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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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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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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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Who wore it better: Portal Bishop or X-Logo Bishop?
#TradingCardADay #MM1 #MM2 #MarvelMasterpiecesMatchup #XMen #Bishop #JoeJusko #BrianStelfreeze
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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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107 - X-Cutioner's Song
It could use more baby food, but otherwise, this captures the vibe of the story pretty well.
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029 - Havok
Havok usually trading cards well, and I generally dig Palmer's painted work, but this feels like a miss. Havok is channeling the Living Monolith a bit too much, especially w/the white pupil-less eyes.
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016 - Professor X
Solid card, which manages to use his hoverchair without making it the dominate element of the image.
I have always been distracted by whatever the pole thing is that looks like it's coming out of the monitor.
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026 - Tracer
This might be the most generic-looking character of all these, which is saying something.
Scans via tradingcarddb.com
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026 - Tracer
This might be the most generic-looking character of all these, which is saying something.
Scans via tradingcarddb.com
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026 - Tracer
This might be the most generic-looking character of all these, which is saying something.
Scans via tradingcarddb.com
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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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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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064 - Black Knight
I love Leather Jacket Lightsaber Black Knight so much.
Also, love that Palmer, who inked Epting on most of the Leather Jacket Avengers, does this card.
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036 - Blade
Love to see Tom Palmer contributing to this set - his painted covers are some of the best of the 80s - but this Blade is thoroughly fine. Zooming in or a more eye-catching background would help.
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010 - Storm
Another weird Kaluta card I've never loved; not sure what wolves and...rat people? Maybe Spidey villain Vermin? have to do with Storm.
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008 - Doctor Strange
A much better subject for Kaluta's more representative approach.
Secret Defenders shout out!
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005 - Spider-Man
I like the sort of representational idea behind this card, but it's never been one of my favorite Spider-Man cards. Spidey is so visually iconic he should easily pop, but the spider legs are too distracting.
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Card C-6: Princess Leia
Wrapping up the chase cards - and the set - with Princess Leia.
Scans via Trading Card DB
#TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #EtchedFoilChase #PrincessLeia #WaltSimonson #TheEmpireStrikesBack