Collectibles

Pawns of Time is an adventure module published by Mayfair Games in 1986 for the superhero role-playing game DC Heroes. The module is the first part of a four-book "Chessmen" campaign featuring the Legion of Super-Heroes. The plot revolves around the cosmic villain Time Trapper, who begins tearing holes in history and manipulating various "pawns" from across DC's timelines to rewrite reality.

Because the story deals heavily with the manipulation of history, Enemy Ace (Hans von Hammer) is explicitly included in the adventure. The book provides official roleplaying character stats, attributes, and gameplay strategies for Enemy Ace, allowing the Game Master to control him or incorporate him into the narrative.

Like other time-lost heroes featured in the module, Enemy Ace serves as an unexpected historical encounter that the 30th-century Legionnaires must deal with as they try to mend the fractured timeline.

Created for Graphitti Designs, this poster was printed inside the book as a tri-fold page and features 53 distinct DC heroes and villains. The only means of obtaining this poster was through a postcard that came with the book.

Enemy Ace, positioned on the top row between Guy Gardner and Plastic Man, was drawn by legendary artist Dave Stevens. After Joe Kubert drew the initial rough layout sketches, Stevens was tasked with transferring those rough layout pencils onto the three massive master artboards — essentially mapping out the boundaries, scaling, and positioning for all 53 contributing artists.

This official poster was used to advertise the upcoming release of the highly acclaimed comic book miniseries Enemy Ace: War in Heaven. Designed to mimic a striking, vintage World War II military propaganda poster, it uses stark black, white, and blood-red tones alongside German Iron Cross insignia.

The central artwork features a close-up portrait of Hans von Hammer readjusting his aviation goggles. In this specific storyline, the character is depicted as a disillusioned 46-year-old pilot forced to fly for Germany during World War II while actively despising the Nazi regime.

The bottom text block credits the creative roster behind the book: Garth Ennis (Writer), Chris Weston (Layout Artist), Christian Alamy (Cover/Finish Artist), and Russ Heath (Interior Penciler). The poster notes the story is a "Two-issue prestige format miniseries taking off in March" — the exact pre-launch marketing push by DC Comics ahead of the miniseries debut in March 2001.

In 1970, Topps launched a trailblazing test-market non-sport series dedicated entirely to reproducing popular comic book covers. Rather than issuing traditional cardboard trading cards, the entire set was manufactured on glossy sticker stock. The final test release consisted of 15 premium single-cover stickers and 29 multi-subject formats featuring a "4-in-1" grid layout.

Enemy Ace was a prominent headliner in this scarce series, anchoring four distinct sticker variations across two different layout formats.

Standing at approximately 6 inches tall (1:12 scale), this highly articulated figure is a flawless 3D translation of Joe Kubert's signature comic book art. Hans von Hammer is outfitted in his iconic dark-teal Imperial Uhlan cavalry dress uniform, featuring crisp sculpting on his double-breasted button panel, high collar, and polished riding boots.

This release focuses entirely on Hans von Hammer's identity as the "Knight of the Sky," completely isolating his military aviation lore. The 12-inch figure utilizes a timeless 1964 G.I. Joe body with molded hard hands and a custom-painted head sculpt designed to look like Joe Kubert's definitive comic book art lines.

The character is packaged directly inside a clear window box display next to his famous animal companion. Each figure includes a hand-numbered Certificate of Authenticity (COA) that matches a corresponding number stamped directly onto the back of the figure's neck.

Produced by Dreams and Visions under an official licensing agreement with Hasbro, this highly collectible set brought the tragic "Hammer of Hell" off the comic book pages and into the classic 12-inch military adventure format. The figure utilizes a vintage-style 1964 G.I. Joe body capped with a stunning custom-painted resin head sculpt directly inspired by Joe Kubert's definitive illustration style.

Each package includes a hand-numbered Certificate of Authenticity (COA) that meticulously matches a hand-stamped edition number on the back of the figure's neck. The deluxe gift set comes loaded with two complete, premium interchangeable outfits and a scaled companion creature.

During the late 1990s and 2000s, local publishers in South America (primarily Argentina and Brazil) frequently licensed DC Comics properties to create localized card decks. Rather than focusing on mainstream Justice League characters, this specific deck was dedicated entirely to classic military, vintage war, and espionage characters from the golden and silver ages — which is why niche characters like Enemy Ace ("As Enemigo") were chosen.

The gameplay is a statistical data comparison game — a massive schoolyard craze before smartphones. The entire deck is shuffled and dealt evenly among players. On your turn you choose one stat from your top card you believe is high enough to beat everyone else's, call it out, and compare. The winner collects all losing cards. The game ends when one player holds the entire deck.

The Vs. System was built to replicate grand superhero and supervillain team battles. Card #DCO-024 places Enemy Ace as a mid-game powerhouse with a Recruitment Cost of 5, Attack 7, and Defense 6. The Combat Range icon signifies a ranged combatant, allowing Enemy Ace to attack from the protected support row without being forced into direct front-line slots.

The Special Ability reads: "When Hans von Hammer enters play, target character an opponent controls cannot ready during its controller's next ready phase." This simulates an aerial pinning-down maneuver — freezing an opposing character, keeping them exhausted and unable to attack or defend for a full round.

A collectible set of playing cards was produced for the Bristol UK Comics Convention in 2001 to benefit the charity Childline in Great Britain, privately manufactured by Kev F Sutherland on behalf of Bristol Comics 2001, sponsored by SFX magazine and individual contributors. All artwork was donated by the artists and the decks were sold and auctioned at the convention.

Only 500 decks were made. The set included the Ace of Diamonds drawn by Chris Weston — which, pun very much intended, highlighted Enemy Ace.