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As always, this post contains spoilers, and page numbers go by the digital edition.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>WOLVERINE vol 7 #42<\/strong>
\n“Sabretooth War, part 2”<\/strong>
\nWriters: Benjamin Percy & Victor LaValle<\/strong>
\nPenciller: Cory Smith<\/strong>
\nInker: Oren Junior<\/strong>
\nColourist: Alex Sinclair<\/strong>
\nLetterer: Cory Petit<\/strong>
\nEditor: Mark Basso<\/strong><\/p>\n

COVER \/ PAGE 1.<\/strong> Sabretooth, with Wolverine’s head on a platter. Don’t worry, kids, it’s symbolic.<\/p>\n

This one won’t take long.<\/p>\n

PAGES 2-5. <\/strong>The Sabretooths capture Wolverine, and Sabretooth Prime has him strung up.<\/em><\/p>\n

This continues directly from the end of the previous issue.<\/p>\n

“I made a promise. Before you all tossed me in that Pit.”<\/strong> In House of X<\/em> #6, Sabretooth’s last line before being dragged into the Pit was: “You think I’m just going to take this? I’m making a list and now you’re on it, along with your kids. And then their kids. I will make your line extinct.” He makes fairly generic threats to the Council throughout the scene, but nothing in this scene relates specifically<\/em> to what he said in House of X<\/em> #6.<\/p>\n

Omega Red<\/strong>‘s tentacles are normally carbonadium, not adamantium. For most practical purposes, nothing turns on this.<\/p>\n

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As in the previous issue, the “Pretty Boy” Sabretooth seems comparatively rational. He can see a mile off that dragging it out in order to torment Wolverine is just going to give him the chance to escape, and obviously he’s right. Nobody else seems minded to make this sensible point, but whether that’s because they’re all as mad as Sabretooth-Prime, or whether they’re intimidated by him, is impossible to say.<\/p>\n

PAGE 6. <\/strong>Recap and credits.<\/p>\n

PAGES 7-9. <\/strong>Laura and<\/em> Domino fight the shapechanger Sabretooth.<\/em><\/p>\n

We saw Laura trying to give her birthday present to Wolverine last issue (on page 21). Laura and Domino were also discussing the Stark Sentinel specs last issue, in the context of making plans to deal with them in some hypothetical future assault on Orchis.<\/p>\n

PAGE 10. <\/strong>Black Tom and Sage fail to respond.<\/em><\/p>\n

They were zapped from a distance by Sabretooth last issue, using a lantern that was strongly implied to contain the severed head of Quentin Quire.<\/p>\n

PAGE 11.<\/strong> The “Captain America” Sabretooth attacks Colossus.<\/em><\/p>\n

What exactly is he expecting to do to Colossus in his steel form? His only offensive power is sharp fingernails.<\/p>\n

PAGE 12. <\/strong>Wolverine feels guilty.<\/em><\/p>\n

This is, of course, the response Sabretooth is hoping for. There are echoes here of Wolverine being crucified by the Reavers in Uncanny X-Men<\/em> #250, when he was also pinned in an X position.<\/p>\n

PAGES 13-15.<\/strong> Aurora and Northstar rescue the refugees.<\/em><\/p>\n

For the most part, the kids are just random background characters who were presumably among the refugees brought to the Greenhouse by Alpha Flight in X-Force<\/em> #47. The exception is the girl with the tentacles being carried away by Aurora – she’s\u00a0Cephalopod<\/strong>, and Wolverine rescued her from a waterfall in issue #28. She debuted back in New X-Men<\/em> #117, and has made very<\/em> occasional background appearances since then.<\/p>\n

“It’s negative 40 outside, Northstar.”<\/strong> Well, yes, it should be, but it didn’t seem to bother any of the Sabretooths last issue. Maybe they’ve got some sort of technology from an alternate timeline.<\/p>\n

PAGES 16-17. <\/strong>Wolverine breaks free.<\/em><\/p>\n

The generic flashbacks on page 16 are of some interest in presenting Kid Omega on a par with Wolverine’s actual son Akihiro, and his genetic daughter Laura. Admittedly, they’ve all got reasons to be at the forefront of his mind right now anyway.<\/p>\n

The basic idea that Wolverine’s adamantium doesn’t prevent his body being torn at the joints makes sense – if there was adamantium between the bones, he wouldn’t be able to move. The idea that he’s somehow able to run without feet is… unbelievably stupid.<\/p>\n

PAGES 18-19. <\/strong>“Pretty Boy” Sabretooth is killed by Laura.<\/em><\/p>\n

Still correctly blaming Creed for things going wrong.<\/p>\n

PAGES 20-21. <\/strong>X-Force repel the rest of the Sabretooths.<\/em><\/p>\n

The “Captain America” Sabretooth is among the casualties – or at least, Sabretooth leaves him for dead.<\/p>\n

PAGES 22-23.<\/strong> Wolverine finds Laura.<\/em><\/p>\n

The obvious implication is that Laura has been killed, but since we’re not actually shown that, you suspect she’ll turn out to be okay next issue.<\/p>\n

PAGE 24. <\/strong>Trailers. The Krakoan reads THE GOOD OLD DAYS.<\/p>\n

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