Sabretooth Unleashed

X-Men Sprinters

by Vicki Forman, Steve Lightle (Illustrator), Paul Mounts (Illustrator)

Captured and programmed by the mysterious Tribune to kill the mutant Mystique, Sabretooth is unaware that Mystique was once his girlfriend-in-disguise and that Tribune is their son and a vengeful mutant-hater.

Genres: Marvel

157 pages, Paperback

First published October 24, 1995

About the author

My work has appeared in the Seneca Review and the Santa Monica Review as well as in the anthologies Love You to Pieces: Creative Writers on Raising a Child with Special Needs and Literary Mama: Reading for the Maternally Inclined. I live in Southern California with my husband and daughter."

Reviews

[Lindsey · Rating 3 out of 5]

First off, the author name listed for this book is incorrect. The author's name is Vicki Kamida.

Now on to the book itself. Positives first - this book is a novelization of the Sabretooth story arc that started with his '93 solo title. The book ends about halfway through that arc, with the events from X-Men: Unlimited #3. The characterization was better than I expected it to be, with some exceptions that I'll mention in a moment. This book is a fast read, and since it's based on a Sabretooth story I enjoyed from the comics, I'm happy to have it for my Sabretooth collection.

Negatives - this book is written for, I'd estimate, a tween/early teen reader. Because of that, the violence and sexual content is toned down, even from what I recall it being in the comics. There's nothing really wrong with that, of course, but in my opinion it does cause Sabretooth to be mischaracterized a bit. Let's just say he's not a loving or... um... "tidy" character. Another complaint is that some of the dialogue (especially that denoting the way a character is speaking) is very repetitive. Finally, and least important, the author took a while to refer to Sabretooth by his first name, which just read kind of weird.

To summarize - could have been written better, but if you're a big Sabretooth fan it's an enjoyable read for what it is.

[Ekenedilichukwu Ikegwuani · Rating 1 out of 5]

this book does too much and yet also nothing at all. sabretooth's characterization is really weird and he's way less menacing than he should be. and the main plot ends 100 pages in to start what is basically a 50 page epilogue. not sure what the thought process was writing this book, but it does not come together

[TONY · Rating 5 out of 5]

Small in size but a good X-men ish adventure. Thanks

[Benjamen Dees · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rating: 4.0 of 5.0