#dcct — Public Fediverse posts
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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.
#TradingCardADay #DCCT #FoesOfSuperman #Superman -
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 130: Trinity
Grummett does an impressive job putting a lot character into each of the three faces.
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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 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 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 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 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 127: Phobia
Great card that tells a story and shows off the character's power in the process.
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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 125: Houngan
Ugh, this guy again. Great card though, with Grummet putting a lot of depth and texture into a classic comic book cover composition.
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Card 125: Houngan
Ugh, this guy again. Great card though, with Grummet putting a lot of depth and texture into a classic comic book cover composition.
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Card 125: Houngan
Ugh, this guy again. Great card though, with Grummet putting a lot of depth and texture into a classic comic book cover composition.
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Card 102: Kid Quantum
Another tough power to render, though the "colorful stasis field" could have been something.
Good use of the Legion logo on the last Legionnaires card.
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Card 101: Catspaw
Every team needs a cat person.
The top down, slightly-angled perspective here makes the card really dynamic.
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Card 100: Dragonmage
I legit don't know much about this character, but I like this moody, atmospheric card.
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Card 099: Computo
The circuitry backdrop is reminiscent of Iron Man's MU series 2 card.
Nice to see a "Legionnaire" who isn't a duplicate of an older LSH character.
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Card 098: Ferro
Well, now they're not even trying, just dropping the "Lad" off his original name. Good card though.
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Card 097: Gossamer
Gossamer is a terribly generic codename, especially when "LIGHTENING Lass" is right there, to make a punny distinction between her old powers (and her brother's), and her newer density-based ones.
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Card 096: Alchemist
Pearson is almost Bachalo-esque here, though what Alchemist is actually doing gets a little lost (alchemy is a tough power to render via trading card).
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Card 095: Matter Eater Lad
Is there a better name in all of comics than, "Matter Eater Lad?" Discuss.
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Card 094: Ultra Boy
Jo Nah swallowed by a space whale. Never change, Legion, never change.
The whole "one power at a time" thing is such a clever conceit for a superpower.