tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post9179295170357912557..comments2024-03-22T04:20:11.870-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: Unstacking the Deck: Marvel Flair Annual '94Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-69458022190382710262022-06-18T11:50:09.138-05:002022-06-18T11:50:09.138-05:00Looking for the origin of the Gambit card from thi...Looking for the origin of the Gambit card from this set (not the power blast)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-52790334316241151992019-09-15T13:20:58.775-05:002019-09-15T13:20:58.775-05:00The Spider-Man image is from Maximum Carnage.The Spider-Man image is from Maximum Carnage.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08871609743661203353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-26471896308891664122018-11-08T14:16:59.881-06:002018-11-08T14:16:59.881-06:00That image for "Death of Mariko" is take...That image for "Death of Mariko" is taken from Wolverine #65, where Wolverine stands over Silver Fox's casket (not Mariko's). Yikes.<br />http://www.therealgentlemenofleisure.com/2017/04/x-amining-wolverine-65.htmlPascalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02063755332373858640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-23335395443269024022018-10-10T15:20:38.517-05:002018-10-10T15:20:38.517-05:00Couldn't have said it better myself.Couldn't have said it better myself. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-25010032358237980412018-10-10T15:20:25.028-05:002018-10-10T15:20:25.028-05:00I know this one too! It's Andy Kubert, from th...<i>I know this one too! It's Andy Kubert, from the cover of X-MEN 26 (part 2 of "Bloodties").</i><br /><br />Thanks! I recognized it as Kubert, but missed that it was cropped out of the cover from X-MEN #26. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-4962842159623596082018-10-06T08:23:41.230-05:002018-10-06T08:23:41.230-05:00The coloring on these cards looks awful, like thos...The coloring on these cards looks awful, like those bad airbrushed t-shirts you can buy on the street.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-26180616616773556482018-10-05T11:28:48.387-05:002018-10-05T11:28:48.387-05:00I think I may have bought one single pack of these...I think I may have bought one single pack of these cards just to see what they were like. I remember the pack being cardboard. But I'm pretty sure that was it for me, as far as this set went. (And I'm pretty sure I was done with Marvel trading cards at this point too, but I've said that before and you've done subsequent posts that changed my recollection -- so we'll see what happens next!)<br /><br />"<b>I've never seen this image before; it's a different take on the usual depiction of Cosmic Spider-Man (whose card led off the very first set of Marvel Universe cards).</b>"<br /><br />You've never seen it because you have discerning taste! That image has nothing to do with cosmic Spider-Man; it's Sal Buscema interior panel art from SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #201 -- part of "Maxium Carnage"! I know it well, because it was reproduced for a cut scene in the beloved MAXIMUM CARNAGE videogame from the 90s. Spidey's cosmic powers were long gone by that point, but Marvel/Fleer must have liked the picture for some reason. They just kind of cosmic-ed it up for this card.<br /><br />"<b>This another image I can't source, but it's tough to screw up Cyclops.</b>"<br /><br />I know this one too! It's Andy Kubert, from the cover of X-MEN 26 (part 2 of "Bloodties").Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-40790509458873170662018-10-04T23:24:00.187-05:002018-10-04T23:24:00.187-05:00Going from Marvel cards being cheap to Masterpiece...Going from Marvel cards being cheap to Masterpieces being more than two comics a pack and now this set, I believe they were 4 dollars a pack. The Sam's Club my parents went to had them behind a counter with all the other sports cards and these were $150 a box if I remember right. I saved up the money for it and was ready to buy this on a few occasions but changed my mind. <br /><br />The crazy thing is Magic cards were out by this time and if you had put that money into Magic instead of this, you'd have a lot more value in the Magic, these cards are next to worthless these days with a small market. The lack of original artwork hurt their long term value and even at the time, didn't help it sell. They basically priced out most of their customers at the time. My local store never carried it, I picked up a one pack somewhere along the lines. Scott Churchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795112175606617848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-66584290242885478112018-10-04T15:22:02.771-05:002018-10-04T15:22:02.771-05:00To answer myself: #221. The card gives September 1...To answer myself: #221. The card gives September 1987 as the time of publication, which is correct for that issue.<br /><br />(You guys wouldn't even believe how important skill this sort of nitpicking of minutia has been for me for the last year. Certain public servants pulled some nasty crap on my family, and oh boy oh boy if I haven't since then been using my comics-dissecting-honed ken on all the paperwork to rip their lies into shish kebab in our appeal to the court.) Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-10333072073807117492018-10-04T15:10:29.702-05:002018-10-04T15:10:29.702-05:00Mr Sinister's first appearance ("#231&quo...Mr Sinister's first appearance ("#231") is an obvious typo, but is it a typo from #213 where he is supposedly the shadowy master in Psylocke's scan of Sabretooth's mind, or from #221 which is Mr Sinister's actual first appearance? Teemunoreply@blogger.com