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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.
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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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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 -
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! 🤣
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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.
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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?
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129 - Cypher
Poor dead Doug (another great card).
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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.
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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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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).
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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.
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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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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.
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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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X-Force Team Triptych!
I thought this one was going to be tricky, but it came together pretty easily.
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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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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. 😆
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Fleer Ultra X-Men Series 1 combined Excalibur triptych
#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #JoePhillips #Teams #Excalibur
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116- X-Force Part 2
This cardback is Magik erasure!
Also, why did all the pre-X-Force departures involve characters with codenames which start with "M"?
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115 - X-Force Part 1
I appreciate the cardback rightly starting the history of this team w/New Mutants, particularly since the comic at the time was very much embracing the idea of X-Force as the grownup New Mutants.
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Fleer Ultra X-Men Series 1 Original Team cards!
Which one is your favorite?
#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #ScottHampton #BoHampton #JohnRomitaSr #OriginalTeam
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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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Speaking of Steranko, here's the X-Men Blue full triptych!
This was a little tricky to line up; there's more carry over elements across the image. Some cropping (and the border I added) are doing some heavy lifting.
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114 - X-Men: Blue Team Part 3
Not sure why Rogue's butt dimple is so front & center, but here we are.
I like the cardback calling out the Blue Team as the sneakier hand-to-hand team, which is def how I thought of them.
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112 - X-Men: Blue Team Part 2
For whatever reason, it feels like we didn't get Beast and Gambit paired up much during the Blue/Gold Era.
Love the little twirling motion of the card in Gambit's hand.
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112 - X-Men: Blue Team Part 1
Continuing this set's efforts to convince us Sabretooth was ever an active member (this card hits differently given how his "X-Men prisoner" arc ends.
But not gonna argue w/more Steranko!
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The X-Men Gold triptych all in one!
Still not great!
#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #TristanSchane #Teams #XMenGold
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111 - X-Men: Gold Team (C)
Once again, the "extreme facial closeups" approach is doing the card no favors.
#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #TristanSchane #Teams #XMenGold
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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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110 - X-Men: Gold Team (B)
With Colossus off with the Acolytes, Professor X gets tossed into the Gold Team to round out their six man roster.#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #TristanSchane #Teams #XMenGold
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109 - X-Men: Gold Team (A)
New category: Teams!
In lieu of the traditional "one card per team" approach, this set dedicates a triptych for each team, with a few of each team on each 1/3 of the image.
#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #TristanSchane #Teams #XMenGold
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107 - X-Cutioner's Song
It could use more baby food, but otherwise, this captures the vibe of the story pretty well.
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Fleer Ultra X-Men Series 1 Mutant Liberation Front!
Which card is your favorite?
#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #BillHall #MarkSasso #KentWilliams #ChrisMoeller
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097 - Iceman
Great texture to the ice, falling somewhere between early Snowman Iceman and later Iceman Iceman. Plus a Champions shoutout! In 1994!
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Which Fleer Ultra X-Men Series 1 Upstart card is your favorite?
#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #MLF #BoHampton #JulieBell #ScottHampton #JohnVanFleet
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094 - Locus
This is one of those characters I wish we'd gotten more of. She more or less just disappears after Reignfire's short-lived MLF implodes, barring that one later John Francis Moore X-Force story.
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090 - Tempo
I don't know what "manipulating time" looks like, but this is pretty close.
I love that the cardback both cites her as a member of the MLF, and talks about how she quit the group.
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085 - Fitzroy
Not sure Julie Bell is the best artist for a character I associate most with the crosshatchy-Portacio style and the chonky JRjr style.
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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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084 - Shinobi Shaw
Definitely pro showcasing "hedonistic hot tub Shinobi" on his trading card. He should just always be in a hot tub.
I've never really considered how his power is basically just "Kitty Pryde."
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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).