025 - Cannonball

Great sense of movement & narrative and impressive use of coloring (everything is roughly in the same palette, but Sam still pops). Top notch.

Kudos also for the immortality reference, a then-topical development.

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024 - Boomer

I don't love the time-bombs - they look too much like soap bubbles - but otherwise a solid card, with Stelfreeze rendering a fair amount of personality.

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023 - Warpath

I remain somewhat cool to Brereton's cards. They're all fine, but this, Domino, Revanche, are all kinda bland and same-ish. Medium depth, 3/4 figures, basic layout.

Also not sure what's going on w/the right hand.

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022 - Shatterstar

Fun look to this, almost like an animation cel.

The regeneration callout on the cardback is interesting; it's not wrong, but it's not something that got directly mentioned a lot in the comics.

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021 - Cable

Fantastic card. Love seeing Sienkiewicz doing one of the "later" New Mutants.

This set briefly tries to make Six Pack happen, so Cable gets two Group Affiliations (Domino was flagged as Six Pack too).

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020 - Domino

Because this set eschews listing a character's first appearance on the cardback, we don't know if it would have cited New Mutants #98 or X-Force #11 for Domino.

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X-Men ’97 stagione 2, cinque team mutanti al centro della nuova battaglia contro Apocalisse

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125 - X-Force #11 - 5/5/1992

Concluding the random run of first appearance covers I backed into, it's the first appearance of (actual) Domino!

Cover byRob Liefeld. Interiors by Fabian Nicieza, Liefeld & Mark Pacella.

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120 - X-Force and Cable '97 - 4/30/1997

A sequel of sorts to the final "New Mutants in Asgard" story.

Cover by Adam Pollina. Interiors by John Francis Moore, Rob Haynes & Casey Jones.

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