Does anyone else remember the promo cards issued by Caliber back in the 1990s, to advertise their comics ? I've always thought that they were pretty cool. They were not inserted in comics, to my knowledge, but were instead sent to comic stores.

These are the 47 different ones that I have, in alphabetical order. Are there others ?


Aka Goldfish
Apparition
Autumn
Baker Street (2 different)
Big Bang Comics
Cavewoman
Dead Killer
Deadworld King Zombie
Deadworld Necropolis
Dominique
Door Man
Exit
Flaxen
Inferno
Interface
The Jam
Jinx
Kabuki (3 different)
Killroy is Here (2 different)
Knight Watchman
Legendlore
The Lost
Moebius Comics
Mr. X
Negative Burn
Nowheresville
Oz (2 different)
Raven Chronicles (2 different)
Realm
Renfield (2 different)
Roadkill
Rust
Searchers
Strait Jacket
Tattoo
Technopolis
Terroreck
Underside
Unleashed
Wordsmith

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David R has asked me to post the 47 images of Caliber Cards. In addition I have taken his listing and added the 2008 PCE page number where you can find more detail. I have also included who PCE list as the issuer. This list follows the images.

Note that most of the images also show the card title and those that don't David R has informed me what the card is and hopefully I have got it right, my apologies if I haven't as I am not familiar with all these cards.

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Note the card top row left is Kabuki Blue Background.

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Note the card middle row right is the other OZ card and the card bottom row left is Renfield Vampire and the card bottom row centre is Knight Watchman.

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Note the card centre row right is Dominique and the card bottom row right is Rust.

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Note card top row left is Flaxen, the card top row right is Terroreck, the card card middle row centre is Dead Killer and the card centre bottom row is DeadWorld King Zombie and the card bootom row right is Roadkill.

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The card top row right is the other Kilroy and bottom row left is A.K.A. Goldfish.

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A.K.A.Goldfish Caliber Comics Page 7
The Apparition Caliber Comics Page 12
Autumn Caliber Comics Page 14
Baker Street - Close Up Caliber Comics Page 15
Baker Street - Standing with Cane Caliber Comics Page 15
Big Bang Comics Caliber Press Page 21
Cavewoman Caliber Comics Page 32
Dead Killer Caliber Comics Page 45
Deadworld: King Zombie Caliber Comics Page 45
Deadworld: Necropolis Caliber Comics Page 45
Dominique Caliber Press Page 50
Door Man Caliber Comics Page 50
Exit not known Page 56
Flaxen Caliber Press Page 60
Inferno Caliber Comics Page 74
Interface Caliber Comics Page 74
The Jam not known Page 75
Jinx Caliber Comics Page 76
Kabuki (blue background) Caliber Comics Page 78
Kabuki (yellow background) Caliber Comics Page 78
Kabuki (black background) Caliber Press Page 78
Kilroy is Here (head and shoulders) Caliber Comics Page 79
Kilroy is Here (standing) Caliber Comics Page 79
Knight Watchman Caliber Press Page 82
Legendlore Caliber Comics Page 83
The Lost Caliber Comics Page 87
Mister X Caliber Comics Page 100
Moebius Comics Caliber Comics Page 100
Negative Burn Caliber Comics Page 105
Nowheresville Caliber Comics Page 107
Oz (Scarecrow, Lion, Tinman) Caliber Comics Page 109
Oz (Pumpkinhead) Caliber Comics Page 109
Raven Chronicles (Group) Caliber Comics Page 118
Raven Chronicles (Fingers touching) Caliber Comics Page 118
The Realm Caliber Comics Page 118
Renfield (Flies) Caliber Comics Page 119
Renfield (Vampire) Caliber Comics Page 119
Roadkill Caliber Comics Page 120
Rust Caliber Comics Page 122
The Searchers Caliber Comics Page 124
Strait Jacket Caliber Comics Page 145
Tattoo Caliber Comics Page 148
Technopolis Caliber Comics Page 148
Terroreck Caliber Comics Page 150
The Underside Caliber Press Page 156
Unleashed Caliber Comics Page 156
Wordsmith Caliber Press Page 165

regards

John

I think I have maybe 3 of those. Nice pictures.

Wow, terrific reference!

I picked up a few of these over the years (and some of the comics they advertise), but I had no idea there were so many of them issued.

Nice to see them all together, thanks!

Yes, it's a great checklist. I hadn't seen a few of them before looking at those scans. They are fun to collect because they tend to be cheap when you find them (found some of mine in dollar boxes). However, some of them pop up only occasionally so completing the known set is a challenge.

Thanks, John. Thanks, David.

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Originally posted by chesspieceface:
Wow, terrific reference!

I picked up a few of these over the years (and some of the comics they advertise), but I had no idea there were so many of them issued.

Nice to see them all together, thanks!

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John, thank you for posting these for me !

It was pointed out to me that the Exit and The Jam cards don't actually say Caliber on the backs, but I did some research and Caliber did in fact publish "The Jam" comic in late 1990 for awhile. I can't recall who told me that he considered both to be Caliber cards, perhaps Todd Jordan of PCE himself ?

Looks like the Exit comic was also published by Caliber in 1995, after being released by Taxi Comics in 1992.

Hi David,

Todd did list it separately but then he listed all the Calibers separately. That's what makes your list a nice new reference. Technically, Exit was not a Caliber Comic when the card was released in 1993 but Todd might have included it had he provided a checklist especially since it did become one and it looks like a Caliber Comics card. Who knows, the publishing rights might have been in the works at the time so Caliber might have made the card after all but couldn't announce it as a done deal yet.

Jess

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Originally posted by David R:
Looks like the Exit comic was also published by Caliber in 1995, after being released by Taxi Comics in 1992.

I sent an email to Caliber Comics asking how many cards exist. The fellow didn't answer the question, but I showed him the checklist above, and he claims that there was a card for the comic "The Scythe."

Anyone see that one ???