Card 179: Hulk vs. X-Factor
Another very recent "famous" battle, but overall a solid card. The Hulk pile-on is good, as is Guido gettting socked in the jaw.
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Card 177: Wolverine vs Omega Red
I (genuinely) love that the effect of Wolverine slashing Omega Red in the face is rendered as the old "ptooey! [boxer takes a hit and spits out a tooth]" routine.
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Card 176: Punisher vs Ghost Rider
One of the bigger failings of this subset is the sheer number of battles pulled from otherwise-random early 90s stories. It's ultimately more like "Contemporary Battles."
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Card 175: Spider-Man vs Cardiac
Cardiac's glow up continues, as he gets on the last Spider-Man-centric Famous Battle card, edging out many classic Rogues (though at least some got covered via the Sinister Six battle).
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Card 174: Fantastic Four vs Secret Defenders
Really feels like, in the spirit of the previous card, this should be "Fantastic Four vs the New Fantastic Four", since that's clearly what this Secret Defenders lineup references.
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Card 173: Hulk vs Hulk
More of these cards need to be battles that are representative of internal struggles. Wolverine vs his bestial nature! Spider-
Man vs that ol' Parker luck! Cyclops vs fist-clenching angst!
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Card 172: Ghost Rider vs Blaze
All else side, it seems like the guy with the shotgun should beat the guy with the chain.
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Card 171: Warlock vs Man-Beast
Even though this is citing a specific contemporary story, I do like that it takes pains to work in a bit about their original trippy-ass conflict from the 1970s.
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Card 170: Thor vs. Bloodaxe
One of problems with this more typical layouts - two figures facing off on either side of the card - is that some kind of visual "clash"/impact effect ends up in the center instead of one of the characters.
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Card 168: Daredevil vs Typhoid Mary
Something about this one just seems really stiff and awkward.
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Card 167: X-Force vs Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
Easily the most packed cardfront yet. Great profile shots on the back, too.
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Card 166: Darkhawk vs. Evilhawk
I haven't seen this many metal hawks throwdown since the Silverhawks got cancelled!
I love that the headshots on the back pivot to face us for this card.
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Card 165: Spider-Man vs Juggernaut
Love a callback to a classic Bronze Age battle in a heavily-90s set like this.
Alex Saviuk? Good at drawing Spider-Man. Who'da thunk it? 😉
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Card 164: Wolverine vs. Venom
You wouldn't think this pairing'd be more than a one-off, but between Larry Hama becoming the de facto Venom writer & them both being, you know, hugely properly, it was def A Thing for awhile.
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Card 163: Punisher vs Jigsaw
I'm pretty sure this is George Perez, and it's wild to see him drawing the Punisher.
Love Jigsaw's big ol' eye and Cable-esque jaw on the cardback.
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Card 162: Captain America vs Crossbones
This might be the most generic of the Famous Battle cards.
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Card 161: Wolverine vs Cyber
Another decent card, thanks to the large figures & Cyber's swoll metal bicep.
I like how you can tell Cyber is the bad guy because on the back, he has *slightly* more stubble than Wolverine. 😂
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Card 160: Dr. Strange vs Dormammu
One of the better Famous Battles cards. I like Swoll Dormammu busting out the borders, and the whole thing has a vaguely Gene Colan-esque feel to it.
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Card 159: Ghost Rider vs Blackout
I like how Blackout's face looks like he just got clunked in the head by Ghost Rider's chain.
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Card 158: Hulk Vs. Leader
This is basically just a crappier version of the Incredible Hulk #400 cover, with longer arms, sharper chins and less holo-foil.
I do like how Hulk's right arm is breaking the panel border.
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Card 157: Spirits of Venom
Another really busy card w/very rudimentary figure work.
Love that crossover name, though.
#TradingCardADay #MU4 #FamousBattles #SpiritsOfVenom #Venom #SpiderMan
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Card 156: Infinity War
Infinity War was my introduction to all the Adam Warlock/Thanos stuff - and really the cosmic side of Marvel
This is a packed card, but it sure seems like they put the B team on these Famous Battle cards, doesn't it?
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Card 155: Spider-Man vs. Sinister Six
Not the sharpest figure work, but the layout captures the frenetic energy of a "pile on Spidey" Sinister Six battle (even if the specific battle being cited involved more heroes).
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Card 154: X-Cutioner's Song
The first "crossover as Famous Battle" card!
Given this is where Stryfe force-feeds baby food to Scott & Jean, rendering them as action figures in his hands nicely captures the story's essence.
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Card 153: Punisher vs Thorn
This just looks like Punisher is fighting himself wearing a fur coat.
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Card 152: Spider-Man vs Venom
I do like how they mix up the featured confrontations, sometimes the first gets spotlighted, sometimes a notable recent one, etc.
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Card 151: War Machine
And now, a battle that is just a character shooting stuff off-card. 😀
I tell you what though, reading the story detailed on the cardback in real-time (or close to it), it def felt like a BIG DEAL.
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Card 150: Thor vs Loki
Perhaps no character's arc from '90-'93 charts better across their trading cards than Thor. You can just read the cardbacks of his solo cards & stuff like this & get the gist of his story in those years.
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Card 149: Wolverine vs Sabretooth
Why does the fur fly when these two meet? They're hairy guys, sure, but not, like, Beast or Nightcrawler.
Anyway, Jarvinen gives this a nice, clean, almost Wieringo-esque, look.
#TradingCardADay #MU4 #FamousBattles #Wolverine #Sabretooth #Xmen
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Card 148: Silver Surfer vs. Morg
[Will Ferrel in Zoolander voice]: That Morg's SO HOT right now.
Scans via @tradingcarddb
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Card 147: Ghost Rider vs Lilith
Love the mohawk Lilith is rocking here.
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