Three lifelong comic book nerds (Bill Lambusta, Shaun Carney, and Ben Resnick) discuss their favorite cards, characters, and memories from sets of superhero trading cards that became a popular phenomenon in the '90s.
In part 3 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben continue to discuss 1994 Marvel Masterpieces trading cards. We talk about the oddities in the set, least favorite art, and give the set a rating!
In part 2 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben discuss 1994 Marvel Masterpieces trading cards. In this episode, we pick our favorite cards and characters that are featured in the set.
In part 1 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben discuss 1994 Marvel Masterpieces (Fleer) trading cards. In this episode, we provide an overview of the set and give our general thoughts on it.
In part 3 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben continue to discuss 1995 Fleer DC vs Marvel Comics trading cards. We talk about the oddities in the set, least favorite art, our own fantasy match-ups, and give the set a rating!
In part 2 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben discuss 1995 Fleer DC vs Marvel trading cards! In this episode, we pick our favorite cards and characters that are featured in the set.
In part 1 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben discuss 1995 Fleer DC vs. Marvel Comics trading cards. In this episode, we provide an overview of the set and give our general thoughts on it.
Bill, Shaun, and Ben try something a different again this week, as we draft our own best version of the Suicide Squad!
In part 3 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben continue to discuss 1995 DC Dark Judgment trading cards. We talk about the oddities in the set, least favorite art, and give the set a rating!
In part 2 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben discuss 1995 DC Dark Judgment trading cards! In this episode, we pick our favorite cards and characters that are featured in the set.
In part 1 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben discuss DC Dark Judgment trading cards. In this episode, we provide an overview of the set and give our general thoughts on it.
In part 3 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben continue to discuss 1995 Fleer Ultra Spider-Man trading cards with Jason Muhr. We talk about the oddities in the set, least favorite art, and give the set a rating!
In part 2 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben discuss 1995 Fleer Ultra Spider-Man trading cards with special guest Jason Muhr! In this episode, we pick our favorite cards and characters that are featured in the set.
In part 1 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben discuss 1995 Fleer Ultra Spider-Man trading cards. Joining us as a special guest is illustrator Jason Muhr who helps us provide an overview of the set and give our general thoughts on it. Make sure to check out Jason's book By the Horns, available from Scout! https://www.scoutcomics.com/collections/by-the-horns
Bill, Shaun, and Ben try something a different again this week, as we draft our own best version of the Justice League!
In part 3 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben continue to discuss 1994 DC Master Series trading cards. We talk about the oddities in the set, least favorite art, and give the set a rating!
n part 2 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben discuss 1994 DC Master Series trading cards. In this episode, we pick our favorite cards and characters that are featured in the set.
In part 1 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben discuss 1994 DC Master Series trading cards. We provide an overview of the set and give our general thoughts on it. Ben continues his obsession with finding a secret door that leads him into a warehouse of paintings, and we discover a new sign off for our episodes!
Bill, Shaun, and Ben try something a little different this week, as we draft our own best version of the Uncanny X-Men!
In part 3 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben continue to discuss 1992 Marvel Masterpieces. We talk about the oddities in the set, least favorite art, and give the set a rating!
In part 2 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben discuss 1992 Marvel Masterpieces trading cards. In this episode, we pick our favorite cards and characters that are featured in the set.
Bill interviews fellow superhero trading card podcasters Ian Taylor and Norrin Radd in a special crossover episode with the Marvel Card Collectors Podcast! Find part 2 over on their show to hear the exciting conclusion to this fun conversation!
In part 1 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben discuss 1992 Marvel Masterpieces trading cards. We provide an overview of the set and give our general thoughts on it. We also talk a bit about card collecting, how we do it and what we like about it.
In part 3 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben continue to discuss 1995 Fleer Ultra X-Men. We talk about the oddities in the set, forgotten characters, and least favorite art with our special guest, comedian Rory Patrick!
In part 2 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben discuss 1995 Fleer Ultra X-Men trading cards. In this episode, we pick our favorite cards and characters that are featured in the set with our special guest, comedian Rory Patrick!
In part 1 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben discuss 1995 Fleer Ultra X-Men trading cards. In our first ever episode featuring a guest, we provide an overview of the set and give our general thoughts on it. Also, Rory makes up a little game of X-Man or Bruce Springsteen character!
In part 3 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben continue to discuss 1994 Fleer Ultra Spider-Man. We talk about the oddities in the set, forgotten characters, and least favorite art!
In part 2 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben discuss 1994 Fleer Ultra Spider-Man trading cards. In this episode, we pick our favorite cards and characters that are featured in the set.
In part 1 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben discuss 1994 Fleer Ultra Spider-Man trading cards. We provide an overview of this set featuring Mark Bagley's art and give our general thoughts on it.
In part 3 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben continue to discuss Marvel & DC's Amalgam Universe trading cards. We talk about the oddities in the set (so, all of it), least favorite art, and we make up some of our own amalgamations!
In part 2 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben discuss Marvel & DC's Amalgam Universe trading cards. In this episode, we pick our favorite cards and characters that are featured in the set.
In part 1 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben discuss Marvel & DC's Amalgam Universe trading cards. For anyone who doesn't know, Amalgam was a universe created when the Marvel and DC character's got smashed together. The companies published a bunch of one shots featuring these fun characters. In this episode, we provide an overview of the set of card based on those characters and give our general thoughts on the set.
In this special episode Bill, Shaun, and Ben count down their 10 favorite nerdy things they did in 2020!
In part 3 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben continue to discuss Marvel Universe Series IV (1993, Skybox). We talk about the oddities in the set, forgotten characters, and least favorite art!
In part 2 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben discuss Marvel Universe Series IV trading cards (1993, Skybox). In this episode, we pick our favorite cards and characters that are featured in the set.
In part 1 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben discuss Marvel Universe Series IV (1993) trading cards. We provide an overview of the set and give our general thoughts on it. Plus dirty jokes and reminiscing about how we collected comics as kids.
In part 3 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben continue to discuss Spawn trading cards (1995, Wildstorm). We talk about the oddities in the set, forgotten characters, and least favorite art!
In part 2 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben discuss Spawn trading cards (1995, Wildstorm). In this episode, we pick our favorite cards and characters that are featured in the set.
In part 1 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben discuss Spawn (1995, Wildstorm) trading cards. We provide an overview of the set and give our general thoughts on it. Also, Ben finally reveals that he once worked at a comic shop. We discuss how we discovered Spawn and the wonder of trades!
In part 3 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben continue to discuss Batman: Saga of the Dark Knight (1994, Skybox). We talk about the oddities in the set, forgotten characters, and least favorite art!
In part 2 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben discuss Batman: Saga of the Dark Knight (1994, Skybox). In this episode, we pick our favorite cards and characters that are featured in the set.
In part 1 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben discuss Batman: Saga of the Dark Knight (1994) trading cards. We provide an overview of the set and give our general thoughts on it. Also, we discuss the advent of pogs, Batman animated films, and Bill relays some information about coloring that was relayed in this video from Comic Tropes: The History of Comic Book Coloring (and How Modern Technology Can Ruin Reprints)
In part 3 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben continue to discuss Marvel Universe Series III (1992). We talk about the oddities in the set, forgotten characters, and least favorite art! Also, beware tangents as we also hit nerdy topics like the Transformers, the new New Warriors, and Snow Patrol.
In part 2 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben discuss DC's Cosmic Teams (the sequel series to Cosmic Cards). In this episode, we pick out our favorite cards and characters that are featured in the set. In our longest episode yet (!) we discuss all things Marvel, including X-Men, X-Force, and Spider-Man's marital status.
In part 1 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben discuss Marvel Universe Series III (1992) trading cards. We provide an overview of the set and give our general thoughts on it. Along the way, Bill does a spot on impression of Ben and we discover something about the card borders.
In this special episode, Bill and Ben recount the tale of their adventures at the Columbus Flea Market to Shaun. The plan was to go to the flea market, find cool superhero cards, and then talk about them on the show. It didn't quite work out as planned...
In part 3 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben close out their discussion on DC's Cosmic Teams (the sequel series to Cosmic Cards).
In part 2 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben discuss DC's Cosmic Teams (the sequel series to Cosmic Cards). In this episode, we pick out our favorite cards and characters that are featured in the set. Along the way we discover the purpose of trench coats and learn about Bill's obsession with Peter Parker's height. Check out the great YouTube channel Casually Comics that taught us about Power Girl's breasts: https://youtu.be/0g82keA_KRI
In part 1 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben discuss DC's Cosmic Teams (the sequel series to Cosmic Cards). We give an overview of the set and give our general thoughts on it. We also hit some tangents on trades vs. single issues and rant about editorial decisions that always reset character growth.
In part 3 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben continue to discuss DC's Cosmic Cards Series I (the "Inaugural Edition"). We talk about the oddities in the set, forgotten characters, and least favorite art!
In part 2 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben continue to discuss DC's Cosmic Cards Series I. Ben still knows more about DC history and characters than the others as we make are way through the different card types picking our favorites!
In part 1 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben FINALLY discuss some DC heroes. Ben flexes his knowledge while Bill and Shaun try to remember back to that time they read 'Batman: Hush.' Also, we give an overview of the cards in this set and give our general thoughts.