Writer: Erica Schultz
Artist: Valentina Pinti
Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg
Letterer: Cory Petit
Cover Artists: Elena Casagrande & Edgar Delgado; Jacopo
Camagni; Nimit Malavia; Ashley Witter
Designer: Jay Bowen
Editors: Cy Pedro Beltran, Mark Basso, Tom Brevoort & CB
Cebulski
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $3.99
Release Date: November 5, 2025
Mutants finally live free of Human persecution. Laura Kinney
serves Revelation, the man who helped make that happen. As his Seraph, she
protects him from the ailing US government and anyone else who sends agents to
assassinate him. But life as a Seraph isn’t easy. Laura has lost her husband in
Revelation’s service. While carrying out her duties, she cannot protect Alex,
the son Zane gave her. And even when she is in Revelation’s compound, other
Mutants can use Alex, who has yet to manifest any powers, to manipulate her.
So, Laura forges a desperate plan. She consigns her son to
her siblings’ care. Will Revelation abide by Laura’s decision? And will her
glorious leader discover Laura killed Hellion to keep him from blackmailing
her? Let’s leap into Laura Kinney: Sabretooth #2 and see!
Story
When Revelation next requests her presence, he tells Laura
to bring Alex back. Furthermore, he doesn't want any Mutants to leave his
territories. He is especially worried about Mutants fleeing to Arakko. He wants
her to lead Vanisher and a contingent of guards to Helicarrierville and prevent
them from leaving his territory. Revelation insists that he only wants the best
for the Mutants. But he also warns Laura not to fail.
While Laura Kinney: Sabretooth #2 begins in Revelation’s
compound, the bulk of the story occurs in Helicarrierville. Laura, Vanisher,
and the guards arrive to prevent anyone from leaving via Sage’s teleportation
gate. However, Gabby isn’t going to stand still for that. Erica Schultz packs
her story with action as the Mutants attempt to leave and Laura tries to
prevent them. But while the plot highlights the rivalry between the two
sisters, the battle seems part of a larger contest between Revelation and
Apocalypse.
This series began with Laura extolling the virtues of life
in Revelation’s territory while attempting to help her child escape it. Yet
amid this paradise Revelation has created, Gabby and Laura constantly fight. Their
brother Akihiro tries to help the sisters get along. Yet when Laura tries to
reunite her family in Laura Kinney: Sabretooth #2, Gabby and Akihiro try to
keep her son under their care. As in a divorce, Alex becomes a casualty of a
feuding family, with contesting adults fighting for the right to raise him.
Art
Valentina Pinti opens with Laura approaching Revelation in
his long, narrow throne room. While she wears her functional, one-piece outfit,
Revelation drapes himself in robes that drag on the floor. Revelation may have
hoped to unite the Mutants under his rule. But as he walks between pillars
evoking Sentinel legs, he stands between Laura and her father. His words
conjure a black-and-white memory of her with Zane and Alex. Regardless of how
this happy image compares with the reality of her marriage, it contrasts with Laura’s
relationships with Gabby and Wolverine.
After the yellow that dominated Revelation’s compound,
Rachelle Rosenberg portrays the crowds outside Helicarrierville amid a hazy
purple. As Sage addresses the would-be emigrants atop a green mound, the
makeshift arch behind her looks composed of repurposed components. After Laura,
Vanisher, and Revelation’s guards appear within a starburst of light blue
energy, red lightning shoots from the arch. Rainbows melt in the red energy
field. Sage’s yellow glasses form a link with Laura’s outfit as she strives to
get her fellow mutant to see things her way in Laura Kinney: Sabretooth #2.
Cory Petit fills white dialogue balloons with black
uppercase letters that grow bold for intonation, enlarge for raised voices, and
rarely shrink. Laura shares her thoughts with yellow words in brown narrative
boxes. Revelation makes a convincing argument with white letters in black
balloons. Sound effects accompany internecine fighting, a non-football-related
head injury, and the teleportation gate's activation. Thanks to Marvel Comics
for providing a review copy.
Final Thoughts
While Revelation's cause may be noble, he manipulates Laura,
works Wolverine like a puppet, and hires Vanisher to enforce his will. Then again,
Revelation ordered his wife's death for acting against him. Life may be the
paradise many Mutants yearned for. But Revelation’s need to control everything
dooms relationships in Kinney: Sabretooth #2.
Rating 9.4/10
To look inside see my review at Comic Book Dispatch.
