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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Marvel Masterpieces Midnight Sons!
Which card is your favorite?
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #GhostRider #Morbius #Blade #Vengeance #BillSienkiewicz #BrianStelfreeze #TomPalmer #TristanSchane
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(West Coast) Avengers Assemble!
Which card is your favorite?
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #AvengersWestCoast #USAgent #SpiderWoman #WarMachine #Hawkeye #FrankSpinks #TristanSchane #JoeJusko #RayLago
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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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X-Men Gold! Which card is your favorite?
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #XMen #UncannyXMen #Storm #Archangel #Colossus #Bishop #MichaelWKaluta #JoePhillips #JulieBell #BrianStelfreeze
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Long live the Leather Jacket Avengers!
Which card is your favorite?
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #Avengers #BlackNight #BlacKWidow #Hercules #Crystal #TomPalmer #JoeChiodo #RayLago #BretBlevins
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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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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
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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?
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078 - Night Thrasher
Honestly, Bret Blevins might be the stealth MVP of this set.
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #NightThrasher #NewWarriors #BretBlevins
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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."
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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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063 - Scorpion
Another fun card from Blevins, doing some good work with perspective.
I like that "wasp" and "scorpion" are next to each other.
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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
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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"?
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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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039 - Magneto
One of my favorite cards in this set. An effective mix of resolute, ominous, and haggard.
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028 - Sabretooth
Sienkiewicz with another essence-capturing headshot. Love the eyebrow styling here.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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 -
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?