Superman's Twisted Prison is Finally Called Out By Marvel
Warning: contains spoilers for Sabretooth #1!
The Phantom Zone, the twisted extra-dimensional prison used by Superman, gets called out by Marvel Comics in a new comic. In Sabretooth #1, on sale now in print and digital, the ferocious mutant is taken to Krakoa and put on trial for murder. When he is found guilty, Sabretooth is banished to the Pit, a special prison for Krakoa’s worst—and it bears more than a passing resemblance to Superman’s Phantom Zone.
First appearing in 1961’s Adventure Comics #283 from Robert Bernstein and George Papp, the Phantom Zone is an extra-dimensional zone, discovered by Superman’s father Jor-El, that was used as a prison for some of the universe’s vilest criminals, including General Zod. Beings exiled to the Phantom Zone were able to see and hear the outside universe but were unable to physically interact with it. The Kryptonians viewed this as a safe and humane form of punishment, but recent depictions of the Phantom Zone have called this into question. The Zone has been depicted as not the safe place it was thought to be, and its moral and ethical implications have been debated as well. In the Marvel Universe, there has been no real parallel to the Phantom Zone—until now. The irredeemable mutant Sabretooth has been exiled to the Pit, Krakoa’s darkest, deepest prison. The issue is written by Victor LaValle, illustrated by Leonard Kirk, colored by Rain Beredo and lettered by Cory Petit.
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Sabretooth, exiled into the Pit, lets his mind wander, running through various fantasies where he violently kills the X-Men. In one fantasy, Cypher and Warlock come to him, offering Sabretooth mental freedom, which would grant him both awareness
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