Original OverPower

The Original OverPower expansion debuted in August 1995 with 346 cards (39 Character Cards, 195 Special Cards, 27 Basic Universe, 42 Mission Cards, 28 Power Cards, 9 Teamwork Cards, 6 Universe: Training Cards).

Distribution

Cards were distributed in:

• Booster packs of 9 cards
• Booster boxes of thirty-six 9 card booster packs
• Booster packs of 17 cards
• (Booster boxes of twenty-four 17 card booster packs -- unconfirmed)
• Starter decks of 55 cards
• Starter boxes of 12 starter decks
• Collector's gift set of 2 starter decks and four 9 card booster packs
• Dual starter deck combos of 2 starter decks

Starter Decks

There are 6 starter decks for Original Overpower, each of them had a deck of 55 cards (51 for the Draw pile and 4 Character cards), 7 Mission cards, Rules of Play booklet, Quick Reference Card and a "Collect All the OverPower Heroes & Villains" card.

• Clobberin' Time (Thing, War Machine, Spider-Woman, Thor)
• Deadly Foes (Sabretooth, Deadpool, Hobgoblin, Dr. Octopus)
• Heroes Assemble (Silver Surfer, Punisher, Colossus, Beast)
• Lethal Allies (Dr. Doom, Carnage, Omega Red, Rhino)
• Mutants Unite (Storm, Rogue, Gambit, Bishop)
• Sworn to Protect (Professor X, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Jubilee)

All Japanese Tournament re-release

Around the same time that Image OverPower came out, there were starter decks released in Japan with a Japanese translation of the Rules of Play booklet.

New Special Card codes

With the Original OverPower release, the following Special card codes were introduced: AA AB AC AD AE AF AG AH AI AJ AK AL AM AN AO AP AQ AR AS AT AU AV AW AX AY AZ BA BB BC BD BE BF BG BH BI BJ BM BP