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  1. 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.

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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.

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #InMemoriam #BrianStelfreeze

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #InMemoriam #BrianStelfreeze

  7. 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.

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #InMemoriam #BillSienkiewicz

  8. 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).

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #BillSienkiewicz

  9. 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.

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #BillSienkiewicz

  10. 063 - Sauron

    Another Sienkiewicz stunner; really captures how freaky it would be to encounter a pterodactyl man.

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #BillSienkiewicz #BrotherhoodOfEvilMutants

  11. 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!

    #TradingCardADay #FUXM1 #XMen #BillSienkiewicz

  12. 033 - Wolfsbane

    Back-to-back Sienkiewicz! Not a character he co-created, but another old New Mutant friend.

    #TradingCardADay #FUXM1 #XMen #XFactor #BillSienkiewicz

  13. 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.

    #TradingCardADay #FUXM1 #XMen #XFactor #BillSienkiewicz

  14. 030 - Polaris

    This card is 1000 times sexier than any image of Polaris in the "sexy" gold costume she adopted around this time.

    #TradingCardADay #FUXM1 #XMen #XFactor #BillSienkiewicz

  15. 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

  16. 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.

    #TradingCardADay #FUXM1 #XMen #Excalibur #BillSienkiewicz

  17. 007 - Psylocke

    Bill Sienkiewicz with his first card of the set. Sadly, it's not the greatest Psylocke card.

    #TradingCardADay #FUXM1 #XMen #XMenBlue #BillSienkiewicz

  18. Marvel Masterpieces Series 2. The 90s called, they want their villains back.

    Which card is your favorite?

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #XMen #JoeJusko #BretBlevins #Stryfe #Cyber #OmegaRed #Deadpool

  19. 086 - Crystal

    Probably would have been too on the nose, but putting a little campfire on the rock to have all four elements featured could have been cute.

    Can you spot the typo on the cardback?

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #Crystal #Avengers #BretBlevins

  20. 070 - Hawkeye

    The cardback bio conveniently leaves out his brief detour into super-villainy before joining the Avengers.

    I feel like the West Coast Avengers needed more "doing stuff around recognizable LA landmarks."

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #Hawkeye #AvengersWestCoast #RayLago

  21. 068 - Typhoid Mary

    A little mini run of Daredevil-related femme fatales.

    Blevins really giving those eyebrows his all.

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #TyphoidMary #Daredevil #BretBlevins

  22. 063 - Scorpion

    Another fun card from Blevins, doing some good work with perspective.

    I like that "wasp" and "scorpion" are next to each other.

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #Scorpion #SpiderMan #BretBlevins

  23. 054 - Omega Red

    More Blevins, more 90s Wolverine villain glow-ups!

    Did Omega Red ever end up in a story w/Cap, given Omega Red was supposed to be the Soviet Captain America at one point?

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #OmegaRed #Wolverine #Xmen #BretBlevins

  24. 048 - Rhino

    Very cool that we get some fully painted Bret Blevins stuff in this set.

    Hasn't Rhino's suit always been stuck on him, not just "in the beginning"?

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #Rhino #SpiderMan #BretBlevins

  25. 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.

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #Vulture #SpiderMan #BillSienkiewicz

  26. 039 - Magneto

    One of my favorite cards in this set. An effective mix of resolute, ominous, and haggard.

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #Magneto #XMen #JimmyPalmiotti

  27. 028 - Sabretooth

    Sienkiewicz with another essence-capturing headshot. Love the eyebrow styling here.

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #Sabretooth #Xmen #BillSienkiewicz

  28. 016 - Archangel

    Curiously, neither his first appearance as Angel nor Archangel is cited on the cardback; rather it's randomly the 5th issue of X-Men.

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #Archangel #XMen #JoelPhillips

  29. 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

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #GhostRider #BillSienkiewicz

  30. 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.

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #Wolverine #XMen #BillSienkiewicz

  31. 001 - Hulk

    The second series of Marvel Masterpieces kicks off w/Hulk, eschewing the quasi-alphabetical approach of Series 1, as Bill Sienkiewicz offers a great depiction of rage - even though the character at the time was no longer a rage monster.

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #Hulk #BillSienkiewicz

  32. Card #046: The Emperor Strikes Back

    McQuarrie's Nosferatu-esque Emperor is cool, but I think it works better to have him just be a (mostly) regular old man.

    #TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #RalphMcQuarrie #DesignofStarWars #ReturnOfTheJedi #LukeSkywalker #TheEmperor

  33. Card 110: Archangel

    His wings get clipped (high oh!) by the nine panel grid, but I do like how his body extends past the bottom border. In general,

    Thibert does a good job making these figures feel bigger on the card.

    #TradingCardADay #MU4 #XMen #ArtThibert #Archangel

  34. Card 081: Klaw

    Nice to see another classic baddie, with his first trading card to boot!

    Still a shame we never got a "pink guy" version of Klaw in the MCU.

    #TradingCardADay #MU4 #FantasticFour #MikeManley #Klaw

  35. Card 060: Cardiac

    Cardiac is one of those chicken/egg 90s characters: was he a big deal & that's why he got so many cards, or do I just assume he was a big deal cuz he's on a bunch of cards?

    And is there a difference?

    #TradingCardADay #MU4 #SpiderMan #RonLim #Cardiac