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'''''Cosmic Teams''''' was the name of a series of trading cards produced in 1991 by Impel (and distributed in 1992). There were 180 cards and 10 holograms in the set.  
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'''''Cosmic Teams''''' was the name of a series of trading cards distributed in March, 1993 by Skybox. There were 150 cards and 6 holograms in the set, plus 12 promo cards.  
  
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
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The Cosmic Teams set was produced by DC itself. The cards were of several subsets (Hero Heritage, Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Great Battles, Classic Covers, etc.), many of which were 3-card sub-subsets.  
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The Cosmic Teams set was made up of several "Team Triptychs" of various DC teams, and individual "DC Flashback" character cards from the team, all with a single distinctive color border to denote the team. On the back of the team cards was a paragraph of the team's history (in three parts) and a key to the characters. On the back of the character card was another picture of the character in a box called "DC Flashback!", a paragraph of the character's history, his or her real name, and first appearance.
  
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The set contains original art.
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The promo cards have the same artwork on the front as the regular card but on the back was the Cosmic Teams logo and promotional text. Each promo card had the same back.
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The set contains original art, typically by the artist of the then-currently published book.
  
 
==Legion Cards==
 
==Legion Cards==
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| 148 || Great Battles: Legends || Paris Cullins, Karl Kesel
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| 17 || L.E.G.I.O.N. Team Triptych card 2 || Barry Kitson, Robin Smith
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| 19 || Legionnaires Team Triptych card 1 || Chris Sprouse, Karl Story
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| 20 || Legionnaires Team Triptych card 2 || Chris Sprouse, Karl Story
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| 21 || Legionnaires Team Triptych card 3 || Chris Sprouse, Karl Story
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| 73 || [[Phase/Glorithverse|Phase]] || Barry Kitson, Robin Smith
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| 82 || [[Cosmic Boy/Glorithverse|Cosmic Boy]] || Chris Sprouse, Karl Story
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| 83 || [[Saturn Girl/Glorithverse|Saturn Girl]] || Chris Sprouse, Karl Story
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| 84 || [[Live Wire/Glorithverse|Live Wire]] || Chris Sprouse, Karl Story
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| 85 || [[Apparition/Glorithverse|Apparition]] || Adam Hughes
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| 86 || [[Triad/Glorithverse|Triad]] || Ty Templeton
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| 87 || [[Chameleon/Glorithverse|Chameleon]] || Chris Sprouse, Karl Story
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| 88 || [[Invisible Kid/Glorithverse|Invisible Kid]] || Chris Sprouse, Karl Story
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| 89 || [[Leviathan/Glorithverse|Leviathan]] || Chris Sprouse, Karl Story
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| 90 || [[Shrinking Violet/Glorithverse|Shrinking Violet]] || Adam Hughes
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| 91 || [[Inferno/Glorithverse|Inferno]] || Chris Sprouse, Karl Story
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| 92 || [[Andromeda/Glorithverse|Andromeda]] || Adam Hughes
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| 93 || [[Brainiac 5/Glorithverse|Brainiac 5]] || Jason Pearson, Karl Story
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| 94 || [[Ultra Boy/Glorithverse|Ultra Boy]] || Chris Sprouse, Karl Story
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| 95 || [[Matter-Eater Lad/Glorithverse|Matter-Eater Lad]] || Ty Templeton
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| 96 || [[Alchemist/Glorithverse|Alchemist]] || Jason Pearson, Karl Story
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| 97 || [[Gossamer/Glorithverse|Gossamer]] || Adam Hughes
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| 98 || [[Ferro/Glorithverse|Ferro]] || Chris Sprouse, Karl Story
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| 99 || [[Computo/Glorithverse|Computo]] || Ty Templeton
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| 100 || [[Dragonmage/Glorithverse|Dragonmage]] || Jason Pearson, Karl Story
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| 101 || [[Catspaw/Glorithverse|Catspaw]] || Jason Pearson, Karl Story
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| 102 || [[Kid Quantum/Glorithverse|Kid Quantum]] || Jason Pearson, Karl Story
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| 147 || [[Timber Wolf/Glorithverse|Timber Wolf]] || Joe Phillips, Al Gordon
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| 148 || [[Valor/Glorithverse|Valor]] || M. D. Bright, Al Gordon
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| 00 || Dragonmage (promo) || Jason Pearson, Karl Story
 
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| 160 || Great Battles: The Great Darkness Saga || [[Keith Giffen]], [[Al Gordon]]
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| 000 || Catspaw (promo) || Jason Pearson, Karl Story
 
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| 161 || Great Battles: The Great Darkness Saga || [[Keith Giffen]], [[Al Gordon]]
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| 0000 || Computo (promo) || Ty Templeton
 
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| 162 || Great Battles: The Great Darkness Saga || [[Keith Giffen]], [[Al Gordon]]
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| P1 || Apparition (promo) || Adam Hughes
 
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* The Legends card shows [[Cosmic Boy/Post-Crisis|Cosmic Boy]] in the 20th century during the time of the [[Legion Publication History/Series/Legends|Legends]] miniseries, and is the only one of the 3-card Legends sub-subset to show a Legionnaire.  
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* The center card of the L.E.G.I.O.N. triptych (cards 16, 17, and 18) showed [[Phase/Glorithverse|Phase]], who at this point in continuity was [[Phantom Girl/Glorithverse|Phantom Girl]], time-tossed back to the 20th century by [[Glorith]].
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* The [[Great Darkness Saga]] sub-subset show three scenes from that story arc.
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* The Legionnaires triptych and subset depict the [[SW6 Batch]] appearing in the [[Glorithverse]]-era [[Legion Publication History/Series/Legionnaires|Legionnaires]] book.
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* [[Timber Wolf/Glorithverse|Timber Wolf]] and [[Valor/Glorithverse|Valor]] were two characters that had recently been newly (re)-introduced to the 20th century and were included in the "New Breed" subset of characters. The "New Breed" characters were not shown on any triptych cards and were never in a group by that name.
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* The Dragonmage card was a giveaway that was packaged with "Wizard" magazine #19. The Catspaw card was a giveaway packaged with the "Comics Buyer's Guide Price Guide" for March/April 1993. The Computo card was included with each copy of "Legionnaires" #1. The Apparition card was given away at comic conventions in 1993.
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
* [http://www.mykey3000.com/cosmicteams/jla/jlafaq10.html#cards Cosmic Teams' JLA Cards]
 
* [http://www.mykey3000.com/cosmicteams/jla/jlafaq10.html#cards Cosmic Teams' JLA Cards]
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* [http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/allender/dccosmic.htm Jeff Allender's House of Checklists]
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* [http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/allender/dccosmtm.htm Jeff Allender's House of Checklists]
  
 
[[Category:Trading Cards]]
 
[[Category:Trading Cards]]

Revision as of 22:46, 4 December 2006

Cosmic Teams was the name of a series of trading cards distributed in March, 1993 by Skybox. There were 150 cards and 6 holograms in the set, plus 12 promo cards.

Description

The Cosmic Teams set was made up of several "Team Triptychs" of various DC teams, and individual "DC Flashback" character cards from the team, all with a single distinctive color border to denote the team. On the back of the team cards was a paragraph of the team's history (in three parts) and a key to the characters. On the back of the character card was another picture of the character in a box called "DC Flashback!", a paragraph of the character's history, his or her real name, and first appearance.

The promo cards have the same artwork on the front as the regular card but on the back was the Cosmic Teams logo and promotional text. Each promo card had the same back.

The set contains original art, typically by the artist of the then-currently published book.

Legion Cards

Card Description art credit(s)
17 L.E.G.I.O.N. Team Triptych card 2 Barry Kitson, Robin Smith
19 Legionnaires Team Triptych card 1 Chris Sprouse, Karl Story
20 Legionnaires Team Triptych card 2 Chris Sprouse, Karl Story
21 Legionnaires Team Triptych card 3 Chris Sprouse, Karl Story
73 Phase Barry Kitson, Robin Smith
82 Cosmic Boy Chris Sprouse, Karl Story
83 Saturn Girl Chris Sprouse, Karl Story
84 Live Wire Chris Sprouse, Karl Story
85 Apparition Adam Hughes
86 Triad Ty Templeton
87 Chameleon Chris Sprouse, Karl Story
88 Invisible Kid Chris Sprouse, Karl Story
89 Leviathan Chris Sprouse, Karl Story
90 Shrinking Violet Adam Hughes
91 Inferno Chris Sprouse, Karl Story
92 Andromeda Adam Hughes
93 Brainiac 5 Jason Pearson, Karl Story
94 Ultra Boy Chris Sprouse, Karl Story
95 Matter-Eater Lad Ty Templeton
96 Alchemist Jason Pearson, Karl Story
97 Gossamer Adam Hughes
98 Ferro Chris Sprouse, Karl Story
99 Computo Ty Templeton
100 Dragonmage Jason Pearson, Karl Story
101 Catspaw Jason Pearson, Karl Story
102 Kid Quantum Jason Pearson, Karl Story
147 Timber Wolf Joe Phillips, Al Gordon
148 Valor M. D. Bright, Al Gordon
00 Dragonmage (promo) Jason Pearson, Karl Story
000 Catspaw (promo) Jason Pearson, Karl Story
0000 Computo (promo) Ty Templeton
P1 Apparition (promo) Adam Hughes
  • The center card of the L.E.G.I.O.N. triptych (cards 16, 17, and 18) showed Phase, who at this point in continuity was Phantom Girl, time-tossed back to the 20th century by Glorith.
  • The Legionnaires triptych and subset depict the SW6 Batch appearing in the Glorithverse-era Legionnaires book.
  • Timber Wolf and Valor were two characters that had recently been newly (re)-introduced to the 20th century and were included in the "New Breed" subset of characters. The "New Breed" characters were not shown on any triptych cards and were never in a group by that name.
  • The Dragonmage card was a giveaway that was packaged with "Wizard" magazine #19. The Catspaw card was a giveaway packaged with the "Comics Buyer's Guide Price Guide" for March/April 1993. The Computo card was included with each copy of "Legionnaires" #1. The Apparition card was given away at comic conventions in 1993.

External Links

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