Card 109: Storm
New page: X-Men! The moment no small number of you were waiting for in 1993.
Not sure what's going on with Storm's eyebrows there.
#TradingCardADay
Full #MidnightSons page from Marvel Universe Series 4! I still have no idea what the big yellow thing in the background is supposed to be, nor why they used outer space as a backdrop for supernatural-based characters.
Card 108: Nightstalkers
Another concept that would make a fun TV series.
I still love how Frank Drake just bumbles into reviving Dracula.
Card 107: Morbius
It's Morbin' time!
I like how his tattered cape almost makes it seem like he's bursting through the card like he's the sensational character find of 1993.
Card 106: Darkhold Redeemers
This is basically just a team of sexy librarians, right?
Card 105: Ghost Rider
The outer space background of this grid has always puzzled me, particularly because the arguable star of the group is defined by two things (being on fire & riding a motorcycle) that can't happen in space.
Card 104: Basilisk
Given Marvel's 70s horror output, it's kind of odd it took them this long to have a character inspired by a basilisk.
Card 103: Blaze
Even at this point in time, I'm pretty sure it was well-established that, contrary to the DYK fact, the Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider was not the first Ghost Rider.
Card 102: Heart Attack
Man, John Grisham was EVERYWHERE in the early 90s!
Card 101: Lilith
Is she meant to be the Biblical Lilith (and the card is just sidestepping all that) or something else?
Going to start referring to my kids as "Austiths."
Marvel Universe Series 4 Page 11: The #Avengers from #RonFrenz & #TomPalmer, in all their leather jacket glory!
#TradingCardADay #MU4 #BlackKnight #Crystal #Sersi #Thuderstrike #CaptainAmerica #Hercules #Bloodaxe #RedSkull #Proctor
Card 100: Deathwatch
New page: let's call it #MidnightSons! Not sure which artist did these. Any guesses?
Deathwatch (now missing the mask made him look so cool) is one of those characters who seems like he got a trading card boost
Card 099: Proctor
He's just a guy with red eyes and luscious locks on the card, but if you're only going to give one #Avengers baddie a card in 1993, there's no way it's not the unfortunately-named Proctor.
Card 098: Red Skull
The #Avengers baddies are the poster children for the "here's some busts to fill out the group shot" approach.
Kudos to referencing the "cloned body of #CaptainAmerica" bit, right in the Origin, no less!
Card 097: Bloodaxe
All the Avengers villains get slotted into the bottom row, starting with this Thunderstrike baddie, another character I'm sure we all remember!
#TradingCardADay #MU4 #Avengers #RonFrenz #TomPalmer #Thunderstrike #Blooadaxe
Card 096: Hercules
Hercules with his first trading card!
It's kinda funny that his mace gets called in the DYK fact when it barely gets any play during his time in the Leather Jacket Avengers.
#TradingCardADay #MU4 #Avengers #RonFrenz #TomPalmer #Hercules
Card 095: Captain America
With the Avengers new HQ in the background; since that was the HQ when I started reading, I assumed it had been around a long time. Ultimately, it lasted maybe 3-ish years.
#TradingCardADay #MU4 #Avengers #RonFrenz #TomPalmer #CaptainAmerica
Card 094: Thunderstrike
The first Thunderstrike card, but thanks to the circumstances of Thor's narrative in the early 90s, this is Eric Masterson's third trading card, having appeared as Thor in series 2 & 3.
#TradingCardADay #MU4 #Avengers #RonFrenz #TomPalmer #Thunderstrike
Card 093: Sersi
Rounding out the top row with the final side of the Crystal-Black Knight-Sersi love triangle.
Card 092: Crystal
Crystal is one of those characters who feels like she should be way more powerful than she's typically depicted as being.
#TradingCardADay #MU4 #Avengers #RonFrenz #TomPalmer #Crystal
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