CARDBOARD REVIEW:DC Comics Bombshells III (CONTEST)

Cryptozoic just released a bombshell........of a product.

The third release to the popular DC Comics and collectibles has been released since October and I am just getting my hands onto a box to show off and break down for you guys.

I had a lot of fun opening the previous release, so let's check out the latest one.

 

In every box of DC Comics Bombshells III there are 24 packs of 5 cards per pack. Look for random sketch cards that usually fall one per box and boxes currently sit at $80.

Also found in every box.....

 

Golden Goddess DC Lil Bombshells vinyl figure or even a one-of-a-kind, hand-painted DC Lil Bombshells figure. They are a unique, fun collectible.Imagine if they did this sport card boxes....hmmm....

BASE CARDS

There are 64 bombshell of a base card in the set and most sets should be completed in one box. There is a nice mix of DC Comics characters throughout the set.

On the back of every base card there is credit due to the artist who did the art on the front of the card.

CHASE/INSERTS

 

Gold parallels fall 1:3 packs. The foil on the front is gold instead of blue.

There are 1:8 packs Rainbow foil to find as well when the card is completely covered in rainbow foil shine.

Usually in every box of Cryptozoic products I complete every 9 card insert/chase set along with the base set. Well, not this time. Every chase/insert set I was off by one card. At least it won't be too hard to fill in the set needs.

All inserts/chase have gold foil/rainbow foil variants as well.

Wonder Girls fall 1:3 packs and features the popular characters

On The Front Line falls 1:3 packs featuring all of those DC Comic girls who are out there saving the world in front of all

Gotham's Greatest falls 1:3 packs and was my favorite of the chase sets. Really like the design featuring Gotham City in the front and the featured hero/villain in the back.

 Showstoppers, those girls who are just bombshells. These fall 1:3 packs

Found three rainbow foil variants that make these cards stand out even more.

Vintage Photographs falls 1:12 packs and I am not one card off from this set. These feature a vintage feel and approach. I think they look great in hand even though I couldn't capture all of their magic in this picture.

HITS:

Holy smokes! I have never pulled a Str Pwr before! This is a gold /25 and not an easy pull by any imagination. They don't even give odds on the ones numbered 25 or lower.

 And a 1/1 sketch!!

 Back of the sketch card. Great work!

Here is a look at the checklist for DC Comics Bombshells, find it HERE

OVERALL THOUGHTS: If you are fan of DC Comics, I don't think you will be disappointed. Great art throughout the product and has a nice overall appeal. Also if you opened up past products of this, not much has changed and expect the same fun as you have had before with it.

A big thanks goes out to Cryptozoic for allowing me to review this product and run a giveaway. Please make sure that you follow them on all social media sites and check out their website with incredible products HERE.

CONTEST!!!!!!

 

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REVIEW:2016 Cryptozoic DC Comics Justice League Trading Cards

I am more of a DC guy than a Marvel guy, so when it comes to comics and card related, I prefer a product I can more relate to and one that involves Batman is good in any nature to me.

So here is a break of Cryptozoic's latest release.

In every box of 2016 Cryptozoic DC Comics Justice League Trading Cards there are 24 packs with 5 cards per pack. There seems to also be a box topper as well in a big toploader. You can find one sketch card per box and the boxes run you around $82.

The box topper I don't have any info on other than they seems to feature a character and their bio from the Justice League. I assume you will find one per box.

Back:

Front:

The base cards are written and artistically done by DC Comics writer Adam Beechen. 

The base cards are very visual appealing and also have a very glossy back, are tad thicker than normal base and have a rough front surface. Not like the rest of the Cryptozoic cards that are usually high in gloss. It would be fun to submit some of these in to be signed as the surface would be great for that. 

There are 63 cards in the base set which one box should complete it for you on average.

Silver foil parallels. Once again, lacking some info on odds for these but looking at the number of them I landed, I assume 1:3 packs will get ya one. They cover both the base set and insert sets.

Now onto the inserts. I believe you complete every set of them per box. Except the Batman Classic TV series Cryptomium Reissue cards that only fall one-per.

Model Sheets fall 1:4 packs. It's literally a model sheet and displays the color theme of each featured superhero and has a back and front look at each.

All-Star Comics fall 1:4 packs. Displaying cover art for some of the covers.

Madame Xanadu Tarot Cards fall 1:4 packs with a featured hero and a Tarot name for each. Such as Superman known as The Hero and Batman as The Detective.

One of my favorites from the product are these Retro's that fall 1:6 packs. These look really cool and my favorite of the group is Batman's. But overall, the color scheme and look on these are quite remarkable.

Batman Classic TV series Cryptomium Reissue cards fall 1:24 packs. These are Crytomium "chromed" cards of the original Batman cards from the 60's I believe.

And now onto the hits, I pulled a Sketch card. Very cool and signed by the artist on the back. All of these are 1/1's. My back of the card picture never uploaded for some odd reason and I will try again at some point.

 

You can also find other pulls. such as Totally Fabricated costume cards (1:192 packs), Replica Patch cards (1:96 packs), Printing Plates (1:192 packs) and Hall of Justice die-cut sketch cards (1:192 packs). All of which are really cool.

Overall, a very nice looking product from top to bottom. The price is a bit steep for the one sketch card per box and that's my only concern. But, you also gotta consider getting a full line of complete insert sets and a full base set in the box value too along with some other parallels. Some boxes may also give you an extra hit which is the usual for a Cryptozoic product.

I will also throw in, it's really hard to do a product like this and find enough "hits" to put in. Kudos to Cryptozoic for their creativity to come up with some unique ones like the Totally Fabricated costume cards. Just like the Totally Fabricated Slime cards they did for Ghostbusters. It's enough to draw collector's attention.

Also, if interested, here is the downloadable checklist.

Bloggers Note:  

Look for some of these cards in future giveaways. Thanks to Cryptozoic for providing this for a review and for future giveaways. You can check them out HERE.