I happened to stop by my local comic book store today and they got a couple of boxes in. I didn't get the best look but I believe the box was serially #'d /18000. I have a few boxes on order, but I went ahead and bought a few packs anyway. Here is what the sketch and costumes look like.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: glim, July 14, 2008 11:55 PM

That Daredevil sketch is very nice, congrats

cool.. i didn't even know this stuff was coming out already.. i just snagged 3 boxes of this stuff..

Case number 1 is in the books (my buddy and I are going partners on 2 cases) and I can say that the costume coalation sucked...6 Dr. Doom, 4 Thing and 2 Human Torch (I sure hope that the other case is Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Woman heavy). I was also only able to put together 3 of each of the foil sets...oh yeah, and 3 sets of duplicate artists for sketches.

Enough complaining, here are the goods...

Tiger Shark by ?


Sabertooth and Iron Fist (I think) by Brent Schoonover


Wolverine and Elektra by ? (sig looks kinda familliar)


Polaris and Scarlet Witch by Carlo Soriano


Thor by Jake Minor


Hulk by ? (again the sig looks familliar)


Hulk by Pat Carlucci


Chameleon by Don Pedicini Jr.


Cyclops by Tom Feister (25)


Any help on the unknowns is always helpful

You pulled a few nice sketches there. Congrats!

Hello Been awhile since I have been here.just getting back into nonsport cards.Got 1 box of Marvel Masterpieces and here is what I got.

There is an oversized (5x7 or 4x6) box topper card. I opened 5 boxes last night and have 4 different so far. Don't see anything on UD website about them, so thinking we'll need checklist. So far: X-men villians, Scarlet Witch, X-men, and forgot the 4th as at work now.
I also noticed that there's Retail chase: Hulk B&C, IM B&C.

.. and btw, I got 1 of each costume so great break on that. UD also added another 3 packs per box with thick filler card to make cherry pickers think twice. Got all decent sketches, 1 nicer than others. Did quick scan of the base cards; I found a wide variance in how I liked those images.

There are 5 box toppers:

X-Men Villains
The X-Men
Spider Woman
Scarlet Witch
Dr. Strange



I opened 6 boxes (with three more coming tomorrow) and I got 4 Dr. Doom Costumes and 2 Mr. Fantastic so I did horrible there. For Sketches I got Two Rich Woodalls (Hulk/Human Torch) Spencer Blinkeroff Lizard, Otis Frampton (No Clue) an unsigned Namor, and a really nice color Hulk by Tony Parker (no, not the french rapper and NBA star)

Collation must be aweful on the costume cards. I cracked a case last night and didn't get a single Mr Fantastic, but I did pull 3 Invisible womans

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Originally posted by Haljordanfan:
You pulled a few nice sketches there. Congrats!

Thanks! It was made better by the news that Don Pedicini Jr. only did 24 cards.

2 Boxes from the local Wednesday show:

Box 1

Sketch - Dud!
Costume Card - Human Torch

Box 2

Sketch - Nightcrawler artist unknown


Costume Card - The Thing



Another sketch from the box



The Nar sketch was in a penny sleeve within the pack. I was thrilled to pull one. I never thought I would ever pull one of his masterpieces. I would have to say that this pull makes up for being skunked in the previous box.

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I thought NAR's were only being given a case incentives?

What's the deal with this?

Terrific pull by the way!!!

You must be thinking of the Fantastic Four release from Rittenhouse I belive. The Nar's are a 10 case incentive for that set.

Oops! I had the releases mixed up.

Opened a box.
Great Venom sketch!

I love this set. The cards are amazing. I got the Invisible Woman piecework

I also got a sketch from the same artist as above, Blair Shedd. I like the quality of his work.

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Ah! Thanks for helping me identify the artist! I really like his style. His use of grey for shadowing is great!

That Kingpin vs Spidey is perfect! Very nice pull.

The costume card designs look really good, a nice job done....