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  1. 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.

  2. 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

  3. 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.

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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.

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 063 - Sauron

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

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #BillSienkiewicz #BrotherhoodOfEvilMutants

  16. 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

  17. 033 - Wolfsbane

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

    #TradingCardADay #FUXM1 #XMen #XFactor #BillSienkiewicz

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 019 - Shadowcat

    With this set apparently laid out in the short 4 issue window when Excalibur was composed of just three members, it also means it's the first set to feature Kitty in her new post-puffy blue sleeves look.

    #TradingCardADay #FUXM1 #XMen #Excalibur #BrianStelfreeze

  22. 018 - Phoenix

    On her way out the door for a solid chunk of years, Rachel gets one of her better trading card depictions. The look of serenity on her face is a nice touch.

    #TradingCardADay #FUXM1 #XMen #Excalibur #EzraTucker

  23. 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

  24. 007 - Psylocke

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

    #TradingCardADay #FUXM1 #XMen #XMenBlue #BillSienkiewicz

  25. 019 - Khaos

    Fun fact: writer Evan Skolnick repurposed this character from Dungeon & Dragons campaigns he played in high school & college.

    Scans via @tradingcarddb

    #TradingCardADay #93A #Excalibur #XMen #Khaos #ChrisMarrinan

  26. 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

  27. 028 - Sabretooth

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

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #Sabretooth #Xmen #BillSienkiewicz

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. Card 095: White Queen

    In a set w/no shortage of sex appeal, this is probably the most cheesecake-y card of them all. It's a great piece, as much for the intricate background as the figure work.

    #TradingCardADay #MM1 #Xmen #EmmaFrost