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  1. Which Fleer Ultra X-Men Series 1 New Mutants card is the best?

    Art from Bill Sienkiewicz, Bo Hampton & Joe Phillips.

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM #NewMutants

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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.

  5. 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

  6. 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).

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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.

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #JoePhillips #XFactor #Teams

  11. 120 - X-Factor Part 3

    A very Wolfsbane-first card. I appreciate there are multiples of Madrox.

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #JoePhillips #Teams #XFactor

  12. 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...

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #JoePhillips #Teams #XFactor

  13. 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.

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #JoePhillips #Teams #XFactor

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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.

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #JoePhillips #XOvers

  18. 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.

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #JoePhillips #XOvers

  19. 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

  20. 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.

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #JoePhillips

  21. 046 - Sunfire

    Sunfire!

    Making his trading card debut in an X-Men-specific set (following his first trading card in Marvel Universe Series 3).

    #TradingCardADay #FUXM1 #XMen #JoePhillips

  22. 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.

    #TradingCardADay #FUXM1 #XMen #XMenBlue #JoePhillips

  23. 017 - Phalanx

    No relation to the similarly-named X-Men crossover a year later.

    "Dick Johnson" heh.

    Scans via tradingcarddb.com

    #TradingCardADay #93A #Punisher #Phalanx #PunisherWarzone

  24. 010 - Dreamkiller

    Feels like a Sleepwalker villain repurposed for Darkhawk.

    Not sure what the blue ponytail is adding.

    Scans via tradingcarddb.com

    #TradingCardADay #93A #Darkhawk #Dreamkiller #ArtThibert

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. 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.

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #Havok #XFactor #XMen #JoePhillips

  29. 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.

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #Thunderstrike #Avengers #JoeJusko

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 061 - Abomination

    Channeling the Toxic Avenger a bit.

    "Hostile world power" is a cute way of referring to the Soviet Union.

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #Abomination #Hulk #JoePhillips

  33. 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.

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #Deadpool #XForce #Xmen #JoeJusko

  34. 053 - Cyber

    Cyber's initial glow-up continues! Jusko puts a lot into the curled, sneering expression that really captures his whole vibe.

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #Cyber #Wolverine #Xmen #JoeJusko

  35. 052 - Longshot

    Like the construction of this one, the sense of movement & narrative created by leaping over the Mojo statute.

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #Longshot #Xmen #JoePhillips

  36. 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.

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #Cannonball #XForce #XMen #JoeJusko