tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post7008039392323071503..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: Unstacking the Deck: Marvel Universe Series IIIAustin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-26113940265457188022016-12-20T22:38:43.659-06:002016-12-20T22:38:43.659-06:00I have major fondness for this series because Marv...I have major fondness for this series because Marvel produced two posters featuring the entire set on them. Basically they looked like uncut card sheets, but on poster paper. My mom gave me the posters one year for Christmas and they hung on my wall pretty much all through middle school and most of high school.<br /><br />"<b>Several Ghost Rider villains that haven't exactly stood the test of time (like Blackheart) have their own cards as well.</b>"<br /><br />I always thought Blackheart was a major character due to his appearance in Capcom's Marvel arcade games. Same with Shuma-Gorath! It was a few years of never seeing either in a single comic before I realized they weren't.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-72573485952461286632016-12-02T00:41:24.436-06:002016-12-02T00:41:24.436-06:00Probably the last really strong set marvel does, i...Probably the last really strong set marvel does, in my opinion. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00347023924872659184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-86568512331331581502016-11-26T00:42:39.237-06:002016-11-26T00:42:39.237-06:00I remember seeing that very thing on display and f...I remember seeing that very thing on display and for sale at a fair in San Diego long, long ago. Wonder if it was them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-30566042009043228442016-11-25T18:05:05.646-06:002016-11-25T18:05:05.646-06:00This set was really good for cutting out multiples...This set was really good for cutting out multiples and making 3-D image cards. I had friends that would do that in school with these and sell them. Nova is a good example of a card that really explodes off of the card with a 3-D image. <br /><br />Sunfire and Feral are both other examples shown of cards that looked good in 3-D. Scott Churchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795112175606617848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-52716430273800802662016-11-25T14:24:23.915-06:002016-11-25T14:24:23.915-06:00Unintentional or not here, it certainly can't ...Unintentional or not here, it certainly can't be an accident that off-panel Black Tom Cassidy is invariably referred as "Juggernaut's partner". As Claremont is concerned, I can't find it in my heart to grant him plausible deniability on this one.Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-29883759948221163182016-11-25T12:50:37.647-06:002016-11-25T12:50:37.647-06:00I can’t take this much ’90s. Not sure I’ve even he...<br>I can’t take this much ’90s. Not sure I’ve even heard of Slug or Cardiac before now, and I’m fine with that.<br /><br /><i>// the write-up varies from discussing the two characters' relationship in general to details on a more specific encounter //</i><br /><br />Unintentional hilarity ensued on my end as this statement followed close on the heels of you mentioning Black Tom & Juggernaut’s team-up card…<br /><br />Yeah, Namor has to be Larsen.<br /><br />The Punisher & Captain America card looks to be signed “Harris/Mounts” — Mounts being colorist Paul Mounts, I assume, but don’t know which Harris that is. Ron Harris, maybe? Cap in particular looks like a parody of himself.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-57240802557115908742016-11-24T15:46:35.879-06:002016-11-24T15:46:35.879-06:00Thanks to the house ads of that era, whenever I se...Thanks to the house ads of that era, whenever I see an image of that Spider-Man card, I expect to see a bunch of tweens completely slack-jawed, slapping themselves on the face in awe and wonder at the sight of that giant card.<br /><br />Also I passionately hate Eric Larsen's art.<br />-PushpawAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-62014754262341297632016-11-24T00:38:44.466-06:002016-11-24T00:38:44.466-06:00The 70's era characters showing up in the earl...The 70's era characters showing up in the early 90's is because the writers/artists at that time grew up on those characters and wanted to write them. You see that with every era of comics now where people pull what they enjoyed as kids, same with Bendis and Spider-Woman and Cage. <br /><br />This card set is third for my favorite of the five, with #2 being my favorite and #1 being my second favorite. I was walking in hte grocery store with my mom when there was a stand of boxes of these Series III, I bought it for something like 20 or 25 for the full box. <br /><br />The Holograms from this set were strange because they had different colors for each and it made it harder to see the actual image. <br /><br />I remember paying more for X-Men 2 box when it came out and Marvel Masterpieces was something like 1.50 or 2.00 a pack, it was the same or more than comics at the time and short printed. I remember trying to get a box and not being able to afford it and having to piece it together by trading and random packs here and there. Scott Churchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795112175606617848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-78448274698013423442016-11-24T00:07:23.999-06:002016-11-24T00:07:23.999-06:00Darkhold Redeemers (who may not have even appeared...<i>Darkhold Redeemers (who may not have even appeared in a series together at this point, so they're an uber rookie)</i><br /><br />If I'm not mistaken, all the main cast were new characters premiering in DARKHOLD #1 and hadn't appeared anywhere at all (the Montesi name had a history though). The supporting character Mordred the Mystic obviously had previous appearances.<br /><br />I never realized that the 70's revival was so huge feature of the comics 90's. Of course you (get to) know individually that Warlock or Deathlok or the various vampire characters or Ghost Rider etc. draw on an impressive history, but when you put it like this it equals to mind=blown. It becomes scary to think that maybe the 90's early vigor happened only on the strength of those great 70's concepts, and the hit to the wall was caused by the realization that the new stuff the 90's tried to add on that was for a large part horribad. Overt cybernetics and one-note Silver Age throwback villains and the very by-the-numbers approach of clicheic superhero book making ("let's fight these comic book villains in this month's issue") on concepts that don't so much bend for it.Teemunoreply@blogger.com