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Next up, as promised, DC Cosmic Cards, starting tomorrow!

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Power Ratings

Once again, a special Power Ratings card was included in special factory tin collections of the set.

The text alignment for Mental Powers bothers me more than it probably should.

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Card H5: Ghost Rider

Taking advantage of the hologram's 3D effect via Ghost Rider's chain almost singlehandedly makes the entire hologram gimmick worth it.

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Card H4: Venom
This is the first set of holograms in which Spider-Man doesn't appear. Instead, Venom does, which says something about comics at the time.

This is also the rare case where the regular Venom might be better.

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H3: Wolverine

This one is not too dissimilar from the "main" Wolverine card, with both featuring a more head-on, claws-first perspective.

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H3: Wolverine

This one is not too dissimilar from the "main" Wolverine card, with both featuring a more head-on, claws-first perspective.

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Card H2: Thing

The gratuitous foot for the sake of the 3D image I could do without, but otherwise, this is another dynamic image that I like way more that the "regular" Thing card in this set.

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Card H1: Hulk

I know these cards are drawn intentionally to be more dynamic w/greater planes of depth for the sake of the hologram, but also...there's no reason the normal cards couldn't be similarly dynamic.

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Card 200: Checklist

For as much as I generally dislike this series' heavy "portrait front, landscape back" orientation, I appreciate that it was applied to the checklist (even if it was only done out of necessity).

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Card 199: Wedding of Spider-Man

Mephisto's most hated card, this is technically another relatively recent milestone but one which, at least in '93, still felt more foundational to me than, say, the fall of Kingpin.

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Card 198: Fall of the Kingpin

Curious they didn't go w/Born Again, given that story was more acclaimed. Maybe it's too self-contained to count as an in-universe milestone, since Kingpin hadn't *yet* returned. 🤷‍♂️

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Card 197: Death of Gwen Stacy

This is a card where the little triangles on the borders are distracting, making it seem they're pointing at Gwen's body.

The cardback text seems to run out of room & leave out a word.

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Card 196: The Coming of Galactus

Maybe the best Epting card in the set? I really like the way Silver Surfer is just sort of hovering there, and how he & Galactus burst out of the borders.

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Card 195: Dark Phoenix Saga

The title icons on the cardbacks of this subset have such a delightfully early 90s computer generated graphics vibe to them, like the closing credits of the X-Men animated series.

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Card 194: All Hulks Unite

Another recent #Milestones, though this one feels like a bigger deal than the Lyja one. Maybe that's just a Hulk bias on my part. I do like the staging of the figures, and Banner's big round glasses.

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Card 193: Days of Future Past

I've always appreciated the inclusion of a relevant cover on the cardbacks of this subset; it's another way to connect to the history of the MU and get some more notable art into the set.

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Card 192: I Married a Skrull

New category: #Milestones! Another way this series engages with the broader history of the MU, though kicking it off w/DeFalco's big "Alicia was a Skrull!" retcon sure feels like recency bias.

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Card 191: Atlantis Attacks

As with the Evolutionary War card, the cardback text here makes the story seem way more cohesive than it actually is.

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Card 190: Kree vs. Skrull War

Isn't this is usually referred to as the "Kree-Skrull War?" Is the "vs." nomenclature an older usage?

At any rate, the card does a nice job of making the war seem more warlike than the actual story.

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Card 189: Infinity Gauntlet

More good headshot work on the back.

I don't remember Thor playing a super pivotal role in the story (versus, say, Warlock or Silver Surfer) but otherwise, really strong card.

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