Just opened my first box from my cases.

Box #7893 of 8000

Greatest Enemies (1:10)- GE1, GE2, GE7, GE8
Mightiest Heroes (1:20)- MH9, MH18
Legendary Heroes (1:40)- LH2
Sketch- Jeff Wellborn (310)

More to come later, including scans.

I too purchased a case (wish I could have gotten more *sigh*) and broke it down with love and care Below is my breakdown :
1 Case Topper
1 Complete set of Legendary Heroes
1 Complete set of Mightiest Heroes
5 Complete sets of Greatest Enemies
12 beautifully rendered color sketches, which included (and this is in no particular order)

Iron Man by Engstrom
Mr Fantastic by Chandler
Thunderstrike by Viera
Ms Marvel by Auck
Hercules by Kyle
She-Hulk by Ian Dorian
Black Panther by Dan Day
Black Panther by Cicarini
Quicksilver by Wilson
Scarlet Witch by Dillon
Black Panther by Sobol
Moon Knight by Tone

still in fan-girl drool mode

Can't wait for the cards over here in England....

I got the 1st 4 boxes of CA series that I'll be receiving. Ive opened 2 boxes so far. # 12 & # 7013.
My breakdowns were the same as above.
4 GE cards, 2 MH cards, 1 LH & 1 sketch per box.
The 2 sketches Ive opened so are are a Hulk by Rubenstein, & a Grim Reaper by Goodmanson.
Wrappers are worth 1 point each in this release.

I must say that Rittenhouse did an excelent job on these cards. The layout is great. Nice reproduction of the art on the front. The card back has the cover of the issue the art on front is from & info about the story in that issue. The insert cards are great. Very nicely done & executed. This is what I want from a comic set.

BRAVO Rittenhouse.

***UPDATE***
I opened the other 3 boxes. I have more comming, but thats it for now. Sketches I got were:
Tom Nguyen-Photon (Ithik thats the name "microwave girl")
Uko Smith-Wasp
John Jackman-Warbird

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I finally finished opening and sorting my 2 cases, I love the cards although there was some collation difficulties.

Case 1

Box #7893 of 8000

Greatest Enemies (1:10)- GE1, GE2, GE7, GE8
Mightiest Heroes (1:20)- MH9, MH18
Legendary Heroes (1:40)- LH2
Sketch- Jeff Wellborn (310)

Box #3710 of 8000

Greatest Enemies (1:10)- GE3, GE4, GE6, GE7
Mightiest Heroes (1:20)- MH6, MH10
Legendary Heroes (1:40)- LH1
Sketch- Matthew Goodmanson (275)

Box #6117 of 8000

Greatest Enemies (1:10)- GE4, GE5, GE6, GE9
Mightiest Heroes (1:20)- MH1, MH18
Legendary Heroes (1:40)- LH2
Sketch- Dave Fox (188)

Box #2057 of 8000

Greatest Enemies (1:10)- GE1, GE2, GE7, GE8
Mightiest Heroes (1:20)- MH9, MH12
Legendary Heroes (1:40)- LH2
Sketch- Guy Dorian (132)

Box #0060 of 8000

Greatest Enemies (1:10)- GE1, GE5, GE8, GE9
Mightiest Heroes (1:20)- MH7, MH13
Legendary Heroes (1:40)- LH6
Sketch- Brent Engstrom (346)

Box #3712 of 8000

Greatest Enemies (1:10)- GE4, GE5, GE6, GE9
Mightiest Heroes (1:20)- MH1, MH10
Legendary Heroes (1:40)- LH9
Sketch- Jim Kyle (296)

Box #7892 of 8000

Greatest Enemies (1:10)- GE1, GE4, GE5, GE9
Mightiest Heroes (1:20)- MH5, MH13
Legendary Heroes (1:40)- LH8
Sketch- Tone Rodriguez (295)

Box #4066 of 8000

Greatest Enemies (1:10)- GE3, GE4, GE6, GE9
Mightiest Heroes (1:20)- MH11, MH17
Legendary Heroes (1:40)- LH7
Sketch- Dan Day (300)

Box #5063 of 8000

Greatest Enemies (1:10)- GE3, GE4, GE6, GE7
Mightiest Heroes (1:20)- MH4, MH14
Legendary Heroes (1:40)- LH1
Sketch- Igor Cicarini (224)

Box #7060 of 8000

Greatest Enemies (1:10)- GE1, GE2, GE5, GE8
Mightiest Heroes (1:20)- MH2, MH6
Legendary Heroes (1:40)- LH4
Sketch- Ray Dillon (398)

Box #1063 of 8000

Greatest Enemies (1:10)- GE1, GE2, GE7, GE8
Mightiest Heroes (1:20)- MH9, MH18
Legendary Heroes (1:40)- LH2
Sketch- Jeff Chandler (250)

Box #3062 of 8000

Greatest Enemies (1:10)- GE2, GE3, GE6, GE7
Mightiest Heroes (1:20)- MH3, MH16
Legendary Heroes (1:40)- LH3
Sketch- Darren Auck (268)

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Summary-

Greatest Enemies- 4 Complete sets
Mightiest Heroes- 0 Complete sets
Legendary Heroes- 0 Complete sets
Sketches- 12 color sketches by 12 different artists

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Case 2

Box #2061 of 8000

Greatest Enemies (1:10)- GE4, GE5, GE6, GE9
Mightiest Heroes (1:20)- MH8, MH15
Legendary Heroes (1:40)- LH5
Sketch- Darren Auck (268)

Box #0064 of 8000

Greatest Enemies (1:10)- GE4, GE5, GE6, GE9, GE9
Mightiest Heroes (1:20)- MH8, MH15
Legendary Heroes (1:40)- LH5
Sketch- Tone Rodriguez (295)

Box #4070 of 8000

Greatest Enemies (1:10)- GE1, GE2, GE7, GE8
Mightiest Heroes (1:20)- MH1, MH10
Legendary Heroes (1:40)- LH9
Sketch- Jim Kyle (296)

Box #7064 of 8000

Greatest Enemies (1:10)- GE3, GE4, GE6, GE9
Mightiest Heroes (1:20)- MH9, MH18
Legendary Heroes (1:40)- LH2
Sketch- NONE!

Box #2006 of 8000

Greatest Enemies (1:10)- GE2, GE3, GE7, GE8
Mightiest Heroes (1:20)- MH1, MH18
Legendary Heroes (1:40)- LH6
Sketch- Guy Dorian (132) and Stan Lee (100)!

Box #5067 of 8000

Greatest Enemies (1:10)- GE1, GE2, GE5, GE8
Mightiest Heroes (1:20)- MH11, MH12
Legendary Heroes (1:40)- LH7
Sketch- Renae De Liz (399)

Box #1067 of 8000

Greatest Enemies (1:10)- GE1, GE5, GE8, GE9
Mightiest Heroes (1:20)- MH6, MH14
Legendary Heroes (1:40)- LH1
Sketch- Rich Molinelli (298)

Box #3066 of 8000

Greatest Enemies (1:10)- GE2, GE3, GE6, GE7
Mightiest Heroes (1:20)- MH7, MH14
Legendary Heroes (1:40)- LH6
Sketch- Tony Perna (250)

Box #7884 of 8000

Greatest Enemies (1:10)- GE1, GE4, GE5, GE9
Mightiest Heroes (1:20)- MH3, MH16
Legendary Heroes (1:40)- LH3
Sketch- Brandon McKinney (307)

Box #3720 of 8000

Greatest Enemies (1:10)- GE2, GE3, GE7, GE8
Mightiest Heroes (1:20)- MH5, MH13
Legendary Heroes (1:40)- LH8
Sketch- Brian Kong (378)

Box #7885 of 8000

Greatest Enemies (1:10)- GE3, GE4, GE6, GE7
Mightiest Heroes (1:20)- MH9, MH18
Legendary Heroes (1:40)- LH2
Sketch- Mark Texeira (360)

Box #3719 of 8000

Greatest Enemies (1:10)- GE1, GE5, GE8, GE9
Mightiest Heroes (1:20)- MH11, MH12
Legendary Heroes (1:40)- LH7
Sketch- Warren Martineck (266)

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Greatest Enemies- 5 Complete sets
Mightiest Heroes- 0 Complete sets
Legendary Heroes- 0 Complete sets
Sketches- 11 color sketches by 11 different artists and 1 Stan Lee pencil sketch

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2 Case Summary

Greatest Enemies- 9 Complete sets
Mightiest Heroes- 1 Complete sets
Legendary Heroes- 1 Complete sets
Sketches- 23 color sketches by 19 different artists (had 2 sketches by each of 4 artists) and 1 Stan Lee Pencil Sketch.


No problems with the Greatest Enemies inserts, 9 complete sets is pretty good and out of 2 cases that was the only time I beat the odds on number of inserts (1 box had 5). Only made 1 Mightiest Heroes set, 3 cards from a second, lots of repetition of these in boxes. Only made 1 Legendary Heroes set, kept getting LH2 over and over, 1 card short of a second set.

I went from a disappointed low when I hit the box with no sketch to a happy high when the next box had a Stan Lee sketch (and a really nice Guy Dorian too). I can barely even remember the last time I got an RA box that was missing a major card, they are usually very good with making the stated odds but then I suppose I normally only get 1-4 boxes so the chances are less.

Congratulations on the pulls! I hope that I get something good when my box arrives!

where are the scans people!!!?!?!??!?

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Originally posted by gatodama:
where are the scans people!!!?!?!??!?

Coming tomorrow! All that wrapper ripping wore me out. I think I got a bit of a buzz on from whatever causes that new card smell too.

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Originally posted by Incarnadine:

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Originally posted by gatodama:
where are the scans people!!!?!?!??!?

Coming tomorrow! All that wrapper ripping wore me out. I think I got a bit of a buzz on from whatever causes that new card smell too.

how many points were on the wrapper for this set?

As quoted by Ghostrider 666 Wrapers are worth 1point each
Hope this helps Riddler 149

KADRAN00157

According to the box series number is only 8000 boxes made, but if you add together how many sketches all the artist made is over 10,000; so did RA keep the rest for replacement or is more boxes made? Also the Stan Lee is a bonus or is part of the one box sketch?? Hope is a bonus

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Originally posted by tlca:
According to the box series number is only 8000 boxes made, but if you add together how many sketches all the artist made is over 10,000; so did RA keep the rest for replacement or is more boxes made? Also the Stan Lee is a bonus or is part of the one box sketch?? Hope is a bonus

Don't forget that Rittenhouse made ARCHIVE boxes with 10 sketches/box

ssssssssssssccccaaaaannssssssssssssssssss pllllllllllleeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaase

i want to know what im missing out, and as ususal i have no money to get a box, never mind a case, you luck lucky people

hmm looking at that site, a case is £333 with free shipping, damn why cant i have any money, just for once

quote:

Originally posted by tlca:
According to the box series number is only 8000 boxes made, but if you add together how many sketches all the artist made is over 10,000; so did RA keep the rest for replacement or is more boxes made? Also the Stan Lee is a bonus or is part of the one box sketch?? Hope is a bonus

I asked that very question way back and the Stan Lee is a bonus. The guarantee is a color sketch per box and the Stan Lee's are pencil sketches, the 1 I pulled had a color Guy Dorian in the box as well.

Scans coming after lunch.

From Rittenhouse on Archive Boxes which contain 10 sketch cards ea:

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Randomly inserted into the cases. One Archive Box per every 25 cases. The tricky part is that half of the Archive Boxes made are "hidden" with the sticker on the inside bottom of the box, so you don't know you have one till you open it.

Got home to find my box waiting for me. Great after a day of medical misadventures such as being squished in an MRI! Any way my box came from fyi and was #669.
Greatest Enemies (1:10)- GE3, GE4, GE6, GE7
Mightiest Heroes (1:20)- MH1, MH18
Legendary Heroes (1:40)- LH2
Sketch- Grant Gould (251)



Added the back as I noticed the discussion over in news thread about the colour bleeding through to the back.


Now I don't know what I'll do about the sketch card. I was hoping for a female character especially Black Widow or Tigra so orginally I'd intended trading if I got a male character but I'm not sure I can part with the card now that it is in my hands! BTW who is the guy? I never read the Avengers unless an X-men character was in the issue.

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general request - would it be possible for posters to specify which character as well as the artist of their sketch?


and for comicbookfan, your sketch is Dane Whitman, the Black Knight. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Knight_%28Dane_Whitman%29 for details.

Finally got my cards scanned...

Click the picture for a larger sized version.

2 Gene Colan Case Toppers



Darren Auck #1, Darren Auck #2, Jeff Chandler, Igor Cicarini





Dan Day, Renae De Liz, Ray Dillon, Guy Dorian #1





Guy Dorian #2, Brent Engstrom, Dave Fox, Matthew Goodmanson





Brian Kong, Jim Kyle #1, Jim Kyle #2, Warren Martineck





Brandon McKinney, Rich Molinelli, Tony Perna, Tone Rodriguez #1





Tone Rodriguez #2, Mark Texeira, Jeff Welborn, Stan Lee





Greatest Enemies, Mightiest Heroes, Legendary Heroes

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BTW who is the guy? I never read the Avengers unless an X-men character was in the issue.

That is the Black Knight...nice one!

David

Incarnadine, I LOVE your Rodriguez Ant-Man sketch! Did you get a two-case incentive card? If so, what page was yours from?

comicbookfan: though the Black Knight is not one of my favorite characters, the artwork on your sketch is amazing! I wouldn't mind if I pull a sketch like that!