Why This Set Matters
A decade after FX Schmid's 1977 Marvel product, West Germany produced another superhero card game in 1988 with extremely obscure choices like Aguila and Doctor Druid.
Black Cat appears in this German set — one of her earlier card entries in any product.
Doctor Druid had just completed a long run as an Avenger (1987-89). His Super Top Trumpf card is one of his very few trading card appearances from any era.
Deep Dive
The 1988 Super Top Trumpf Helden is another chapter in Germany's surprisingly rich history of Marvel card game products.
Aguila is perhaps the most unexpected inclusion. El Aguila (Alejandro Montoya) appeared in Power Man and Iron Fist in the early 1980s — a Spanish swordsman with bioelectric powers who was fundamentally a minor street-level character.
| Character | Format | Card | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aguila True Rookie First Solo First Card | Card | NNO Solo | German |
| Black Cat True Rookie First Solo First Card | Card | NNO Solo | German |
| Blastaar First Solo | Card | 12 Solo | German |
| Doctor Druid True Rookie First Solo First Card | Card | NNO Solo | German |
| Dreadknight True Rookie First Solo First Card | Card | NNO Solo | German |
| Egg Head True Rookie First Solo First Card | Card | NNO Solo | German |
| Gardener True Rookie First Solo First Card | Card | NNO Solo | German |
| Mad Thinker True Rookie First Solo First Card | Card | NNO Solo | German |
| Mentallo True Rookie First Solo First Card | Card | NNO Solo | German |
| Miracle Man True Rookie First Solo First Card | Card | NNO Solo | German |
| Plantman True Rookie First Solo First Card | Card | NNO Solo | German |
| Wizard True Rookie First Solo First Card | Card | NNO Solo | German |