The mutants in the Marvel Universe have been going through some dark events lately. For Wolverine, it's clear that he's going to experience some worse things, and that's because the fan-favorite X-Man is due for a violent rematch with his greatest nemesis, Sabretooth. .
Marvel Comics has officially revealed Wolverine: Sabretooth War, a new ten-issue storyline that features the rivalry between Wolverine and Sabretooth for the first time in the current Krakoan era. Described by Marvel Comics as "the definitive Wolverine and Sabretooth story" and "the most violent Wolverine story ever told," Sabreooth War begins in January 2024's Wolverine #41 and culminates in the landmark Wolverine #50 later that year. Wolverine: Sabretooth War will be released bi-monthly when issue #41 hits shelves on January 10, 2024.
Sabretooth War is co-written by series writers Benjamin Percy and Victor LaValle, who previously wrote 2021's Sabretooth and 2022's Sabretooth and the Exiles. The new storyline features artwork from Cory Smith and Geoff Shaw, with cover art illustrated by Leinil Yu.
"Sabretooth is the definition of big bad — one of the nastiest, cruelest, scariest villains in the 616 and Wolverine's greatest nemesis," Percy said in a press release from Marvel.com. "Which is exactly why we haven't allowed their stories to intersect — during this age of Krakoa — until now. The tension has built up painfully, and now these two savage titans are going to claw and slash their way into each other's lives again in what will be the most violent Wolverine story in Marvel history."
"I'm geeked I get to continue the story of Sabretooth that I began in that first mini-series back in 2021," LaValle told Marvel.com. "Even more thrilled to tell it in tandem with my friend Ben Percy, who knows how to thrill and terrify with the best of them. We plan to make this a visceral story of two lifelong enemies coming to their most violent ends and I'm excited to get the blood flowing."
WOLVERINE #41 – Part 1 of "Sabretooth War"
Written by BENJAMIN PERCY & VICTOR LAVALLE
Art by CORY SMITH & GEOFF SHAW
Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
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The new storyline will explore the decades-long feud between Wolverine and Sabretooth amid the Fall of X mutant massacre, and according to Marvel, it will "shed new light on their dark history with shocking revelations behind their undying hatred for each other"
Marvel provided more story details about Sabretooth War:
"It's a war decades in the making and it kicks off when Sabretooth revives a deadly tradition — with some of Logan's loved ones in the crossfire. Only this time, he has an entire army behind him. Get ready for the showdown to end all showdowns: Wolverine vs. Sabretooth! It's been years since these heavy hitters have crossed paths in the Marvel Universe, but as Krakoa falls, so rises Sabretooth — and he's out for revenge! They threw Victor Creed in the Pit, but he's free and, wielding an army of Sabretooths, will prove once and for all why he is Logan's ultimate nemesis."
Wolverine #41: Sabretooth War Part 1 is scheduled to be released on January 10, 2024.
