The Uncanny X-Men Trading Cards The Complete Series
The Uncanny X-Men Trading Cards The Complete Series by Abrams Abrams Books is a comprehensive collection published by Abrams, Incorporated in 2022. This edition features 272 pages of annotated content, showcasing the complete 1992 set of trading cards illustrated by Jim Lee, renowned for his work on X-Men #1. The book includes all 105 cards, along with four bonus cards, and presents both the front and back of each collectible, highlighting Lee’s original and digitally remastered art.
Readers will discover a detailed exploration of the iconic trading cards that became a hallmark of Marvel’s history. The collection features character portraits and battle scenes, along with insights into the creative process through interviews with Marvel staff conducted by writer Bob Budiansky. This book delves into the subjects of popular culture and comics, making it a valuable resource for both long-time fans and newcomers interested in the X-Men universe and the evolution of trading cards in the 1990s.
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The Uncanny X-Men Trading Cards features award-winning illustrator Jim Lee’s legendary X-Men art with this annotated, digest-size collection of the complete 1992 set–including 4 bonus cards!
In 1992, Marvel Entertainment commissioned Jim Lee, the young superstar penciller behind X-Men#1, the bestselling single-issue comic book of the modern era, to create all of the art for a new set of 105 trading cards–a 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.
The Uncanny X-Men Trading Cards: The Complete Series collects, for the first time, the front and back of each collectible card in the set–including Wolverine, Storm, Cyclops, Magneto, and Deadpool–along with select scans of Lee’s original and digitally remastered art.
It also includes an introduction by and original interviews conducted by writer and set editor Bob Budiansky with the Marvel staff who helped assemble, design, and create these iconic trading cards.
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 ’90s boom of comic-book trading cards and the general public’s 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 editors included bios, stats, and trivia for each hero and villain.
Whether you’re a long-time X-Men fan or a newcomer to the series, this handsome book is a must-have.
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