Marvel: Dangerous Divas Trading Cards

These cards came out in March 2011, but I didn't get a box of them until right before Christmas. And now, close to the end of January, I've finally sorted them out. I'm kinda slow. lol

Here's the description from the Rittenhouse Archives website --

MARVEL: DANGEROUS DIVAS TRADING CARDS are coming in March 2011, with at least one color sketch card in every box. This all-new series, limited to 8,000 sequentially-numbered boxes, will feature some of the sexiest and most dominant women in the Marvel Universe!

More than 100 artists will bring their talents to Marvel: Dangerous Divas sketch cards.

Rounding out the chase cards are several exciting sets including:

• 72-Card parallel set (1:3 packs)
• 12 Women of Marvel (1:8 packs)
• 9 Sultry Seductresses (1:12 packs)
• 9 Embrace (1:24 packs)

They are nice looking cards and feature some great characters. My only problem with the set is that the backs of the cards are all puzzle-backs. I don't mind puzzle-backs, but I would have preferred one card of each character with biographical info on it.

Here's the limited SketchaFEX Sketch Card I got in my box --

Scarlet Witch by Raimundo Nonato

It's an OK sketch, but she looks kind of cross-eyed. And the bottom of the card is damaged. It looks like the artist might have taped it down and damaged it when he removed the tape.

Marvel Universe 2011 Trading Cards

Marvel Universe 2011 from Rittenhouse Archives

90-card base set covering some of Marvel's most memorable and ground breaking cross-over events including: The Korvac Saga, Secret Wars I, Fall of the Mutants, Age of Apocalypse, Heroes Reborn, Civil War, World War Hulk, Secret Invasion, Shadowland, and Fear Itself.

Chase cards include: Ultimate Heroes, Artist Drafts, Marvel Originals, and base parallel.

I got a box of these today and I really like them. Each cross-over event is featured on nine cards so that when you put them in plastic pages they form a puzzle of the event and the story is detailed on the back of the cards. The only thing I don't like about them is the parallel cards. They are "clear" cards, which is neat, but they are unnumbered. The hand-drawn SketchaFEX Sketch Card I got in my box is Archangel by Renato Mapa Jr. and it is listed as extremely limited.

Marvel: Heroes & Villains Trading Cards

I got a box of Marvel: Heroes & Villains trading cards last week. Here's the product description from Rittenhouse Archives --

Rittenhouse Archives is proud to announce our next exciting Marvel trading card set, Marvel: Heroes and Villains. Each box of this set will feature 1 Hand-Drawn, Multi-Character, Color Sketch Card from over 80 different artists! Collectors can expect to find sketch cards from some of their favorite hero and villain pairs such as Wolverine vs. Sabertooth, Daredevil vs. Bullseye, Spider-Man vs. Green Goblin, Thor vs. Loki, Captain America vs. Red Skull, Hercules vs. Ares, Iron Man vs. Whiplash, Bishop vs. Cable and many, many more!

Rounding out the chase cards are several exciting sets including :


• 81-Card parallel set (1:3 packs)
• 18 Alliances cards - Featuring some of the most heroic and villainous super-powered teams!
• 9 Wanted Posters cards - Featuring some of Marvel's most notorious villains.
• 6 Foldout Poster cards! (1:48 packs)
• 6 Lenticular Flip cards! (1:48 packs)

Here's what I actually pulled from the box --

Box# 0115 of 8000
1 full set plus 24 doubles
8 parallel cards
2 Alliances cards #A6, A16
3 Most Wanted cards #M3, M5, M7
1 Foldout Poster card #PC6
0 Lenticular Flip cards
1 sketch card - Hulk vs The Leader (it's not signed, but I believe the artist is Nick Yakimovich) This is cool, since I'm a collector of all things Hulk.