Sabretooth & the Exiles #5

8.4

Critic Rating

5 Reviews
7.1

User Rating

17 Reviews
Writer Victor LaValle
Artist Leonard Kirk
Cover Price $3.99

CREED VS. CREED! The EXILES are exiled, and it's down to CREED VS. CREED - mano a mano, claw to claw and one of this year's BIGGEST SURPRISES in X-canon!
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CRITIC REVIEWS Back to Top

  • 10

    You Don't Read Comics - David Harth

    Apr 12, 2023

    Sabretooth & the Exiles #5 puts a bow on another best-of-all-time series from LaValle, Kirk, Beredo, and Petit. The Krakoa Era Sabretooth comics are all-around brilliant, and hopefully, the seeds this one plants are going to sprout into another series from this amazing team. Read Full Review

  • 9.0

    COMICON - Scott Redmond

    Apr 05, 2023

    'Sabretooth And The Exiles' #5 closes out the second chapter of the Sabretooth-centric Krakoan era epic in a way that stays true to the various characters & their journeys while setting up a lot of new things to be explored in whatever comes next. A fitting sequel series to the appropriately lauded first series, adding even more depth to the title character as well as those that surround him. Read Full Review

  • 8.0

    AIPT - jonathan jones

    Mar 29, 2023

    Wild, bloody, and tinged with humor, Sabretooth & the Exiles #5 retains a sense of authenticity to the world around us to the end and surpasses that of its fellow X-Books. Read Full Review

  • 8.0

    ComicBook.com - Jamie Lovett

    Mar 29, 2023

    From start to finish, Sabretooth and the Exiles proved as thoughtful, compelling, and unpredictable as the creative team's first Sabretooth series. Bring on the "Sabretooth War" and whatever else comes next. Read Full Review

  • 7.2

    Comic Watch - Tyler Davis

    Mar 30, 2023

    SABRETOOTH & THE EXILES #5is a lukewarm finale that, given its previous issues, finds its footing with an unsatisfying barrage of convenience and future setup. At the very least, the series is competently written and well-drawn, so it's far from the worst comic in existence, but does hang its hat on some of the worst modern comic finale tropes. Read Full Review

USER REVIEWS Back to Top

  • 9.0

    trusake

    Jul 25, 2023

    Being that Sabretooth is one of my favorite characters I'm looking forward to the Sabretooth Wars!

  • 8.5

    KittyNone

    Mar 29, 2023

    Continues the fine work LaValle & Kirk have been doing all along, albeit just a little bogged down this time by the pressures of having to be both a finale for this mini and setup for the next one

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  • 7.5

    Screaming Enigma

    Aug 17, 2024

    A solid finale for what it was, but also the weakest issue of the series for me. It's a shame, because I was enjoying this series more than the previous one, but both have an ending that's a little underwhelming, at least in my opinion. I know I sound down on this, but I didn't think it was bad or anything, hence my rating. I don't know, I just felt as though everything was wrapped up a little too quickly.

  • 6.5

    CrazyforRAMU

    Jun 05, 2024

    Sabretooth and the Exiles get separate endings, but they're equally abrupt and unsatisfying. Subjectively, I like the Exiles' conclusion a little better; they get something approaching a happy ending. For poor ol' Sabes, it's just an inconclusive meeting with his son, and a rash of variant nonsense. The storytelling goes out consistently solid (not world-class, though), but WTH happened to the content in this issue? And why all the Lovecraft references all of a sudden? It seems to me like Victor Lavalle had good ideas for Sabretooth and good ideas for the Exiles, but struggled throughout the series to integrate them. The cracks are really showing here at the end, and the stories don't really conclude as much as they set up separate st more

  • 5.5

    cincyfan

    Apr 01, 2023

    Unfortunately this didn't really work for me. I enjoyed this series at first but the way it ended was a bit disappointing.

  • 5.0

    daspidaboy

    Jan 23, 2025

    It was okay. It wasn't memorable, but it wasn't bad.

  • 4.0

    BG1904

    Mar 29, 2023

    Just like the last series, starts out promising but we're left with a rushed open-ended final issue.

  • 4.0

    Avanvolk

    Oct 04, 2024

    This was pretty trash. Stupid resolution to a bland, poorly written story. Art was meh the whole way through. Also, why couldn't Sabretooth have taken the coil out himself right after it was put in? If all it took was someone clawing it out, couldn't he have done it like...immediately?

  • 3.0

    Williamflipper

    Apr 12, 2023

    Massive disappointment. The art is rushed and plain. The dialogues are laughable. The plot is so overplayed and lazy.

  • 10

    Bruno Mael

    Mar 29, 2023

  • 10

    AmbrosE

    Mar 31, 2023

  • 10

    CesarCastanha

    Jul 08, 2023

  • 8.5

    DaddyChar

    Aug 18, 2023

  • 8.0

    Psycamorean

    Apr 05, 2023

  • 8.0

    iPodwithnomusic

    Jun 14, 2023

  • 8.0

    mrDovydas

    Aug 15, 2024

  • 5.0

    Lovecomics777

    Mar 31, 2023

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