And the "Death Duel with the Vulgar" card you also noted in that post is shown just above the "Nothing Can Stop...The Sandwitch" card on this page. Yeah, I'm just assuming there isn't another unnumbered Spider-Femme card that starts with "Nothing..."

I'm also assuming that #7 card is from the Spider-Femme boxed factory set.

I have a question...is the Freedonia Funnyworks (1993) listed in PCE an actual promo set? I have seen a set for sale before and see one now. It's numbered out of 1200 but it includes a certificate of authenticity that states profits from the sets go to charity. That means it was for sale. Todd had one that was marked as a proof so that could be considered a promo depending on what kind of a proof it is.

Here is a copy of the entry from PCE 2008 exactly as it appears other than being split over two columns, there is also a image of #4 on the same page

FREEDONIA FUNNYWORKS (1993)
Freedonia Funnyworks. 12-card set; source
n.k.; promotes comic books; red prismatic
foil on all; comes with a certificate of
authenticity, serial numbered out of
1200 sets; mine is marked “Proof”
instead...a promo set for a promo set?
...$3 each
_ #1 “Europa” by Geof Darrow
_ #2 by Mark Schultz
_ #3 “Grendel” by Matt Wagner
_ #4 “Milk & Cheese” by Evan Dorkin
_ #5 “Hardboiled” by Geof Darrow
_ #6 “Dr. Radium” by Scott Saavedra
_ #7 “Madman” by Michael Allred
_ #8 “Bambi” by Dave Stevens
_ #9 “Hellboy”, by Mike Mignola
_ #10 “Sin City” by Frank Miller
_ #11 “The Big Guy & Rusty the Boy
Robot” by Geof Darrow
_ #0 “Sin City” by Frank Miller; 5 by 7;
same image on front as #10; back says
“Rare Promo Card-If you got one of
these you must know the boss!!” ...$50

regards
John

Thanks, John. If that set was for sale, then the 1200 sets were not promos. Only the #0 card and maybe Todd's proof set would be promos. Sometimes a proof is another word for a prototype and some number of them were given out. Other times, a proof (or a prototype) is a pre-production sample made only for in-house review. In that case there might be only a small number of them - maybe only one.

PCE2008 notes that the #2 promo from the "Universal Monsters of the Silver Screen" 6-card promo set was an insert in "Combo" magazine but the issue number wasn't included. While looking at sealed magazines on Ebay, I noticed it was inserted with #23, the December 1996 issue.

We're talking about Bob Marley promos in another thread. PCE2008 says that promo #4 was polybagged with "Combo" magazine but doesn't say which issue. I went looking for that on Ebay and see a sealed #4 (May 1995) issue that has it inside.

I should add that in that issue you got a 2-card promo pack that had the #4 promo and the unnumbered promo contest card (also listed in PCE2008)

PCE2008 notes that Proto #1 (Judge Dredd) from the Judge Dredd: The Epics (Edge Entertainment, 1995) promo set was polybagged with Combo magazine, issue #6. I should say up front that Proto #1 through Proto #6 have variants. The title of the card can have either thick or thin letters. PCE has the thin letter variant as the insert but you could also get the thick letter variant of Proto #3 (Judge Death). I noticed it while looking for the Bob Marley promo yesterday. Anyway, I was wondering if the promo you could get was even more random that that - more variants of more numbers?

PCE2008 lists an unnumbered "The Matrix Plane" promo under the "Brainstorm Comics" heading. The source isn't given but it was inserted with the limited trading card edition of the "Sweet Lucy" comic #2.

PCE2008 lists two unnumbered cards under the "Spoof Comics" heading: "Beware...The Dimmer!" and "High Beams...engage!" The listing notes that both cards were inserted with comics but the issues were not specified. Both were inserted with the Trading Card Edition of "Headlights" comic (Personality Comics, 1992). I'm not sure which comic character is being parodied. I haven't seen a prismatic-bordered card related to the comic.

Among the several promos PCE2008 lists under the heading, "Ultraverse," there is card "C2" titled "Hardcase" in gold foil lettering. The source of this card is not given but it was inserted with the comic issue, "The Strangers" #2.

PCE2008 lists a 9-card set under the "Ultraman" heading on page 154. It lists the source of all the promos except for the #4 card, "Barrangas." Like card 5 and 6, it is found in the Ultraman #2 comic (Ultracomics/Harvey Comics Entertainment, 1993) but you got only one of them per copy so you had to buy three copies to get all of them. You can see which card you are getting through the baggie.

Cards 1, 2, and 3 were bagged with issue #1. Cards 7, 8, and 9 were bagged with issue #3.

PCE2008 added that the #4 card was hardest to find. I don't remember seeing it for sale as a single but you should be able to find sealed copies of the comic and rather cheaply. I've seen cards 1, 2, and 3 for sale as a lot here and there and I've seen them in a sealed plastic pack (source still unknown) but the other cards have been harder to find as singles or as a lot or part of a lot.