Marvel universe series 3 trading cards12/28/2023 ![]() ![]() With information like that being common knowledge since I was 11 years old, it’s no wonder I grew up to be a comic book culture reporter. I still know that the Hulk and Silver Surfer are two of the few heroes with a strength of 7 (ability to lift over 100 tons). To read through that complete set of cards was to permanently download the power of the Marvel Universe into your brain. There was the fantastic art on the front (the Mark Bagley and Art Adams cards always stood out) and most importantly, a treasure trove of information on the back that including a biography of each character and their attributes: strength, speed, agility, stamina, durability, and intelligence (ranked from 1 to 7), that let you know if you were dealing with someone who was human, superhuman or supernatural (here’s looking at you Doc Strange). I was lucky enough to receive a Nintendo Gameboy for Christmas in 1991, but I’ll be the first to tell you, that 1991 trading card series spent just as much time in my hands. The 1991 Impel Marvel trading card series. The impact of that first issue was instant and long lasting.įor many young Marvel fans in the early '90s, myself included, X-MEN #1 was the transition of being the kid who picked up a random Spider-Man comic book when you saw them on a spinner rack at a grocery store to the young collector begging your parents to find a specialty comic book shop so that you would never miss an issue of your favorite series.įrequent visits to my local comic book shop in search of Claremont and Lee’s next X-chapter in the fall of 1991 would lead to the discovery of what remains, an all-time Christmas gift received. A comic that you’ve perhaps heard of if you’re anything of a comic book historian. ![]() A couple of months earlier, Chris Claremont and Jim Lee had just dropped X-MEN #1 on the world. The Marvel Universe as a whole, Spidey’s section of it included, took over my universe in December of 1991. The newfound and now constant joy of streaming that holiday classic would come much later in life. Sadly, I am not referring to the arrival of the A Very Spidey Christmas Album of the Academy Award-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse fame. You never forget your first mighty Marvel Christmas.
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