Over the course of this particular column, we’ve learned that Topps isn’t afraid to slap anything of popularity onto the face of a trading card. They’ve has sets featuring hairy aliens, man eating plants, Bigfoots (or do we call those dudes Bigfeet?) and children that supposedly come from garbage cans. So…cashing in on a hit […]
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After the success of the Impel’s previous run of Marvel Universe cards, the mighty Marvel Comics made sure to follow it up with another great set for fanboys to battle over. You can learn more about the history of these sets over on the Multiversity Comics, but in the meantime let’s take a gander at […]
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Welcome back to another edition of Trade or Die! This go around we’re taking a look at a wonderfully crafted series that just so happen to contain some really BIG blunders. Ones so big that the fan boy in you will be willing to gather torches and pitchforks to storm the Doctor Doom’s castle because […]
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When Impel first released the megaton nuke of a card set known as Marvel Universe (Series 1) in 1990, they must’ve known that a cash cow was born because the company quickly scooped up several other major franchises for card series—all using the same general layout/designs as with MU. And while knowing is half the […]
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I’m sure, hopefully at least, by now we’re all familiar with the franchise known as Mars Attacks. What started as a trading card series in 1962 has since spawned off into many different branches of merch and marketing; there’s been toys, comics, card sets, a movie and even some talk of it even becoming a […]
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Today we’re going to take a look at another Topps trading card series, ALF Series 2… and yes, we’re completely skipping the first series. Why? Well, for starters I can’t find my first set in the pit of chaos that I’ve labeled my “Collector’s Closet.” We’ll do the prequel one day though, I promise. These […]
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Sometimes you just come across a set of cards that you want because they compliment something you already have a passionate interest in and that’s exactly what I have in this edition of Trade or Die. Allow me to share with you all this card set from 2008 inspired by a certain caped crusader… Batman […]
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Back in 1960, America got its first taste of a fun little musical/horror film called Little Shop of Horrors. The original film, directed by Roger Corman, was shot in two days using borrowed sets from another cult movie Corman was producing at the time, A Bucket of Blood. After gaining in popularity thanks to local […]
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At some point in this lovely little subculture here of ours I’m hoping you, by now, know what Fangoria is. First published in 1979, it’s pretty much the first modern horror magazine in a long line of publications that include Ackerman’s Famous Monsters of Filmland, Shriek! and For Monsters Only. As a quick sidenote, if […]