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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.

Collectors, Assemble!


    • Dec 27, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 55m AVG DURATION
    • 59 EPISODES


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    1994 Marvel Masterpieces (Part III)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2021 50:32


    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!

    1994 Marvel Masterpieces (Part II)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2021 77:42


    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.

    1994 Marvel Masterpieces (Part I)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2021 29:20


    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. 

    1995 Fleer DC vs. Marvel Comics (Part III)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2021 55:49


    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!

    1995 Fleer DC vs. Marvel Comics (Part II)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2021 70:40


    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.

    1995 Fleer DC vs. Marvel Comics (Part I)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2021 27:52


    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. 

    Suicide Squad Draft

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021 90:59


    Bill, Shaun, and Ben try something a different again this week, as we draft our own best version of the Suicide Squad!

    DC Dark Judgment (Part III)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2021 35:21


    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!

    DC Dark Judgment (Part II)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2021 76:43


    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.

    DC Dark Judgment (Part I)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2021 26:17


    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. 

    1995 Fleer Ultra Spider-Man (Part III, featuring Jason Muhr)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2021 44:35


    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!

    1995 Fleer Ultra Spider-Man (Part II, featuring Jason Muhr)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2021 114:31


    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.

    1995 Fleer Ultra Spider-Man (Part I, featuring Jason Muhr)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2021 55:43


    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

    Justice League Draft

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2021 111:52


    Bill, Shaun, and Ben try something a different again this week, as we draft our own best version of the Justice League!

    1994 DC Master Series (Part III)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2021 50:31


    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!

    1994 DC Master Series (Part II)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2021 77:16


    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.

    1994 DC Master Series (Part I)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 31:47


    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!

    X-Men Draft Day

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 113:55


    Bill, Shaun, and Ben try something a little different this week, as we draft our own best version of the Uncanny X-Men!

    1992 Marvel Masterpieces (Part III)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2021 48:18


    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!

    1992 Marvel Masterpieces (Part II)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 90:49


    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.

    Marvel Card Collectors - Ian Taylor & Norrin Radd Interview (Part I)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 57:49


    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!

    1992 Marvel Masterpieces (Part I)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 34:16


    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.

    1995 Fleer Ultra X-Men (Part III, featuring Rory Patrick)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 41:18


    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!

    1995 Fleer Ultra X-Men (Part II, featuring Rory Patrick)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 71:19


    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!

    1995 Fleer Ultra X-Men (Part I, featuring Rory Patrick)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 35:03


    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!

    1994 Fleer Ultra Spider-Man (Part III)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 49:24


    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!

    1994 Fleer Ultra Spider-Man (Part II)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 90:25


    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.

    1994 Fleer Ultra Spider-Man (Part I)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 37:44


    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.

    Marvel & DC's Amalgam Universe (Part III)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 54:34


    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!

    Marvel & DC's Amalgam Universe (Part II)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 63:16


    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.

    Marvel & DC's Amalgam Universe (Part I)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2021 32:44


    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.

    Top 10 Nerdy Things in 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2021 79:40


    In this special episode Bill, Shaun, and Ben count down their 10 favorite nerdy things they did in 2020!

    Marvel Universe Series IV (Part III)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2020 37:30


    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!

    Marvel Universe Series IV (Part II)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2020 68:01


    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.

    Marvel Universe Series IV (Part I)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 46:30


    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. 

    Spawn (Part III)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 30:20


    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!

    Spawn (Part II)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2020 70:45


    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.

    Spawn (Part I)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020 41:10


    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! 

    Batman: Saga of the Dark Knight (Part III)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 67:12


    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!

    Batman: Saga of the Dark Knight (Part II)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 68:09


    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.

    Batman: Saga of the Dark Knight (Part I)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2020 37:07


    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)

    Marvel Universe Series III (Part III)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2020 57:49


    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.

    Marvel Universe Series III (Part II)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2020 107:36


    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.

    Marvel Universe Series III (Part I)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2020 29:42


    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.

    Bill and Ben Fail at Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2020 32:23


    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...

    DC Cosmic Teams (Part III)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2020 24:56


    In part 3 of 3, Bill, Shaun, and Ben close out their discussion on DC's Cosmic Teams (the sequel series to Cosmic Cards).

    DC Cosmic Teams (Part II)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2020 66:25


    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

    DC Cosmic Teams (Part I)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2020 45:38


    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.

    DC Cosmic Cards Series I (Part III)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2020 32:29


    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!

    DC Cosmic Cards Series I (Part II)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2020 81:25


    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!

    DC Cosmic Cards Series I (Part I)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2020 32:51


    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.

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