Cage | Nothin's gonna satisfy me as long as you're above ground and breathin'... |
Sabretooth | To the Death then! |
Appearing in "Revenge!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- ⏴ Sabretooth ⏵ (Revealed as The Slasher)
- Constrictor (Frank Schlichting)
Other Characters:
- NYPD
- Solace
- Toby
- Montenegro (Behind the scenes)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- North America
- Switzerland (Mentioned)
Items:
Synopsis for "Revenge!"
Sabretooth is back in town and out for revenge against Misty Knight for the injuries he sustained in battle against her as the mysterious Slasher.[1] Accompanied by the Constrictor, Sabretooth tracks Misty's scent to the apartment she shares with Harmony Young.
Inside Misty, Colleen Wing, Bob Diamond, and Danny Rand are about to go out for the night. Luke Cage drops Harmony off at home for the night and declines an offer to the join the others. Once everyone else leaves Harmony by her lonesome, Sabretooth attacks, mistaking her for Misty. When Danny and the others hear the commotion, they then doubled back to try and rescue Misty but find themselves blocked by the Constrictor.
When the Constrictor realizes that Misty was not the woman in the apartment, he flees, and when Danny tries to stop Sabretooth, he is quickly defeated by the vicious mutant before Creed makes his escape.
Luke is called to the hospital, where he finds that Sabretooth scarred Harmony's face. Being in the hospital leads to Luke once more meeting with his old flame, Claire Temple, whom Luke demands that she give the best care possible, getting her angry at being ordered around when she knows how to do her job. With Harmony left to the care of a plastic surgeon who might be able to removes the scars to her face, Power Man vows to get revenge against Sabretooth and refuses Danny, Rafael Scarffe, and Collen's aid to help him bring him in.
Following Power Man to the Gem Theater, Iron Fist manages to talk Luke into letting him join the hunt for Sabretooth. After checking all their connections, the Heroes for Hire visit Toby, the blind stool pigeon. Toby tells the Heroes for Hire that he heard that Sabretooth and the Constrictor have been spotted in a bar called The Last Call. Going there, the heroes end up in a battle against the two villains. Iron First goes up against the Constrictor, who's dependence on his electrified coils causes his downfall against Danny's superior fighting skills. Power Man, meanwhile, manages to fight Sabretooth into submission and is about to kill him when Danny convinces him not too, telling him that it would be a hollow victory. Luke agrees, and the two heroes turn the villains over to the police.
Back at the hospital, Harmony is expected to make a full recovery as the plastic surgeon will be able to heal the scars on her face. Outside of Harmony's room, Luke is met by the others, and Danny tells him that after turning Sabretooth and the Constrictor over to the police, they confessed to everything Their crimes included being enforcers for Montenegro, who had been employing them the whole time. With this case wrapped up, Power Man takes his friends out to find some pizza.
Notes
- This is the fourth appearance of Sabretooth, the prior one being Power Man and Iron Fist #78.
- This issue details how the Constrictor and Sabretooth have been working for the criminal Montenegro.
- This issue contains a letters page, Power/Fistfuls. Letters are published from John A. Wiloox, James McCartney, Jim Jackson, John Rivera, Charles David Haskel andHoward Fishman.