Marvel Vs DC Cards

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Marvel Comics vs DC was a 1996 comic book limited series intercompany crossover. In addition to the comics and other promotional material, trading cards were also released to commemorate this event.

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[edit] Card Types

The Marvel Vs. DC card set contained 100 normal cards (including checklist). The normal cards are divided into 4 basic types.

Superman Hulk "Rival" type card
Superman Hulk "Rival" type card

Rival cards depict one Marvel and one DC hero with similar powers battling. The text on the back also tells the story of how the Marvel Vs. DC crossover came to be, and how it progressed. The back also only contains a single "Artist" attribution, whereas other cards differentiate between who did pencils, inks, and CGI where applicable.

Wolverine "Hero" type card
Wolverine "Hero" type card

Hero cards show heroes from either Marvel or DC and having a red or blue back to the card respectively. Also the text on the back of the cards is written as though it is either Clark Kent (SuperMan) or Peter Parker (Spider-Man) speaking about the hero. Peter Parker (a Marvel character) talks about DC characters and Clark Kent (a DC character) talks about Marvel characters. The background on the back of a Hero cards is an indistinct explosion of some kind. Some, but not all, Hero cards also show a Marvel hero in a DC universe context (i.e. a location or holding an object specific to one universe) and the vice-versa for DC characters.

The Joker "Villain" type card
The Joker "Villain" type card

Villain cards are laid out similar to Hero cards. They still have Clark Kent and Peter Parker text on the backs, with red and blue colors to show a villain's source universe, but the backs of the cards are slightly different. The background on the backs of a Villain card is a pair of evil-looking eyes. Similar to the Hero cards, some images show villains in contexts from their non-native universe.

Azrael Vs. Sabretooth "Battles" type card
Azrael Vs. Sabretooth "Battles" type card

Battles cards depict battles between a hero and another hero, a villain and another villain, or a hero and a villain. When it is a hero and a hero or villain and villain battling, it is similar to the Rival cards in that they share similar powers. When it is a hero and villain battling, it is often the case that the hero is battling the villain who is traditionally associated with the similar hero from the alternate universe. For instance Captain America battled Bat Man during the Marvel Vs. DC voting, and thus there is a card showing Captain America battle Bat Man's villain Bane.

The Marvel Vs. DC trading card set contained 4 types of chase cards.

18 Impact cards were divided into 2 sets of 9 cards which each made a 9 card combined image when placed in standard 9 card protective sleeves. Additionally these cards were embossed giving them a raised texture.

12 Holo F/X card feature images from the normal cards "Rivals" types, but with special translucent and reflective foil layered over top to accentuate features such as the energy coming from Silver Surfer in the Silver Surfer Vs. Green Lantern card.

2 Mirage cards featured lenticular images which changed as they are moved. These were special in that they showed not only one Marvel and one DC character, they also showed the Amalgam character that the two would be combined into in the future Amalgam comics and cards. The Mirage cards show the overlays of Spider-Man/Super-Boy/Spider-Boy and Wolverine/Batman/Dark Claw.

4 Amalgam Preview cards were also randomly inserted into packs. These cards were of the same style as the soon-to-be-released Amalgam card set. Two cards were of Dark Claw and two cards of Spider-boy.

[edit] Checklist

1 Superman vs. Hulk
2 Captain America
3 Elektra
4 Hulk
5 Jubilee
6 Namor
7 Quicksilver
8 Sabretooth
9 Silver Surfer
10 Silver Surfer vs. Green Lantern
11 Spider-Man
12 Storm
13 Thor
14 Wolverine
15 Aquaman
16 Azrael
17 Batman
18 Captain Marvel
19 Captain Marvel vs. Thor
20 Catwoman
21 Flash
22 Green Lantern
23 Lobo
24 Robin
25 Superboy
26 Superman
27 Wonder Woman
28 Quicksilver vs. Flash
29 Abomination
30 Bullseye
31 Doctor Doom
32 Galactus
33 Green Goblin
34 Juggernaut
35 Kingpin
36 Lizard
37 Wonder Woman vs. Storm
38 Magneto
39 Thanos
40 Bane
41 Black Adam
42 Circe
43 Darkseid
44 Doctor Polaris
45 The Joker
46 Aquaman vs. Namor
47 Kadabra
48 Killer Croc
49 Lex Luthor
50 Penguin
51 Archangel vs. Hawkman
52 Azrael vs. Sabretooth
53 Black Widow vs. Black Canary
54 Blue Beetle vs. Spider-Woman
55 Wolverine vs. Lobo
56 Captain Marvel vs. Captain Marvel
57 Cable vs. Captain Atom
58 Deathstroke vs. Punisher
59 Ghost Rider vs. Demon
60 Nightwing vs. Gambit
61 Human Torch vs. Firestorm
62 Steel vs. Iron Man
63 Hawkeye vs. Green Arrow
64 Robin vs. Jubilee
65 Venom vs. Lobo
66 The Ray vs. Nova
67 Thor vs. Wonder Woman
68 Warrior vs. War Machine
69 Captain America vs. Bane
70 Batman vs. Bullseye
71 Electro vs. Black Lightning
72 Riddler vs. Daredevil
73 Spider-Man vs. Superboy
74 Green Lantern vs. Green Goblin
75 Jigsaw vs. Deathstroke
76 Killer Croc vs. Hulk
77 Doctor Doom vs. Captain Marvel
78 The Joker vs. Spider-Man
79 Galactus vs. Spectre
80 Superman vs. Juggernaut
81 Absorbing Man vs. Steel
82 Catwoman vs. Elektra
83 Thing vs. Solomon Grundy
84 Killer Croc vs. Abomination
85 Arcade vs. Riddler
86 Black Adam vs. Mandarin
87 Bullseye vs. Deadshot
88 Poison Ivy vs. Black Cat
89 Enchantress vs. Circe
90 Doctor Polaris vs. Magneto
91 Captain America vs. Batman
92 Darkseid vs. Thanos
93 Doctor Doom vs. Cyborg
94 Two-Face vs. Jigsaw
95 Green Goblin vs. The Joker
96 Man-Bat vs. Lizard
97 Kingpin vs. Lex Luthor
98 Scarecrow vs. Scarecrow
99 Mole Man vs. Penguin
100 Checklist

[edit] DC versus Marvel Impact - 18 card set

[edit] JLA vs Avengers

1 Thor
2 Metamorpho
3 Iron Man vs Green lantern
4 Crimson Fox
5 Wonder Woman vs Black Widow
6 Hawkman
7 Quicksilver
8 Flash
9    Hawkeye

[edit] X-Men vs Teen Titans

10   Gambit
11 Supergirl
12 Beast
13 Split
14 Cyclops vs. Nightwing
15 Atom
16 Rogue
17 Impulse
18 Wolverine!

[edit] DC versus Marvel Holofoil - 12 card set

1    Sabretooth vs Azrael
2 Aquaman vs Namor
3 Captain America vs Batman
4 Catwoman vs Elektra
5 Quicksilver vs Flash
6 Superman vs Hulk
7 Silver Surfer vs Green Lantern
8 Robin vs Jubilee
9 Wolverine vs Lobo
10 Captain Marvel vs Thor
11 Spider-Man vs Superboy
12 Wonder Woman vs Storm

[edit] DC versus Marvel Mirage - 2 card set

1    Superboy/Spider-Man/Spider-Boy
2 Wolverine/Batman/Dark Claw Superman/Captain America/Super Soldier

[edit] See also

Marvel vs DC Comics
Amalgam Comics