1
Wolverine: Tales of Weapon X (2009)
X-Men: Sword of the Braddocks (2009)
#1
Wolverine and the X-Men Magazine (2009)
#2
Ultimatum (2009)
Ultimatum: X-Men / Fantastic Four (2009)
Wolverine Magazine (2009)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
#1
X-Men Origins: Gambit (2009)
#1
Marvel Universe (2007)
#16
X-Men: Legacy (2008)
Ultimatum: X-Men Requiem (2009)
#1
X-Men Forever (2009)
Wolverine Origins: Romulus (2009)
Mini Marvels Ultimate Collection (2009)
X-Men / Spider-Man (2009)
Ultimatum: Requiem (2010)
X-Necrosha (2010)
Exiles: Ultimate Collection (2009)
X-Men Forever 2 (2010)
Origins of Marvel Comics: X-Men (2010)
#1
Amazing Spider-Man by JMS Ultimate Collection (2009)
#5
Strange Tales II (2010)
#1
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man: Death of Spider-Man Fallout (2011)
Wolverine: Wolverine Goes to Hell (2011)
New Avengers (2010)
#13
Uncanny X-Force (2010)
Ultimate Fallout (2011)
#5
Marvel SΓ©rie II (2012)
#5
Wolverine & the X-Men (2011)
X-Men: Age of Apocalypse Omnibus (2012)
Avengers 1959 (2012)
X-Men: Fatal Attractions (2012)
First X-Men (2012)
#1