Continuing with the Dave & Adam's Card World order I made recently, here is another box of comic character cards I opened up. This time it's Cryptozoic's DC Comics: The Women of Legend. There isn't a lot of hit potential in the product, but there are a couple of chase sets, a parallel, an elusive fabricated memorabilia set, and a sketch card in every box.
The base cards featured new art commissioned specifically for the set, which is a lot better than rehashed art from some other source. Many of the base card artists are pretty well-known on the sketch-card circuit. I just wish that Cryptozoic would have credited each artist on the back of their cards. Many I recognize anyway, like that Katie Cook (starting to think it might not be done by her) art in the lower right, but I don't know all of them.
You get two cards each from the chase sets, Katie Cook's Sticker Collection and Gail's Picks. Katie Cook's Sticker collection features stickers made from art by Katie Cook, whose sketch cards tend to go for a whole lot. She does a bunch of My Little Pony stuff, too. Gail's Picks is a set that features some of comic book writer Gail Simone's favorite characters. Gail's Picks are printed on sparkly foil stock. My only complaint is that these are only seeded two per box, so it will take a few boxes to complete each set.
There's only one parallel of this set. The parallel cards are printed on holofoil stock, and you get six per box. The reason for the seeding on the parallels and inserts is that Cryptozoic wanted to make sure that you got a full set of inserts and parallels if you purchased a 12-box case. That promise excluded the Totally Fabricated costume relic card set, which was seeded about 1.5 cards per case.
The big draw in this set is the sketch cards, and I definitely got a good one in my box. This is a sketch of Batwoman done by artist Jason Worthington. With this sketch and the two sketches from my box of DC Comics: Super-Villains I feel like I did really well on this order. I probably didn't break even from a financial standpoint, but I got some pretty good stuff for my collection. I believe the only thing remaining from my Dave & Adam's order is a box of Donruss basketball. That set is full of inserts, so it will be a really long post to write. We'll see if I get around to it. The scans from my last box of Donruss basketball are still sitting in my Scans folder.
With some basketball still to come, it seems like you covered all the major food groups with this order.
ReplyDeleteI just remembered I had a couple more packs from the order that cover a couple more sports. So at least two more posts from this order.
DeleteGlad you recognized that card in the first image. I am not big on comic artists, but my eyes were drawn (no pun intended) to that card immediately. It's well done.
ReplyDeleteActually that one in the first image might not be Katie Cook. Looking at the card and looking at the artist list makes me question my initial impression. I have to get back in there and research it. I do like the image, though, whoever drew it.
DeleteSome of the art in this set is really, really poor. I was looking at the images posted to the Database and I was very disappointed with them. Your sketch is a good one, it actually looks like who it's supposed to look like.Full color too! I'd love to get that Batgirl card you show in the first image. Batgirl has always been a favorite of mine, and she got good artwork in this set, even if it is New 52 based. .
ReplyDeleteThe art is a mixed bag, but that's what you get when you make an art set. The base card for one of my favorite DC characters, Power Girl, looks just terrible. I've had decent luck with sketch cards from this product so far, but I've seen some pretty bad ones. The Cryptozoic sets usually have better sketch quality across the board than some other sets, like Topps' Star Wars stuff. I could probably send you some Batgirl cards from the set. I've busted a few boxes of this product.
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