Batman. Superman. Wonder Woman. Green Lantern. The Flash. Martian Manhunter. Hawkgirl. The lineup is a who’s who is the DC Comics universe. 2003 Inkworks Justice League trading cards look at the animated version of the team that ran for two seasons.
The set is similar to most of Inkworks’ sets from the era, although there is a little more variety when it comes to inserts. The top cards in the product are sketch cards.
The 2003 Inkworks Justice League base set has 81 cards. Although it’s a set that focuses on a team, most of the base set looks at characters individually. After nine cards that talk about how the Justice League came together, each member gets nine cards of their own. The checklist rounds out with a handful of cards that show other characters from the show.
2003 Inkworks Justice League Sketch Cards and Other Inserts
2003 Inkworks Justice League boxes don’t promise any premium inserts. Sketch cards, which were all redemptions, are inserted 1:100 packs. The cards are drawn by five different animators who worked on the show. Each is serial numbered. Unlike a lot of today’s sketch cards, these really are sketches. Justice League characters are shown as basic line drawings with no color and little detail.
Bruce Timm, the show’s producer as well as creator of several great DC-themed cartoons like Batman: The Animated Series, has an autograph in the product. It’s inserted about one per case, although it too is a redemption that can no longer be redeemed.
2003 Inkworks Justice League has three additional insert sets found in packs. Friends and Foes (18 cards, one per pack) is a character-focused set. Actionworks (seven cards, 1:17 packs) are lenticular cards that show each Justice League member doing their thing. Finally, there’s World’s Greatest Heroes (nine cards, 1:17 packs), a puzzle done in glitter foil.
Sealed cases have an exclusive Actionworks card featuring the entire Justice League.
2003 Inkworks Justice League Checklist
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Cards per pack: 7
Packs per box: 36
Boxes per case: 10
Release Date: June 25, 2003
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Base Set
81 cards.
1 Title Card
2 World’s Finest in Action
3 A Monster in Metropolis
4 The World under Siege
5 Rescuing a Martian
6 Joining the Battle
7 Counterattack!
8 The Truth Revealed
9 Justice League Triumphant
10 The Man of Steel
11 Super Powers
12 Mythology
13 Against the Manhunters
14 Blasted!
15 Luthor’s Obsession
16 Trading Blows with Grundy
17 Challenge of BRAINIAC
18 Grappling with Darkseid
19 The Dark Knight
20 Super Powers
21 Mythology
22 Heroes in Conflict
23 Against a Female Army
24 The Power of Arestia
25 The Clown Prince Clobbered
26 Darker than the Dark Knight
27 Batman’s Nightmare
28 The Amazon
29 Super Powers
30 Mythology
31 Faust’s Foul Bargain
32 A Demon against Her
33 Arestia’s Barrier
34 Battle of the Amazons
35 What a Woman!
36 A Date with Colonel Trevor
37 The Martian
38 Super Powers
39 Mythology
40 The Martians Fight Back!
41 J’onzz’s Greatest Enemy
42 Friends from Other Worlds
43 Psychic Overload
44 Rescuing a Child
45 Struggle against Destiny
46 Emerald Crusader
47 Super Powers
48 Mythology
49 Hero against Hero
50 Super Friends from the Past
51 At War with Metamorpho
52 Under Rock’s Command
53 The Threat of Amazo
54 Nabbing a Super-Villainess
55 Fastest Man Alive
56 Super Powers
57 Mythology
58 Racing with GL
59 Tentacles of Terror
60 A Plague of Demons
61 The Beast Within
62 Super Heroes on Ice
63 Think It Out, Flash!
64 Winged Avenger
65 Super Powers
66 Mythology
67 Thanagar’s Finest
68 Threat of Copperhead
69 In Search of Superman
70 Breaking Amazon Law
71 Portal to Reality
72 Birds of a Feather
73 The Justice Guild
74 The Blackhawks
75 Sgt. Rock’s Platoon
76 The Green Lantern Corps
77 Parallel Freedom Fighters
78 An Alliance of Evil
79 The Watchtower
80 Javelin 7
81 Checklist
Autographs
1 card, 1:359 packs.
Available via redemption.
A1 Bruce Timm – Producer/Designer
Sketch Cards
5 artists, 1:100 packs.
Available via redemption.
All sketch cards are drawn by Justice League animators. Each is serial numbered.
SK1 Sung-Man Huh /451
SK2 Jin-Seok Park /493
SK3 Won-Jae Lee /492
SK4 Jon-Myung Bae /450
SK5 Byung-Gi Lee /450
SR-1 Redemption Card
Actionworks
7 cards, 1:17 packs.
Each member of the Justice League has a lenticular card in the set that zooms in on them.
AW1 Superman
AW2 Batman
AW3 Wonder Woman
AW4 The Flash
AW5 Green Lantern
AW6 Hawkgirl
AW7 Martian Manhunter
Friends and Foes
18 cards, 1 per pack.
Foil cards printed on premium stock.
FF1 Superman
FF2 Batman
FF3 Wonder Woman
FF4 Martian Manhunter
FF5 Green Lantern
FF6 The Flash
FF7 Hawkgirl
FF8 Aquaman
FF9 Metamorpho
FF10 Lex Luthor
FF11 The Joker
FF12 Cheetah
FF13 Darkseid
FF14 BRAINIAC
FF15 Solomon Grundy
FF16 Felix Faust
FF17 Star Sapphire
FF18 Arestia
World’s Greatest Heroes
9 cards, 1:17 packs.
Complete set forms a glitter foil puzzle.
WGS1 Martian Manhunter
WGS2 Partners in Heroism
WGS3 Hawkgirl
WGS4 Wonder Woman
WGS5 Superman
WGS6 Green Lantern
WGS7 Batman
WGS8 Girl Talk
WGS9 The Flash
Actionworks Case Loader
1 card, 1 per sealed case.
This eighth Actionworks card has all members of the Justice League on it.
AWCL The Justice League
Free Comic Book Day Promo Cards
1 Superman – Northeast US
2 Batman – Southeast US
3 Wonder Woman – Western US, Canada
4 The Flash – MidWest US
5 Green Lantern – International
6 Hawkgirl – Mid-East US, Canada
7 Martian Manhunter – Inkworks Website
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