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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.

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  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. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 058 - Juggernaut

    Not the most dynamic of Juggernaut cards, but there's still a good sense of movement and a pleasant "solidness" to the figure that works well.

    #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #GlennFabry

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 006 - Wolverine

    The way his bio is vague about the loss of adamantium makes me assume it was written before "Fatal Attractions" and makes me wonder if the writer even knew the details of the story beyond "radical changes."

    #TradingCardADay #FUXM1 #XMen #XMenBlue #GlennFabry

  31. 023 - Legacy

    Pretty clearly the unqualified success of this "new character w/a trading card" gimmick, going on to hold down multiple volumes of a solo series.

    "Legacy" is still a pretty weak name, though.

    Scans via tradingcarddb.com

    #TradingCardADay #93A #SilverSurfer #RonLim

  32. 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

  33. 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

  34. Daredevil through the (trading card) ages!

    Which one is your favorite and why is it Series 2?

    #TradingCardADay #MU1 #MU2 #MU3 #MU4 #Daredevil #JohnRomitaJr #LeeWeeks #RonLim

  35. 002 - Bantam

    AKA Boxing Chicken Man

    I get that the padded crotch piece is an important piece of boxing equipment, but maybe not the best piece to incorporate into your anti-hero attire.

    Scans via tradingcarddb.com

    #TradingCardADay #93A #CaptainAmerica #Bantam #RonLim

  36. 088 - Terrax

    Fabry does Terrax justice, but the awkward framing of the card (cutting off the top of his weapon) makes it look like Terrax is about to axe himself in the head.

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #Terrax #FantasticFour #GlennFabry

  37. 068 - Typhoid Mary

    A little mini run of Daredevil-related femme fatales.

    Blevins really giving those eyebrows his all.

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #TyphoidMary #Daredevil #BretBlevins

  38. 066 - Black Widow

    Good use of shadow and light, with an almost retro-modernist Bruce Timm/Darwyn Cooke style.

    Are you Team Short Hair or Team Long Hair for Black Widow?

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #BlackWidow #Avengers #JoeChiodo

  39. 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

  40. 047 - Annihilus

    Ah! Space Dracula!

    I have to assume we eventually learned the origin of the ship from which he crafted his control rod, and it was like a

    Celestial or Kree ship or something, right?

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #Annihilus #FantasticFour #GlennFabry

  41. 024 - Psylocke

    I believe this might be the first Psylocke card to reflect the Kwannon retcon in its cardback text.

    Also, another card featuring a panel from something other than the character's first appearance on the back.

    #TradingCardADay #MM2 #Psylocke #XMen #JulieBell