Onslaught was one of those massive comic “events” that was supposed to shake up the Marvel Universe. Or was it a ploy to sell books? Either way, it came with a big X-Men-focused story where the status quo was shaken up, at least for a while. Back in the day, big comic events were fodder for dedicated trading card sets — especially since Marvel was the one making them. 1996 Fleer/SkyBox Marvel Ultra Onslaught trading cards live up to the high-quality of the Ultra brand, but the narrow subject matter has caused it to become somewhat overlooked today.
1996 Fleer/SkyBox Marvel Ultra Onslaught Set Details
The 100-card base set centers largely on the characters featured in the story line, which amounts to a huge portion of the Marvel Universe. Artwork comes from several artists and is higher quality than what’s found in a lot of comic sets. Card backs fill in the details of the story.
Leading the inserts are autographs signed by Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld and Stan Lee. Liefeld and Jim Lee each have one card while Stan Lee signed two different cards. Each autograph is limited to 100 copies.
Three lenticular Mirage cards (1:36 packs) show key characters transforming.
The two remaining insert sets, Overpower Hero (four cards, 1:9) and Mission: Assault on Onslaught (seven cards, 1:9) tie into the Overpower collectible card game that was being pushed at the time.
1996 Fleer/SkyBox Marvel Ultra Onslaught Checklist
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Cards per pack: 8
Packs per box: 36
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Base Set
100 cards.
1 Archangel
2 Beast
3 Bishop
4 Cannonball
5 Cyclops
6 Gambit
7 Iceman
8 Phoenix
9 Psylocke
10 Rogue
11 Storm
12 Wolverine
13 Dark Beast
14 Fatale
15 Havok
16 Holocaust
17 Onslaught
18 Post
19 Random
20 Sentinels
21 Black Widow
22 Captain America
23 Crystal
24 Giant-Man
25 Hawkeye
26 Iron Man
27 Quicksilver
28 Scarlet Witch
29 Thor
30 Vision
31 Wasp
32 Cable
33 Caliban
34 Domino
35 Meltdown
36 Shatterstar
37 Siryn
38 Sunspot
39 Warpath
40 X-Man
41 Human Torch
42 Invisible Woman
43 Mr. Fantastic
44 Thing
45 Forge
46 Mystique
47 Sabretooth
48 Shard
49 Wild Child
50 Colossus
51 Nightcrawler
52 Shadowcat
53 Apocalypse
54 Bastion
55 Dr. Doom
56 Gateway
57 Juggernaut
58 Magneto
59 Mr. Sinister
60 Black Panther
61 Daredevil
62 Dr. Strange
63 Elektra
64 Charlie & Franklin
65 Hulk
66 Punisher
67 Spider-Man
68 Coming of Onslaught
69 Onslaught Revealed
70 The Avengers (Avengers Assemble!)
71 Day of the Sentinels
72 Onslaught Absorbs Franklin Richards
73 Onslaught Sheds Xavier
74 X-Man No More
75 Assault on Onslaught
76 The Ultimate Sacrifice
77 Nuclear Holocaust
78 A World Without Heroes
79 A New Beginning
80 Black Bolt
81 Black Panther
82 Bucky
83 Captain America
84 Dr. Doom
85 Falcon
86 Galactus
87 Hawkeye
88 Human Torch
89 Invisible Girl
90 Iron Man
91 Master Man
92 Mr. Fantastic
93 Namor
94 Red Skull
95 Scarlet Witch
96 Silver Surfer
97 Swordsman
98 Thing
99 Vision
100 Checklist
Autographs
4 cards, 1:4,500 packs. 100 of each signed.
1 Jim Lee – Mr. Fantastic
2 Captain America – Rob Liefeld
3 Stan Lee – Silver Surfer
4 Stan Lee – Iron Man
Mirage
3 cards, 1:36 packs.
1 The Avengers
2 Fantastic Four
3 Onslaught
Overpower Hero Cards
4 cards, 1:9 packs.
Dark Beast
Holocaust
Onslaught
Post
Mission: Assault on Onslaught
7 cards, 1:9 packs.
1 Unity in Chaos
2 Incredible Forces
3 Child of the Future
4 Display of Power
5 Sphere of Influence
6 Desperate Reunion
7 Ground Zero
Box Topper
1 card, 1 per sealed box.
P1 Bone Claws – 1996 Fleer/SkyBox X-Men Ultra Wolverine
Preview Cards
9 cards. One of #1-7 inserted per 1996 Fleer/SkyBox Spider-Man Premium box. #8-9 given away in Non-Sport Update magazine and at Sam’s Club.
1 Cable
2 Hulk
3 Magneto
4 Onslaught
5 Ozymandius
6 Post
7 X-Man
8 Dark Beast
9 Captain America
Promo Cards
Promo 1 Mr. Fantastic
Promo 2 Iron Man
I have an unopened box of Marvel Ultra Onslaught Fleer/Skybox International 1996 cards-I’ve searched and can’t find what it’s worth-can you help me.