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longitudinalwaveme · 8 months

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Best and Worst Comic Appearances of the Rogues

Note: Keep in mind that some of these choices are very subjective and based on personal taste. In particular, it's difficult for me to know if the storylines I list as the "best" for a given character are actually the best, or if they're just the ones that appeal the most to me personally. I feel like the "worst" choices are more objective (or at least more likely to be shared by a majority of the fanbase).

I'm also only judging stories that I've actually read for this list.

Captain Cold

Best Pre-Crisis Appearance: While I like his debut story from Showcase #8 a lot, I think my favorite Pre-Crisis Len story is Flash vol. 1 #150, "Captain Cold's Polar Perils". Ayesha, Len's stalkee-girlfriend du jour, is a fun character, and Len's powers are at peak Silver Age insanity, which is always fun. It's really the perfect encapsulation of what Pre-Crisis Captain Cold is like.

Best Post-Crisis Appearance: Flash vol. 2 #182. This is the famous Rogue Profile issue for Len, and it is legitimately really, really good (even if its treatment of Lisa is frustrating at times). It's a very solid examination of the character and the backstory provides a lot of depth that Len really needed. Basically, if you want to understand modern Captain Cold, this is one of the best issues you can read.

Worst Appearance: Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #10-13. Every character in F: TFMA is poorly written, and Len is no exception. From having a murder retconned into one of the periods where he was supposed to be reformed to letting a teenage speedster take over the Rogues for no good reason, this story just does not understand Cold.

I will also note here that I generally don't like Joshua Williamson's take on Len. I have trouble putting my finger on exactly why, but if I had to take a stab at explaining it, I think I would say that Williamson's Len is too ambitious and too hands-off. Having him take over first Central City's underworld, and then Central City, seems out-of-character for Len, who's usually smart enough to understand that escalating crimes to that level is a great way to attract a horde of superheroes, and having him sit back and organize crimes without going out into the field himself, which Williamson did more than once, likewise seems out-of-character for Cold. Johns' Len wasn't always the best leader in the world, but at least he was always in the field with the other Rogues. Williamson's Len seems a lot more willing to sit back and let other people do the work for him, and he comes across as a worse leader because of it. Effectively, then, I think my problem with Williamson's Len is that his Len seems younger, less experienced, less practical, and less likely to inspire loyalty than any previous version of the character (except the one that was being written around the time of F: TFMA.)

Captain Boomerang Sr.

Best Pre-Crisis Appearance: Flash vol. 1 #310-311, or Batman #322. The first story has Captain Boomerang getting double-crossed by Colonel Computron and sent back in time (on a giant time-traveling boomerang!), whereupon he has to team up with the Flash to fight pirates. It's delightful, and is made even more so by Digger's determination to save his ex-employer, W. W. Wiggins, from the vengeance of Colonel Computron. The second story features Captain Boomerang fighting---and nearly defeating!---Batman, who narrowly escapes death on Digger's "doomerang". Batman really needs to take Flash's villains more seriously....

Best Post-Crisis Appearance: Suicide Squad #44. This gives us Digger's modern backstory, establishes that he's actually W. W. Wiggins' biological son, and generally serves as an interesting character study of a generally unpleasant character. Flash vol. 3 #7 is a very similar retelling of the same basic backstory, this time by Geoff Johns, and would have been tied with Suicide Squad #44 if not for the gratuitous scene of Digger killing his assumed father (for my money, Geoff Johns is a bit too fond of gruesome deaths).

Worst Appearance: I don't read a lot of Suicide Squad, so I'm not familiar with the terrible Digger appearances that may have happened in the various Suicide Squad runs. Because of that, my nomination for the worst Digger story is Identity Crisis #2-5, the story that killed him (and poor Jack Drake and Sue Dibney) for the sake of earning grimdark edgelord points. What makes it even worse is that the story's scenes of him interacting with Owen are actually pretty good, so we got teased with a really interesting plot for him right before he was pointlessly axed.

Heat Wave

Best Pre-Crisis Story: Flash vol. 1 #266-267, or Flash vol. 1 #312. The first story gave us the first version of Heat Wave's backstory (specifically, it established his cryophobia due to having been locked in a meat freezer as a child), presented him as the main villain of a story basically for the first time (all his previous appearances had him teamed up with another villain), and was full of delightful Pre-Crisis pseudo-science, like heat-seeking fire. It also featured a panel of Mick totally freaking out at the sight of ice cubes. The second story was Mick's first reform, and it was a solid, if slightly goofy, tale of Mick proving that his parole officer was framing him for crimes. It also led to him and Barry becoming friends (and temporary roommates) a few issues later!

Best Post-Crisis Story: Flash vol. 2 #218. It's one of the few Post-Crisis issues that uses him as a lead character, and it establishes his now-iconic tragic backstory and pyromania. Even though it's a bit excessively grimdark (did he really need to burn down the circus where he worked as a fire-eater?), it's a solid story nevertheless.

Worst Story: The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #11-13, or the "Three of a Kind" crossover (Green Arrow #96, Green Lantern #130, and Flash #135). Everyone was terribly written in F: TFMA, and Mick was no exception, as he was portrayed as an idiot and then killed Bart Allen.

In the crossover, Mick teamed up with two random villains that he had no prior connection to, for some reason decided to try to revive Dr. Polaris with them via hijacking a cruise ship, and ended up killing a bunch of people. It really felt like he just got shoved into the story because they needed a Flash villain in it, and they didn't think about which one would actually make sense in the plot. It makes even less sense when you remember that Mick would go back to being reformed directly after this.

Also, the New 52 introduced us to the Hothead McAngryman version of Mick, and it unfortunately took over five years for him to finally get back to normal. Having the character with fire powers be hot-headed and aggressive is probably the most boring choice they could have made, and it hurt Mick's overall character for quite some time.

Mirror Master I (Sam Scudder)

Best Appearance: Flash vol. 1 #126, or Flash vol. 1 #146, or Flash vol. 1 #306, or Batman #388 and Detective Comics v1. #555.

The first two stories are delightful Silver Age nonsense. Flash #126 features Sam traveling to a mirror world where the inhabitants essentially make him their king, but he quickly gets fed up with the fact that he's given whatever he wants means that he has no opportunities for dramatic theft, and he summons the Flash to help him escape from his boring life as king. Flash #146 is the story where the Mirror Master switches his legs with the Flash's legs. It also features Barry and Sam attending the same self-help class without knowing it!

Flash #306 has disco-dancing Sam, and, more importantly, it's one of the very few stories to try to give Sam an interesting motivation: specifically, he's fallen in love with a woman who's trapped in a mirror and is desperately trying to free her. The ending of the story is a sad one for Sam, but it's also surprisingly touching.

Finally, the Batman two-parter features Sam at his overconfident, flashy, hilarious best as he tries to prove that he's a better criminal than Captain Boomerang (incidentally, this is also a great Captain Boomerang story). It features such highlights as Sam freaking out at the sight of Batman, Sam getting freaked out by Gotham muggers, and Sam deciding to rob a bank because it's across the street and he doesn't have any better ideas. The first part of the story also features some of the best facial expressions he's ever made.

Worst Appearance: For a single story, it's either Flash Rebirth #2 or that issue from Joshua Williamson's run where Sam wore his socks and underwear in the hot tub. Weirdly, Flash Rebirth #2 featured Sam only briefly, and in a flashback, but it retconned a murder into his early past in a way that would darken all of his fun Silver and Bronze Age adventures. It's one thing to have the Rogues become more dangerous in the present, and another to retroactively make all of their early, light-hearted stories grim like this. (Geoff Johns was responsible for this retcon, and far too many others like it. I really wish he didn't like grimdark retcons so much.)

The Williamson issue had Sam who was Evan-in-all-but-name-and-accent. At that point, he might as well have not been Sam at all! That being said, this was basically just the culmination of all the problems Sam has had since he was brought back to life in the New 52. I don't know how you make a character as fun and dynamic as Pre-Crisis Sam was boring and confusing, but somehow they managed!

Weather Wizard

Best Pre-Crisis Appearance: Either Detective Comics vol. 1 #353, or Adventure Comics #466.

Watching Mark fight---and actually briefly outsmart!---Batman in Detective Comics #353 is a lot of fun, and this story is full of delightful Silver Age zaniness, including, but not limited to, Mark saving Gotham City from a drought by filling all of its reservoirs just so that he can make a big announcement in the sky about how he did it in thanks for getting to steal three priceless valuables, and in turn use that message to determine what in town is worth stealing.

Adventure Comics #466 is an entirely different brand of delightful insanity, and features the Weather Wizard briefly turning good, stopping a horde of locusts from destroying crops, and saving Blue Valley from a flood because sun spots were messing with his wand, which he somehow managed to telepathically link to his brain. No, really. Sunspots briefly make the Weather Wizard turn good. Reading this is worth it just to see Barry's reaction to friendly happy Weather Wizard.

Best Post-Crisis Appearance: Rogues Revenge #1-3. By far the most in-depth look we've ever gotten at Mark's past, his relationship with his brother Clyde, and his boatload of issues. Despite being one of the more frequently-used Rogues in the Geoff Johns era, it was rare for Mark to get a lot of attention outside of his role as a big threat, and this miniseries was a nice change of pace for him. I just wish it hadn't ended with the pointless death of his baby son, Josh, because seeing Mark develop a relationship with Josh would have been far more interesting (and less grimdark).

Worst Appearance: The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #11-13. The story where the writers replaced the Rogues' brains with rocks, and hoped we wouldn't notice. We did.

Trickster I (James Jesse)

Best Pre-Crisis Appearance: Flash vol. 1 #142. In which the Trickster steals a little kid's toy detective set, and proceeds to screw around with the entire city, and the Flash, just because he can. It's a great display of the Trickster's inventiveness and creativity, and the story goes out of its way to state that Trickster is more interested in attention and having fun than in getting money.

Best Post-Crisis Appearance: Catwoman vol. 2 #69-71, or New Year's Evil : The Rogues.

The Catwoman story features some of the funniest James moments ever, and it's so much fun watching the two con artists try to outsmart and outplay one another. Catwoman and James have a great dynamic, and it's a shame they've never really teamed up again.

New Year's Evil: The Rogues features James at his most heroic, teaming up with the Pied Piper (and, thanks to some manipulation on his part, some of the other Rogues as well) to save his ex-girlfriend Mindy's son, Billy, from a group of mercenaries who are attempting to overthrow the government of Zhutan. The story also eventually reveals that Billy is James' son, which sadly never went anywhere since for some reason no one wanted to follow up on this awesome plot point.

Worst Appearance: Countdown! Not only does he forget all of his Post-Crisis character development, but he also acts really stupidly for no reason, is a humongous jerk to the Pied Piper (his close friend!) for no reason, and then is pointlessly killed for no reason.

It's also worth noting that his most recent big appearance, the one written by Joshua Williamson, was very frustrating to me. It's not as objectively bad as Countdown, or James' appearances in F: TFMA, but it takes James in an unpleasant, dark direction, and I didn't care for it at all.

Pied Piper

Best Pre-Crisis Appearance: Flash vol. 1 #307. This story is very important for the Pied Piper, because it not only gave him his full backstory but also gave him an actual name after over twenty years of him not having one! It's also just a fun read in general, full of delightful Pre-Crisis "science" and featuring some great character work for both Hartley and his parents, who are so desperate to preserve their family name that they have a reporter who uncovered the secret kidnapped so they can bribe her to keep quiet!

Best Post-Crisis Appearance: Flash vol. 2 #19, or Flash vol. 2 #32.

William Messner-Loebs' run on the Flash is underrated, and his work on Piper is a stand-out example of why more people should read it. Even though Hartley doesn't appear a lot in Flash #19 (his first ever Post-Crisis Flash appearance, by the way), but when he does show up, it pretty much single-handedly establishes what he's going to be like going forward; establishing him as an at least mostly reformed Rogue who cares about protecting the homeless and disadvantaged. It's just really sweet.

Flash vol. 2 #32 features Hartley teaming up with Wally to save his parents and his adorable little sister Geraldine from the henchmen of the Turtle and the Turtle Man. It's adorable seeing Hartley interact with his little sister, and it's also nice to see him finally make peace with his parents, even if they'll never be close. I really wish Geraldine had gotten to show up again, because I want to see more of Hartley's little sister. Also, this story features a line that I've always found hilarious for some inexplicable reason:

Thug (in response to Joan Garrick showing up at the Rathaways' mansion): An old woman? Seize her!

A close runner-up is Flash vol. 2 #190, which is a retelling of the origin story from Flash vol. 1 #307, but with more details and from Hartley's POV (the original tale had his parents telling the story).

Worst Appearance: F: TFMA and Countdown (since one led into the other, I kind of count them as one story). In which Hartley totally forgets that he reformed, is involved in the death of Bart Allen, loses about 100 IQ points, gets chased all around the DCU, gets insulted almost non-stop by the Trickster in spite of the fact that they're supposed to be friends, watches Trickster get shot in front of him, and almost goes crazy and dies.

The fact that he gets to blow up Apocalypse with Queen music is awesome, but not nearly enough to salvage this otherwise terrible storyline.

The Top

Best Pre-Crisis Appearance: Flash vol. 1 #297-303. Roscoe comes back from the dead, possesses Barry's father, spends what appears to be several months living with Barry and pretending to be Henry Allen (while slipping off to visit Lisa on the side), and then attempts to kill Barry Allen and steal his body for his own. It's weird and creepy and unique and perfect for Roscoe, and it features lots of top puns, as all good Roscoe stories should. Also, even though he's generally a huge jerk in this story, his relationship with Lisa is adorable, affectionate, and shockingly healthy.

The most hilarious thing about this story is the fact that at one point in it, Barry thinks to himself that his relationship with his father is the best it's ever been....in response to the interactions he's had with Roscoe posing as his dad. That's right, Barry apparently gets along better with Roscoe-pretending-to-be-his-dad than he does with his actual dad.

Best Post-Crisis Appearance: This is hard. Most of Roscoe's Post-Crisis appearances are pretty bad. The writers of Hawk and Dove didn't do an especially good job with him, Mark Waid's one story with him was a decent Pied Piper story but a terrible Roscoe story, and Geoff Johns seemed to hate the character, so that always affected his Roscoe stories. If I had to pick one, I guess I'd go with @gorogues' suggestion and pick Flash vol. 2 #215-216, since he's really intimidating and cool in those issues. Unfortunately, even those issues are not immune from the curse of bad post-crisis Roscoe stories, as they include the stupid Identity Crisis tie-in retcons that negated a whole bunch of the Rogues' character development.

I seriously don't know what the problem is with the Top's post-crisis stories. All of his Pre-Crisis stories were good, solid fun, and his best story shows that he can be really effective and creepy as a main villain. Why is it so hard for modern writers to write good Top stories? He isn't inherently any weirder or goofier than the Trickster.

Worst Story: Hawk and Dove vol. 3 annual #1, or Flash vol. 2 #120-121. The Hawk and Dove annual features some truly hideous art (I'm sure @gorogues has some scans to prove just how bad it is), and features a badly out-of-character Roscoe, who just seems out-of-place fighting Hawk and Dove.

Flash vol. 2 #120-121 takes the solid idea of Roscoe trying to become president by possessing the body of a senator, and then kind of ruins it by having 99% of the cast treat Roscoe as a total joke (the same Roscoe who once tried to blow up half the world with an atomic grenade!) and by having Roscoe act like an unparalleled jerkwad towards the Pied Piper for no real reason. Before his death, Roscoe generally got along pretty well with the other Rogues, so there was no reason for him to act so nastily here. Worse, I think this depiction went on to influence Geoff Johns' portrayal of Roscoe as the most unfriendly and cruel of the Rogues, which is kind of frustrating as he wasn't always like that.

Golden Glider

Best Pre-Crisis Appearance: Flash vol. 1 #257. Golden Glider is terrifying and awesome, and this story shows you exactly why. Within this issue alone, she discovers Barry's secret identity (making her the first Rogue to pull off this hat trick), almost kills both of Barry's parents and Iris (as revenge for Roscoe's death, which she blames on Barry), puts up a very solid fight against the Flash, doesn't even flinch when the Flash threatens to kill her as a bluff (saying that she has nothing left to live for now that Roscoe is dead), and, although Barry manages to save Iris and his parents, she escapes without being captured. Pre-Crisis Golden Glider is the best, and it's a shame she never gets written like this anymore.

Best Post-Crisis Appearance: Flash vol. 2 #19. Her interactions with Wally in this story are great fun, and I like seeing her be chummy with her older brother and her fellow Rogues at the party they're throwing. Her interactions with Connie Noleski (Wally's one-time girlfriend) are also pretty funny. This issue is also notable for being one of the last stories that doesn't portray Lisa as a total lunatic, as for some reason, her character got shifted into that direction not long after COIE.

Worst Appearance: As I thankfully haven't read Teen Titans vol. 6 #22, I'm nominating Flash vol. 2 Annual 5. It's a great story for Captain Boomerang, Weather Wizard, and Trickster, but it's a pretty bad story for Lisa, as it portrays her as being completely insane and serves as Exhibit A of how Mark Waid didn't know how to write the character. Golden Glider was scary because she was smart, calculating, and surprisingly composed (given how full of rage she was). Making her violently comic-book crazy undercuts how scary she was back in the Bronze Age.

You know, it really says something that Carey Bates, Lisa's creator, is probably still the best writer she's ever had. And he was writing in the late 70s and early 80s!

Mirror Master II (Evan McCulloch)

Best Story: Animal Man #8, 17, and 21, or Flash vol. 2 #133.

Nobody writes Evan McCulloch better than his creator, Grant Morrison, and these issues put that on full display.

The Animal Man stories introduce McCulloch, establish his weird personality, his freaky powerset, and his strict refusal to kill women or children, and are generally a delight to read. McCulloch has a very distinct voice throughout and is the funniest part of all three stories. Basically, everything you need to know about the character was established in these three issues.

Flash #133 is McCulloch's best appearance in an issue of Flash. He maintains his weirdness, his distinctive voice, and his insane powerset, and he takes the Flash and the reader on a trippy, colorful adventure around the world and through the looking glass. He maintains his generally cheerful and friendly attitude towards superheroes, and he is, once again, the funniest character in the story. Grant Morrison's Evan is a delight.

A close runner-up was Flash vol. 2 #212, the story that gave Evan his backstory (grimdark though it is, it somehow kind of works for him) and established what has become arguably his second-most famous characteristic (after his Scottish accent): his addiction to cocaine. It is a very good story, and I like that we get to learn more about Evan's history, but I will say that Geoff Johns' Evan isn't nearly as cheerful and weird as Morrison's, and I think that the story would have been even better with Morrison's cheerful nutty Evan than with Johns' creepy, sullen version.

Worst Appearance: Flash: TFMA. You know the drill by this point. Stupid Rogues. Pointless death of Bart. Bad writing all around.

Trickster II (Axel Walker)

Best Appearance: Flash vol. 2 #183. There are actually surprisingly few issues that focus on Axel as a lead character, but I've always enjoyed his introductory issue. It establishes some backstory for him and effectively tells you who he is (an annoying brat who might be in over his head) and what he can do (use a lot of crazy trick gadgets and work computers better than the older Rogues). I also like the bit towards the end of the issue where Mark is thoroughly unimpressed by Axel and asks if he's supposed to be their mascot. It always gets a giggle out of me.

I also thought the arc in Joshua Williamson's run where Axel briefly got super-strength was a pretty good story for Axel. It's one of the few times he's been played sympathetically and I thought that it worked really well.

Worst Appearance: Helmet of Fate: Detective Chimp. Okay, I haven't actually read this one, but I know enough about it to know that Axel murders 4 teenagers for no real reason, and that's enough for me to list it as his worst appearance.

Also, I can't really think of any Axel issue that I have read where Axel is portrayed really terribly. Writers usually seem to have a decent grasp on his character.

Captain Boomerang Jr.

Best Appearance: The best appearance of his that I've read is in Flash vol. 2 #220-225 (the Rogue War storyline). It's one of the few stories to feature him with the Rogues, and his grief over the death of his father and his relationship with Captain Cold are both very interesting. The story also finally tells us who his mother is (Meloni Thawne) and how she had a kid with Digger (well, sort of. We know time travel shenanigans were involved, at least). That being said, @gorogues says that his appearance in Manhunter v. 3 were really good, and I've heard that the story where he teamed up with Tim Drake was a good one as well.

Worst Appearance: Blackest Night: Flash #3. The story where he was turned into a idiotic child murderer and then was pointlessly killed off!

A close runner up was the Rebirth (I think) issue of Suicide Squad where he suddenly showed up and was inexplicably a snobby criminal mastermind who really hated Digger.

#flash rogues #flash comics #captain cold #captain boomerang jr #captain boomerang #george digger harknesss #golden glider #mirror master #sam scudder #evan mcculloch #heat wave #weather wizard #the trickster #james jesse #axel walker #the top

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artifacts-archive · 5 days

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Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Athena

Greek, Athens, 490-322 BCE

The most famous of all civic badges was the profile of Athena, the tutelary goddess of Athens, stamped on the city’s coinage. While other cities modernized the looks of their coins, Athens retained this design, first used in about 520 BCE, to emphasize the dependability of its currency. With silver extracted from local mines, the city had a constant source of revenue for financing civic projects such as building a navy or rebuilding after the city was destroyed by the Persians in 480 BCE. The purity and stability of Athens’s coinage made it the standard throughout the Mediterranean for centuries.

#artifact #Greece #Athens #coin #silver

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allthecanadianpolitics · 11 months

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Community members, including a local school board and the mayor, are mourning the loss of a local couple, two days after police say their landlord shot and killed them outside their Stoney Creek home.

Carissa MacDonald, 27, and Aaron Stone, 28, are the names of the couple who died, CBC News has learned.

CBC News confirmed the identities of the victims through family members and employers who declined to comment on the record.

The couple were engaged and lived at 322 Jones Rd., police said. The house sits in a quiet area north of Barton Street in Stoney Creek.

Stone was an apprentice electrician with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, according to his Facebook page. MacDonald worked at the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board for the past three-and-a-half years and was a Mohawk College graduate, according to her LinkedIn profile. [...]

Tagging: @politicsofcanada, @vague-humanoid

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insanescriptist · 10 months

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What's Black Sky? What's happening? I never saw this story under tags before, can you do a guide for people like us to understand?

This is a link that takes you to the fic that Umei started nearly a decade ago. It's over 330 chapters and clocks about 1.4 mil words.

It's a HP and KHR crossover, with a fem!Harry raised by the Blacks. And then gets entangled with the mafia. To the mafia's peril.

Umei's ff.net profile has a further break down on the fic

Story Arc Guide for Black Sky:

Chapters 1-41, Hogwarts Arc Chapters 42-44, Wedding Interlude Chapters 45-115, Quest Arc (Includes Parenting is not a Varia Quality, which can be read in order according to the details in the 4th September 2017 post above) Chapters 116-181, Domestic Arc Chapters 182-215, Xanxus at Work Arc Chapters 216-283, Vongola Politics Arc Chapters 284-321, Consequences Arc, followed by Yesterday's Tomorrow before the next arc begins Chapters 322-324, Impact Interlude Chapters 325- Cross-Purposes Arc

What's these other fics in this list Izzy? The epic spawned side stories. Are any of these fics on Ao3 Izzy? No, they're not. Not yet. Black Sky will be moved over once it's finished, so it can have some edits done to some of the earlier chapters to revise a few details. Umei's said that if she tries to do so prior to finishing it, she'll get bogged down in the revisions and won't get any writing done.

Which would be a shame because there's only so many backlogged chapters.

#Izzy answers #Black Sky #it's an epic of a fic #we've got spread sheets to keep people straight #which only helps so far when you've gotta invent like a dozen more for plot stuff #but eh #update week soon

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sabre-tooth · 1 year

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Essential Sabretooth part 1: 1977-2005

This is a guide to the most essential and interesting Sabretooth appearance from his first appearance in 1977 until M Day in 2005. A guide to his appearances after that point will be linked here when it is complete.

Early beginnings (Claremont Era)

Iron Fist (1975) #14: The very first appearance of Sabretooth in Marvel Comics. He initially debuts as a famous mercenary and hired assassin.

Power Man (1974) #66: Sabretooth appears as a hired mook with his partner Constrictor. Special note here that Sabretooth and Constrictor are technically on the side of the law in this appearance.

Power Man and Iron Fist (1980) #78 & 84: A two issue plotline with several comics in between, this story is the first we see of Sabretooth's bloodlust and compulsion to murder. We also see his softer side with his partner Constrictor.

Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #116 and #119: Before Sabretooth's healing factor is firmly established, he goes up against Spider-man and then seeks revenge against him for scarring his face.

Mutant Massacre

The 'Mutant Massacre' storyline in which Mr. Sinister uses a group of villains to destroy the Morlocks.

The Sabretooth featured in this run is almost certainly a clone created by Mr. Sinister, and not the Sabretooth we have seen up to this point or will see in the future.

However, this is also the first time we see Wolverine and (a) Sabretooth interacting so it's an important run.

X-Factor (1986) #10

Power Pack (1984) #27

Uncanny X-Men (1981) #212

Thor (1966) #374

Daredevil (1964) #238

Uncanny X-Men (1981) #213

Wolverine (1988) #10: This is the first flashback episode to Sabretooth and Wolverine's backstory together.

Some important notes: Sabretooth's real name has not yet been established as Victor Creed and he is referred to as Sabretooth throughout.

Chris Claremont likely intended the setting of this flashback to have been the 1940s or 1950s because this was before Wolverine and Sabretooth's immortality was established. However, Claremont's ambiguity of setting and odd depiction of rural Canada suggested a much earlier timeframe to later writers, who imagine this occurring in the 1809s or 1900s, which later becomes its canonical timeframe.

Likewise, the actual veracity of the events depicted in this issue are of dubious truthfulness within the story. The Hama era of Project X strongly suggests that this incident is a false memory implanted in both Sabretooth and Wolverine to control them, and in fact evidence exists that it could not have happened– after all we meet Silverfox alive– however, later writers will contradict this and imply that it actually happened.

Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #322 and #324: While Sabretooth only makes a small appearance in these books it is a highly important one. Sabretooth appears here in Europe, still working as an assassin and being paid to take out a high profile political target.

This is the appearance that makes it clear that the animalistic Sabretooth from the Mutant Massacre (who is killed by the new Mutants in a brief appearance in the Inferno storyline) is almost certainly a clone and not the original Sabretooth.

X-Factor (1986) #51-53: Sabretooth is hired to kill Angel. This is skippable, but leads straight into the New Mutants appearance.This set of appearances establishes a later somewhat important enmity with Caliban.

New Mutants (1983) #90-91: These two issues by Rob Liefled are ugly and largely pointless but they do establish why Sabretooth is where he is when we next see him– which is the next major era for Sabretooth.

Project X Backstory (Hama Era)

In some ways this is the first really critical run of plots for Sabretooth which really codified his backstory and character going forward; to the point where this is the run where his real name, Victor Creed, is revealed.

Wolverine (1988) #41-46: This is the first real Sabretooth and Wolverine storyline. Larry Hama takes up writing duties here, and uses them to smoothly transition between the few ideas about Sabretooth that Chris Claremont established, into the larger concept he has for Sabretooth.

This section establishes their rivalry and history, building into the idea that much of what they know and believe about one another may be false. Throughout this arc Sabretooth claims that Logan is his son, an idea that Hama will soon reveal is the result of mind control they both underwent, as Sabretooth starts having flashbacks and breaks in his programming.

Wolverine (1988) #48-49: A critically important couple of issues where Wolverine discovers his and Sabretooth's past as special forces partners with Team X in the cold war era.

X-Men (1991) #5-7: These issues continue to probe Wolverine and Sabretooth's true backstory with one another, as Omega Red kidnaps and tortures Wolverine to discover the final outcome of a mission that the pair were on during the cold war.

Wolverine (1988) #60-64: this is the critical run where Larry Hama exposes the full scope of the brainwashing and programming that Sabretooth and Wolverine underwent together.

Wolverine (1988) #68: A flashback issue to another important cold war mission Wolverine and Sabretooth undertook as part of Team X.

Sabretooth (1993) #1-4: Also known as Sabretooth: Death Hunt. This is Sabretooth's first miniseries and a critically important one. It establishes his long held romance/enmity with Mystique, setting it during an incident during the cold war. It establishes another important point going forward– Mystique and Sabretooth's son, Graydon Creed.

The Basement Arc

With Sabretooth's backstory and character firmly established, the story now moves into it's next phase, the basement arc.

During this series of issues, Sabretooth has finally completely lost his mind due to the fragmentation of his earlier brainwashing, which has driven him into a now completely uncontrollable bloodlust.

He seeks help with the X-Men, only to find himself locked in a dungeon in the basement and berated and condemned by various characters, who believe he is beyond help, and unworthy of pity.

He is eventually semi-accidentally lobotomized by a half-mad Wolverine, and is reduced to a childlike state during the healing process. During this time he befriends abuse victim Tabitha Smith who shows him kindness and empathy, only to be condemned by her friends for doing so.

X-Men Unlimited (1993) #3

X-Men (1991) #28-29

Uncanny X-Men Annual (1991) #18 [A Story]

Uncanny X-Men (1981) #310

X-Men (1991) #30

Uncanny X-Men (1981) #311-313

X-Men (1991) #33

Uncanny X-Men (1981) #316

X-Men (1991) #36-37

Wolverine (1988) #87

X-Men (1991) #38

Wolverine (1988) #89

X-Men (1991) #40-41

Wolverine (1988) #90

X-Force (1991) #44-46

Uncanny X-Men (1981) #323

X-Force (1991) #47

Wolverine (1988) #92

Uncanny X-Men (1981) #326

X-Force (1991) #48

Uncanny X-Men (1981) #328

Sabretooth Special (1996) #1: At the end of this arc, Sabretooth breaks out of captivity and goes on a rampage, before attempting to commit suicide, preferring death to captivity. "Have you ever seen the end of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?" he asks.

However, his suicide attempt fails and he is captured by the government, leading directly into the next arc.

X-Factor Era

Taking place primarily in the pages of a year and a half long run of X-Factor, this is another early core Sabretooth story. This story continues the repeated themes of Sabretooth being held captive and controlled by government forces who want to use him as a weapon, and the increasing futility of trying to control him.

Core interactions during this time are a continuing romantic arc and enmity with Mystique, and a newly established sort of dark mentorship with the character Wild Child who shares many of Sabretooth traits but in a much more pathetic and absurd way.

X-Factor (1986) #119-126

Sabretooth and Mystique (1996) #1-4

X-Factor (1986) #127-137

Sabretooth: Back to Nature (1998) #1

Loose Cannon

During this time Sabretooth is back to doing mercenary work and doing as he pleases, after finally having escaped the mental deterioration of his mind control, and captivity by the government.

Logan: Shadow Society (1996) #1: Sabretooth takes a job with the Hellfire Club that connects to his and Logan's mutual past.

Maverick (1997) #1-7: While not every issue features an appearance by Sabretooth himself, the main thrust of the story is Sabretooth being hunted by a figure from his past, following up on the events depicted in Wolverine (1988) #68.

Wolverine (1988) #126-128: Sabretooth crashes Wolverine's wedding and beats him up, before he, Wolverine and Kitty Pryde are forced to fight a team of magical ninjas that swap the trio's personalities with one another.

Gambit (1999) #7-9: Sabretooth teams up with Gambit against Mister Sinister and Sabretooth is allowed to take on a more anti-hero role by the narrative.

Uncanny X-Men (1981) #388 & Bishop: The Last X-Man (1999) #16: Sabretooth teams up with Mystique for some political machinations against the X-Men.

Weapon X (2000s)

During this arc, Sabretooth is captured, along with a number of other mutants, and forced into another Weapon X project which experiments on him and uses him as a weapon. However, being of sound mind this time, this goes very poorly for Weapon X as Sabretooth escapes and makes himself a problem for them.

Wolverine (1988) #160, 162-166: Sabretooth is recaptured by the new Weapon X project who proceed to implant his skeleton with adamantium like Wolverine's and try to use him as a weapon.

Deadpool (1997) #57, 59-61: Weapon X sends Sabretooth to attempt to recruit Deadpool for the Weapon X project. They don't know that Sabretooth is already plotting his escape.

There are several issues of Weapon X "pregame" that involve Sabretooth, and show how things have been going for the project.

Weapon X (2002) #½

Weapon X: Wild Child (2002) #1

Weapon X: Agent Zero (2002) #1

Sabretooth: Mary Shelly Overdrive #1-4: Along with the original mini, this four issue mini is the best Sabretooth solo miniseries written so far. A true neo-noir story and a tragedy, Sabretooth finds himself mixed up with an innocent young woman who is in over her head and running out of time. This story casts Sabretooth as a true romantic anti-hero. Set after his escape from Weapon X and before he comes back to make himself a problem for them.

Weapon X (2002) #2-12: Sabretooth makes himself a problem for Weapon X throughout this year long run. Some highlights include renewed clashes with Wild Child following up on their X-factor mentorship/enmity.

New X-Men (2001) #142: Sabretooth runs into Wolverine in a Hellfire club bathroom.

Wolverine (2003) #13-19: Sabretooth recruits Wolverine to help him on a job hunting down a figure from their mutual past. This is a great arc because it reverses the usual perceived dynamic of an animalistic Sabretooth and a civilized Wolverine. It's also some of the most time that Sabretooth and Wolverine spend talking so far.

Sabretooth (2004) #1-4: A really tepid and skippable book that doesn't focus much on Sabretooth himself. However, it's interesting enough for the twist, which is that Sabretooth is not actually the villain who's been killing people, as is assumed at the start.

Identity Disc (2004) #1-4: A fun but messy and easily skippable mini. Sabretooth and some other villains are recruited for a big heist.

Weapon X (2002) #26-28: Sabretooth returns to the pages of the Weapon X book for the end of its run, to clean up the mess. This run is great for the relationship between Sabretooth and fellow mutant mercenary John Greycrow (known here as "Scalphunter"). Plus we get to see Sabretooth in a Hawaiian shirt. The very end of this run implies that Sabretooth is pulled away by business with the Brotherhood of Mutants which we unfortunately never see much followed up on.

Black Panther (2005) #7: this "House of M" era issue implies that Sabretooth has been working for Magneto and the brotherhood of mutants for the past 9 months he's been off screen. Magneto sends him to kill the Black Panther and they fight. Sabretooth then disappears from comics for another full year.

X-Men (1991) #188-193: Sabretooth seeks sanctuary with the X-Men and hangs out on their couch for a while, while Mystique avoids speaking to him. He warns the X-Men about the so called "Children of the Vault."

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Can A Velocity 1.16 Million Km Per Second Be Found?

The velocity 1.16 million km per second is registered in the planets data- let's prove that-

(first proof) Planet Velocity Analysis

I have discovered a rule tells (v1v2=322) (my fifth equation)– let's see it

Data

322 = 47.4 km/s (Mercury velocities) x 6.8 km/s (Uranus velocities)

322 = 35 km/s (Venus velocity) x 4.7 km/s (Pluto velocity) x 2

322 = 29.8 km/s (the Earth velocity) x 5.4 km/s (Neptune velocities) x 2

322 = 24.1 km/s (Mars velocity) x 13.1 km/s (Jupiter velocity)

322 = (17.9 km/s)^2 (Ceres velocity) (Max error 2%)

Discussion

The data tells the planets velocities are created complementary one another and based on this constant (322)- but why the constant equal =322?

1160000 seconds = 3600 x 322 hours – means

Mercury (47.4 km/s) move 1160000 km in a period (6.8 hours) and Uranus (6.8 km/s) moves 1160000 km in a period (47.4 hours) – that proves the constant 322 depends on the velocity 1160000 km/s–means- All planets velocities are defined based on this velocity 1160000 km/s which proves this velocity is a fact

(Second proof) The planets orbital circumferences total

100733 million km = 86400 seconds x 1160000 km/s

(100733 million km= The Planets Orbital Circumferences Total)

Means- the velocity 1160000 km/s passes per solar day a distance =100733 million km= The Planets Orbital Circumferences Total

Shortly- the planets orbits are defined based on this velocity-

Notice / the planets motions distances total in 1461 solar days = 25920 million km = the distance is passed by light (300000 km/s) in one solar day (86400s)

(1461 days = the Earth cycle = 365 +365 +365 +366)

(Third proof) The Planets Distances Creation

The planets distances are created depending on this velocity (1160000 km/s), let's prove that,

778.6 million km (Jupiter orbital distance) = 1160000 km/s x 671 seconds

721 million km (Jupiter Mercury distance) = 1160000 km/s x 629 seconds

629 million km (Jupiter Earth distance) = 1160000 km/s x 551 seconds

4900 million km (Jupiter Orbital Circumference)= 1160000 km/s x 2094 seconds x 2

5906 million km (Pluto Orbital Distance)= 1160000 km/s x 5127 seconds

671 million km = Jupiter Venus distance

551 million km = Jupiter Mars distance

5127 million km = Jupiter Pluto distance

Shortly, a light beam its velocity 1160000 km/s uses the distances as periods of time to create more distances based on one another – for that- the distances are created as one network and one group- Jupiter distances proves this idea clearly-

(Fourth proof) speed of light is connected with the velocity 1160000 km/s

(1.16/0.3) x 2π = 24.3

The equation tells, the space is created in curved lines (2π) and the time is created based on the solar day (24 hours).

That explains why the planets orbital circumferences total depends on the solar day period

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33. Chosen, by PC and Kristin Cast

Owned: No, library Page count: 322 My summary: Zoey Redbird is in trouble. Her friends are growing more distant, her boyfriend trouble has reared its head, and her undead friend is losing her humanity day by day. Nyx is leading her to unlikely corners to solve her problem - former foe Aphrodite starts to offer help, albeit reluctantly. But when vampyres start being killed, Zoey starts to realise there are bigger things at work here. Nyx’s path is hard to walk. And Zoey is going to find herself in huge trouble... My rating: 0/5 My commentary:

I have no excuses for why I'm continuing with the House of Night books. They're awful. There's so little to like about them. They're just a bigoted mess. And yet, they're also wild in how awful they are, so much that they wind up being incredibly entertaining in all the wrong ways. So I'm gonna keep reading 'em until either I'm sick of them, or I run out. Because this is my life now.

So there's four major things in this book I wanna talk about. Obviously, it's still homophobic and misogynistic as hell, I've talked about that before, that hasn't changed. The first of this particular book's sins is Loren Blake. He's a teacher at the House of Night who's shown a romantic interest in Zoey, so much so that she counts him as one of her three boyfriends. Surprise! He's grooming her! But not in the way that setup sounds like. No, he's actually just pretending to be into her so he can spy on her for Neferet, his actual lover. The problem this narrative has with him isn't that he's a teacher preying on a seventeen year old, it's that he's spying for Neferet. Ugh. It's also tied up in Zoey's misogyny - she denigrates other girls as sluts and skanks, but has sex with Loren. Then she wonders if she's turning into a slut. Which is clearly the biggest issue here. The sexual politics of this series are a fucking mess.

Then there's Zoey's ongoing relationships with her friends, who are all still one-note. They all turn against her in this one, mostly because she's hiding the Stevie Rae thing and doesn't tell them anything. But it starts at the opening scene, Zoey's birthday, where everyone gets her Christmas themed presents because her birthday's the 24th of December, and Zoey hates that. But doesn't tell them this beforehand or after, and is treating her friends getting her Christmas themed presents as a great betrayal. Priorities, girl! I don't know how she's meant to stay sympathetic, honestly. This is not a huge deal, and she's treating it like they're being mean to her, despite them not knowing she doesn't like it. So when Stevie Rae shows up, they all freak out (justifiably!) and shun Zoey for it. And because nuance is not a concept Cast is familiar with, it's in that very black and white You Are Either For Or Against Zoey way that every relationship Zoey has winds up. We're supposed to think they're treating Zoey unfairly, when actually it's her own damn fault. Meanwhile, Aphrodite is slowly becoming part of the team, but her and Zoey still spend the whole time sniping at each other in misogynistic ways, it's really unpleasant.

Third is the whole magic and religion thing. Vampyres are being murdered by humans, who belong to the People of Faith, a vaguely Christian organisation. Stevie Rae is becoming an Actual Vampire, with the sun weakness and the need to drink blood and be invited into houses thing. (I know I keep saying it, but why is this book not about witches? Stevie Rae can still separately be resurrected as a vampire.) Of course, the vampyres are all innocent victims (it's canon that the vampyres make up much of the high-profile members of society, what is the legal situation of vampyres in this world?) and all the People of Faith are cartoonishly evil and bigoted. Nuance is dead, long live nuance. Secondarily, Zoey's just amazing at all her magic now. She said she's been practicing, but we never see her do any work for it. She can summon wind and fire and all that! Sure would be nice to see her figure that out! But no, as ever, Zoey's just Naturally Good At All Things.

And then there's what I'm going to refer to as The Incident. So here's the setup. Zoey has gone to meet her human boyfriend, Heath, to break up with him. He gets her to drink more of his blood, during which some men catcall her. They are explicitly mentioned to be black. Zoey summons her affinity with the wind to blow a car into their path, hitting them. They could have died. We don't know. Which...what the fuck? Why specifically mention the ethnicity of these characters? The point this scene is meant to make is that Zoey is losing her humanity, but we don't see that in any other meaningful way, this whole thing just feels tacked-on. She doesn't have these murderous impulses anywhere else in her life! And while Zoey feels bad about what happened, she doesn't, like, check to see if they're okay, or call an ambulance. She just leaves. Which carries the really gross overtone that a) black men (of which there are no other explicit examples thus far in this book) are aggressive and sexually harass women and b) are totally fine to murder for the above incident. It's Just Disgusting.

Ugh. And yet, I've got the next installment on order. Riddle me that. Anyway, next up something much better - a house full of magical, troubled children.

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I posted 3,655 times in 2022

322 posts created (9%)

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I tagged 1,879 of my posts in 2022

Only 49% of my posts had no tags

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Longest Tag: 119 characters

#(he's used to it be cause of war. being around the decepticons and ghosty was the second bot to dispose the most bots.)

My Top Posts in 2022:

A familiar purple colored vehicon and insecticon are back on earth. Both attempting to keep a very aggressive acting red and black mech under-control. And little Chime was just looking around curiously. ((Roughedge-alone-mech)

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Ghostwire was relaxing a bit, enjoying the time near the place before hearing some sort of commotion.

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Spark Case is wondering around with Nitro in Ghost’s home. Mostly bonding with the little one.bonding and attempting to piece things together.

@kaonacademyishere

The home was quiet, but peaceful, as Ghostwire was reading some earth books. Letting the two bond.

While the cats watched Sparkcase, well, Polaris is. Oberon was just following behind the giant mech with his cute triangle tail sticking out. Mewing whenever Nitrospark looks at him.

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Optimus was with megatron, both of the leaders looking tired and disappointed. Well, more so Optimus. Megatron had a scowl on as he stared over at the lined up bots. Just infront of the ruined buildings behind them. Destroyed legible housing units for future returning cybertronians.

(oh no)

@cyberverse-hub

Fedelis could only sigh at all of this...

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((Kaonacademy-I forgot to send it in, apologizes!))

I'd been forever since Spark Case was last seen. Worryingly long, so long that it began to gather the higher ups optics. So many high profile bots were disappearing.

Lenro was horribly worried. He hadn't found the mech before, no meeting or talking time. He was just...gone. now he was stuck pacing around. Looking worse then the weeks before.

@kaonacademyishere

(It's cool.)

The rest were worried about the news. Ghost wire felt uncomfortable as there was no news of what was happening with the disappearances. Flow worried that they are brainwashing the other higher-ups like last time. Oh, it's faster than before.

And Fedelis came around to check on Lenro. "Lenro. You're going to pop a shock absorber." He said, a bit more out of concern with the situation.

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My #1 post of 2022

A blue and white aeral mech stood in the center of some sort of plaza. tall bots all around him as he glanced around with his drones drawing towards him.

It wasn't exactly what he thought would happen...he didn't exactly test that tool on something...besides himself. Note to not just use random tools on yourself!

"So many, huge bots." He turned to leave but just smashed into someone.

@letthealienhuntbegin

Flow Let out a surprised yip as she felt someone bumping onto her. She turned and looked down. Her wings frilled up. "Oh my!"

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Selling a House in Kurukshetra? Here's How to Get the Best Price for Your Property!

Don’t settle for just any offer

All home sellers have one thing in common: not getting a fair price.

Whatever the state of the housing market. It's essential to ensure you get an acceptable price. A Mumbai-based property research firm, Liases Foras, estimated that in the National Capital Region, the unsold inventory rose 12% from 322 million sq ft in March 2015 to 361 million sq ft in March 2016 to 600 million sq. ft. in January 2024. Assuming a plot size of 1400 sq. ft., that’s more than 4 lakh units lying unsold.

While this is encouraging news for prospective buyers, it does create trouble for those who listed houses for sale in Kurukshetra. With builders burdened with so many unsold plots in Kurukshetra and low demand,. People who wish to sell their properties face challenges. However, there’s a silver lining. There is a surge of buyers who are actively looking for ready-to-move-in or resale properties.

So, strategically, selling your house can make a significant difference in achieving the best possible price. If you want to sell your house stress-free, this guide is for you to help you seal the deal. But first, let’s….

Understand the Kurukshetra Real Estate Market: (optional)

A leading city within Haryana, surrounded by zones like Ludhiana, Patiala, Amritsar, Jalandhar, and Ambala along with several other areas. Given its geographical advantages, With connectivity and infrastructural improvements, demand has increased exponentially for Property in the city over the last few years. This has led to more housing options being available for buyers. A unique blend of urban convenience and cultural richness makes Kurukshetra an attractive location for potential homebuyers.

Now let’s dive into how you can get the best prices if you have a house for sale in Kurukshetra...

Enhance your home’s curb appeal:

You must have heard the quote “First impression last” holds true in the real estate market. Before you go on searching for potential buyers to sell your independent homes in Kurukshetra make your house attractive. Put yourself in the shoes of your buyer, would you like Cracked walls, worn-off paints, wall sealing, faucets that don’t work? It can be a deal breaker. You may have to invest some money to spruce up the place. Eventually, it will boost the value of your house- giving you an edge while negotiating.

“Even a fresh coat of paint can add value to the house,” says Anuj Puri, Chairman & Country Head, JLL India.

Start by: Organise and strategise

Be realistic; selling a house can take several months from start to finish—or even longer, depending on the conditions of the local market. So it does make sense to plan ahead and stay organized.

Before planning to list your home, consider getting a home inspection. This is not mandatory but can be useful.

Now after you decide when you want to sell your house as an independent home in Kurukshetra, Jump right into researching real estate agents to find someone with the right knowledge and experience for your situation and your needs, (Step 3) or Do it alone. It's Up To YOU

Agent who knows the market: Making Right choices

Thanks to the internet, it’s easy to find out how long a real estate agent has been in the business, how many deals they’ve made, and even what designations they’ve earned. This information can help you make an informed decision about which real estate agent to work with. You can look at an agent’s online profile and see how long they have been in the business. You can also look at how and where they sell their listings. You can also pay attention to how professional their listings look. But keep in mind that he’ll ask for a percentage of the home’s value. If that’s out of your price range, you’ll have to go it alone, but be prepared for a lot of paperwork and red tape. Experts recommend doing both at the same time.

As the saying goes:

“The wider the net you cast, the better your chances of catching the right fish.”

Finding the sweet spot:

Pricing is a critical aspect of a successful sale. If you understand buyer psychology, then you know that even in competitive markets, buyers don’t want to pay more than they have to. Make a reasonable assessment of the value of your independent house in Kurukshetra. An agent can help you here because he knows the market trends. But if you are not using an agent, find out the sale price of similar properties in the area. Set a competitive yet realistic price that reflects the true value of your house.

If you’re looking to sell quickly, offer at least a 5% discount to speed things up. The buyer needs to understand the value of the deal. If you insist on sticking to your price, it may scare away potential buyers.

Property should never be sold in a hurry unless you’re in dire straits. Real estate isn’t a liquid asset. Give it a reasonable amount of time to close–Says experts

Conclusions:

A house for sale in Kurukshetra demands strategic planning and an understanding of market dynamics. By enhancing your property's appeal, setting realistic timelines, choosing the right agent (or going solo), and pricing your home effectively, you can navigate the challenges and secure the best deal.

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Can A Velocity 1.16 Million Km Per Second Be Found?

The velocity 1.16 million km per second is registered in the planets data- let's prove that-

(first proof) Planet Velocity Analysis

I have discovered a rule tells (v1v2=322) (my fifth equation)– let's see it

Data

322 = 47.4 km/s (Mercury velocities) x 6.8 km/s (Uranus velocities)

322 = 35 km/s (Venus velocity) x 4.7 km/s (Pluto velocity) x 2

322 = 29.8 km/s (the Earth velocity) x 5.4 km/s (Neptune velocities) x 2

322 = 24.1 km/s (Mars velocity) x 13.1 km/s (Jupiter velocity)

322 = (17.9 km/s)^2 (Ceres velocity) (Max error 2%)

Discussion

The data tells the planets velocities are created complementary one another and based on this constant (322)- but why the constant equal =322?

1160000 seconds = 3600 x 322 hours – means

(Second proof) The planets orbital circumferences total

100733 million km = 86400 seconds x 1160000 km/s

(100733 million km= The Planets Orbital Circumferences Total)

Means- the velocity 1160000 km/s passes per solar day a distance =100733 million km= The Planets Orbital Circumferences Total

Shortly- the planets orbits are defined based on this velocity-

Notice / the planets motions distances total in 1461 solar days = 25920 million km = the distance is passed by light (300000 km/s) in one solar day (86400s)

(1461 days = the Earth cycle = 365 +365 +365 +366)

(Third proof) The Planets Distances Creation

The planets distances are created depending on this velocity (1160000 km/s), let's prove that,

778.6 million km (Jupiter orbital distance) = 1160000 km/s x 671 seconds

721 million km (Jupiter Mercury distance) = 1160000 km/s x 629 seconds

629 million km (Jupiter Earth distance) = 1160000 km/s x 551 seconds

4900 million km (Jupiter Orbital Circumference)= 1160000 km/s x 2094 seconds x 2

5906 million km (Pluto Orbital Distance)= 1160000 km/s x 5127 seconds

Where

671 million km = Jupiter Venus distance

551 million km = Jupiter Mars distance

5127 million km = Jupiter Pluto distance

(Fourth proof) speed of light is connected with the velocity 1160000 km/s

(1.16/0.3) x 2π = 24.3

The equation tells, the space is created in curved lines (2π) and the time is created based on the solar day (24 hours).

That explains why the planets orbital circumferences total depends on the solar day period

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ESDS Software Solutions IPO Date, Price, GMP, Review, Company Profile, Risk, Financials 2023

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