AustinGortonMarvel Masterpieces Series 2 original X-Men!
(Sorry Iceman, you don't get a card in this set).
Which card is your favorite?
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When the Avengers' Big Three need a break!
Which one is your favorite?
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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.
077 - Beta Ray Bill
Space Horse Thor gets his first solo trading card!
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.
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061 - Abomination
Channeling the Toxic Avenger a bit.
"Hostile world power" is a cute way of referring to the Soviet Union.
052 - Longshot
Like the construction of this one, the sense of movement & narrative created by leaping over the Mojo statute.
049 - Puma
I'm a sucker for these kind of "top-down" perspective cards.
Also, every time I read the word "puma", I read it like Principal Skinner pronounces it ("pew-mah").
031 - Gambit
Guest-starring a Sentinel!
The "In the Beginning" fact was already a reach in '93 and would only prove more wrong with time.
007 - Cyclops
Playing off the "first appearance" cardbacks, the "Did You Know?" fact is replaced by "In the beginning", factoids about the character's origins/early days.
Which give us our first (only?) trading card mention of Jack O'Diamonds!