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Card 194: All Hulks Unite
Another recent #Milestones, though this one feels like a bigger deal than the Lyja one. Maybe that's just a Hulk bias on my part. I do like the staging of the figures, and Banner's big round glasses.
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Card 193: Days of Future Past
I've always appreciated the inclusion of a relevant cover on the cardbacks of this subset; it's another way to connect to the history of the MU and get some more notable art into the set.
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Card 192: I Married a Skrull
New category: #Milestones! Another way this series engages with the broader history of the MU, though kicking it off w/DeFalco's big "Alicia was a Skrull!" retcon sure feels like recency bias.
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Card 191: Atlantis Attacks
As with the Evolutionary War card, the cardback text here makes the story seem way more cohesive than it actually is.
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Card 190: Kree vs. Skrull War
Isn't this is usually referred to as the "Kree-Skrull War?" Is the "vs." nomenclature an older usage?
At any rate, the card does a nice job of making the war seem more warlike than the actual story.
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Card 189: Infinity Gauntlet
More good headshot work on the back.
I don't remember Thor playing a super pivotal role in the story (versus, say, Warlock or Silver Surfer) but otherwise, really strong card.
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Card 188: Inferno
Great energy from the Jean/Maddie face-off on the back.
But between Nightcrawler on Evolutionary War & the Black Costume Spidey here, I'm starting to think Jarvinen is just randomly tossing in characters he likes.
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Card 187: Secret Wars
Epting again, and a stronger card this time. Still a little fuzzy on some details (where's Spider-Man's costume's webbing?) but the multiple planes of actions give it an enjoyable level of depth.
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Card 186: Operation Galactic Storm
It's the hot new war of '92!
The layout here is very similar to the one use on the OGS house ad from Tom Palmer; the card is very much missing Palmer's presence.
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Card 185: Evolutionary War
Love the inclusions of extra rocky Thing, though I'm pretty sure Nightcrawler sat this particular war out, given Excalibur didn't have traditional annuals at the time.
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Card 184: X-Tinction Agenda
New category: Wars! Which really could be called Events or Crossovers.
Always nice to see weird Cyborg Spider Crab Head Hodge. I also like how this seems to recreate a few moments from Uncanny #272.
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Card 183: Serpent Society
Always appreciate the inclusion of some villain teams, and these guys were a pretty regular fixture in the middle of Mark Gruenwald's long Cap run (though I thought Sidewinder was their leader? Or was that an earlier iteration?).
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Card 182: X-Men Blue
The rare instance in this era in which the Gold team comes off looking cooler than the Blue. Both Gambit on the front & Cyclops on the back look like they're trying to blow their hair out of their face.
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098 - X-Factor #146 - 4/7/2004
What's a good term for a bunch of Madrox dupes? A flock of Madrox? A pack? A murder of Madrox?
Cover by Mike Miller. Interiors by Howard Mackie & Lee Moder.
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076 - X-Factor #78 - 3/17/1992
My first issue of X-Factor!
What is yours?
Cover by Joe Quesada. Interiors by Peter David, Larry Stroman & Brandon Peterson
#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #XFactor #StrongGuy #Havok #Polaris #Wolfsbane #Madrox #Quicksilver
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Hey kids! Your backwards hat-wearing Unca Stan is here to intro a weirdly intense tale of Havok's childhood where his adoptive parents want him to be their dead son & he incinerates a bully using his powers for the first time! #XFactor #XMen
https://www.therealgentlemenofleisure.com/2026/03/x-amining-x-factor-1.html
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084 - Havok
Given Kent Williams worked on this set, seems like a missed opportunity to not have him do the Havok card.
Havok tends to trading card well, but I don't love this; too loosey-goosey.
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061 - X-Factor #216 - 3/2/2011
X-Factor vs. Mayor J. Jonah Jameson!
Cover by David Yardin. Interiors by Peter David & Emanuela Lupacchino.
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056 - X-Factor #144 - 2/25/1998
Havok returns (briefly) after his dalliance with villainy and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.
Cover by Duncan Rouleau. Interiors by Howard Mackie & Rouleau.
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Marvel Masterpieces Series 2 original X-Men!
(Sorry Iceman, you don't get a card in this set).
Which card is your favorite?
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #XMen #JoePhillips #GeorgePerez #CarlPotts
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088 - Terrax
Fabry does Terrax justice, but the awkward framing of the card (cutting off the top of his weapon) makes it look like Terrax is about to axe himself in the head.
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When the Avengers' Big Three need a break!
Which one is your favorite?
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #Avengers #USAgent #WarMachine #Thunderstrike #BetaRayBill #FrankSpings #JoeJusko #JoePhillips
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077 - Beta Ray Bill
Space Horse Thor gets his first solo trading card!
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063 - Captain Britain
Nice job making the figure pop against a background that is basically his costume.
Speaking of costumes, always nice to see the OG Captain Britain look.
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #CaptainBritain #Excalibur #XMen #JoePhillips
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061 - Abomination
Channeling the Toxic Avenger a bit.
"Hostile world power" is a cute way of referring to the Soviet Union.
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052 - Longshot
Like the construction of this one, the sense of movement & narrative created by leaping over the Mojo statute.
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049 - Puma
I'm a sucker for these kind of "top-down" perspective cards.
Also, every time I read the word "puma", I read it like Principal Skinner pronounces it ("pew-mah").
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031 - Gambit
Guest-starring a Sentinel!
The "In the Beginning" fact was already a reach in '93 and would only prove more wrong with time.
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007 - Cyclops
Playing off the "first appearance" cardbacks, the "Did You Know?" fact is replaced by "In the beginning", factoids about the character's origins/early days.
Which give us our first (only?) trading card mention of Jack O'Diamonds!