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  1. 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.

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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!

  6. 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

  7. 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.

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #InMemoriam #JamesSullivan

  14. 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.

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #InMemoriam #RayLago

  15. 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).

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #InMemoriam #ChrisMoeller

  16. 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

  17. 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.

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #InMemoriam #MarkChiarello

  18. 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?

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #InMemoriam #GlennFabry

  19. 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

  20. 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.

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #JoePhillips

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 063 - Sauron

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

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #BillSienkiewicz #BrotherhoodOfEvilMutants

  25. 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

  26. 033 - Wolfsbane

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

    #TradingCardADay #FUXM1 #XMen #XFactor #BillSienkiewicz

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. 007 - Psylocke

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

    #TradingCardADay #FUXM1 #XMen #XMenBlue #BillSienkiewicz

  32. 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

  33. 028 - Sabretooth

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

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #Sabretooth #Xmen #BillSienkiewicz

  34. 024 - Psylocke

    I believe this might be the first Psylocke card to reflect the Kwannon retcon in its cardback text.

    Also, another card featuring a panel from something other than the character's first appearance on the back.

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #Psylocke #XMen #JulieBell

  35. 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

  36. 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

  37. 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

  38. Card C-5: Obi-Wan & Yoda

    So these two can be double-billed, but the droids have to make unnamed cameos. 😏

    Scans via Trading Card Database.

    #TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #EtchedFoilChase #Yoda #ObiWan #WaltSimonson

  39. Card C-3: Luke Skywalker

    And a surprisingly large Artoo!
    There is also a more rare, parallel set of these insert cards w/refractor foil (ie quasi-holographic).

    #TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #EtchedFoilChase #LukeSkywalker #R2D2 #WaltSimonson

  40. Card C-2: Han Solo

    Simonson does a good Han; shame he never really got to draw him in the comic much.

    Scans via @tradingcarddb

    #TradingCardADay #SWG1 #StarWars #EtchedFoilChase #HanSolo #WaltSimonson