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  1. 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

  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.

  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. 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

  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!

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #WolverinesGreatestBattles #DanLawlis

  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!

  7. 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

  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. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  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. 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! 🤣

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #BobLarkin

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. Fleer Ultra X-Men Series 1 Team Triptychs!

    Which one are you joining up with?

    Art by Tristan Schane, Jim Steranko, Joe Phillips & Dan Brereton.

    #TradingCardADay #Xmen #FUXM1 #XmenGold #XMenBlue #XFactor #XForce

  22. 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

  23. 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).

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #BobLarkin #Teams

  24. 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.

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #BobLarkin #Teams

  25. 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

  26. 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.

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #BobLarkin #Teams

  27. 120 - X-Factor Part 3

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

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

  28. 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

  29. X-Force Team Triptych!

    I thought this one was going to be tricky, but it came together pretty easily.

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #DanBrereton #Teams #XForce

  30. 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

  31. 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. 😆

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #DanBrereton #Teams #XForce

  32. 107 - X-Cutioner's Song

    It could use more baby food, but otherwise, this captures the vibe of the story pretty well.

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #TomPalmer #XOvers

  33. 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.

    #TradingCardADay #FUXM1 #XMen #XFactor #TomPalmer

  34. 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.

    #TradingCardADay #FUXM1 #XMen #XMen #TomPalmer

  35. 026 - Tracer

    This might be the most generic-looking character of all these, which is saying something.

    Scans via tradingcarddb.com

  36. 026 - Tracer

    This might be the most generic-looking character of all these, which is saying something.

    Scans via tradingcarddb.com

    #TradingCardADay #93A #Deathlok #Tracer

  37. 026 - Tracer

    This might be the most generic-looking character of all these, which is saying something.

    Scans via tradingcarddb.com

    #TradingCardADay #93A #Deathlok #Tracer

  38. 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.

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #BlackKnight #Avengers #TomPalmer

  39. 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.

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #Blade #TomPalmer

  40. 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.

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #Storm #XMen #MichaelWKaluta

  41. 008 - Doctor Strange

    A much better subject for Kaluta's more representative approach.

    Secret Defenders shout out!

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #DoctorStrange #MichaelWKaluta

  42. 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.

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #SpiderMan #MichaelWKaluta