Art is a staple in Marvel trading cards. That should be a given. 1997 Fleer/SkyBox Marvel Premium QFX takes a different approach to art, combining original pieces with photographs. Basically, it’s Marvel heroes and villains IRL only they’re still their comic selves.
1997 Fleer/SkyBox Marvel Premium QFX Checklist Details
Future Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada is the star of the set. He created original art of every card. Characters are drawn into the real world for the 72-card base set. Some are action-packed while others are more slice-of-life and caught in the calm between battles. Quesada shows that there’s something to seeing heroes hanging out downtown without an explosion taking place a block away.
Base cards have autographed versions as well. It’s worth noting that the signed cards found in packs have a flat matte finish instead of the glossy stock standard base cards have. Should you come across an autograph on a glossy card it would have been signed after the fact. Unfortunately, pack-inserted autographs don’t have any other distinguishing marks.
Other Inserts
1997 Fleer/SkyBox Marvel Premium QFX has two additional insert sets. LazerBlast cards have lots of intricate laser cuts. They’re several steps beyond more common die-cuts. Four cards are in the set with one landing approximately every nine packs.
Chromium and acetate combine in PhotoGraphix. The nine-card ClearChrome set again has an unusual and modern look. These are 1:6 packs, which makes them easier to pull than LazerBlast cards. However, with the larger checklist, individual PhotoGraphix cards aren’t quite as plentiful.
Without any scarce inserts on its checklist, 1997 Fleer/SkyBox Marvel Premium QFX prices have remained relatively stable, even as other Marvel sets hae soared. Compared to some other lines like Marvel Masterpieces and the various Marvel Fleer Ultra sets from the period, it could be argued this set is overlooked.
1997 Fleer/SkyBox Marvel Premium QFX Checklist
Set size: 72 cards
Cards per pack: 5
Packs per box: 24
1997 Fleer/SkyBox Marvel Premium QFX packs and boxes on eBay.
Base Set Checklist
72 cards.
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1 Title Card
2 Beast
3 Silver Surfer
4 Bullseye
5 Captain America
6 Carnage
7 Cyclops
8 Daredevil
9 Dr. Doom
10 Dr. Octopus
11 Elektra
12 Ghost Rider
13 Hobgoblin
14 Hulk
15 Human Torch
16 Iceman
17 Invisible Woman
18 Iron Man
19 Juggernaut
20 Kingpin
21 Lizard
22 Magneto
23 Namor
24 Punisher
25 Rhino
26 Thor
27 Venom
28 Wolverine
29 Black Bolt
30 Black Panther
31 Black Widow
32 Chamber
33 Deathlok
34 Dr. Strange
35 Jubilee
36 Ka-Zar
37 Leech with Artie
38 Mephisto
39 Moon Knight
40 Psylocke
41 Rogue
42 Sabretooth
43 Storm
44 Thanos
45 Typhoid Mary
46 Ant-Man
47 Devil Dinosaur & Moonboy
48 Hellstorm
49 Howard the Duck
50 Impossible Man
51 J. Jonah Jameson
52 Man-Thing
53 Nomad
54 Squirrel Girl
55 Gambit
56 Giant-Man
57 Mr. Fantastic
58 Random
59 Red Skull
60 Scarlet Witch
61 Spider-Man
62 Thing
63 Wolverine
64 The Coming of Galactus
65 Magneto vs. the U.N.
66 Storm Battles Callisto
67 The Death of Gwen Stacy
68 Birth of the Phoenix
69 Ghost Rider Reborn
70 The Origin of Daredevil
71 Origin of the Punisher
72 Maximum Carnage
Autografix Checklist
1:288 packs.
Signed by Joe Quesada
Autographs are on base cards.
Pack-pulled autograph cards have a matte finish.
LazerBlast Checklist
4 cards.
1:9 packs.
1 Wolverine
2 Spider-Man
3 Hulk
4 Punisher
PhotoGrafix Checklist
9 cards.
1:6 packs.
1 Bucky
2 Captain America
3 Hulk
4 Red Skull
5 Dr. Doom
6 Iron Man
7 Mr. Fantastic
8 Thing
9 Thor
Promo Cards Checklist
Magneto Conquers the U.N. – Wizard
Ghost Rider – Wizard
Wolverine – Wizard
Howard the Duck – Combo
LazerBlast 3 Hulk – “Sample”
