2024 SkyBox Marvel Masterpieces '92 Platinum — Captain Britain #15 — Lenticular
2024
A 2024 Lenticular treatment from Upper Deck's Marvel Masterpieces '92 Platinum programme, re-presenting Joe Jusko's 1992 Captain Britain portrait. Its optical construction makes angle and movement part of the physical viewing experience; the less frequent unnumbered 1:12 Hobby/e-Pack treatment has stronger material-culture interest than Canvas or Clear Cut, while remaining below genuinely scarce numbered parallels.
Read the catalogue note →- Subject
- Captain Britain (Brian Braddock)
- Character / role
- Captain Britain (Brian Braddock)
- Set
- Marvel Masterpieces '92 Platinum
- Manufacturer
- Upper Deck / SkyBox
- Card code
- 15
- Card type
- Lenticular parallel
- Condition
- Near Mint appearance — provisional from protected front/reverse photography; ungraded.
- Completeness
- Single card complete as supplied.
Catalogue note
A 2024 Lenticular treatment from Upper Deck's Marvel Masterpieces '92 Platinum programme, re-presenting Joe Jusko's 1992 Captain Britain portrait. Its optical construction makes angle and movement part of the physical viewing experience; the less frequent unnumbered 1:12 Hobby/e-Pack treatment has stronger material-culture interest than Canvas or Clear Cut, while remaining below genuinely scarce numbered parallels.
Scarcity: Unnumbered Lenticular treatment; official checklist odds 1:12 Hobby, 1:12 e-Pack and 1:36 Blaster.
Historical context: 2024 re-presentation of Joe Jusko's Captain Britain painting from the 1992 Marvel Masterpieces programme; the reverse records Captain Britain #1, October 1976 as the character's first appearance. This is not an original 1992 trading card.
Uncertainties: Ungraded; surface, edge and fine lenticular scratching remain provisional through the protective sleeve/holder.
Why this object matters
The lenticular construction changes the viewing experience through angle and motion. That substantive optical difference justifies strong importance within the parallel group independently of insertion odds or numbering.
Evidence limits: No new physical inspection or collation was performed. Copy-specific conclusions remain limited to the retained catalogue and accession evidence.
Historical context
2024 re-presentation of Joe Jusko's Captain Britain painting from the 1992 Marvel Masterpieces programme; the reverse records Captain Britain #1, October 1976 as the character's first appearance. This is not an original 1992 trading card.
Preservation rationale
Optical lenticular construction records a distinct modern card-manufacturing format while preserving the painted 1992 visual lineage and British-Marvel / Captain Britain context.
Uncertainties
- Ungraded; surface, edge and fine lenticular scratching remain provisional through the protective sleeve/holder.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.1 / 10.
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