1989
1989 · Comic Images
USA
Comic Images Arthur Adams
PSA Graded: 230Gem Rate (10): 9.57%8+ Rate: 74.35%
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Why This Set Matters
The Artist as Subject
Comic Images pioneered artist-specific card sets with their 1989 Arthur Adams release. Cards organized by creator rather than character.
Starjammers Coverage
Card #19 features Douglock — the first trading card appearance for this unusual character concept.
Starjammers Coverage
The Starjammers appear in this set — Arthur Adams had drawn definitive versions of these cosmic characters in his Uncanny X-Men work.
Deep Dive
The 1989 Comic Images Arthur Adams set was genuinely revolutionary in the Marvel card world — not for its character content, but for its conceptual framing. No previous card set had organized itself around a single artist's body of work.
The set's character selection is Adams-specific: you get characters he drew, stories he illustrated, moments he immortalized.
First Appearances & Rookie Cards
6 documented
| Character | Format | Card | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cr'reee True Rookie First English First Card | Card | 17 X-Men | English |
| Erik the Red True Rookie First English First Solo First Card | Card | 38 Solo | English |
| Firelord True Rookie First English First Solo First Card | Card | 20 Solo | English |
| Gateway True Rookie First English First Solo First Card | Card | 3 Solo | English |
| Hepzibah True Rookie First English First Card | Card | 17 X-Men | English |
| Polaris First Card | Card | 15 X-Men | English |