Let's see, we have:
- Darth Vader, Iron Man, a Tusken Raider, and Robin (Burt Ward version)
- Some bug guy I don't recognize, Bobba Fett, another guy I don't know (although he puts me in mind of J. Jonah Jameson's son in his Man-Wolf identity), and Batgirl (Yvonne Craig version)
- Robocop, Red Power Ranger, Batman (Adam West version), and C3PO
- Another guy I don't know, a Storm Trooper, Spider-Man, and Skeletor.
The next card, Heroines & Villainesses:
This one has:
- Batgirl, Poison Ivy, Wednesday Addams (I think), and Storm
- Sorceress of Castle Greyskull, Wonder Woman, Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland version), and Catwoman.
- Pink Power ranger, Uhura, the Wicked Witch of the West, and Supergirl
- Evil-lyn, She-Ra, Princess Leia, and someone I think I should know but don't - is it Hit-Girl?
The non-traditional style of illustration just seems to add a more fine-arty cachet to the pieces, and the Warhol-style array design drops these works squarely into the Pop Art bucket for me. They're pretty cool - it doesn't show here, but the colors really pop on the printed cards - but one thing I can't figure out.
The first piece is Heroes & Villains and the other is called Heroines & Villainesses. The use of the almost-totally-out-of-style feminine forms of these words clearly signal a presentation divided by gender.
Then why is Batgirl on the Heroes & Villains card? She is the only female depicted in the group. She is also on the Heroines & Villainesses card, though, and there are no males depicted in that group at all. I can't get his to make any sense - is it an error, a message, a change in focus, what?
I like these cards but it;s hard not to let this bug me.
The guy between Boba Fett and Batgirl is the bounty hunter Bossk.
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