2024 SkyBox Metal Universe Avengers — Lionheart #43 — Grandiose
2024
A 2024 SkyBox Metal Universe Avengers Grandiose parallel for Lionheart (Kelsey Leigh), using a patterned blue-purple metallic treatment. The reverse links the character to Avengers #82 (2004) and her Captain Britain succession history, giving this low-value unnumbered parallel useful British-Marvel and modern card-material context.
Read the catalogue note →- Subject
- Lionheart (Kelsey Leigh)
- Character / role
- Lionheart (Kelsey Leigh)
- Set
- SkyBox Metal Universe Avengers
- Manufacturer
- Upper Deck / SkyBox
- Card code
- 43
- Card type
- Grandiose parallel
- Condition
- Near Mint appearance — provisional from protected front/reverse photography; ungraded.
- Completeness
- Single card complete as supplied.
Catalogue note
A 2024 SkyBox Metal Universe Avengers Grandiose parallel for Lionheart (Kelsey Leigh), using a patterned blue-purple metallic treatment. The reverse links the character to Avengers #82 (2004) and her Captain Britain succession history, giving this low-value unnumbered parallel useful British-Marvel and modern card-material context.
Scarcity: Unnumbered regular-series Grandiose parallel; Upper Deck's official checklist states insertion odds of 1:9 Hobby, 1:9 e-Pack and 1:9 Blaster packs. No finite print run is stated.
Historical context: The reverse cites Avengers #82, dated May 12, 2004, and records Kelsey Leigh's death, revival as Captain Britain and later Lionheart identity. The physical card carries ©2023 UDC while Upper Deck's checklist documents the released product in 2024; both dates are retained.
Uncertainties: Exact card-front illustrator/designer credit has not been established. The object carries ©2023 UDC while the checklist/release is documented in 2024. No numeric condition grade assigned.
Why this object matters
The 2024 Grandiose #43 provides a patterned counterpart to the same year's base design. Its distinct surface and Lionheart context support meaningful importance without a fabricated rarity premium.
Evidence limits: No new physical inspection or collation was performed. Copy-specific conclusions remain limited to the retained catalogue and accession evidence.
Historical context
The reverse cites Avengers #82, dated May 12, 2004, and records Kelsey Leigh's death, revival as Captain Britain and later Lionheart identity. The physical card carries ©2023 UDC while Upper Deck's checklist documents the released product in 2024; both dates are retained.
Preservation rationale
Documents a distinct Grandiose surface treatment within the modern Lionheart parallel run and the recirculation of a British Marvel identity in 2020s premium trading-card culture.
Uncertainties
- Exact card-front illustrator/designer credit has not been established. The object carries ©2023 UDC while the checklist/release is documented in 2024. No numeric condition grade assigned.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 7.7 / 10.
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