10 Times Supervillains Fought The WRONG Hero

10. Sabretooth Vs Iron Fist - Iron Fist #14

For decades, Sabretooth has served as Wolverine's arch-nemesis. He has beaten Wolvie to the brink of death more times than one can count and has personally slashed his loved ones to ribbons time and time again. Because of their bitter antagonism, it's hard to envision Victor Creed going against anyone except the Ol' Canknucklehead.

Strangely, Sabretooth didn't start off as an X-Men villain. In fact, he didn't face Wolverine until nearly ten years after he debuted! The first superhero he ever encountered was Iron Fist the Living Weapon. The pair butted heads when Sabretooth was hired to kidnap Jerry Hogarth, the lawyer of Iron Fist's father.

Now, this confrontation didn't seem odd at the time since Sabreooth was just another random goon. But in hindsight, it's crazy that the cannibalistic mutant that caused so much anguish in Wolverine's life started off fighting a kung fu master.

It's clear that the writers hadn't figured out Sabretooth's backstory yet since he doesn't seem to have a healing factor in his first few appearances. Iron Fist managed to defeat him by simply punching him in the face. The Sabretooth that we know today would have taken a hundred times more punishment before admitting defeat.