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Here's the full page of the 2099 red foil inserts!
I think the background is meant to be some kind of tiered cityscape like the New Warriors cards, but the red foil effect makes it all much more abstract.
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Card H-IV: Spider-Man vs Venom
The last card of the set, a hologram chase card that came in three different colors and was inserted at a rate of 1 in every 180 packs.
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Card 9-2099: Tiger Wylde
Did any letter get more of a boost in the 90s than "Y"?
I like how this guy's head looks like someone stuffed a tiger into one of those metal condom helmets that were all the rage back then.
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Card 8-2099: Dethstryk
What a delightful slice of the 90s.
Name that jams two cool sounding words together? Check. Deliberate misspelling of those words? Check. Silver armor but has a cape? Check. Random weapon? Check.
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Card 7-2099: Specialist
What a bland, generic codename.
For all that the 2099 books missed in its depiction of the future, making the central villain of the imprint a corporation only grows more prescient with time.
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Card 6-2099: Punisher 2099
For all the other issues baked into the character's concept, it's a simple origin that's easy to reuse. "Here's another guy pissed off his family was murdered, but in the future!"
Scans via @tradingcarddb
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Card 5-2099: Spider=Man 2099
The arguable star of the 2099 imprint appropriately nabs center square.
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Card 4-2099: Fearmaster
I have no idea who this is. Future Gangster, apparently.
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Card 3-2099: Ravage 2099
Purportedly Stan Lee's last original creation for Marvel, and the only 2099 launch character that is not a future version of an existing character.
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Card 2-2099: Vulture 2099
Like the main cards, this insert set combines to make one larger image, though the red foil effect limits the detail of the background.
Vulture 2099 is a cannibal? That's a solid DYK fact.
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Card 1-2099: Doom 2099
The insert subset for this series features an assortment of the Marvel 2099 characters on a red foil background.
Always love a DYk fact that is a question.
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Card 180: Checklist
In retrospect, I have to admit the "each card is 1/9 of a larger image" gimmick worked better for me going through them here than ever before. But I still don't LOVE it.
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Card 179: Hulk vs. X-Factor
Another very recent "famous" battle, but overall a solid card. The Hulk pile-on is good, as is Guido gettting socked in the jaw.
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Card 178: Cable vs Deadpool
I have absolutely no idea what in the world is happening w/it but I love big ol' hulking ape man Cable!
And for as demented as the cardfront Cable is, the profile on the back is quite nice.
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Card 177: Wolverine vs Omega Red
I (genuinely) love that the effect of Wolverine slashing Omega Red in the face is rendered as the old "ptooey! [boxer takes a hit and spits out a tooth]" routine.
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Card 176: Punisher vs Ghost Rider
One of the bigger failings of this subset is the sheer number of battles pulled from otherwise-random early 90s stories. It's ultimately more like "Contemporary Battles."
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Card 175: Spider-Man vs Cardiac
Cardiac's glow up continues, as he gets on the last Spider-Man-centric Famous Battle card, edging out many classic Rogues (though at least some got covered via the Sinister Six battle).
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Card 174: Fantastic Four vs Secret Defenders
Really feels like, in the spirit of the previous card, this should be "Fantastic Four vs the New Fantastic Four", since that's clearly what this Secret Defenders lineup references.
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Card 173: Hulk vs Hulk
More of these cards need to be battles that are representative of internal struggles. Wolverine vs his bestial nature! Spider-Man vs that ol' Parker luck! Cyclops vs fist-clenching angst!
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Card 172: Ghost Rider vs Blaze
All else side, it seems like the guy with the shotgun should beat the guy with the chain.
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Card 171: Warlock vs Man-Beast
Even though this is citing a specific contemporary story, I do like that it takes pains to work in a bit about their original trippy-ass conflict from the 1970s.
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Card 170: Thor vs. Bloodaxe
One of problems with this more typical layouts - two figures facing off on either side of the card - is that some kind of visual "clash"/impact effect ends up in the center instead of one of the characters.
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Card 168: Daredevil vs Typhoid Mary
Something about this one just seems really stiff and awkward.
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Card 167: X-Force vs Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
Easily the most packed cardfront yet. Great profile shots on the back, too.
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Card 166: Darkhawk vs. Evilhawk
I haven't seen this many metal hawks throwdown since the Silverhawks got cancelled!
I love that the headshots on the back pivot to face us for this card.
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Card 165: Spider-Man vs Juggernaut
Love a callback to a classic Bronze Age battle in a heavily-90s set like this.
Alex Saviuk? Good at drawing Spider-Man. Who'da thunk it? 😉
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Card 164: Wolverine vs. Venom
You wouldn't think this pairing'd be more than a one-off, but between Larry Hama becoming the de facto Venom writer & them both being, you know, hugely properly, it was def A Thing for awhile.
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Card 163: Punisher vs Jigsaw
I'm pretty sure this is George Perez, and it's wild to see him drawing the Punisher.
Love Jigsaw's big ol' eye and Cable-esque jaw on the cardback.
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Card 162: Captain America vs Crossbones
This might be the most generic of the Famous Battle cards.
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Card 161: Wolverine vs Cyber
Another decent card, thanks to the large figures & Cyber's swoll metal bicep.
I like how you can tell Cyber is the bad guy because on the back, he has *slightly* more stubble than Wolverine. 😂
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