[Comicsstudiessociety] Book for IJOCA review: The Uncanny X-Men Trading Cards: The Complete Series - Worldwide

[Mike Rhode]

I have a pdf of this so it's a worldwide offering. 1st person to write to
me at mrhode at gmail.com


The Uncanny X-Men Trading Cards

The Complete Series


In 1992, Marvel Entertainment commissioned Jim Lee, the young superstar
penciller behind *X-Men* (1991) *#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. 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.



*The Uncanny X-Men Trading Cards: The Complete Series* (Abrams ComicArts;
August 9, 2022; U.S. $24.99; Hardcover) for the first time collects 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
writer and set editor Bob Budiansky, along with original interviews
conducted by Budiansky with the Marvel staff who helped assemble, design,
and create these iconic trading cards.



*About the Authors and Artists*

Comic book illustrator *Jim Lee* is the editorial director of WildStorm
Studios (which he founded in 1992) and the artist for many of DC Comics'
bestselling comic book and graphic novels, including *All Star Batman and
Robin*, *Batman: Hush*, and *Superman: For Tomorrow*. He also serves as the
creative director for the upcoming DC Universe Online video game. Prior to
DC, he was one of the founding fathers of Image Comics and best known for
his run on the X-Men for Marvel Comics, during which he co-created such
characters as Gambit and Agent Zero.



*Ed Piskor* lives and draws out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His *New York
Times* bestselling series *Hip Hop Family Tree*, which was originally
serialized on Boing Boing, has gone back to print numerous times and won
the 2015 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work. He’s currently working
on the monthly series *Red Room *from Fantagraphics. His series for Marvel,
X*-Men: Grand Design*, was released in 2017 to wide acclaim.



*Bob Budiansky *is an American comic-book creator and editor. During his
decades-long tenure at Marvel, he penciled *Ghost Rider*and created and
wrote *Sleepwalker*. As editor, he oversaw *Fantastic Four*, *Daredevil*,
*Spider-Man*, and eleven sets of Marvel trading cards in the early ’90s,
including the 1992 Impel X-Men trading card set. He is perhaps best known
for writing the*Transformers* comic and naming and developing hundreds of
Transformers characters for Hasbro Toys.



*About the Book*

*The Uncanny X-Men Trading Cards: The Complete Series*

Illustrated by Jim Lee and Paul Mounts

Introduction by Bob Budiansky

Foreword by Edward Piskor

Abrams ComicArts / August 2022

U.S. $24.99 / CAN $31.99

Hardcover / 272 pages

5 1/2 x 7 1/8 / full color illustrations

ISBN: 978-1-4197-5724-2
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