Continuing with the trading cards, Upper Deck Entertainment created this collectible card game for DC and Marvel with all the usual trimmings: Starter Deck, Booster Packs and different series of cards, What's worth mentioning is that all the cards on this CCG contain art by comic book pros such as Scott Kollins, Dan Jurgens and, of course, Alex Ross.Below you can see the DC cards with Alex's art: (left to right) Aquaman, Captain Marvel (Shazam), Superman from Earth 2, The Wizard Shazam and Zatanna. These 5 cards are IN MY COLLECTION and the art is wonderful, yet small and that is my main complaint about Alex's art on trading cards. Collector's Advice:These cards are fairly easy to find and they are cheap too!
Now for Marvel, Alex only did one card. What's the catch? This card was only given to Upper Deck employees as a Holiday present to show the company's appreciation for their hard work and dedication. It features Spidey (who looks somewhat bulkier) protecting Gwen Stacy. Collector's Advice: It's difficult to find this card. A few of them have been popping out every now and then on ebay, fetching less than US$100. So be on the lookout for this hard-to-find item. I'm glad to say this card is IN MY COLLECTION.
This wonderful game not only contains Alex Ross art on the cards but also on their boxes. That's right! The starter deck consisted of 3 tin boxes which contained the cards and featured the art you see below split into them so they were interlocking boxes. Top: DC art. Below: Marvel art.
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I have the Superman and Aquaman foil extended art version too. So i am quite puzzled if the others have foil extended cards. Any ideas?
I'm a VS player so I happen to know that there is also a larger art version of Captain Marvel, but not of the other two. The Captain Marvel will be slightly more difficult to acquire than the first two, but not as difficult as the Spider-Man.
There are also "playmats" available with the same art from the Avengers and JLA boxes. They are like large mousepads and are designed for playing on. Check eBay under "vs playmat," they should be available for about $20.
The boxsets when opened contain 4 tins with the panoramic art on them. As the collector's tip notes, they can all be acquired cheaply as Vs has been discontinued. If you buy two you can keep one under wraps and use the tins to hold pencils or what-have-you.
Finally, the art from the Aquaman card was used on a Vs System T-Shirt. Check eBay for it.. often. I have been after it for a while myself.
ADD: There is also a "playmat" for the Captain Marvel art as well. It looks awesome.
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