Why This Set Matters
This established the exact template that the 1990 Impel Marvel Universe set would make famous: character portrait front, comprehensive stats and first appearance data on the back.
Rogue appears at card #13 — one of her earliest major US card appearances.
Longshot appears at card #16 — he'd only debuted in 1985, making this his first appearance in a comprehensive card set.
Deep Dive
Comic Images Marvel Universe I is the set that, in retrospect, should be far more celebrated than it is. Released three years before the blockbuster 1990 Impel Marvel Universe set, it established virtually every convention that Impel would amplify into a mass-market phenomenon.
For today's collector, the 1987 Comic Images sets are genuine sleepers. They're harder to find than the 1990 Impel cards, they feature earlier appearances of many characters.
| Character | Format | Card | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Power True Rookie First English First Card | Card | 19 Group | English |
| Black Knight First English | Card | 35 Group | English |
| Box First Card | Card | 49 Group | English |
| Callisto True Rookie First English First Solo First Card | Card | 74 Solo | English |
| Cannonball First Solo | Card | 26 Group | English |
| Cloak First Card | Card | 84 Group | English |
| Cypher True Rookie First English First Solo First Card | Card | 30 Solo | English |
| Dagger True Rookie First English First Solo First Card | Card | 85 Solo | English |
| Elektra First Card | Card | 18 Group | English |
| Forge True Rookie First English First Solo First Card | Card | 79 Solo | English |
| Havok First Card | Card | 64 Group | English |
| Jack Power True Rookie First English First Card | Card | 19 Group | English |
| Julie Power True Rookie First English First Card | Card | 19 Group | English |
| Karma First Solo | Card | 22 Solo | English |
| Katie Power True Rookie First English First Card | Card | 19 Group | English |
| Lockheed First Card | Card | 17 Group | English |
| Longshot First Card | Card | 16 Group | English |
| Magik First Card | Card | 21 Group, 28 Group | English |
| Magma First Card | Card | 21 Group | English |
| Mirage / Danielle Moonstar First Solo | Card | 24 Solo | English |
| Mockingbird First Card | Card | 43 Group | English |
| Moon Knight First Solo | Card | 73 Group | English |
| Nomad First English | Card | 61 Group | English |
| Nova (Frankie Raye) True Rookie First English First Solo First Card | Card | 72 Solo | English |
| Puck First Solo | Card | 48 Solo | English |
| Rachel Summers / Phoenix II First Card | Card | 15 Group | English |
| Rogue First Card | Card | 13 Group | English |
| Sunspot First Solo | Card | 25 Group | English |
| Warlock (New Mutants) First Card | Card | 29 Group | English |
| Wolfsbane First Solo | Card | 23 Group | English |
| Wonderman First Card | Card | 41 Group | English |