1998 Inkworks Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 1 trading cards is one of the most popular releases of its time. At least it was. Although the excitement around the show has lulled somewhat since the show went off the air in 2003, Buffy Summers remains an icon with a massive following.
The base set has 72 cards, recapping the abbreviated first season and its 12 episodes. Each has at least two cards, although most have more depending on its importance and major events. Other subsets focus on the main cast, evil creatures and quotes.
1998 Inkworks Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 1 Autographs and Inserts
Four autographs remain very popular. They’re tough pulls, coming at a time when Inkworks wasn’t making them a box hit. Signers include Alyson Hannigan (Willow), David Boreanaz (Angel) and the show’s creator, Joss Whedon, who has since gone on to become one of Hollywood’s most popular creators. For Hannigan, it’s not just her popularity that drives values. This is also the only set she signed for while Inkworks had the license for the show.
Three additional inserts are available in 1998 Inkworks Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 1 packs. The Chosen One is a nine-card foil puzzle. Six Slayer Kit cards highlight some of the weapons Buffy used to fend off vampires and other underworld baddies. Finally, there’s one How to Kill a Vampire card. Landing every third box, it’s cut in the shape of a coffin and opens up.
Inkworks would go on to make sets for all seven seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer as well as a handful of spinoff releases. For a time, it was easily their most popular line.
1998 Inkworks Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 1 Checklist
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Cards per pack: 7
Packs per box: 36
Release Date: September, 1998
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Base Set
72 cards.
1 Title Card
2 “New Girl”
3 “I Got Hungry”
4 “Who Are You?”
5 “Amen”
6 In the Beginning
7 First Reaction
8 The Prophecy
9 Be Afraid
10 “Release the Unworthy”
11 “Take Her!”
12 Catherine, The Great
13 Sweet Dreams
14 The Substitute
15 “It Just Bugs Me”
16 Instant Chemistry
17 “A Fairly Slim Lead”
18 “You Killed My Date!”
19 Absolutely No Admittance
20 Leader of the Pack
21 An Act of Aggression
22 First Aid
23 “I Better Go”
24 “I Miss Him”
25 Betrayal
26 “Let’s Get It Done”
27 “Where Am I?”
28 “This Is Very Bad”
29 “You Have Mail!”
30 The Digital Circle
31 “She’s the Last”
32 “I Got It”
33 He’s Coming, Right?
34 Fear
35 Send In the Clown
36 “No More Hiding”
37 Queen Cordelia
38 “You’re the Lesson”
39 “This Is a Sign”
40 Apocalypse Stuff
41 “Think It’ll Hurt?”
42 A Child Shall Lead Them
43 I Like Your Dress
44 I Have No Breath
45 Welcome Back
46 Buffy Summers
47 Rupert Giles
48 Willow Rosenberg
49 Xander Harris
50 Angel
51 Cordelia Chase
52 Vampyr
53 Daemons
54 Lycanthropes
55 Becoming a Vampire
56 Dating
57 Starting Over
58 Privacy
59 Rivals
60 Helping Others
61 Knowledge
62 Decorating
63 Strategy
64 the Master
65 Luke
66 Darla
67 Thomas
68 The Witch
69 Moloch, the Corruptor
70 Anointed One
71 Birthday Clown
72 Checklist
Autographs
4 cards, odds not announced.
Check out a complete guide of all the Buffy the Vampire Slayer autograph cards.
A1 Joss Whedon
A2 David Boreanaz as Angel
A3 Alyson Hannigan as Willow
A4 Mark Metcalf as The Master
The Chosen One
9 cards, 1:11 packs.
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
C8
C9
How to Kill a Vampire Coffin Card
1 card, 1:108 packs.
How to Kill a Vampire
Slayer Kit
6 cards, 1:27 packs.
S1 Wooden Stake
S2 Cross
S3 Holy Water
S4 Garlic
S5 Crossbow
S6 Sword
Box Loader
1 card, 1 per sealed box.
BL1 BTVS Season 2 – Coming Spring 1999
Season 1 DVD Promo Cards
5 cards, packaged with Season 1 DVD set at Suncoast Video.
M1 Buffy the Vampire Slayer
M2 Buffy Summers
M3 Willow Rosenberg
M4 Xander Harris
M5 Angel
Promo Cards
BP1 Buffy – Non-Sport Update Magazine
BP2 Xander, Giles, Buffy, Cordelia, Willow – San Diego Comic-Com
MS1 Xander, Giles, Buffy, Cordelia, Willow – Sun Coast Video and Media Play stores
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