Just yesterday, I was looking for various things and saw some "Deadwood" playing cards. Maybe that's what he means. I don't think I've ever seen any other cards. A friend got me watching that show back during its original run - good show.

No, I asked about that. These were trading cards.

If it was one of those cast & crew goodies, that is usually a tough find and sellers tend to value them highly. I remember seeing someone offering a set of cast & crew cards for "Poolhall Junkies" years ago but he wanted at least $100. I don't know if it sold but I haven't seen one since.

Tommy C suggested that this card should be added to this thread though it has its own elsewhere. It's certainly rare with only two known based on what has been said on this board. It's a "promotional sample" for the Marvel Masterpieces 1995 set.

Its rarity might be due to it being an in-house prototype (reviewed by a few editors/managers) or maybe it was distributed in some very limited way (passed out at some small show or just to certain people at a large show) or perhaps it wasn't released at all for some reason with a few copies kept by employees.

LOOOOOVE that one Jess, thanks for the pic...

I finally tracked down artist Dave Johnson today, the fellow who did the BSI Comics card in 1992. He remembers it. He said he'd try to find one for me.

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This one is for the longtime collectors who've seen the listing in PCE2008 and have looked for it for years without even knowing what it looked like. They wondered if it actually existed. It's the BSI Comics promo.

No, it's not mine. I was just sent the images of the front and back by a friend who received the images somehow. Todd has it as "source n.k." but we might guess that it was either given out at the stores or a local show. Maybe the artist(s) did a signing there.

David, please ask him how the card was distributed. Maybe he knows how many were printed. If you can get more than one, please keep me in mind.

I was asked to show this Vampirella promo which promoted the short-lived, anime offshoot comic, "Vampi."

Here's a promo for "The Brian Lumley Collection" (Trading Places/BGraphic, 1994), which was planned to include not just one but two trading card sets with art by George Underwood. The promo features cover art from Lumley's horror novel, "Vampire World 2: The Last Aerie." I couldn't find any mention of a set elsewhere on the web so this card might be all that remains of the project.

Someone once said that only 250 of these cards were made. PCE2008 lists the source as unknown.

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Here's an elusive Grendel 4-card set (Matt Wagner, 1992) that I posted in the "Unlisted Promo Pictures" thread but it is actually listed in PCE2008. That's what I get for not double-checking.

Anyway, maybe 10 years ago, I saw an unopened pack (clear plastic one like a heat-sealed pack) of these cards offered with a pin on Ebay. I tried to contact the seller to ask where cards came from but he didn't reply. Only the front of the pack was shown. He wanted around $40 for the group and I thought I would keep an eye on it but it was gone some time after that (didn't appear to have sold). I tried to find another pack or at least some info on it but my search dead-ended.

Jump to early this year when I was able to make a deal for one. It's always great to bag a card/set that you missed years before. It turns out the card backs form a complete image as seen on the right.

I'm not positive the cards came with the pin. They might have been separate promo items. It was a time not long after Matt Wagner, creator of Grendel, joined Dark Horse Comics.

Here are fronts and backs of "The Wanderers: El Hazard" 8-card promo set (Pioneer, Inc., 1997). I posted about it in another thread but now I have a complete set. The cards promote the VHS release of the English language version of the Japanese anime TV show, "El-Hazard" (1995-1996), and they were inserted one per specially-stickered VHS tape. For some reason, the English version has "The Wanderers" added to the front of the original title with more episodes and fewer major characters.

All 8 cards have foil-enhanced fronts and foil-enhanced backs with the backs being puzzle pieces forming a complete image. Each measures 2 1/2 x 4 inches and have unusual numbering as well: "Bugrom Type I" through "Bugrom Type VII" plus one unnumbered card.

Years ago, I bought a lot of various VHS-inserted cards and 6 of the 8 of these "Wanderers" cards were mixed in. I thought it would easy to finish off the set but the "Bugrom Type IV and unnumbered card proved to be elusive. I'd see the IV card, but on the rare occasion that I did, it was expensive by itself (over $20) or it was part of an unbreakable lot. Until recently, I'd never even seen the unnumbered card ("Diva"). I'd assumed it was numbered "Bugrom Type VIII" to follow the others.

The cards were not always well-cut as they don't fit together to form a clean image - a little off-set at some edges - but I'm glad to have it.

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