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The Uncanny X-Men Trading Cards: The Complete Series
ISBN: 9781419757242
(HB - EN)
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In 1992, Marvel Entertainment commissioned Jim Lee, the young superstar penciller behind X-Men (vol. 2) no. 1, the bestselling single-issue comic book of all time, to create all of the art for a new set of 105 trading cardsùa set that would go on to become one of the most celebrated in Marvel history and the gold standard for non-sports trading-card artwork and design. Lee was the first artist to create all of the original artwork for a Marvel card set, his dynamic character portraits, battle scenes, team shots, and innovative nine-card Danger Room puzzle cards helped fuel both the Æ90s boom of comic-book trading cards and the general publicÆs mania for all things X-Men. Fans of the chart-topping comics could turn to the cards for further insight into their favorite characters, as Marvel writers and editorsùinspired by classic baseball cardsùincluded bios, stats, and trivia for each hero and villain.
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