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140 - Wolverine vs. Hulk
One of my favorite of the "Wolverine Vs." cards - both for the visual heft of the figures and for featuring Wolverine's whisker mask!
#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #WolverinesGreatestBattles #DanLawlis
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139 - Wolverine vs. Omega Red
Design-wise, going landscape for these "vs." cards makes sense, but I don't love how the card name stays in the same spot as if the image was portrait oriented.
#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #WolverinesGreatestBattles #ScottHampton
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139 - Wolverine vs. Omega Red
Design-wise, going landscape for these "vs." cards makes sense, but I don't love how the card name stays in the same spot as if the image was portrait oriented.
#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #WolverinesGreatestBattles #ScottHampton
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139 - Wolverine vs. Omega Red
Design-wise, going landscape for these "vs." cards makes sense, but I don't love how the card name stays in the same spot as if the image was portrait oriented.
#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #WolverinesGreatestBattles #ScottHampton
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138 - Wolverine vs. Cyber
Cracking these packs as a kid, I didn't realize just how many Marvel greats worked on this set. We've had John Romita Sr., Bill Sienkiewicz, and now Mike Zeck.
#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #WolverinesGreatestBattles #MikeZeck #PhilZimelman
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138 - Wolverine vs. Cyber
Cracking these packs as a kid, I didn't realize just how many Marvel greats worked on this set. We've had John Romita Sr., Bill Sienkiewicz, and now Mike Zeck.
#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #WolverinesGreatestBattles #MikeZeck #PhilZimelman
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138 - Wolverine vs. Cyber
Cracking these packs as a kid, I didn't realize just how many Marvel greats worked on this set. We've had John Romita Sr., Bill Sienkiewicz, and now Mike Zeck.
#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #WolverinesGreatestBattles #MikeZeck #PhilZimelman
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137 - Wolverine vs. Sabretooth
New category: Wolverine's Greatest Battles!
Recognizing what all the kids really want in 1994, this set just goes all-in on Wolverine for one of its categories.
#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #WolverinesGreatestBattles #MarkSasso
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136 - Thunderbird
Can't do a collection of inactive X-Men without arguably the most famous one of all.
Somewhere along the way, I misplaced this card, so these images are from @tradingcarddb.
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Which Fleer Ultra X-Men Series 1 New Mutants card is the best?
Art from Bill Sienkiewicz, Bo Hampton & Joe Phillips.
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135 - Mastermind
One of the better trading card/static image depictions of Mastermind's powers.
The power description is reaching a bit; he technically doesn't go into people's minds - he needed help to do that w/Phoenix
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134 - Dark Phoenix
Can't do a "dead X-Men" subset without Dark Phoenix!
The description of her powers on the cardback seems to have forgotten Phoenix was also telepathic.
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128 - Warlock
What a great card. To have Sienkiewicz working on this set and NOT have him do the Warlock card would have been a crime.
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Fleer Ultra X-Men Series 1 combined Excalibur triptych
#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #JoePhillips #Teams #Excalibur
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123 - Excalibur Part 3
I appreciate that Feron's cloud head is on Rachel's card. Poor Micromax doesn't make the cloud head cut (he does at least get name checked on the card back).
#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #JoePhillips #Teams #Excalibur
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122 - Excalibur Part 2
I messed up yesterday & jumped from X-Men Blue to Excalibur, but I'll finish out the triptych then go back.
It's too bad Widget couldn't make it onto Kitty's card since, you know, it's her.
#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #JoePhillips #Teams #Excalibur
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115 - Excalibur Part 1
Thanks to the fact that Excalibur at the time was only three members, this triptych basically serves as second cards for those members - w/past team members in the background as heads-in-clouds.
#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #JoePhillips #Teams #Excalibur
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081 - Brood
A relatively action-oriented image relative to most of Sienkiewicz's other contributions to this set. I like that he chose to highlight their flying ability, which tends to get overlooked (and makes them even creepier).
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074 - Mojo
I don't know if an extreme closeup on Mojo's face is the best way to capture his character, but at least it's an exceedingly well-done extreme closeup from Sienkiewicz, who may well be this set's stealth MVP.
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Fleer Ultra X-Men Series 1 X-Factor highlights!
Which one is your favorite?
#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #XFactor #BillSienkiewicz #BoHampton #FrankSpinks
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063 - Sauron
Another Sienkiewicz stunner; really captures how freaky it would be to encounter a pterodactyl man.
#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #BillSienkiewicz #BrotherhoodOfEvilMutants
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Fleer Ultra X-Men Series 1 X-Force highlights!
Which one is your favorite?
#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #Cable #Shatterstar #Cannonball #Rictor #XForce #BillSienkiewicz
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044 - Mirage
The mystery of whether the MLF's Moonstar was actually Dani...Moonstar...never seemed that mysterious, but this card seems to exist just to tease it.
But it does give us Sienkiewicz on another former New Mutant!
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033 - Wolfsbane
Back-to-back Sienkiewicz! Not a character he co-created, but another old New Mutant friend.
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032 - Strong Guy
Check out those tiny little legs! Really underscores how distorted his upper body strength is.
Always fun to see a character's co-creator do their trading card.
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030 - Polaris
This card is 1000 times sexier than any image of Polaris in the "sexy" gold costume she adopted around this time.
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021 - Cable
Fantastic card. Love seeing Sienkiewicz doing one of the "later" New Mutants.
This set briefly tries to make Six Pack happen, so Cable gets two Group Affiliations (Domino was flagged as Six Pack too).
#TradingCardADay #FUXM1 #XMen #XForce #SixPack #BillSienkiewicz
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019 - Shadowcat
With this set apparently laid out in the short 4 issue window when Excalibur was composed of just three members, it also means it's the first set to feature Kitty in her new post-puffy blue sleeves look.
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018 - Phoenix
On her way out the door for a solid chunk of years, Rachel gets one of her better trading card depictions. The look of serenity on her face is a nice touch.
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017 - Nightcrawler
Perfect match of subject, approach & artist. Depicting Nightcrawler coming out of a teleport is clever & Sienkiewicz's abstract style creates the impression of a figure materializing from nowhere.
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007 - Psylocke
Bill Sienkiewicz with his first card of the set. Sadly, it's not the greatest Psylocke card.
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CL - Checklist
I do love that they made a checklist card for this set (released to various comic shops).
I can source at least four of the images of the cardfront (Punisher, Psylocke, Colossus & Jean).
Scans via tradingcarddb.com
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Marvel Masterpieces X-Men Blue Team!
Which card is your favorite?
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #XMen #Wolverine #Psylocke #Rogue #Gambit #BillSienkiewicz #JulieBell #BrianStelfreeze #JoePhillips
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Cosmic Marvel!
Which card is your favorite?
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #SilverSurfer #Thanos #Warlock #Draz #JulieBell #RayLago #LouHarrison
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Marvel Masterpieces Midnight Sons!
Which card is your favorite?
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #GhostRider #Morbius #Blade #Vengeance #BillSienkiewicz #BrianStelfreeze #TomPalmer #TristanSchane
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Marvel Masterpieces Series 2 Excalibur cards!
Which one is YOUR favorite?
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #Excalibur #CaptainBritain #Nightcrawler #Phoenix #JoePhillips #KentWilliams #LouHarrison
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019 - Khaos
Fun fact: writer Evan Skolnick repurposed this character from Dungeon & Dragons campaigns he played in high school & college.
Scans via @tradingcarddb
#TradingCardADay #93A #Excalibur #XMen #Khaos #ChrisMarrinan
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Marvel Masterpieces Series 2 Thors!
How do you prefer your Thor: classic, 90s, or space horse?
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #Thor #Thunderstrike #BetaRayBill #LouHarrison #JoeJusko #JoePhillips
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OG Defenders...uh, defend!
Which card is your favorite?
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #Hulk #DoctorStrange #Namor #SilverSurfer #BillSienkiewicz #MichaelWKaluta #JimSteranko #JulieBell
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Friends and foes of Daredevil from Marvel Masterpieces Series 2!
Which one is your favorite?
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #Daredevil #Kingpin #BlackWidow #TyphoidMary #TristanShane #JohnRomita #JoeChiodo #BretBlevins #DaredevilBornAgain
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More 2099 fun from Marvel Masterpieces Series 2!
Which card is your favorite?
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #Checklist #Hulk2099 #SpiderMan2099 #Doom2099 #Ravage2099 #DaveDorman #JoeJusko
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087 - Drax
I've always had a soft spot for the short-lived "Jim Starlin-drawn First Appearance Drax" look, when he's much more just a green dude w/a cape and severe Widow's Peak.
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #Drax #InfinityWatch #GuardiansOfTheGalaxy #LouHarrison
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Marvel Masterpieces Series 2 X-Force cards!
Which one is your favorite?
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #XForce #Xmen #Cable #Domino #Cannonball #Shatterstar #DanBrereton #JoeJusko #LouHarrison
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085 - Phoenix
Cool idea, so-so execution (I really don't like Rachel's hair and "tada!" posing).
The Phoenix bird's beady eyes haunt me.
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #Phoenix #Excalibur #XMen #LouHarrison
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076 - Shatterstar
In all his shoulder-padded, rectangle-forward, Greg Capullo-designed glory!
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #Shatterstar #XForce #XMen #LouHarrison
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068 - Typhoid Mary
A little mini run of Daredevil-related femme fatales.
Blevins really giving those eyebrows his all.
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040 - Vulture
The largest figure Sienkiewicz has painted for this set yet!
The birds in the background are great - it's like "bird, bird, Man-Bird" coming at the viewer.
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028 - Sabretooth
Sienkiewicz with another essence-capturing headshot. Love the eyebrow styling here.
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013 - Ghost Rider
Despite this being a Dan Ketch card per the real name, the first appearance citation and panel excerpt is of the 70s era Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider
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006 - Wolverine
Wolverine on page 1!
As with Hulk, Sienkiewicz uses little details (blood splatter, mismatched eye sizes) to capture the essence of the character.