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142 - Wolverine vs. Silver Samurai
I wouldn't have expected it, but Silver Samurai against a gray/white backdrop actually pops a little.
#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #WolverinesGreatestBattles #ValMayerik
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142 - Wolverine vs. Spider-Man
Commemorating that one-shot that effed up the Hobgoblin story!
I appreciate that this is set in a graveyard; Lawlis did his homework.
#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #WolverinesGreatestBattles #DanLawlis
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141 - Wolverine vs. the Thing
As someone who wasn't reading FF much at the time, trading cards of this era did a GREAT job of making me think the story where Wolverine slashed Thing's face was a HUGE DEAL.
#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #WolverinesGreatestBattles #RayLago
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141 - Wolverine vs. the Thing
As someone who wasn't reading FF much at the time, trading cards of this era did a GREAT job of making me think the story where Wolverine slashed Thing's face was a HUGE DEAL.
#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #WolverinesGreatestBattles #RayLago
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141 - Wolverine vs. the Thing
As someone who wasn't reading FF much at the time, trading cards of this era did a GREAT job of making me think the story where Wolverine slashed Thing's face was a HUGE DEAL.
#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #WolverinesGreatestBattles #RayLago
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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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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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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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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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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 -
Wedding of Cyclops & Jean Grey full triptych.
Cards 1 & 2 were a pain to connect. Either my scans are REALLY bad or they're generally just cut poorly - Angel is missing a chunk of his head! 🤣
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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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126 - Wedding of Cyclops & Jean Grey Part 3
Check out coif on Scott!
The Scott & Jean figures in the Lee costumes are clear lifts from X-Men (vol. 2) Annual #1 (Scott) and X-Men (vol. 2) #1 (Jean).
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125 - Wedding of Cyclops & Jean Grey Part 2
This is the only one of the triptychs to feature the full assembled image on one of the cardbacks.
Larkin channeling Byrne a bit in that Dark Phoenix figure.
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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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124 - Wedding of Cyclops & Jean Grey Part 1
The final "Teams" triptych celebrates the wedding of Cyclops and Jean Grey, the big event of 1994 (sorry, Phalanx Covenant).
The look on Jean's face is priceless.
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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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X-Force Team Triptych!
I thought this one was going to be tricky, but it came together pretty easily.
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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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116- X-Force Part 3
Brereton seems to have lost count of the characters, putting 2 each on the first two cards then cramming four onto the last card. 😆
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Fleer Ultra X-Men Series 1 combined Excalibur triptych
#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #JoePhillips #Teams #Excalibur
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116- X-Force Part 2
This cardback is Magik erasure!
Also, why did all the pre-X-Force departures involve characters with codenames which start with "M"?
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115 - X-Force Part 1
I appreciate the cardback rightly starting the history of this team w/New Mutants, particularly since the comic at the time was very much embracing the idea of X-Force as the grownup New Mutants.
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In honor of last week's X-Men '97, what's your favorite Gambit card?
#TradingCardADay #XMen #Gambit #MU2 #MU3 #XM1 #XM2 #JimLee #AndyKubert #LeeWeeks
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Maverick trading cards!
X-Men Series 1, Fleer Ultra X-Men Series 1 and 2, and Fleer Ultra X-Men Chromium.
Which one is your favorite?
#TradingCardADay #XMen #Maverick #JimLee #JimLee #BoHampton #MarcSasso #AdamKubert
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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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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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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 073: Mr. Fantastic
New page: Fantastic Four!
Get ready for a VERY 90s FF, starting with "pouchy utility vest" Reed!
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Full Marvel Universe Series 4 nine card "Spider-Man" (with a dash of Daredevil) page by Ron Lim!
#TradingCardADay #MU4 #SpiderMan #RonLim #Daredevil #Venom #Carnage #Demogoblin #Hobgoblin #Cadiac #Rhino #Shock
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Card 058: Hobgoblin
I like the One Sentence Origin being both accurate but also leaving out, like, a lot when it comes to the Hobgoblin Saga.
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Card 031: Sabretooth
The #JimLee costume makes its way into a Marvel Universe series (after already featuring in the first X-Men set).
Love the little snarl on his face.
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Card 064: Wildebeest
Look out Mufasa!
The giant blocks are a neat bit of visual shorthand to illustrate both his strength and infant-like temperament.
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Card 064: Wildebeest
Look out Mufasa!
The giant blocks are a neat bit of visual shorthand to illustrate both his strength and infant-like temperament.
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Card 064: Wildebeest
Look out Mufasa!
The giant blocks are a neat bit of visual shorthand to illustrate both his strength and infant-like temperament.
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Card 063: Phantasm
Oh sure, Batman can't be in this set, but Phantasm and his eponymous mask can be. 😏
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Card 063: Phantasm
Oh sure, Batman can't be in this set, but Phantasm and his eponymous mask can be. 😏
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Card 063: Phantasm
Oh sure, Batman can't be in this set, but Phantasm and his eponymous mask can be. 😏