Earlier in the week I reviewed 1991 Impel Marvel Universe Series Two, a must-have trading card set for comic book fans. That was Impel’s second attempt at Marvel trading cards and it worked quite well. It sometimes takes a few tries to get things right, as 1990 Series One has shown me.
Impel’s Marvel debut showed up at my house a couple of days ago after purchasing it on eBay for $15.50. Perhaps because it’s nearly twenty years old, something about this set irked me. For one, the artwork on some of the cards is very crude and feels somewhat uninspired.
The set is broken up into sections again but there’s just something not right with Team Pictures and Spider-Man Presents:, while Most Valuable Comics falls short of informative. This is one set I’d recommend only for the hardcore fans. Again, unopened wax boxes is the way to go, especially if you’d like to pull one of the holograms.
Next up on my list is the final set I will collect, Series Three.
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I have two of these sets complete. They are doing me no good. In fact, when Mario wrote his original post a few weeks ago, I went trying to find them. It took me way too long, but I have finally found them. I need to do a contest, or something over on my site. I will get that done by tonight.
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I have my first blogosphere trade/giveaway up. Thanks to everyone in advance. Where else could a Wade Belak, an Andrew Gaze Australian card or a 1979 Dale Murphy net you two sets.
I like that Stan Lee card.
On average how many holograms do you get in a box. I remember these in the WoolCo (now it’s a Wal-Mart) department store we’d go to. I have the complete set of 5 holograms that my brothers and I collected back then.
I remember building this set back in the day… I still have those holograms in the Card Guards.