Cards : 1995 Fleer Ultra

Add in five whopping chase sets, and this thing becomes a monster. There are some great cards in this set too... the only possible downside is that the sheer number of cards makes it a little hard to appreciate the individual pictures.

Overall, the set is pretty cool. Spotlight on fan-favourites Venom and Carnage, plenty of chase sets. The cards are relatively cheap and are of good quality. Overall, this is an excellent set.

Summary

• Year of Issue: 1995
• Distributed By: Fleer
• Title of Series: Fleer Ultra Spider-Man
• Number of Regular Cards: 150
• Chase Set 1: 150 Signatures (Gold signature over regular cards)
• Chase Set 2: 9 Golden Web (Metallic Embossed)
• Chase Set 3: 9 Masterpieces (Metallic Embossed)
• Chase Set 4: 10 ClearChrome (Partially-Transparant Chrome)
• Chase Set 5: 6 Holoblasts (Art over Holograms)
• Extra Stuff: None
• Packet Cover: 10 Cards/Pack. Four style, red/yellow foil.

Basic Cards

The basic cards are full glossy stock. The front has the art, naturally, full color with bleeding to the edges. Overlaid on the art is the logo for the set (left or right top corner). Down the bottom is the card title and (for all subsets except the basic "villains") the sub-set name. Considerable effort has gone into the backs of the cards, with more graphics, laid out with additional text providing context and facts for the card, e.g. clarifications of powers, descriptions of key events, villain profiles, etc.

Subset 1: Characters (63 Cards)

This first subset features 63 different characters from the comics, as well as the cartoon. The backs feature information on the character's origin, powers and various escapades. They also feature the cover to the first comic that that particular character first appeared in, or, if not, information on the character's appearances on the cartoon. If you want rarity, the Carnage card is the way to go and Vermin isn't that common, either. Both of these have pretty pathetic art. For artwork, try Beetle, Chance, Doppelganger, Electro, Kingpin, Kraven, Lizard, Puma, Scarlet Spider (The Clone Virus has spread to the cards! Run for your lives!), Shocker and Shriek.

Subset 2: Legacy Tryptichs (21 Cards)

This subset features a set of 7 tryptichs, each consisting of, you guessed it, three cards. The backs are each the front page of an edition of the Daily Bugle telling you about the character. Nothing special. For rarity, try Green Goblin 1 and Schemer, but for artwork, Joe DeVito's artwork on the tryptich of Carrion, the Jackal and Spider-Clone (It's coming! Run faster!) is especially outstanding. Especially.

Subset 3: Milestones (X Cards)

Now here's something original. These cards feature some of Spidey's (and Peter's/Ben's/whoever's) biggest milestones in life, right from gaining the power of Captain Universe, to the death of Gwen, to Peter and MJ's wedding, to Maximum Carnage, to the return of Ben. And the backs are from the diary of none other than everyone's favourite pregnant redhead, Mary-Jane. Each of them feature her opinions on these milestones, some of which are quite interesting (especially the return of Ben). For rarity, go for Origin of Spider-Man and Death of a Parker (that's Aunt May) but for artwork, hmmmmm, try Joe DeVito again with Web of Life and Web of Death.

Subset 4: The Venom Flows (10 Cards)

Whoa, Nellie! This here subset stars the black symbiote and him, uh, fighting with people. This will probably be Venom's first subset (I think) but it definitley won't be his last (especially if I have a say in it). This here features Venom's ten best battles against Carnage, Daredevil, Darkhawk, Demogoblin, Female Symbiote, the Jury, Mace, Morbius, Silver Sable and Vengeance. For rarity, try and find yourself the Carnage one or the Darkhawk one, but for artwork, well, um, all of them except Daredevil, Darkhawk and Demogoblin. Sorry, but they're just not good enough.

Subset 5: Team-Ups (X Cards)

This subset shows us a lot of the team-ups Spidey has had over the years and they tell us (in great detail) all about them. If yer looking for rarity, you're looking in the wrong place. All these cards are pretty common, but the rarest would have to be Nova. For artwork, definitely Black Widow, Dr. Strange, Human Torch and Scarlet Witch. The Torch is portrayed in a way you'll never see him in again.

Subset 6: Unlikely Allies (7 Cards)

This one has 7 of Spidey's worst villains (Doc Ock, Green Goblin, the Jury, Lizard, Man- Thing, Puma and Venom) side-by-side with him (and hey, they also tell you about what happened!) For rarity, well, all of them. This is by far the rarest subset. For artwork, try Green Goblin. It's different and it works for me. Also Man-Thing and Jury.

Subset 7: Carnage USA (X Cards)

Wow! In one set, both Venom and Carnage have their own susbets? Now that's service for ya! This subset shows Carnage in a different place in the USA, basically slaughtering people and breaking things. The backs are postcards to various people: Spidey, Shriek, J.J.J, Dr. Kafka and Venom. If you want rarity, then by far it's Coney Island. For art? They all look pretty bland, but I'd have to say Lincoln Memorial would be the first (and last) time you'll see a beheaded Abe.

Subset 8: Arachnophobias (X Cards)

Straight from the log of Dr. Miles Warren (aka the Jackal) these cards are truly unique. They feature two of Spider-Man's worst villains merged into one. For example, what if Carnage and Kingpin were the same guy? Why, you'd get King Carnage! Or Mysterio and Lizard? Well, of course it'd be Myzary! The combos are the two examples given, plus these other three: Rhino and Puma: Claw-Hide, Doppelganger and Shocker: Doppel-Shock and Vulture and Vermin: Scavenger. For rarity, all of them. These are just about as rare as the Unlikely Allies. For artwork, I'm gonna have to say Tom Kyffin's King Carnage and Scavenger.

	Spider-Man (Characters) Annex Answer Beetle Black Cat Blood Rose Bloody Mary Boomerang Burglar		Calypso Cardiac Carnage Carrion Chakra Chameleon Chance Coldheart Demogoblin
	Dr. Octopus Doppelganger Electro Female Symbiote Green Goblin Grim Hunter Hammerhead Hardshell Hobgoblin		Homo Arachnis J. Jonah Jameson Jackal Judas Traveller Kaine Kingpin Kraven Lizard Man-Wolf
	Mary Jane Molten Man Mysterio Nightwatch Nocturne Owl Prowler Puma Rhino		Sandman Sandstorm Scarlet Spider Scorpion Shocker Shriek Sin-Eater Solo Stegron
	Strikeback Stunner Swarm Tarantula Tombstone Venom Vermin Vulture Warrant		Kraven (Legacy) Chameleon Grim Hunter Carrion Spider-Cline Jackal Spencer Smythe Spider-Slayer Alistair Smythe
	Jack O'Lantern Hobgoblin Demogoblin Kingpin Schemer Blood Rose Green Goblin Green Goblin Fake Parents		Alien Costume Venom Carnage Origin (Milestones) Death of Gwen Alien Costume Wedding Kraven's Last Hunt Cosmic Spider-Man
	Maximum Carnage Pursuit Power & Responsibility Exile Returns Web of Life Web of Death Smoke & Mirrors Death of a Parker Carnage (Venom Flows)		Daredevil Darkhawk Demogoblin Female Symbiote The Jury Mace Morbius Silver Sable Vengeance
	Beast (Team-Ups) Black Cat Black Widow Captain America Daredevil Deathlok Dr. Strange Falcon Gambit		Ghost Rider Hawkeye Human Torch Iron Man Moon Knight Nick Fury Nova Punisher Scarlet Witch
	Silver Sable Doc Ock (Unlikely Allies) Green Goblin The Jury Lizard Man-Thing Puma Venom Statue of Liberty (Carnage USA)		Liberty Bell Lincoln Memorial Graceland The Alamo Hollywood San Francisco Mt. Rushmore Wrigley Field Coney Island
	Claw Hide (Arachnophobias) Doppel Shock King Carnage Myzary Scavenger Checklist

Chase Cards

		The first chase set is the Signature Subset (150 cards). Just like the regular set. Here's the Doppelganger card. I'm a bit of a completest myself, but even I won't be bothering to track down a complete Signature set... I'll just be happy with a mix of both.
	Black Cat Carnage Hobgoblin Kraven Lizard Scorpion Spider-Man Venom Vulture	The second set is the Golden Web Subset (9 cards). Basically regular cards turned chromium. Rather pretty. The backs have a quote from the artist on what their thoughts were on that particular card. For rarity, definitley Venom, but for artwork, I'd have to say Julie Bell's Hobgoblin. I've never seen anything like it before.
	Carnage Carnage Carnage Spider-Man Spider-Man Spider-Man Venom Venom Venom	The third chase set is the Masterpieces (9 Cards). This subset is almost exactly the same as the second one. It consists of nine cards, three Spidey, three Venom and three Carnage. The backs have quotes from the artists on what they think of the character's comic book history. For rarity, I'd say the third Venom one, but for artwork, all of them except Dave DeVries' Spidey, Carnage and Venom.
	Dr. Octopus Green Goblin Hobgoblin Kraven Lizard Rhino Scorpion Shocker Spider-Man Venom	Fourth chase subset is ClearChrome (10 Cards). This subset is computer-generated, with the chracters on a chromium card which is ... clear? Now how the hell did they do that? Oh, well, it works. For rarity, try Shocker, but for artwork, the Lizard rules!
	Carnage Doc Ock Spider-Man Iron Man Juggernaut Venom	Fifth and final chase subset is the Holoblasts (6 Cards). This subset consists of six cards - three Spideys battles and three Venom battles. Art all by Tom Morgan, with computer graphics by Regie Milburn. The card is part regular art, overlayed on a holographic background. These are definitey the rarest of the inserts and definitely the best. For rarity, it's gotta be Venom vs. Juggernaut, and for art, well, try Spider-Man vs. Carnage.

Extra Stuff

Here's an uncut promo sheet of nine cards. I'm told there was also a four-card uncut promo which featured four cards scaled up to fill a normal nine-card uncut page.

The 1995 Fleer Ultra card set also had a matching binder. The cover of the binder is basically a large version of the #1 card. There's probably more extra stuff around, but I just haven't come across it yet. Drop me a line if you know of more, thanks!

Packaging

Box (Venom)	Box (Carnage)	Pack	Packs