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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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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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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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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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133 - Mimic
As someone with a lot of fondness for the (not very good) 60s X-Men stories, I appreciate Mimic getting a card (presumably due to his imminent return as part of the Onslaught build-up).
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132 - Mesmero
Having a new villain kill an old one to establish their bonafides is an old trick, but it must sting to be offed to make the Dark Riders cool - especially when their best days were already behind them.
#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #InMemoriam #FrankCirroco -
131 - Sebastian Shaw
One of the fun things about these In Memoriam cards in hindsight is knowing how soon after the cards came out the dead characters would return - Shaw'll be back within a year.
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130 - Goblin Queen
Not the best depiction of Maddie, but not terrible. I don't recall her being "officially" more powerful than Jean, though. I guess maybe on the grounds she was telepathic at a time Jean wasn't?
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129 - Cypher
Poor dead Doug (another great card).
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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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127 - Magik
New category: Deceased (I'm tagging it as #InMemoriam). It's mostly New Mutants & villains.
I appreciate the cardback text saying "reverted" and not the redundant "reverted back", one of my biggest grammatical pet peeves.
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Full X-Factor team triptych!
This was tricky to put together - there's really no good way to line up Polaris & Havok's legs AND the bottom border between cards 2 and 3.
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120 - X-Factor Part 3
A very Wolfsbane-first card. I appreciate there are multiples of Madrox.
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119 - X-Factor Part 2
I'm not sure I ever thought of the "Muir Island Saga" as a reverse Giant-Size X-Men #1 before, but that notion isn't entirely incorrect...
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118 - X-Factor Part 1
It's less obvious when all three cards are together, but on its own, the perspective here makes Random look like he's just a tiny lil' guy.
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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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104 - Fall of the Mutants
Probably out of necessity, Phillips focuses on just one of the three stories & while it makes sense to go with the X-Men-specific storyline, it does mean we were robbed of getting Bird-Brain on a card.
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103 - Mutant Massacre
New category: X-Overs!
Not sure I love the "toxic slime" coloring & font on the cardback but I do love Artie making it onto a trading card.
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054 - Colossus
Unlike Feral, Colossus - who threw in w/the Acolytes since the last set of cards - rightly gets listed as a Super-Villain.
I like too that he leads off that section. Not sure why he's fighting Doc Ock though.
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049 - G.W Bridge
In terms of names that are puns, "George Washington Bridge" is a first ballot Hall of Famer.
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X-Men Blue Team highlights from Fleer Ultra X-Men Series 1!
Which one is your favorite?
#TradingCardADay #FUXM1 #XMen #XMenBlue #DanBrereton #BrianStelfreeze #DaveDorman #KentWilliams #Beast #Jubilee #Sabretooth #Wolverine
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046 - Sunfire
Sunfire!
Making his trading card debut in an X-Men-specific set (following his first trading card in Marvel Universe Series 3).
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Fleer Ultra X-Men Series 1 X-Men Gold Team highlights!
Which one is your favorite?
#TradingCardADay #FUXM1 #XMen #XMenGold #JoePhillips #EzraTucker #JulieBell
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002 - Rogue
In lieu of the classic bar graph stats, this set adopts a "Mutant Power Profile" featuring a partial wireframe (SO hot at the time) recreation of the cardfront image w/notes detailing the powers.
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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 Series 2 Excalibur cards!
Which one is YOUR favorite?
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #Excalibur #CaptainBritain #Nightcrawler #Phoenix #JoePhillips #KentWilliams #LouHarrison
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Iron Man through the trading card ages!
Which card is your favorite?
#TradingCardADay #IronMan #MU1 #MU2 #MU3 #MU4 #PaulRyan #JohnRomitaJr #JeffJohnson
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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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012 - The Assassin
For a nuclear-powered killer robot that dresses like a geisha, "Assassin" seems like a laughably generic name that is burying all kinds of ledes about the character.
Scans via @tradingcarddb
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Marvel Masterpieces Series 2 #FantasticFour!
(With Reed and Sue sitting this series out, we're getting flexible with the definition),
Which card is YOUR favorite?
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #HumanTorch #Thing #DoctorDoom #SheHulk #JimSteranko #GeorgePerez #GlennFabry #JoeJusko
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X-Men Gold! Which card is your favorite?
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #XMen #UncannyXMen #Storm #Archangel #Colossus #Bishop #MichaelWKaluta #JoePhillips #JulieBell #BrianStelfreeze
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X-Factor! Which one is your favorite?
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #XFactor #Forge #Polaris #Mystique #Havok #JoeJusko #DanLawlis #JoePhillips
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Daredevil through the (trading card) ages!
Which one is your favorite and why is it Series 2?
#TradingCardADay #MU1 #MU2 #MU3 #MU4 #Daredevil #JohnRomitaJr #LeeWeeks #RonLim
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Marvel Masterpieces Series 2 original X-Men!
(Sorry Iceman, you don't get a card in this set).
Which card is your favorite?
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #XMen #JoePhillips #GeorgePerez #CarlPotts
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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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When the Avengers' Big Three need a break!
Which one is your favorite?
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #Avengers #USAgent #WarMachine #Thunderstrike #BetaRayBill #FrankSpings #JoeJusko #JoePhillips
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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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084 - Havok
Given Kent Williams worked on this set, seems like a missed opportunity to not have him do the Havok card.
Havok tends to trading card well, but I don't love this; too loosey-goosey.
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077 - Beta Ray Bill
Space Horse Thor gets his first solo trading card!