2022 Upper Deck Marvel Beginnings Volume 2 Series 1 — Captain Britain — Illustration Boards IB-74
2022 product designation
Upper Deck Marvel Beginnings Volume 2 Series 1 Illustration Boards insert IB-74 featuring Captain Britain (Brian Braddock). The card uses a monochrome, production-art-style presentation on the front and an era-spanning Captain Britain chronology on the reverse.
Read the catalogue note →- Subject
- Captain Britain (Brian Braddock)
- Character / role
- Captain Britain (Brian Braddock)
- Set
- Marvel Beginnings Volume 2 Series 1
- Manufacturer
- Upper Deck
- Card code
- IB-74
- Card type
- Illustration Boards insert
- Condition
- Near Mint appearance — provisional from protected front/reverse photography; ungraded.
- Completeness
- Single card complete as supplied.
Catalogue note
Upper Deck Marvel Beginnings Volume 2 Series 1 Illustration Boards insert IB-74 featuring Captain Britain (Brian Braddock). The card uses a monochrome, production-art-style presentation on the front and an era-spanning Captain Britain chronology on the reverse. It is an unnumbered insert with documented pack odds and is distinct from TMR's later SkyBox Captain Britain parallels.
Scarcity: Unnumbered Illustration Boards insert. Upper Deck's official checklist states insertion odds of 1:5 Hobby, 1:5 e-Pack and 1:27 Blaster packs; no finite print run is stated.
Historical context: The reverse presents a short Captain Britain chronology beginning with Brian Braddock's 1976 transformation and continuing through later developments. Marvel's own character history confirms Brian Braddock as Captain Britain and the Amulet of Right origin. The front also prints 'BOOK: CAPTAIN BRITAIN' and 'ISSUE: 616'; TMR preserves that wording without treating 616 as a verified comic issue number.
Uncertainties: The exact illustrator/source artwork for the front image has not been securely identified. The meaning of the front's printed 'ISSUE: 616' has not been independently established and is not catalogued as a comic issue number. No numeric condition grade assigned. Market value not assessed.
Why this object matters
The monochrome Illustration Boards presentation and reverse chronology provide a distinct production-art aesthetic and historical summary. Its meaningful material and reference value does not depend on a serial number.
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 presents a short Captain Britain chronology beginning with Brian Braddock's 1976 transformation and continuing through later developments. Marvel's own character history confirms Brian Braddock as Captain Britain and the Amulet of Right origin. The front also prints 'BOOK: CAPTAIN BRITAIN' and 'ISSUE: 616'; TMR preserves that wording without treating 616 as a verified comic issue number.
Preservation rationale
Preserves a distinct 2022-designated Upper Deck Captain Britain insert, its illustration-board visual treatment, and the manufacturer's compact chronology of the character within a growing TMR group of Captain Britain trading cards.
Uncertainties
- The exact illustrator/source artwork for the front image has not been securely identified. The meaning of the front's printed 'ISSUE: 616' has not been independently established and is not catalogued as a comic issue number. No numeric condition grade assigned. Market value not assessed.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 7.8 / 10.
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