How much did JB have to do with Sabretooths creation?
John, how much input did you have with the creation of Sabretooth? I know you commented earlier that you wanted him to be Wolverine’s father, but when did you come up with that? JB: Sabretooth had several “starts”. For some time after the character was first introduced as a member of the X-Men, we did not see Wolverine without his mask. One day, doodling for my own amusement, I came up with the face I thought might be hidden from us, and sent it along to Chris (with whom I was working on IRON FIST at the time), Chris, in his usual suave, subtle manner called me up and said “You blew it!” Since this was even without “Hello”, my response was a very erudite “Hanh??” “Wolverine’s face,” said Chris. “You blew it. Dave has already designed a face for him, and it looks nothing like this.” Never was quite sure how that qualified as “blowing it”, but there you are!
John, how much input did you have with the creation of Sabretooth? I know you commented earlier that you wanted him to be Wolverine’s father, but when did you come up with that? JB: Sabretooth had several “starts”. For some time after the character was first introduced as a member of the X-Men, we did not see Wolverine without his mask. One day, doodling for my own amusement, I came up with the face I thought might be hidden from us, and sent it along to Chris (with whom I was working on IRON FIST at the time), Chris, in his usual suave, subtle manner called me up and said “You blew it!” Since this was even without “Hello”, my response was a very erudite “Hanh??” “Wolverine’s face,” said Chris. “You blew it. Dave has already designed a face for him, and it looks nothing like this.” Never was quite sure how that qualified as “blowing it”, but there you are! Anyway — later, Chris had an idea for a character called “Sabretooth”, and in the process of designing him, I dusted of the “blown
