Marvel Comics has been around for 75 years and now the greatest of the greatest moments in Marvel history will forever be remembered in the new Marvel 75th Anniversary Trading Card set from Rittenhouse Archives. The standard base set will consist of 90 cards featuring the greatest heroes and villains in the history of the Marvel Universe, however, there are 5 total levels of the base set:
- 90-card base set
- 90-card "Sapphire" parallel base set (1:3 packs)
- 90-card "Emerald" parallel base set, individually numbered to 100 (1:1 box)
- 90-card "Diamond" parallel base set, individually numbered to 10 (1:1 case)
- 90-card "Ruby" parallel base set, individually number to 50 (90:1 Archive Box)
In addition to the base cards the Marvel 75th Anniversary boxes contain the second 25 of a total 75 cards honoring Marvel's 75th Anniversary. These cards are numbered to 75 and will fall about 2 per case (1:144 packs).
Other chase sets include:
- 18-card Retro Sticker Card bonus set (1:24 packs/1 per box)
- 14-card X-Men Evolution bonus set (1:24 packs/1 per box)
- 14-card X-Men Evolution parallel bonus set (1:144 packs/2 per case)(numbered to 150)
- 9-card Die-Cut Retro Hero Panel Burst bonus set (1:24 packs/1 per box)
- Archive Cuts, featuring original, vintage cut comic panels culled from classic Golden Age, Silver Age and Bronze Age comics (1:288 packs/1 per case)
Additional Case Incentives are:
- Case Topper: 5 "Art Deco Poster" Cards (1 card per case)
- 6-Case Incentive: Exclusive Classic Comic Cover Recreation Sketch Card by Warren Martineck!
- 9-Case Incentive: Painted Art Sketch Card by Mick or Matt Glebe!
- 18-Case Incentive: 2014 Marvel 75th Anniversary Archive Box, including an exclusive 90-card "Ruby" parallel base set, individually numbered to 50 a piece; 20 randomly selected sketch cards; 5 Marvel 75th Anniversary cards.
As always you will also find 1 hand drawn sketch card per box. Sketch cards will feature the greatest heroes and villains of the 75 years of the Marvel Universe including Iron Man, Spider-Man, Thor, Captain America, Hulk, Thing, Wolverine and many more!
Some already announced artists include Axebone, Sanna Umemoto, Veronica O'Connell, Rhiannon Owens, Tim Shay, Jon Hughes, Norman Jim Faustino, Lak Lim. Rittenhouse Archives is saying more than 100 more are also planned.
Set configuration is 5 Cards Per Pack, 24 Packs Per Box, 12 Boxes Per Case.
One box of 120 total cards should provide:
- 8 "Sapphire" base cards
- 1 "Emerald" base card
- 1 Sketch card
- 1 Retro Sticker Card
- 1 X-Men Evolution Card
- 1 Die-Cut Retro Hero Panel Card
Also, do not forget to pick up your matching Binder as well!
Last Updated: May 31st, 2014 7:58:22 pm
