marvel masterpieces is the name of several subsequent sets of trading cards, printed during 1992-2008, depicting characters and events from marvel comics. featuring large, vividly drawn card fronts and backs detailing trivia, each card showcased a different personality from marvel's body of work. there was also a set of pop-up cards, distributed in sets of six with the marvel activity sets. they measured about . ==series 1 - 1992== the first set, which came out in 1992, consisted entirely of portraits painted by joe jusko and was published by skybox. the set included 100 standard cards, and 5 "battle" spectra cards. there was a factory-tin set of the cards which also contained 5 "lost marvel" cards that could only be found in those tins. there were 6 promo cards and 3 pre-production prototype cards too, which were only available to dealers and/or available as free with wizard magazine (#13 psylocke) and comics books (marvel age #118 hulk) etc. the artwork from series 1 was also released by marvel as 4 collections printed at standard comic size, titled "the marvel masterpieces collection (1-4)" allowing it to be seen in greater detail. "the marvel masterpieces collection (1-4)", newkadia.com. ===battle spectra cards=== * 1-d: thing vs. hulk * 2-d: silver surfer vs. thanos * 3-d: wolverine vs. sabretooth * 4-d: spider-man vs. venom * 5-d: captain america vs. red skull ==="lost marvel" cards=== * lm-1: scarlet witch * lm-2: feral * lm-3: deathbird * lm-4: typhoid mary * lm-5: jubilee ===promo cards=== * captain america * hulk * psylocke * silver surfer * spider-man * wolverine ===prototype cards=== * hulk * spider-man * wolverine ==series 2 - 1993== the set included 90 cards, along with 8 x-men 2099 "dyna-etch" cards, randomly inserted throughout packs. the artwork from series 2 was also released by marvel as 3 collections printed at standard comic size, titled "the marvel masterpieces 2 collection (1-3)" allowing it to be seen in greater detail. ===dyna etch cards=== {| | valign=top | * s1: meanstreak * s2: cerebra * s3: krystalin * s4: metalhead |  || valign=top | * s5: serpentina * s6: bloodhawk * s7: skullfire * s8: xi'an |} ===prototype cards=== she-hulk, daredevil, venom (black printing san diego comic con), and hulk 2099. ==series 3 - 1994== this set was drawn entirely by greg and tim hildebrandt. it contained two subsets: 10 holofoils which came in silver, gold and bronze variations, depending on where they were purchased, and 9 powerblast cards. this set was also the first to introduce "parallel sets" to the series. all 140 base cards came with a parallel gold-foil "signature" 
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