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.