Spike was one of the best and most loved characters featured on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff, Angel. The bad boy vampire had a lot of layers. Perhaps that’s why he’s so interesting to watch. 2005 Inkworks Spike: The Complete Story gives him a set of trading cards to call his own.
The 72-card base set tells the history and lore surrounding Spike, drawing from his time on both shows. His friends and enemies and their connections to Spike also take up a sizeable part of the checklist.
Autographs are included one per box. As you’d expect, James Marsters who played the character, is one of the signers. Other key names include Julie Benz (Darla) and Juliet Landau (Drusilla).
In addition to the regular autographs, there’s a tough card signed by fantasy illustrator Boris Vallejos featuring his artwork. The art was also used for the nine-card foil puzzle in the product, Heart and Soul.
A pair of Pieceworks costume cards are randomly inserted. Both use pieces of leather coats worn by Marsters, one on Buffy and the other from Angel. Each card has an autographed version as well. All of the Pieceworks cards in 2005 Inkworks Spike: The Complete Story were distributed as redemptions.
The up and down relationship between the vampire and the slayer is touched on in Spike and Buffy, a six-card collection of inserts.
A redemption could be found good for a Palz figure. Done somewhat like Lego minifigures, they were produced by Palisades.
2005 Inkworks Spike: The Complete Story Checklist
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Cards per pack: 6
Packs per box: 36
Boxes per case: 12
Release Date: February, 2005
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Base Set
72 cards.
1 Title Card
2 Bloody Awful
3 Dru’s Pet
4 Momma’s Boy
5 Amigos
6 Betrayed
7 Hung Up
8 Slayer
9 Recruited
10 Passion
11 Trophy
12 Recuperation
13 New Slayer
14 Reversal of Fortune
15 Triangle
16 Dealing with the Enemy
17 My Way
18 Heartbreak
19 Drowning Sorrows
20 Captured
21 Manipulative
22 Quest
23 Ball and Chain
24 Defiant
25 Devastated
26 Empathy
27 Rough Stuff
28 Bargain
29 Lost
30 Taken
31 Rescued
32 Restored
33 Wild Ones
34 Sorting It Out
35 Hero at Last
36 Far from Over
37 To Hell
38 Reconstituted
39 Karma
40 Destiny
41 Mission
42 Bound
43 Courageous
44 Tough but Tender
45 Champion
46 The Master
47 Angel
48 Xander
49 Riley
50 Giles
51 Robin Wood
52 Glory
53 Pavayne
54 Lindsey
55 Effulgent
56 Shirty
57 Randy
58 Mate
59 Fancy
60 Nancy-Boy
61 Prat
62 Sod
63 Git
64 Drusilla
65 Harmony
66 Willow
67 Buffy Bot
68 Dawn
69 Buffy
70 Anya
71 Fred
72 Checklist
Autographs
10 cards, 1:36 packs.
A2 and A5 distributed via redemption.
A1 James Marsters as Spike
A2 Juliet Landau as Drusilla
A3 Julie Benz as Darla
A4 Mercedes McNab as Harmony
A5 K.D. Aubert as Nikki Wood
A6 Kali Rocha as Cecily Adams
A7 George Hertzberg as Adam
A8 Steven W. Bailey as Soul Demon
A9 James C. Leary as Clem
A10 Simon Templeman as Pavayne
AR-1 Redemption Card
Heart and Soul Autograph
1 card, 1:432 packs.
BV1 Boris Vallejos
Pieceworks
2 cards, insertion rates not announced.
Distributed via redemption.
PW-1 James Marsters as Spike – Leather Coat (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
PW-2 James Marsters as Spike – Leather Coat (Angel)
PR-1 Redemption Card
Autographed Pieceworks
2 cards, insertion rates not announced.
Distributed via redemption.
PW-1A James Marsters as Spike – Leather Coat (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
PW-2A James Marsters as Spike – Leather Coat (Angel)
APR-1 Redemption Card
Heart and Soul
9 cards, 1:11 packs.
HS1
HS2
HS3
HS4
HS5
HS6
HS7
HS8
HS9
Spike and Buffy
6 cards, 1:17 packs.
SB1 Menacing
SB2 Uneasy Allies
SB3 First Kiss
SB4 Lust
SB5 Intimacy
SB6 Farewell
Palz Mini-Figure Redemption
1 card, 1:432 packs.
PTR-1 Redemption Card
Redeemed Figure – Spike
Hero’s Journey Box Loaders
3 cards, 1 per box.
BL1 Soul
BL2 Heart
BL3 Destiny
Bloodlines Case Loader
1 card, 1 per case.
CL1 Drusilla, Darla, The Master, Angel, Spike
Promo Cards
D-1 Spike – Diamond Select Toys
P-1 Spike – General Distribution
P-i Spike – Inkworks Website
P-UK Spike – UK
P-UKP Spike (foil) – UK
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