WARNING! Potential spoilers ahead for Sabretooth: The Dead Don’t Talk #3
A new hero is debuting in theMarvelUniverse, as Dragonfire will be making her debut in the upcomingSabretoothminiseries. With ties to the mystical city of K’un Lun, the all-new hero looks like she’s able to channel her chi energy through her sword, much like Iron Fist does via his hands.
AlthoughSabretooth met his ultimate fate in the previous “Sabretooth War,”in the pages ofWolverine, the new miniseries looka to the past to tell an untold story from Victor Creed’s long history, in which Sabretooth mixes things up in the criminal underworld of early 1900s New York City.
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SABRETOOTH MEETS HIS MATCH! The underworld of 1900s NYC is heating up — and we mean literally! From the mean streets of K’UN-LUN to the even meaner streets of the Five Points comes… DRAGONFIRE! Looks like deep-fried SABRETOOTH may be on the menu, True Believers…
In the series, Sabretooth takes the moniker of Mad Dog Murphy as he carves his way through the various gangs. This will also put him into conflict with themysterious Dragonfire, who may even be the bearer of the Iron Fist name during the time period.
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The Immortal Iron Fist– written by Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction, with art by David Aja – was the first series to explore the Iron Fists of the past, introducing previous bearers of the name such as Wu Ao-Shi, the Pirate Queen of Pinghai Bay, andOrson Randall, the Golden Age Iron Fist. Interestingly, the time period before Orson Randall took up the mantle remains relatively unexplored; the last person to carry the Iron Fist title was Kwai Jun-Fan, who was killed in 1878. As such,it’s entirely possible that Dragonfire could have wielded Iron Fist’s powers in the early 1900s.
According toThe Immortal Iron Fistseries, there were sixty-six previous bearers of the Iron Fist mantle before Danny Rand. So far, Marvel has only officially named ten of these previous Iron Fists.
Whatever her origins turn out to be, it’s exciting to see unexplored corners of Marvel history finally get their due in the comics. Long-livedcharacters like Wolverine and Sabretoothallow for creators to tell stories throughoutthe history of the Marvel Universe, and the legacy aspect of characters like Iron Fist means that multiple versions of these heroes have existed throughout history. Early 1900’s New York City should be a ripe setting for the action to take place, and the addition of warriors from K’un Lun getting involved sounds too cool to ignore.
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Dragonfire’s debut in this series also carries a specific resonance for longtime fans; despite beingbest known as anX-Menantagonist,Sabretooth made his debut inIron Fist#14. Even though he later became the arch-enemy of Wolverine, specifically, co-creator Chris Claremont originally intended forVictor Creed to be one of Iron Fist’s major antagonists. Whether or not Dragonfire is revealed to be the Iron Fist of the early 1900’s, fans will definitely have to check out the newSabretoothminiseries to learn how everything shakes out.
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Sabretooth: The Dead Don’t Talk#3will be available June 20, 2025 from Marvel Comics.
