| Graydon Creed | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | The Uncanny X-Men #299 (April 1993) |
| Created by | Scott Lobdell Brandon Peterson |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Human |
| Team affiliations | Purifiers Upstarts Friends of Humanity |
| Notable aliases | Tribune Bad Seed |
| Abilities | Terrorist mastermind |
Graydon Creed is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character was created by writerScott Lobdell and artistBrandon Peterson and first appeared inThe Uncanny X-Men #299 (April 1993). He is the "baseline human" son ofSabretooth andMystique,[1] making him the half-brother ofNightcrawler.
Posing as German spy Leni Zauber,Mystique seduced freelance assassinVictor Creed (Sabretooth) while he was in Germany on a mission. Mystique later gave birth to a normal human child—Graydon—whom she gave up for adoption, although she kept an eye on him. When Graydon learned that he was the son of two mutants who had abandoned him as an inconvenience, he grew resentful of all mutants and that resentment colored his outlook for the rest of his life.[2]
In his adult years, Graydon forms a group called theFriends of Humanity, dedicated to opposing mutant civil rights by committing acts ofterrorism against peaceful mutants and mutant sympathizers, and using the acts of violent mutants such asMagneto to rally support for their cause.
Creed also joins theUpstarts, a group of wealthy and powerful individuals assembled bySelene and theGamesmaster with the sole purpose of killing mutants for points in a twisted game. After learning of his parents' identities, Creed seeks to kill them as part of the Upstarts' game. Disguised as the armored Tribune, Creed hires assassins to kill his mother and has his father implanted with a bomb. His father manages to remove the device and confronts his son. Creed callously stabs Sabretooth's assistant,Birdy, a mutant telepath whom Sabretooth employed to keep his homicidal rages in check.
During the Upstarts' self-professed "Younghunt", Creed is blackmailed into revealing the location of the Upstarts' prisoners by theNew Warriors, who threaten to expose Creed as a mutant collaborator and the son of mutants.[3]
Graydon Creed runs for president on an anti-mutant platform with the support ofOperation: Zero Tolerance.[4][5][6] On the eve of the election, Creed is assassinated during a campaign speech.[7] TheminiseriesX-Men Forever reveals that a future version of Mystique had fired the shot, having sworn to kill Graydon for his part in the Friends of Humanity's attack on Trevor Chase, the grandson of her loverDestiny.[8]
InX-Force, thePurifiers recover Graydon Creed's corpse, whichBastion reanimates using theTransmode Virus.[9] During theSecond Coming storyline, Graydon Creed is killed byHope Summers.[10] In the "Hunt for Wolverine" storyline, Creed returns as a zombie beforeLady Deathstrike kills him.[11]
An alternate universe variant of Graydon Creed from Earth-295 appears inAge of Apocalypse. This version is a member of a human resistance against Apocalypse.[12] In the "X-Termination" event, Creed is killed by the Exterminators.[13]
An alternate universe variant of Graydon Creed from Earth-11326 appears inAge of X. This version is the leader of a strike force that drove mutants to the verge of extinction.
An alternate universe variant of Graydon Creed from Earth-58163 appears inHouse of M. This version is an anti-mutant activist and friend of Vice PresidentBolivar Trask who is later killed bySabretooth.[14]
An alternate universe variant of Graydon Creed from Earth-1298 appears inMutant X. This version became President of the United States afterReed Richards' disappearance.[15]
Graydon Creed appears inX-Men: The Animated Series, voiced byJohn Stocker.[citation needed]