Birdy is a fictional character

Fictional character

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, a mutant

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 in the Marvel Comics

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 Universe. Her first appearance was in X-Men vol. 2 #6.

Fictional character biography

Birdy became the partner of Sabretooth

Sabretooth (comics)

Sabretooth is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics supervillain created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne. The character first appeared in Iron Fist #14...

. She would use her telepathy to help keep him calm. Birdy accompanied Sabretooth while he searched for answers on who was trying to kill him and Mystique

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. Mystique revealed that she had given birth to a son, Graydon Creed

Graydon Creed

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. Later Birdy was stabbed by Graydon.

Powers and abilities

Birdy was a mutant

Mutant (Marvel Comics)

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 with the power of telepathy

Telepathy

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. The exact limits of her power were never defined, but she had clearly achieved some level of skill, being capable of the standard feats of a mutant telepath (mind reading and manipulation, mental communication, psi-blasts, etc.). She was also able to use her telepathy to temporarily satiate Sabretooth

Sabretooth (comics)

Sabretooth is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics supervillain created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne. The character first appeared in Iron Fist #14...

's psychotic feral impulses (which he referred to as getting "the glow").

Video games

• Birdy appears as an ally to Sabretooth for Capcom
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  's Marvel vs. Capcom series
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  . In one of his special attacks Sabretooth summons her to perform an attack called "Armed Birdy", where she fires a trio of projectiles from her assault rifle, and in the Hyper Combo, "Armed Birdy X", where she fires a barrage of bullets instead of three. She also appears in two of Sabertooth's win poses.