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Card DCH16: Swamp Thing
Never forget #SwampThing had a major motion picture before nearly every superhero aside from Superman & Batman.
I appreciate that while the cardback text is the same, the background image changes.
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Card DCH15: Superman
I like the idea of doing a different angle for a heavily featured character, but it almost seems like the wall is the co-star of this card.
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Card DCH14: The Spectre
Curiously, despite the regular cards featuring it & the hologram cardbacks being more or less the same, the artists of these cards aren't credited on the cards themselves (they're on the checklist).
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Card DCH13: Lobo
Jason Momoa's now-favorite card.
Really, the space dolphin should be front and center.
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Card DCH12: Hawkman
I have no idea what is happening on this card. Is that the end of his whip in the foreground? Some kind of claw? A snake?
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Card DCH11: Captain Marvel
Continuing the numbering from the Series 1 holograms.
All else aside, the transformation element makes Captain Marvel a great subject for a hologram card.
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Card 150: Checklist B
One thing DC figured out that Marvel never did, getting some creator credits onto their trading cards. Both the individual artists & here, credits for the cardback writer (Mark Waid!) and other contributors.
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Card 149: Checklist A
The all important checklist card. Part 1 of 2.
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Card 148: Valor
Mon-El! A character with a deeper film/TV CV than many other more recognizable DC characters! He does have a better claim to being a rookie, having been more or less relaunched prior to this set.
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Card 147: Timber Wolf
Hardly a rookie, but I am intrigued by this "stuck in the past and mutating" plotline.
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Card 146: The Ray
Great cardfront image, and the cardback drops the big "M" word once again!
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Card 145: Thunderbolt
Another "old is new" rookie. Good use of color here to make the central figure pop against a busy background.
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Card 144: Heckler
Here's someone I've legit never heard of before. Almost seems DC's Darkhawk or Sleepwalker, a new character who debuts in the first issue of their own series in the early 90s.
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Card 143: Eclipso
Pulling the old Marvel Trading Card trick of passing off a new riff on an older character as a "rookie".
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Card 142: Darkstar
I'm sure this character and his backstory will lead to a solution for Donna Troy's post-Crisis existence that is both effective and lasting.
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Card 141: Agent Liberty
New category: New Breed, which is, I believe, this set's take on "rookie cards".
The all-black background is striking; I'm surprised we haven't seen it used before this.
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Card 140: Dr. Z
I really need to revisit the Triangle Era cuz this is another guy of which I have no recollection.
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Card 139: Lord Satanus
Love this little sub-drama of satanic Superman foes.
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Card 138: Blaze
AKA DC Lady Mephisto, with Superman as Silver Surfer.
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Card 137: Silver Banshee
For whatever reason, Silver Banshee always stick out in my head as the definitive post-Crisis/John Byrne Superman villain.
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Card 136: Cerberus
Not familiar with this guy, but I like the cut of his jib. More Bogdanove fun.
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Card 135: Parasite
Look at that big purple beefcake!
I don't think I knew that this version of the character debuted in Firestorm.
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Card 134: Doomsday
Given when this set came out, it's no surprise Doomsday gets a card, even though it's still at a time where basically nothing is known about Doomsday's whole deal.
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Card 133: Brainiac
I will always carry a torch for the George Perez silver robot Brainiac, but I do like this evil blond goatee one as well.
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Card 132: Mr. Mxyzptlk
Going for post-Crisis first appearances here, apparently.
Bogdanove is an artist who seems well-suited for trading cards.
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Card 131: Luthor II
It's whacky & comic book-y & frankly a little bit dumb, but I love this whole "Luthor II" nonsense (admittedly in part cuz it's what was in place when I started reading Superman on the reg).
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Card 130: Trinity
Grummett does an impressive job putting a lot character into each of the three faces.
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Card 129: Warp
I'm not sure anyone can make the guy with the weird cocoon helmet look cool/menacing, but Grummett gets pretty dang close!
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Card 128: Plasmus
The goo-ed up heroes at his feet and the whisps of smoke rising from all the bodies are the details that make the card.
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Card 127: Phobia
Great card that tells a story and shows off the character's power in the process.
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Card 058: Golden Age Wildcat
The last of the JSA cards.😢
The swinging lamp, the poster on the wall, the one guy already knocked out, so many great details in this little one panel story.
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Card 057: Golden Age Starman
Once again, the fluidity & sense of movement is impressive.
I did not know Phantom Lady was Ted's cousin, so thanks Q&A!
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Card 056: Golden Age Hourman
Love the big ol' hourglass behind him.
Hourman's schtick is one of those Golden Age gimmicks that still holds up (compared to, say, GL's inability to affect wood).
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Card 054: Golden Age Atom
A little cluttered, but I like how the layout is used to emphasize Atom's short stature.
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Card 054: Golden Age Dr. Mid-Nite
McNider/Mid-Nite is one of the great "real name sounds like a codename" examples.
Was there even a Silver Age (or later) Mid-Nite at this time to necessitate the "Golden Age" distinction?
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Card 053: Golden Age Hawkman
It's hard to understate just how great these Parobeck cards are. Just a ridiculous amount of fun.
That said, Hawkgirl getting wedged onto Hawkman's card instead of her own is lame.
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Card 051: Golden Age Flash
Without a doubt, a highlight of this set is that it contains a good chunk of Mike Parobeck art.
Love the art deco train on this one.
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Card 050: Power Girl
Capturing PG's post-Crisis "she's a magical Atlantean!" workaround to the elimination of Earth-2.
The light pole wraparound is a subtle and fun visual detail.
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Card 049: Elongated Man
Fun little action sequence on this one.
"Pliable probiscis" is a great phrase.
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Card 048: Doctor Light
The good one, not the other one.
This seems like a character who never fully realized their potential.
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Card 047: Crimson Fox
Another relative hole in DC knowledge. I'm picturing a Monet/Penance kind of situation with Constance and Vivian but I suspect it's much less bonkers than that.
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Card 046: Metamorpho
This may be blasphemy, but I've never been a huge Metamorpho guy.
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Card 045: Green Lantern
Running up the side of a building is a great way to both highlight Flash's speed and create a dynamic image for the cardfront.
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Card 044: Green Lantern
Was Hal legitimately the *leader* of the GL Corps at this point, or is the cardback taking the idea of him being a "leading member of" too literally?
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Card 043: Bloodwynd
When Martian Manhunter wanted in on the "let's slap two nouns together* to make a name" trend of the 90s.
*Can we replace a vowel with a Y? Even better!"
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Card 041: Ice
Could you imagine if they didn't put Fire & Ice next to each other?
I like the depth on the cardfront. That, along with some smart coloring, allows Ice to standout despite a limited pallet.
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Card 040: Fire
Another dynamic cardfront image.
I also appreciate that the reprinted panels on the back get an issue citation (this one almost looks like 80s era JRjr could have drawn it).
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Card 039: Booster Gold
Booster is usually thought of as a goofier character, the avatar of the Bwah-ha-ha JL, but I like this card's more traditional action hero-y take on him.
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Card 038: Blue Beetle
Continuing the 'teams' theme, these single cards are grouped by team (and follow the order of the triptychs), starting w/the Justice League.
Bug looks more like a six-legged frog.
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Card 021: Legionnaires (3)
I guess one of the perks of the triptychs is being able to reference multiple first appearances. 🤪