Graydon Creed
Template:Infobox comics character Graydon Creed is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Scott Lobdell and artist Brandon Peterson and first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #299 (April 1993). He is the "baseline human" son of Sabretooth and Mystique,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> making him the half-brother of Nightcrawler.
Fictional character biography
Posing as German spy Leni Zauber, Mystique seduced freelance assassin Victor 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.<ref>Sabretooth #1-4 (August - November 1993)</ref>
In his adult years, Graydon forms a group called the Friends of Humanity, dedicated to opposing mutant civil rights by committing acts of terrorism against peaceful mutants and mutant sympathizers, and using the acts of violent mutants such as Magneto to rally support for their cause.
Upstarts
Creed also joins the Upstarts, a group of wealthy and powerful individuals assembled by Selene and the Gamesmaster 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 the New Warriors, who threaten to expose Creed as a mutant collaborator and the son of mutants.<ref>The New Warriors #45 (March 1994)</ref>
Death
Graydon Creed runs for president on an anti-mutant platform with the support of Operation: Zero Tolerance.<ref>Uncanny X-Men #323 (August 1995)</ref><ref>Uncanny X-Men #334 (July 1996)</ref><ref>X-Men (vol. 2) #45 (October 1995)</ref> On the eve of the election, Creed is assassinated during a campaign speech.<ref>X-Factor #130 (January 1997)</ref> The miniseries X-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 lover Destiny.<ref>X-Men Forever #2 (February 2001)</ref>
Resurrection
In X-Force, the Purifiers recover Graydon Creed's corpse, which Bastion reanimates using the Transmode Virus.<ref>X-Force (vol. 3) #3 (June 2008)</ref> During the Second Coming storyline, Graydon Creed is killed by Hope Summers.<ref>X-Force (vol. 3) #28 (September 2010)</ref> In the "Hunt for Wolverine" storyline, Creed returns as a zombie before Lady Deathstrike kills him.<ref>Hunt for Wolverine: Claws of a Killer #3 - 4 (September - October 2018)</ref>
Other versions
Age of Apocalypse
An alternate universe variant of Graydon Creed from Earth-295 appears in Age of Apocalypse. This version is a member of a human resistance against Apocalypse.<ref>Age of Apocalypse #1 (May 2012)</ref> In the "X-Termination" event, Creed is killed by the Exterminators.<ref>Astonishing X-Men (vol. 3) #60 (May 2013)</ref>
Age of X
An alternate universe variant of Graydon Creed from Earth-11326 appears in Age of X. This version is the leader of a strike force that drove mutants to the verge of extinction.
House of M
An alternate universe variant of Graydon Creed from Earth-58163 appears in House of M. This version is an anti-mutant activist and friend of Vice President Bolivar Trask who is later killed by Sabretooth.<ref>Civil War: House of M #3 (January 2009)</ref>
Mutant X
An alternate universe variant of Graydon Creed from Earth-1298 appears in Mutant X. This version became President of the United States after Reed Richards' disappearance.<ref>Mutant X #18 (April 2000)</ref>
In other media
Graydon Creed appears in X-Men: The Animated Series, voiced by John Stocker.Template:Citation needed