My Bart Sears Card Collection- COMPLETE!!!

First off, allow me to apologize for not posting here in a while. I've been as busy as can be lately and haven't been able to find the time or energy to put up anything new.
My Bart Sears collecting has been on the light side recently as well, but not completely without anything arriving on my doorstep.
I recently managed to get my hands on another copy of Bart's Cremator #1 cover, which was quite exciting, as it is so very hard to come by these days. As you may have read in my post dedicated to this cover, it is my favourite single piece of Bart Sears artwork, and it felt great to give the new copy the proper laminating treatment it deserves.

I also finally got my hands on this, just last week-

There is a story behind this Overpower Magneto card, a card I've been looking to get a hold of for a very long time. But I wasn't always looking for it, because, back in the late 90's, I actually did have a copy of it. I knew that Bart had done some cards for the Monumental Overpower expansion, but I wasn't absolutely certain if he'd done anything for the other sets. So I grabbed anything that looked even remotely like Bart's work from a comic shop that had a sizable number of the singles from most sets. This card was included in that list.

When I got the cards home, what was first noticeable was the difference in artwork from the two sets Bart produced cards for. The Overpower base set used a colouring method very popular at the time which was essentially paint by numbers with a heavy dose of airbrush. The Magneto card is a perfect example of this, where there are no traditional comic ink lines. Rather, the artist wouldn't even use ink, and would simply draw detail outlines, leaving blacks open and no rendering, see Bart's Overpower Thor card for a better idea of what I'm getting at.

So anyway, after some consideration, I came to the conclusion that Bart did not do the Magneto card, or the Thor card, rather that some inhouse Marvel artist had probably tried to make the art look like it would be Bart, maybe they were even a fan of his! I must say at this point that I was not in contact with Bart by this stage, though I really wish I was. Because, not long after making contact with Bart, he mentioned that he had done the artwork for those Magneto and Thor cards, not to mention the Deadpool one. I rushed back to the comic shop, only to find that they had recently sold their entire collection of Overpower cards to some guy! And so my quest began.

But I now have all of those three cards again, and the purchase of that Magneto card also means that, to the best of knowledge, I now have every Bart Sears trading card in existence.

I thought it might be a good idea to actually list all of the Bart Sears cards in existence, taken straight from the Bart Sears Checklist. So here we go...

#	Details	Company	Year
#1	DC Backing Boards Series 2- Card #50 - r: JLE #1 cover	DC	1989
#2	DC '92 Series 1: #45- Doctor Light	DC	1992
#3	DC '92 Series 1: #47- Elongated Man	DC	1992
#4	DC '92 Series 1: #62- Metamorpho	DC	1992
#5	DC '92 Series 1: #69- Peacemaker	DC	1992
#6	DC '92 Series 1: #154- Invasion! Card A	DC	1992
#7	DC '92 Series 1: #155- Invasion! Card B	DC	1992
#8	DC '92 Series 1: #156- Invasion! Card C	DC	1992
#9	DC Cosmic Cards '93: #124- Despero	DC/Skybox	1993
#10	DC Cosmic Cards '93: #125- Starro	DC/Skybox	1993
#11	DC Cosmic Cards '93: #143- Eclipso	DC/Skybox	1993
#12	X-O Manowar & Turok Promo card - r: X-O #14 cover	Valiant/Upper Deck	1993
#13	Turok Dinosaur Hunter Mail Away card - r: Turok #1 cover	Valiant	1993
#14	Turok Dinosaur Hunter Promo card - r: Turok #1 cover	Valiant	1993
#15	The Dark Phonecard - r: The Dark #1 cover- 500 made	Global Link	1993
#16	Creator's Universe: Pheros Promo card	Dynamic Ent.	1993
#17	Creator's Universe: #60- Pheros	Dynamic Ent.	1993
#18	Creator's Universe: #87- Thrashur	Dynamic Ent.	1993
#19	Creator's Universe: #97- Wolfhound	Dynamic Ent.	1993
#20	Valiant Era 1: #73- X-O Manowar - r: X-O #14 cover	Valiant/Upper Deck	1993
#21	Valiant Era 2: #154- X-O Manowar - r: X-O #15 cover	Valiant/Upper Deck	1994
#22	Valiant Era 2: #230- Turok 1 - r: Turok #1 cover	Valiant/Upper Deck	1994
#23	Valiant Era 2: #231- Turok 2 - r: Turok #2 cover	Valiant/Upper Deck	1994
#24	Conan Chromium 2: #13- Pin-up 2 - r: Conan Portfolio 1 image	Comic Images	1994
#25	Conan Chromium 2: #26- Pin-up 5 - r: Conan Portfolio 1 image	Comic Images	1994
#26	Conan Chromium 2: #42- Pin-up 3 - r: Conan Portfolio 1 image	Comic Images	1994
#27	Conan Chromium 2: #58- Pin-up 6 - r: Conan Portfolio 1 image	Comic Images	1994
#28	Conan Chromium 2: #67- Pin-up 1 - r: Conan Portfolio 1 image	Comic Images	1994
#29	Conan Chromium 2: #82- Pin-up 4 - r: Conan Portfolio 1 image	Comic Images	1994
#30	DC Stars: #21- Metamorpho - r: DC '92 Series 1 card	DC/Skybox/Wal-Mart	1994
#31	DC Stars: #22- Elongated man - r: DC '92 Series 1 card	DC/Skybox/Wal-Mart	1994
#32	DC Stars: #35- Peacemaker - r: DC '92 Series 1 card	DC/Skybox/Wal-Mart	1994
#33	Dark Horse- Comics Greatest World: #27- Titan	Dark Horse/Topps	1994
#34	Wildstorm Set 1: #22- Winter	Aegis Ent.	1994
#35	Hero Special Editions #3- Violator - r: Violator pin-up	Todd McFarlane/Hero	1994
#36	Violator Green Card - r: Violator pu - came with Violator figure	McFarlane Toys	1994
#37	Marvel Overpower: Deadpool- Super Spy	Marvel/Fleer	1995
#38	Marvel Overpower: Magneto- Repel Object	Marvel/Fleer	1995
#39	Marvel Overpower: Thor- Protect Teammate	Marvel/Fleer	1995
#40	Spawn Chromium: #64 - r: Voilator #1 cover	Wildstorm	1996
#41	Spawn Chromium: #65 - r: Violator #2 cover	Wildstorm	1996
#42	Monumental Overpower (MO): Adam Warlock- Soul Gem	Marvel/Fleer	1997
#43	MO: Alpha Flight- Guardian	Marvel/Fleer	1997
#44	MO: Captain America- Sharon Carter	Marvel/Fleer	1997
#45	MO: Henry Pym- Ultron 1	Marvel/Fleer	1997
#46	MO: Hydra- Madame Hydra	Marvel/Fleer	1997
#47	MO: Inhumans- Triton	Marvel/Fleer	1997
#48	MO: Serpent Society- Diamond Back	Marvel/Fleer	1997
#49	MO: Serpent Society- Sidewinder	Marvel/Fleer	1997
#50	MO: Shi'ar- D'ken	Marvel/Fleer	1997
#51	MO: Silver Surfer- Shalla Bal	Marvel/Fleer	1997
#52	MO: Starjammers- Corsair	Marvel/Fleer	1997
#53	MO: Power Card- Energy 8- Dark Phoenix	Marvel/Fleer	1997
#54	MO: Power Card- Strength 6- Thunderbird	Marvel/Fleer	1997
#55	MO: Universe-Teamwork- Black Bolt, Gorgon & Medusa	Marvel/Fleer	1997
#56	MO: Universe-Teamwork- Firestar, Nova & Namorita	Marvel/Fleer	1997
#57	MO: Universe-Teamwork- Supreme Intelligence, Ronan & Kree	Marvel/Fleer	1997
#58	MO: Universe-Ally- Wyatt Wingfoot	Marvel/Fleer	1997
#59	MO: Mission- Fatal Attractions: Misguided Efforts- Rusty Collins	Marvel/Fleer	1997
#60	Marvel Premium X-Men '97 Timelines: #73- Black Knight	Marvel/Fleer/Skybox	1997
#61	Marvel Premium X-Men '97 Timelines: #74- Constrictor	Marvel/Fleer/Skybox	1997
#62	Marvel Premium X-Men '97 Timelines: #76- Kane	Marvel/Fleer/Skybox	1997
#63	Marvel Premium X-Men '97 Timelines: #77- Rama-Tut	Marvel/Fleer/Skybox	1997
#64	Marvel Premium X-Men '97 Timelines: #79- Stryfe	Marvel/Fleer/Skybox	1997
#65	Zoom Suit Promo Set 1: #2 of 7- Zoom Suit #1 cover	Superverse	2006
#66	Zoom Suit Promo Set 1: #5 of 7- Zoom Suit #2 cover	Superverse	2006
#67	Zoom Suit Promo Set 1: #6 of 7- Zoom Suit #3 cover	Superverse	2006
#68	Zoom Suit Promo Set 2: #4 of 9- Zoom Suit #2 cover	Superverse	2006
#69	Zoom Suit Promo Set 2: #7 of 9- Zoom Suit #3 cover	Superverse	2006

I have a new shipment of Bart Sears comics on it's way as I write this, and I'll be doing a full write up of everything in it as soon as it arrives, so come back soon!

Bart Sears Rare Finds #2

Well, I'm on a roll, now. So here's a couple more rare finds for you all.

I'm sure you all remember Bart's run on Eclipso back in 1992. He did the two Eclipso Specials, and the first three issues of the ongoing series that followed. But there were also a few pieces of memorabilia that were released too.

There were two Eclipso posters put out and they look like this.

The one on the left is made of a heavy duty card stock and the diamond in his hand is one of those prism hologram things that was so popular in the early '90's. I've only rarely seen this poster for sale, and I didn't get my hands on it until Bart gave me it on my second trip to Florida.

This next item is a small poster which I assume was meant for stores to display as a sort of promo piece. I got my copy of this off Bart again, though I have seen it go up for sale every now and then.

Next up is an actual advertisement that ran through the DC line prior to the Eclipso Specials, with art produced specifically for the ad. I've yet to scan the actual advertisement, but here is the black & white version, minus all of the text.

Kinda reminds me of Bart's poster for The First, well, no, it doesn't really remind me, it's almost exactly like The First poster, just 10 years older.

Next is the Eclipso card, from the DC Cosmic Cards set of 1993.

Sorry about the scan, it's a very dark card. Bart did three cards for this set, all of them bad guys - Eclipso, Starro and Despero.

Another item that was more for the comic shops, is the Eclipso shelf card.

As you may be able to see, the image of Eclipso is taken from the prism poster above, with a bit of cropping involved. Basically, the shelf card sits behind a stack of comics, with Eclipso popping out of the top. Pretty cool, eh? This is another item that is super rare, I don't think I've seen it since I bought it, back in 2000.

Last but not least, is the Who's Who Eclipso pin-up.

This cool image is from Who's Who in the DC Universe #13, from October 1991. 'Tis nice.

So there you have it, the full list of items featuring Bart's rendition of Eclipso. It's a fun portion of Bart's career, I think, where he really could let loose with his style, and be quite dark.

I'll have a look through my collection and see what other full sets I can show.

Until next time...