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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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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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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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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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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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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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Who wore it better: Portal Bishop or X-Logo Bishop?
#TradingCardADay #MM1 #MM2 #MarvelMasterpiecesMatchup #XMen #Bishop #JoeJusko #BrianStelfreeze
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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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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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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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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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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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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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(West Coast) Avengers Assemble!
Which card is your favorite?
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #AvengersWestCoast #USAgent #SpiderWoman #WarMachine #Hawkeye #FrankSpinks #TristanSchane #JoeJusko #RayLago
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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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017 - Phalanx
No relation to the similarly-named X-Men crossover a year later.
"Dick Johnson" heh.
Scans via tradingcarddb.com
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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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010 - Dreamkiller
Feels like a Sleepwalker villain repurposed for Darkhawk.
Not sure what the blue ponytail is adding.
Scans via tradingcarddb.com
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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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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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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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More 2099 fun from Marvel Masterpieces Series 2!
Which card is your favorite?
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #Checklist #Hulk2099 #SpiderMan2099 #Doom2099 #Ravage2099 #DaveDorman #JoeJusko
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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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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!
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073 - Thunderstrike
I love how Thunderstrike gets listed as an Avenger on all his trading cards - it's true, but also, pretty sure you can count the # of Avengers issues he appears in as Thunderstrike vs Thor on one hand.
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069 - War Machine
Solid card. Jusko manages to get a good expression out of a metal face plate. The color splatter also helps the central figure pop a bit despite being principally silver/black.
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #WarMachine #AvengersWestCoast #JoeJusko
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063 - Captain Britain
Nice job making the figure pop against a background that is basically his costume.
Speaking of costumes, always nice to see the OG Captain Britain look.
#TradingCardADay #MM2 #CaptainBritain #Excalibur #XMen #JoePhillips
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061 - Abomination
Channeling the Toxic Avenger a bit.
"Hostile world power" is a cute way of referring to the Soviet Union.
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055 - Deadpool
Deadpool's still in his early, relatively-straight-laced, "mysterious if chatty mercenary" phase in '93, so Jusko plays it straight w/a surprisingly strong card. The sight in the background is a nice touch.
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053 - Cyber
Cyber's initial glow-up continues! Jusko puts a lot into the curled, sneering expression that really captures his whole vibe.
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052 - Longshot
Like the construction of this one, the sense of movement & narrative created by leaping over the Mojo statute.
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050 - Cannonball
Another standout of the set. Dynamic perspective & phenomenal coloring work in the different shades of the blastin' effect.
It's kinda odd Sam's brief history w/the Hellfire Club doesn't come up more.