AustinGorton

@AustinGorton@mstdn.social

Reviewing every X-Men comic one issue at a time. Tweeting a #TradingCardADay for as long as I still can. Writing fiction. He/Him

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AustinGorton, to Starwars

For Polygon, I look at how Dave Filoni is drawing on his love of Tolkien to play up Star Wars' fantasy elements in .
https://www.polygon.com/star-wars/23881622/ahsoka-star-wars-fantasy-influences-filoni

AustinGorton, to random

122 - Year 21 Creator: Paul Smith

Hard to think of another artist who packed this much amazing work into so few issues. He deserves recognition for the way he draws hair alone.

AustinGorton, to XMen

040 - Fantastic Four Roast #1 (2/9/1982)

Wolverine looks like he's hitting on Vision; any guesses on what he's saying?

Cover by Fred Hembeck & Terry Austin. Interiors by Hembeck, Jim Shooter & friends.

AustinGorton,

@Jonathanglick @AustinGorton I think it’s meant to be Fred Hembeck.

AustinGorton, to XMen

Also out today in 1984, Uncanny X-Men from John Romita Jr. and Ron Zalme.

The X-Men return from Secret Wars to lounge on the logo.

AustinGorton, to DCComics

Card 129: Desaad

Once again, a card succeeds by zooming in a little. Love the little waggle of fingers that almost seems to exist from his gloved hand.

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AustinGorton, to DCComics

Card 132: Granny Goodness

Love the idea of riffing on "American Gothic" w/Granny in place of the stoic farmer and his wife. Makes me want to see more trading cards recreating famous images w/superheroes.

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AustinGorton, to DCComics

Card 174: Showcase

A fun cover but another curious inclusion over the likes of the Silver Age Flash debut, anything w/Aquaman, Green Arrow, Martian Manhunter, all of whom I'd argue are more relevant, even/especially in '92.

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AustinGorton, to DCComics

Card 166: War of the Gods A

By no means an exceptional card, compared to some of the other Great battles card, this seems like a masterpiece.

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AustinGorton, to XMen

280 - Year 47 Fun Fact: Welcome to the Rock

Utopia isn't the first time the operate out of an island off the shore of San Francisco; they briefly headquartered on Alcatraz just prior to "Fall of the Mutants", before relocating to Australia.

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AustinGorton, to random

Card 073: Punisher

Kinda ho-hum. A tighter shot might've worked better. Punisher also isn't a character I associate w/Spider-Man or Batman-esque mid-building clings (rooftops, sure, but not sides of buildings like this).

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AustinGorton, to XMen

Card 086: Storm

Jusko effectively renders Storm's raw power, but it does seem a little weird to have the background so water based vs. sky based.

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AustinGorton, to DCComics

Card H8: Superman

Almost, but not quite, the mirror image of the cardbacks on this cardfront. I love that Simonson gives him the poofier cape at the shoulders.

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AustinGorton, to XMen

Card 007: Beast

Continuing the trend of recent sets, the Blue/Gold distinction is made.
Jusko included the machinery (which has always struck me as alien-esque) to speak to the "scientific aspect" of Beast.

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AustinGorton, to Marvel

Card 018: Cable

I love this era of Cable, when nothing concrete had been established yet and creators outside the X-office have to make trading cards for him. This is probably one of the last cards of that era.

#TradingCardADay #MM1 #Marvel #Cable #XMen

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AustinGorton, to Marvel

Card 024: Dr. Strange

According to Jusko, one of the factors that determined use of a closeup was the level of interest he had in the character

I love how Strange's 1st cover appearance qualifies on the barest technicality

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AustinGorton, to random

Card 083: Thanos

A properly cosmic - if somewhat busy and...awkwardly posed - card for the Mad Titan.

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AustinGorton, to XMen

323 - Year 55 Fun Fact: Down with X!

While it's never been confirmed (& likely never will be) there is a consensus among fans that Marvel downplayed the at this time cuz they didn't have the rights for X-Men movies while the MCU was ascendant.

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AustinGorton, to DCComics

Card 123: Mr. Miracle

I don't usually associate Mr. Miracle w/Deadpool-esque 4th wall breaking but this is still a super fun card & a neat way to represent his whole "escape artist" thing. He's escaping from his card!

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AustinGorton, to SpiderMan

Card 077: Sandman

Dude's got some wild eyes!

I like that while the cardback details his then-recent face turn, the front just goes all out super-villain in its depiction.

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AustinGorton, to DCComics

Card 142: Crisis on Earths One & Two
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New category: Great Battles

Starting off, appropriately enough, with a Crisis, already DC's go-to noun for indicating a big story, though the image here isn't all that dynamic.

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AustinGorton, to random

Card 084: Super-Skrull

Love the fiery Thing fist.

Who is your favorite "bad guy that has all the powers of the good guys" character?

#TradingCardADay #MM1 #FantasticFour

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AustinGorton, to DCComics

Card 145: Crisis on Infinite Earths

Skipping past an assortment of other pre-Crisis Crises, we now come to the big one, w/a more dynamic image that calls on some of the iconography that's become associated w/the story.

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AustinGorton, to DCComics

Card H6: Hawkman

Hawkman continues his oddly-strong showing in the set, though I don't think the then-current Hawkworld iteration lends itself as strongly to the hologram format.

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AustinGorton, to DCComics

Card 136: Maxima
I know Maxima mostly from her time on the Justice League when they fought Doomsday, so it's weird to see her thrown in with the villains even though I know that's how she started out.

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