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batmanego · 1 year

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COLE CASH READING LIST

cole's backstory is kind of a nightmare to wade through as he has been subject to so many retcons and reboots and general fuckery, but here is a list of issues i consider to be essential in understanding his character and/or key points in his backstory, with some explanation/extrapolation added.

bolded is essentials, italicized is personal favorites. links included.

wildc.a.t.s: covert action teams: this is the og comic. not too cole-centric, but there are some important bits and pieces. wildcats trilogy and grifter (1995) are included for chronological reasons.

issue 1, issue 5, issue 8, wildcats trilogy 1, wildcats trilogy 2, wildcats trilogy 3, issue 20, grifter (1995) issue 1, issue 25, issue 31, issue 32, issue 50

grifter (1996): cole solo series. has some important things related to his past and his psyche. i really like this series. it should be noted that (SPOILERS!) cole's dad being alive is literally never acknowledged in any other cole media ever, so it's fair to say that that is not canon and jacob is still extremely dead.

issue 1, issue 2, issue 3, issue 4, issue 5. i think the rest of the comic is pretty good too but you don't have to read it.

wildcats (1999): i really, genuinely recommend reading this entire series. it is an excellent examination of the horrors of war and what it means to be a good person. it is also a buddy cop comedy about three guys trying desperately to run a company. it is very, very good, and i couldn't bring myself to narrow it down.

issue 1 is here. start with that and then read the whole comic. please also read the annual, because Holy God.

team 7 (1994): this miniseries is very short, and the whole thing is pretty essential to cole's character.

start here.

team 7: dead reckoning: see above.

start here.

point blank: takes place after/during wildcats 1999. again, a short miniseries essential to cole's character.

start here.

wildcats 3.0: god, i hate wildcats 3.0. there's some relevant cole stuff, though. tw for rape in regards to everything that wax (blue suit spooky eyes guy) has going on in issue 8.

issue 1, issue 2, issue 3, issue 4, issue 5, issue 8, issue 9

wildcats (2006): lots could be said about grant morrison and jim lee's failed one-issue venture into wildcats, but i actually think the single issue they put out is really good when it comes to characterizing cole. it is not canon even a little bit, though.

read it here.

wildcats (2008), more commonly known as wildcats: worlds end: it's... okay. it's an apocalypse narrative. we get some fun tidbits about cole and he does one important thing.

issue 1, issue 18

grifter (2011): kind of a weird take on the classic daemonite thing, but the discussion between cole and his brother is important, so i'm putting it here.

issue 3, issue 8

batman: urban legends: i think his stories in this are cute, if a little apocryphal (saying max is his older brother? for shame!). also, it is an anthology series, so you'll have to skim to find his stories.

issue 1, issue 2, issue 3, issue 4, issue 5

#comic recommendations #cole cash #ferris reading list #dc #wildstorm #wildcats #tadaaaaa

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vampibrainrot · 1 year

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Zealot/Lady Zannah of Khera reading guide

Lady Zannah is a high-ranking member of the CODA Sisterhood, a women-only group of warriors and a very influential party in the Kheran government.

After being stranded on Earth, Zealot created her version of the CODA, training women on the kherubim ways of war and fighting. After thousands of years of having a hand in many Historical events, Zealot (and Grifter) stepped out of the shadows and joined the WildC.A.T.S, a superhero team financed by the HALO Corporation and composed of descendants of the other kherubim living on Earth, to help fight in the war against the Deamonites.

Wildstorm Universe

-WildC.A.T.S (1992) #0 - #13

-WildC.A.T.S Trilogy (1993) #1 - #3

-WildC.A.T.S sourcebook (1993)

-Shadowhawk (1992) #13

-WildC.A.T.S (1992) #14 - #17

-Stormwatch (1992) #18

-Backlash (1992) #4

-WildC.A.T.S (1992) #18 - #19

Wildstorm Rising (1995) #1

Wildstorm Universe sourcebook (1995)

WildC.A.T.S (1992) #20

Union (1993) #4

Wetworks (1994) #8

Grifter (1994) #1

Backlash (1992) #8

Stormwatch (1992) #22

Wildstorm Rising (1995) #2

Spartan: warrior spirit (1995) #1 - #4

Voodoo/Zealot: skin trade (1995) #1

Zealot (1995) #1 -#3

WildC.A.T.S (1992) #22

Grifter (1995) #7 - #8

Spawn/WildC.A.T.S (1995) #1 - #4

Fire from Heaven (1995) #1

WildC.A.T.S (1992) #28 - #29

Backlash (1992) #20

WildC.A.T.S (1992) #30

Gen13 (1995) #11

Fire from Heaven (1995) #2

Deathblow (1993) #29

Shattered Image (1996) #2 -4

WildC.A.T.S (1992) #31 -34

Mars Attack Image

Grifter (1995) #9

WildC.A.T.S (1992) #35 - #37

Grifter (1995) #10

Backlash (1992) #31

WildC.A.T.S (1992) #38 - #40

JLA/WildC.A.T.S (1997)

X-Men/WildC.A.T.S (1997) #1 - 3

Wildcore (1997) #1 -2

Gen12 (1998) #2 & #5

Wildcats/Aliens (1998)

WildC.A.T.S (1999) #1 & #4 - #5

Wildcats: Mosaic (1999)

Wildcats (1999) #22 - #23 & #27

Wildcats version 3.0 (2002) #9, #13, #15, #19 - #21, #23 - #24

Wildcats: Nemesis (2005) #1 - #9

Majestic (2005) #8 - #17

Captain Atom: Armageddon (2005) #2 - 5

Wildcats (2006) #1*

Wildcats: Armageddon (2007) #1

Wildstorm Revelations (2007) #4 - #6

- DC/Wildstorm: Dreamwar (2008) #1 - #6

Number of the Beast (2008) #8

Wildcats (2008) #1

The Authority (2008) #1

Wildcats (2008) #2 - 18

The Authority (2008) #18

Wildcats (2008) #19 - #30

Prime Earth/Post Flashpoint

Deathstroke (2011) #9 - #13

Stormwatch (2011) #17 & #18

Batman: Urban Legends(2021) #4 - #6

Wildcats (2022) #1

Wildstorm 30th years anniversary (2022)

DC's Grifter got run over by a reindeer (2022) #1

Wildcats (2022) #3 -?

Recommended

The ones mentioned here are out of continuity

The Wild Storm (2017)

Superman vs Lobo (2021)

#zealot #Zannah of khera #Wildstorm #Wildcats #birds of prey #comics #Dc #reading guides

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towritecomicsonherarms · 9 months

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Howdy, Ramma. I picked up the first issue of the new Birds of Prey series, and one of the new members is Zealot from WILDC.A.T.S. I've never read any WILDC.A.T.S. before, but she seems badass and cool. Is the original 90s WILDC.A.T.S. series worth checking out? Are there more recent storylines I should read? I appreciate you, my brother in Comics.

Noice. Love me some Zealot. She once killed Batman by stabbing him through herself and then chopping his head off. It was badass AF. (from Dreamwar #3)

My Wildcats reading was done a long long time ago and i can barely remember much tbh.

So i'll go with what the interbutts recommends.

most can agree vol 2 and 3.0 by lobdell and casey are the best. not many people recommend vol 1. some that do recommend you only read the first 13 and then skip to the alan moore stuff. some say just do the moore stuff. World's End gets mentioned a few times.

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The Complete Authority Reading Guide

Born from the late 90s and early 00s trend towards darker superhero stories, The Authority debuted in 1999 with The Authority #1 by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch for WildStorm. The Authority fights for what they see as best for the world regardless of the cost. The Authority was one of DC’s best-selling books under Mark Millar and Frank Quitely. The team appeared in their series, as well as other WildStorm and DC titles. Their last appearance came months before the launch of DC’s The New 52. Since the N52, most Authority characters have been retconned or forgotten. Only the team’s breakout star Midnighter (and sometimes Apollo) remains active in comics.

This is a comprehensive guide to every appearance of The Authority's main characters: Jenny Sparks, Jack Hawksmoor, the Engineer (Angela Spica), the Doctor (Jeroen Thornedike, later Habib bin Hassan), Swift (Shen Li-Men), Apollo, the Midnighter, and Jenny Quantum.

Issues marked with an asterisk (*) don't feature Authority characters but do provide context.

StormWatch

WildStorm was an independent studio established by Jim Lee in 1992. It was bought by DC Comics in 1998 and ran as an imprint until being shut down in 2010. Before The Authority debuted, there was StormWatch. StormWatch (1993) and StormWatch (1997) are the first appearances of most of the Authority’s original lineup.

StormWatch (1993-1997) — #28-31, #37-39, #42-44, #46, #48-50

StormWatch (1997-1998) — #4-12

WildC.A.T.s/Aliens (1998)*

The Authority

The Authority (1999) — #1-29

Wildstorm Summer Special (2001)

The Authority (2003) — #1-6

Coup D’Etat (2004) — #1-4

The Authority (2003) — #7-14

The Authority: Scorched Earth (2004)

The Authority: Human on the Inside (2004)

The Authority: Revolution (2004) — #1-12

Garth Ennis’s “Kev” tetralogy follows Kevin Hawkins, a terrible person with terrible luck, and his misadventures with the Authority. Where this series is in the chronology is unclear.

The Authority: Kev (2002) — #1

The Authority: More Kev (2004) — #1-4

The Authority: The Magnificent Kevin (2005) — #1-5

The Authority: A Man Called Kev (2006) — #1-5*

Solos

Jenny Sparks: The Secret History of the Authority (2000) — #1-5

Secret History of the Authority: Hawksmoor (2008) — #1-7

Midnighter (2007) — #1-20

Grifter and Midnighter (2007) — #1-6

Crossovers and Events

World War III was part of Marvel’s 1996 Heroes Reborn initiative. The Marvel and WildStorm universes crossed over for the 4-issue event.

Fantastic Four (1996) — #13 [CAMEO]

Avengers (1996) — #13 [CAMEO]

Iron Man (1996) — #13 [CAMEO]

Captain America (1996) — #13 [CAMEO]

Grifter (1996) — #11

Planetary/The Authority: Ruling The World (2000)

Cybernary 2.0 (2001) — #5-6

The Monarchy (2001) — #4, #11-12

Gen13 (1995) — #68-69

The Establishment (2001) — #8 [CAMEO]

Gen-Active (2000) — #6 [BACK-UP]

WildCats Version 3.0 (2002) — #8

Sleeper (2002) — #3, #5

Point Blank (2002) — #3

Stromwatch: Team Achilles (2004) — #4-6, #9, #20, #22

Intimates (2005) — #1 [CAMEO]

Planetary (2005) — #5 [CAMEO]

WildCats (2006) — #1 [CAMEO]

The Authority vs. Lobo: Jingle Hell (2004)

The Authority vs. Lobo: Spring Break Massacre (2005)

Ion: Guardian of the Universe (2006) — #10 [CAMEO]

Worldstorm was a 2006 relaunch of the WildStorm universe. It was originally intended to be a full reboot but partway in WildStorm turned it into a “soft reboot”. The reboot is widely considered to have been a failure. Sources on this era are difficult to find and it can be a confusing reading experience.

Captain Atom: Armageddon (2005) — #1-9

An Essential Guide to Worldstorm (2006)*

The Authority (2006) — #1-2**

The Authority: The Lost Year (2010) — #3-12

The Authority: Prime (2008) — #1-6

StormWatch: P.H.D (2006) — #5 [CAMEO]

Gen13 (2006) — #8, #27

**The Authority (2006) was written by Grant Morrison who dropped the series after 2 issues due to their focus on other projects. Three years later, Keith Griffen continued the storyline under the new title The Authority: The Lost Year based on Morrison’s scripts. The Authority: Prime was published between Morrison and Griffen’s runs.

DC/Wildstorm: DreamWar (2008) — #1-6

Action Comics (1938) — #884 [BACK-UP] [CAMEO]

World’s End was a 3-year WildStorm event culminating in DC's Flashpoint. It made major changes to the WildStorm universe, notably a post-apocalyptic setting and grittier tone.

Wildstorm: Armageddon (2007)

Wildstorm: Revelations (2008) — #1-2

Number of the Beast (2008) — #3, #6-8

The Authority (2008) — #1-17

StormWatch: P.H.D (2006) — #18-19

The Authority (2008) — #7-17

WildCats: World’s End (2008) — #19-23

The Authority (2008) — #18-29

WildCats: World’s End (2008) — #26-30

Wildstorm: A Celebration of 25 Years collects published and unpublished material from across WildStorm titles including The Authority.

Wildstorm: A Celebration of 25 Years (2017)

The New 52 and Beyond

In addition to rebooting the mainline DC Universe, the New 52 "streamlined" DC's multiple continuities by combining everything into one timeline. The result of this for the Authority was Stormwatch (2011). Swift, the Doctor, and Jenny Quantum are absent from this point forward.

Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer (2007) — #1

Countdown: Arena (2007) — #1-4 [CAMEO]

Flashpoint (2011) — #5 [CAMEO]

StormWatch (2011) — #1-6

Voodoo (2011) — #5 [CAMEO]

Deathstroke (2011) — #6

Grifter (2011) — #7, #13-14, #16

StormWatch (2011) — #7-10

Red Lanterns (2011) — #10

I, Vampire (2011) — #12, #13 (Issues are separated by issue #0)

StormWatch (2011) — #11-30

The New 52: Futures End (2014) — #1

Harley Quinn (2014) — #20 [CAMEO]

Grayson (2014) — #1-2, #4-7

Midnighter (2015) — #1-7

Grayson (2014) — #13-14

Batman & Robin Eternal (2015) — #23-26

Grayson (2014) — #18-20

Midnighter (2015) — #8-12

Convergence (2015) — #7 [CAMEO]

Nightwing: Rebirth (2016)

Midnighter and Apollo (2016) — #1-6

Justice League of America (2018) — Annual [CAMEO]

Infinite Frontier (2021) — #0 [CAMEO]

The Swamp Thing (2021) #11-13

WildC.A.T.s (2022) — #12 [CAMEO]

Action Comics (2016) — #1029-1034 [BACK-UP]

Future State: Superman: War of Worlds (2021) — #1-2

Midnighter (2021)

Superman and The Authority (2021) — #1-4

Batman/Superman: The Authority Special (2021)

Action Comics (2016) #1035-1039, #1041-1045, #1047

Superman: Warworld Apocalypse (2022)

Knight Terrors: Action Comics (2023) — #2 [CAMEO]

Milestone 30th Anniversary Special (2023) [CAMEO]

Outsiders (2023) attempts to incorporate WildStorm ideas and continuity into the main DC timeline. Authority characters have not appeared as of writing (May 2024)

Outsiders (2023) — Ongoing

Apollo and Midnighter in Specials

Outside of Superman and cameo appearances, Apollo and Midnighter have been mostly relegated to anthology specials. They are the only Authority characters to still appear in comics.

Young Romance: A New 52 Valentine's Day Special (2013)

Love is Love (2016) — [CAMEO]**

DC Cybernetic Summer (2020)

DC Pride (2021)

Wildstorm 30th Anniversary Special (2022)

DC Pride (2023)

DC’s Harley Quinn Romances (2023)

DC’s ‘Twas the 'Mite Before Christmas (2023) [CAMEO]

DC Pride 2024 (2024) [CAMEO]

**Love is Love was a charity anthology and tribute to the Pulse nightclub shooting in 2016. It was produced by IDW in collaboration with DC. Read with caution and respect.

Other Timelines

Three non-canon iterations of WildStorm characters have been published in recent years. The Wild Storm came out in 2017, followed by Authority character appearances in DC vs. Vampires, and finally Waller vs. Wildstorm which is not relevant to this guide.

Warren Ellis’s The Wild Storm is a 24-issue self-contained series reimagining the WildStorm universe.

The Wild Storm (2017) #1-24

DC vs. Vampires: All-Out War was a spinoff from the 2021 DC vs. Vampires set on Earth-63.

DC vs. Vampires: All-Out War (2022) — #2, #5-6

#the authority #reading list #reading guide #dc comics #midnighter #apollo dc #jenny sparks #angela spica #jack hawksmoor #shen li-men #jeroen thornedike #jenny quantum #habib bin hassan #talk to me about the authority please!!!#please talk to me about the authority #comic recommendations #im so tired.#id in alt #my askbox is open to questions 👍

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taylornetwork · 2 months

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DC All Stars ep 27 Joe Casey

Writer Joe Casey joins the show to talk about his incredible work in comics and animation like Adventures of Superman, WildCats 3.0, Ben 10, Majestic, Uncanny Xmen, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and most recently Dutch, Blood Squad Seven and Kneel Before Zod. Casey shares some of the comics that inspired his writing along with his time just starting at DC Comics.

To support the show & get access to more entertaining content go https://www.patreon.com/Taylor_Network

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Check out this episode!

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collectingmuses · 2 months

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// If anyone plans on reading through Wildcats, maybe skip Wildcats 3.0. It's...just MAJOR trigger warnings for everything going on with the character of Wax (who's supposed to be one of the "good" guys!!!) and it's rough reading through multiple issues of that shit.

#ooc #Wax sucks #all my homies hate Wax

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guniret · 7 months

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juarezesdeporte · 9 months

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NORTHWESTERN DERROTA A UTEP CON UN DOMINIO TOTAL EN LA SEGUNDA PARTE DEL JUEGO

EVANSTON, Ill. – UTEP luchó contra el oponente de los Diez Grandes, Northwestern, y entró al vestuario empatado a 7 puntos en la primera mitad, pero los Wildcats (1-1) tuvieron un segundo tiempo dominante y derrotaron 38-7 a los Miners (1-2), el sábado por la tarde en el Ryan Field

Con la cuenta 7-7, Northwestern abrió la segunda mitad con un drive de 79 yardas y 13 jugadas que tomó más de seis minutos del reloj. Thomas Gordon estuvo muy abierto en la jugada anotadora, caminando hacia la zona de anotación en una recepción de 18 yardas.

Gavin Hardison siguió con su segunda intercepción del juego cuando Xander Mueller de NU devolvió la selección a la yarda tres de UTEP. Los Wildcats capitalizaron, cuando Ben Bryant anotó con un QB de una yarda tres jugadas más tarde en la marca de 6:03 del tercer cuarto para ponerse arriba 21-7 y los Wildcats nunca miraron hacia atrás.

"[Northwestern] salió con un muy buen ataque al comienzo de la segunda mitad, un buen ataque físico y terminó como necesitaban", dijo el entrenador en jefe de UTEP, Dana Dimel. “Luego conseguimos el balón perdido en el primer avance de la segunda mitad y les dimos una muy buena posición en el campo. Creo que eso realmente nos dolió a partir de ahí. Fue un partido muy reñido y, antes de que te des cuenta, un buen drive de ellos y una mala jugada ofensiva, entonces es un partido 21-7”.

NU ganó su primer juego en suelo estadounidense desde que derrotó a Rutgers en Evanston el 16 de octubre de 2021, y su primera victoria desde el primer partido de 2022 en Dublín, Irlanda.

Hardison comenzó el juego con 7 de 8 y terminó con 17 de 25 para 192 yardas, una anotación aérea y dos intercepciones. Jeremiah Ballard anotó 92 yardas en cuatro recepciones, la mayor cantidad de su carrera.

Un par de estudiantes de primer año vieron acción en Ryan Field en el cuarto. El estudiante de primer año de Redshirt, Jake McNamara, vio acción en el último cuarto, lanzando para 23 yardas (2-5) y una intercepción. El verdadero corredor de primer año, Ezell Jolly, anotó 10 yardas en cinco acarreos.

Northwestern superó a UTEP 391 yardas contra 319. Los Wildcats acumularon 268 yardas de ofensiva total en la dominante segunda mitad frente a las 116 yardas de los Miners. La defensa de NU cedió el ataque terrestre de UTEP a 104 yardas en 35 acarreos (3.0 promedio).

UTEP terminó 3 de 13 en conversiones de tercer intento, mientras que NU tuvo marca de 6-11.

Los Mineros abrieron el concurso con el balón y diseñaron una serie anotadora de 70 yardas y ocho jugadas que culminó con el primer touchdown de su carrera de Zach Fryar al minuto 3:52. Hardison terminó 3 de 3 para 40 yardas en el avance. Hardison agregó una carrera de 16 yardas en segunda y 12 al NU 48.

Los Wildcats respondieron con su propia serie de ocho jugadas y 71 yardas que resultó en una carrera de touchdown de seis yardas de Jack Lausch.

UTEP superó a NU en 203 yardas contra 123 en la primera mitad. Los Mineros tuvieron la oportunidad de tomar una ventaja de tres puntos al ingresar al vestuario, pero el estudiante de primer año con camiseta roja, Buzz Flabiano, falló un intento de gol de campo de 44 yardas con nueve segundos restantes en la primera mitad.

Maurice Westmoreland registró la primera captura de su carrera durante el segundo cuarto en una jugada de tercer intento, mientras que Josiah Allen también registró su primera, media captura con Tyrice Knight también durante el segundo.

Knight lideró la defensa con 14 tacleadas más, sumando tres juegos consecutivos con tacleadas de dos dígitos y el puesto 15 en general en su carrera. James Neal terminó con ocho tacleadas, mientras que McKel Broussard anotó siete paradas y un TFL, la mayor cantidad de su carrera.

Ron Heard II y Mueller anotaron siete tacleadas cada uno para liderar a NU a la defensiva. El ataque terrestre de los Wildcats corrió para 184 yardas en 39 intentos y anotó tres veces. Cam Porter lideró el camino con 90 yardas en 17 acarreos (5.3 en promedio) y

HASTA LA PRÓXIMA

UTEP saldrá a la carretera para el segundo de los juegos consecutivos contra oponentes del Power Five, ya que jugará en Arizona el sábado 16 de septiembre con el inicio programado para las 9:00 p.m. MT/8 PT en la red Pac-12. Los Miners and Wildcats también se pueden escuchar en 95.5 KLAQ. Será el encuentro número 53 y el primero desde 2017, cuando los Miners y los Wildcats jugaron en el Sun Bowl.

(Drew Bonney)

(Photo: UTEP Athletics)

#internacional

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sciencespies · 3 years

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Natural history and conservation importance of Chinese mountain cat

https://sciencespies.com/nature/natural-history-and-conservation-importance-of-chinese-mountain-cat/

Natural history and conservation importance of Chinese mountain cat

We know that the domestic cat has distant relatives that roam the earth — lions, tigers, cheetahs and mountain lions. Less familiar are the 38 distinct species in the Family Felidae, many with strange names like pampas cat, kodkod and rusty spotted cat. The new field of genomics — the unravelling of DNA genomes of separate species — is resolving old conundrums and revealing new secrets across the history of evolutionarily related species among cats, dogs, bears and ourselves.

In the largest-ever study undertaken of Chinese cats, genetic detectives highlight the evolutionary uniqueness and premier conservation importance of the elusive Chinese mountain cat (Felis silvestris bieti), found only in the Tibetan plateau of China. Also called Chinese desert cat or Steppe cat, the Chinese mountain cat has a distinctive appearance of sand colored fur, with faint dark stripes a thick tail and light blue pupils.

The research is published in Science Advances.

This new study compared three different felines living in China: the Chinese mountain cat, Felis silvestris bieti, the Asiatic wildcat Felis silvestris ornata, and feral domestic cats Felis silvestris catus. The Asiatic wildcat has distinguishing spotted coat pattern across a wide range extending from the Caspian Sea in the East through western India and southern Mongolia to parts of western China. Approximately 600 million domestic cats are found across the world.

The study was led by the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity at Peking University in Beijing and supported by an international team including lead genetic researchers at Nova Southeastern University, USA and in Malaysia. The genomic data resolves a taxonomic classification uncertainty, reveals the timing of evolutionary divergence and pinpoints the prospects for survival of an important endangered species.

Using 270 individual samples, the molecular genetic study finds that the Chinese mountain cat is a unique subspecies of the wide-ranging Wildcat, Felis silvestris. The wildcat species is found throughout Europe, Africa, and much of Western Asia. The Felis silvestris bieti subspecies, however, is found only in China, being adapted to the prey and alpine climate of the Tibetan plateau.

Applying the molecular clock hypotheses, the date of evolutionary split between F. s. bieti and F. s. ornata was a estimated at ~1.5 million years ago while the genetic distance from both to the closest Felis species relative, the black footed cat, Felis nigripes is twice that at 3.0 MY ago. These different times support the classification of F. s. ornata and F. s. bieti as subspecies of Felis silvestris. A closely related subspecies from Central Asia and north Africa, Felis silvestris lybica , is the clear predecessor of the world’s domestic cats, including those throughout China. The cat domestication process happened 10-12,000 years ago in the Near East at around the same time and locale, when humankind ancestors morphed from peripatetic hunter-gatherers to sedentary farmers in the Fertile Crescent region.

The Chinese mountain cat faces several major threats, one from modern agricultural practices that divert precious habitat. A second, more existential threat, is from interbreeding with domestic cats brought by the growing human population in the cat’s limited habitat. And finally, climate change, that may be expanding the range of neighboring wildcats into the mountain cat’s core homeland.

“This study will help conservation scientists to identify threats and decide the best ways to conserve this special cat in its native range,” said Stephen J. O’Brien, Ph.D., a geneticist and research scientist at NSU’s Halmos College of Arts and Sciences.

The study solidifies the taxonomic status of the mountain cat, Felis silvestris lybica, through an analysis of the cat’s genome, placing the cat in an evolutionary context relative to other species and subspecies of cats. These arcane taxonomic distinctions are important for conservation because scientists have to be sure they are all talking about the same animal when discussing strategies, and no less important, because legal protections have to be specific to the group in question. Without an agreed-upon taxonomy, legal protections and conservation come to a stop.

Another important result of this study is the finding that domestic cats in China are derived from the same common stock and origin as domestic cats throughout the world, and that there was not an independent origin of domesticity in China. Previous studies have hinted at close associations between early Chinese farming communities and local wild animals, including Asian mountain cats, and that some of these animals may have begun the crossing from the wild to living with people in settled communities.

What the current study shows is that this did not happen with domestic cats; now the focus of research can move to determining — why? Why were some species domesticated in some place but not in others? Why did these processes happen when they did, and what were the conditions obtaining that allowed, maybe even promoted, the integration of wild animals into human societies? Answering these related questions will help us understand the history of early China, indeed helps us understand the history of the ancient anthropocentric world, in more detail.

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In 1999, Lee sold Wildstorm to DC Comics, and ownership of all Wildstorm characters, including Grifter, transferred to DC Comics. His backstory and continuity remained the same, however, until DC's 2011 relaunch of their entire comics line, The New 52, which rebooted the continuity for most of its characters. Since then, the character has starred in his own DC series, and has also made appearances in numerous other DC titles, such as Voodoo, Legion Lost, Team 7, Animal Man and Deathstroke.

The character has been voiced by Colin O'Meara in Wild C.A.T.s, and Danny Jacobs in Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox.

Publication history

Fictional character biographyEdit

Team 7Edit

From a young age, Cole Cash took part in his con man father Jacob Winston "Win" Cash's various grifts, until Cole witnessed his father's apparent murder at the hands of mobster Sam Del Gracci.[6] Cole's mother went on to marry Del Gracci, who regularly beat Cole,[7] while also doting on Cole's younger brother Max.[8] As a teenager, Cole ran away from home and became the getaway driver for a crew of robbers.[9] When his fellow criminals turned violent, Cole intervened, saving the life of F.B.I. agent Joseph Brockmeyer.[10] He was apprehended, and Brockmeyer gave him the choice of either joining the clandestine agency known as International Operations or go to jail.[9] Cole joined I.O.,[10] and received training from future Team 7 teammate Marc Slayton[11] (who would eventually become the hero known as Backlash), as well as former members of I.O.'s previous covert operations team, Team 6.[10][12] At some point, Cole may have been a part of the Army's Special Forces.[13]

Cole joined Team 7, being given the codename Deadeye.[14] The group was deliberately exposed to an experimental chemical called the Gen Factor, which activated a variety of psi powers in them, but which also detrimentally affected their mental health. After the experiment the survivors were classified as Gen 12. Cole suspected that, in fact, high-ranking I.O. officers were behind the experiment, while they claimed that it was an unknown chemical weapon. Cole grew more and more disgruntled with I.O.'s manipulations and secrecy and rebelled against teammates John Lynch and Slayton, particularly after Slayton killed an innocent scientist Cole had tried to rescue during a mission in Leningrad, which Slayton had done on their I.O. superiors' orders.[15]

Most of Team 7 quit I.O. and went into hiding after they became aware that Craven was interested in using their children, the Gen¹³, who were believed to have inherited their fathers' powers, as weapons.[16]

Cole struck out on his own, eventually crossing paths with the ancient Kherubim warrior Zealot. They fell in love, and she took the unprecedented measure of teaching him, a man, the ways of the Coda, the warrior order she had once belonged to. Her Coda-teachings stabilized Cole's sanity and removed what remained of his psionic powers.[9] Cole and Zealot fought their own private war against members of the Daemonite race, as well as the Coda, Cole first taking the codename Grifter.

Wildcats and Grifter solo seriesEdit

Cole and Zealot's relationship eventually came to an end, though they remained partners. Both eventually joined the Daemonite hunting team, the WildC.A.T.s.[17][18] Cole still loved Zealot, though he was unwilling to rekindle their relationship, since he thought doing so would only bring him pain.[19] In order to stop two Daemonite lords from acquiring a spaceship which could be used to destroy or conquer Earth, the WildC.A.T.s allied themselves with Hightower, a Daemonite who had killed Grifter's friend Lonely.[20] Grifter voiced his objections and, once WildC.A.T.s founder Jacob Marlowe threatened to kick Grifter out of the team, Cole chose instead to quit on the spot.[21] During the scramble for control of the spaceship, Grifter killed Hightower, avenging Lonely.[22] The ship's self-destruct sequence was activated, however, and the other WildC.A.T.s were forced to enter it and try to defuse it. They succeeded, resulting in the ship entering warpspace, taking it and the WildC.A.T.s back to Khera, while Earth's post-human population, including Grifter, believed the team dead.[22]

While another iteration of the WildC.A.T.s was created shortly thereafter, which included Cole's brother Max, operating under the codename Condition Red,[23] Grifter opted to operate independently, eventually becoming a mercenary once again. Cole, with help from special agent Brockmeyer and I.O. officer and friend Alicia Turner, managed to get Del Gracci on tape confessing to Cole's father's murder.[6] Grifter eventually found out from Max that his father had faked his own death,[8] and confronted Winston in New Orleans. Winston revealed that he had stolen money from the Mafia, and had faked his own death to escape retaliation from the mob.[24] Win tried to manipulate Grifter into protecting him from a man he had partnered on a con with and had come to the conclusion that Win was exploiting him. Grifter realized that his father was did not love him, and was a psychopath who was trying to use him.[24] Cole then unraveled Win's latest con, threatened to kill him if he ever came to Cole's attention again and let him escape before the police arrived.[24]

The WildC.A.T.s eventually returned from Khera, and Grifter rejoined the team.[25] Cole still had feelings for Zealot, and was particularly hurt when Zealot and John Colt, who had previously been Spartan until Colt's memories and personality implanted in him resurfaced, briefly rekindled their relationship.[25] Cole and John Colt both insisted Zealot choose between them and, though she was initially unwilling to deal with the situation,[26][27] she eventually decided she needed to choose in order to preserve the team's cohesion, and initially chose Colt out of a sense of loyalty as a Kherubim,[27] eventually parting ways with him.[28] Grifter began trying to seize the reins of the WildC.A.T.s[27] and eventually became their leader[29] during a period of time in which the team gained new members, including Olympia Atreidae, and Max Cash rejoined. Max was eventually murdered by a Coda assassin, and Grifter considered killing her in revenge, though Olympia, who had developed feelings for Max,[30] murdered the assassin before the situation could come to a head.[31]

After going their separate ways for a period of time, the Wildcats were reformed, only to disband once again after Zealot's apparent death during a mission.[32] Grifter spent some time operating once more as a mercenary, before joining a new iteration of the Wildcats, formed to take down a mysterious figure with ties to the Kherubims and Daemonites called Kenyan.[33] By this point, the John Colt identity had receded[34] and Spartan's original personality had returned, and, as members of the new Wildcats team, Spartan and Grifter maintained a good working relationship, though Grifter seemed to hold some antipathy towards him.[35] Around this time, Cole attended Team 7 member Alex Fairchild's funeral with other still living members of the team, Lynch and Jackson Dane, as well as the members of Gen¹³, which includes Fairchild's daughters Caitlin Fairchild and Roxanne Spaulding.[36]

Grifter teamed-up with Backlash to help a group of animal-human hybrids called the Kindred. Tensions between the two remained high over what had occurred in Leningrad. Cole eventually came to the conclusion that Marc had changed, and opted to forgive him, and the two parted as friends.[37]

Cole went on to have an encounter with Zealot, discovering she was alive, and managed to attain some closure.[38] Spartan, now calling himself Jack Marlowe, came to an understanding with Cole, the two realizing they were like family,[38] and would continue to work together in the future.

Point Blank, Wildcats 3.0 and SleeperEdit

After Team 7 field leader John Lynch was shot in the head, leaving him in a coma, Cole investigated the attack on Lynch,[39] eventually coming to the conclusion that former WildC.A.T.S. member turned traitor Tao was involved in it.[40] Cole discovered that Tao had created an organization made up of post-human criminals,[41] and that Lynch had placed an undercover I.O. agent, Holden Carver in the organization, and vowed to help him leave the organization and clear his name.[42] Tao eventually revealed that he had manipulated and brainwashed Cole into shooting Lynch, and then promptly forgetting about it. Tao then proceeded to erase this knowledge from Cole's mind once again, leaving him unaware of his role in Lynch's attack and Carver's status as an undercover agent.[42]

During a mission for Jack Marlowe, Cole's legs were shattered by a FBI agent. Therefore, he could no longer operate as Marlowe's field agent. He trained accountant Edwin Dolby (Grifter) to take his place. Dolby turned out to be unsuitable for the violent life that Grifter planned for him and resigned from Halo. After Marlowe apologized to him, he rejoined, but strictly as an accountant. Grifter remodeled the robotic body of former teammate Ladytron as a remote-controlled body for himself.[43][volume & issue needed]

Several months later, Grifter's legs were healed, a side effect of the dormant Gen-factor according to I.O. scientists. John Lynch, who had woken from his coma, restored Cole's memory. Cole was sent to take down Tao and working together with double-agent Holden Carver, Tao's organization was completely dismantled and Tao was imprisoned.[44][volume & issue needed]

He later joined a makeshift team of former Wildcats to confront the assassin Nemesis.[45][volume & issue needed][volume & issue needed]

World's End

The Wildcats reformed after a near-extinction event nearly destroyed planet Earth. Grifter eventually left the team to join The Authority,[46] and went on to enter into a romantic relationship with Flint.[47]

Other versionsEdit

FlashpointEdit

In the alternate timeline of the 2011 "Flashpoint" storyline, Grifter is the leader of the United Kingdom's resistance movement against the Amazons.[48] In a flashback, Grifter assembles Team 7 to battle against Muslim extremists in the Middle East, until they were killed. Grifter was saved by Penny Black (Britannia) and escapes from the Middle East. While Grifter was recovering, the United Kingdom is invaded by the Amazons. Grifter assembles the Resistance to fight against the Amazons. In the present, Lois Lane is rescued by the Resistance from a camp just before she is converted into an Amazon. It is revealed that the Resistance were helping to find Penny's armor prototype at Westminster, as it could turn the war around. While the Resistance are headed towards Westminster, Resistance member Miss Hyde betrays them and contacts the Female Furies. She then tries to make the Resistance surrender by holding a knife to the throat of Lois.[49] However, Miss Hyde regains control of the body and fights the Amazons, allowing the Resistance to gain the upper hand. After they escape the Westminster Palace, Grifter gathers with Britannia, who has then recovered her armor and found a group of released prisoners. The two then lead the Resistance in an all-out battle against the Amazons.[50] Grifter and the Resistance arrive to attack in the Atlantean/Amazon war, and Grifter heralds their arrival by helping Batman take down Black Manta. Grifter is killed in battle by Enchantress who is then killed by Superman.[51]

The New 52Edit

With The New 52, the 2011 relaunch of all of DC Comics' series that immediately followed "Flashpoint", Grifter is established to be a former U.S. Army Special Ops soldier who deserted and became a con-artist.[52] During one of his latest cons, Cole Cash is assaulted and abducted by Daemonites, aliens who can "possess" human bodies. Cash is held for 17 days, while a Daemonite attempts to take possession of his body. For unknown reasons Cole wakens prematurely, aborting the transfer and leaving him with the ability to overhear the telepathic communication of Daemonites. He subsequently hijacks a plane and kills several Daemonites disguised as humans resulting in him being wanted for crimes and terrorism. Cash is now wanted by several intelligence agencies and his brother Max, also a military special operative, is tasked with apprehending him. Furthermore, the Daemonites also wish to retrieve Cash in order to maintain their secrecy. On the run from his many pursuers, Cash dons a costume from a costume shop in order to conceal his identity.[53]

The Wild StormEdit

Once a decorated soldier recruited by I.O. as yet another PMC in their ranks, Cole Cash had previously entered John Lynch's Thunderbook Program where he received Gen' Active implants that changed him into a post-human.[54]

He later faked his own death after making contact with Lord Emp, masking his desertion as a disastrous mission gone awry.[55] In the years that followed he came under the tutelage of Emp's fellow alien refugee, Zannah/Lucy Blaze and learned new combat techniques.[56] After the incident where Angie Spica saved his life, Jacob Marlowe, CEO of HALO Industries, commissioned Cole's services in order to find her before I.O. did.

Grifter, Kenesha/Savant and Adrianna/Void (operating as a rogue Wild C.A.T. cell) planned how to best bring Spica in, having surmised she was currently hiding at an old I.O. station at Camp Hero, Montauk.[57]

The three C.A.T.s used Void's transport method to warp themselves instantly to the safe-house. Adrianna tries to calm the visibly alarmed fugitive, while Cole urges her to come with them to a truly safe haven. But they all come under fire due to interception by an I.O Black Razor C.A.T (Covert Action Team) tasked with retrieving their wayward tech and Spica's murder. In the ensuing battle, Grifter employs steady gunplay while Spica charges up her cybernetic suit and makes a hasty retreat.[58]

Cole manages to dispatch the Razor team but finds Ms. Tereshkova downed by a piece of glass shrapnel sticking out of her temple. Scant seconds later a C.A.T troops he'd shot prepared to use his last grenade. Kenehsa removed the shrapnel piece from Void's noggin just in time for her to warp them out.[59]

Nonplussed that the mission was a failure, Kenesha and Cole bicker back and forth. Void decides to head out and find their missing charge on her own, without backup from a paramilitary group this time.[59]

Upon their return, Cole and Kenesha express their gratitude to Void. Angie is still worried about I.O. finding her especially considering they're stationed so close to their headquarters (Cole is hiding out in Brooklyn).[60] Back at home base, Cash wondered why Adrianna enjoyed reading a daily newspaper over digital news, when they received a call from John Colt. Colt was undercover within the Hightower locale belonging to I.O's invention & engineering division, but he had been compromised. He needed a quick exfiltration before I.O. security apprehended him, as his computer snooping had triggered shield protocols that blocked Void's transmatter teleportation and an impending general alarm. Cole was able to guide him to an open spot where he could jump privately before enemy agents tagged him. John revealed his intel concerned Machine Telepathy, a program in which phone apps, mobile programs or wireless appliances could read the minds of their users and transmit them to IO's servers.[61]

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