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Some some reason I’ve got a couple of boxes of old trading cards. I was never excited enough with the concept to ever collect or swap them in anger, but I’d invariably end up picking up a couple of packets of the latest range just to see what they were like. I’d also rummage through the loose bins at collectors fairs to see if there were any cards that, magpie like, would attract my attention.
The cards that tend to get my attention are those with original art work. This is stuff that hasn’t been printed anywhere else so I thought I’d try putting some of it in the gallery. The first batch are from a Superman: The Man of Steel Platinum Series (1994) and feature paintings of prominent events from Superman’s post-Crisis on Infinite Earth’s history.
The first card is painted by Joe Phillips and shows Superman and the Justice League that came out of the Legends crossover.
The second card is is painted by Nick Choles and shows the Justice League immediately prior to Doomsday’s epic battle with Superman.
LOVED the Cosmic Teams series but never got behind another DC card set. I have a few card sets, but the only other that really tand out are the first Marvel cards and G.I. Joe (of which I have an incomplete set).
Actually, I think Teams was the second series; I meant the first.
Yeah, those earlier card were great. It’s when it moved into the mid-1990s bubble that I lost interest. If I remember correctly, the first “Cosmic” one had a grey border and a matt finish, the second “Cosmic” one had a blue border and a gloss finish.
I think the first set, the ones with the grey border, may be the only one I’ve got anything approaching a complete set of.