10 Best Hand To Hand Fights In Comics

10. Wolverine Vs. Sabretooth

Nothing is ever easy when it comes to Wolverine. He’s the best there is at what he does, but what he does comes with an extremely tortured past. In Wolverine #10, Logan, in the guise of Princess Bar co-owner Patch, breaks up a fight that triggers a painful memory of his lover, the Native American mutant Silver Fox, being raped and murdered by Victor Creed, aka Sabretooth.

Told through flashbacks as the current mystery in Patch’s life unfolded, Sabretooth freely admitted his crime and goaded Wolverine into fighting him, which was a major mistake on the smaller man’s part. Victor easily overpowers Logan, knocking him through a wall and beating him into submission. After Creed literally brings the house down around them, the Canadian escapes and manages to make it to the top of a mountain.

The pair battle at the top of the mountain, and the larger and stronger Sabretooth is mercilessly battering Wolverine around, showing him for the first time with what it is like to be truly beaten. As a last-ditched effort, Logan knocks them both off a cliff.

Much later, Victor wakes up first and looks down at his unconscious foe, saying that this is the way it is going to be. In the present, Patch receives a note that says, “Nobody kills you but ME!” - letting him know that Creed is coming for him.