2012 Upper Deck Marvel Beginnings 3 is the final installment of the expansive encyclopedic line. While much of the content falls in line with the previous two sets, that’s all by design. They’re like a puzzle, each being a piece required to make the whole. In addition to a deep main set, there are several insert sets, some of which carry strong values today.
2012 Upper Deck Marvel Beginnings 3 Checklist Details
The base set consists of another 180 cards acting as a bookend to the 540-card master base set covering Series 1 and 2. Both the format and design remain the same, taking a character approach. The main image uses a modern take while an inset image throws it back to their origins.
One of the things that makes the entire Marvel Beginnings line stand out is the fact that with such a large checklist, it highlights some of Marvel’s forgotten and overlooked characters. Of course, several heavy hitters are there, too.
The lone parallels are Printing Plates.
Key Inserts
Like the base set, most of the inserts in 2012 Upper Deck Marvel Beginnings 3 fit into a larger whole. Some are a direct continuation. Others put a slightly different twist on a similar theme.
Breakthrough Issues is one of the sets that carries on. Another 45 cards are added to the master set, bringing the total up to 135. Falling one per pack, these highlight milestone comics with the cover on the front. Many of the cards also come with autographed versions as well that are signed by creators. Stan Lee, Chris Claremont, Mark Waid and Mike Zeck are among the available autographs. In total, there are 49 single-signed cards, 15 duals and one triple autograph. Pooled together, these are 1:48 packs.
Sketch cards are also 1:48 packs. Nearly 80 different artists worked on the set making for lots of represented characters and drawing styles.
Ultimate Focus Panel Comic Cuts (1:72 packs) take a sort of memorabilia approach. Each of these has a panel cut from an original milestone comic and embedded into the card. All 11 cards are serial numbered with a high of 59 copies and a low of 36.
Holograms are back for a third batch, this time carrying an Avengers theme. This follows the Villains from the first set and X-Men in the second. With tough 1:72 odds and a large checklist of 42 cards, individual cards can be difficult to find today. They’re also among the most expensive in the product. Prices can vary greatly depending on the character, but some of the bigger names can fetch hundreds.
Additional Inserts
Villains Die-Cuts is another set that’s part of a rotating theme with X-Men and the Avengers preceding it in the first two releases.
Rounding out the checklist are 45 Marvel Prime Micromotion cards that use foil. Every pack should have either a Micromotion or die-cut card.
2012 Upper Deck Marvel Beginnings 3 Checklist
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Set size: 180 cards
Cards per pack: 7
Packs per box: 24
Boxes per case:
Release date: December 18, 2012
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Base Set Checklist
180 cards.
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361 Deadpool
362 Power Princess
363 Wingfoot
364 Scarlet Witch
365 Sasquatch
366 Mesmero
367 Justice
368 Klaw
369 Rocket Raccoon
370 Ultimate Iron Man
371 Half-Life
372 Dum Dum Dugan
373 Ultimate Thor
374 Siryn
375 Contemplator
376 Man-Thing
377 Nocturne
378 Captain America
379 Silvermane
380 Cyclops
381 Ant-Man
382 Rusty
383 Blue Blade
384 Sentry
385 Penance
386 Yellowjacket
387 Mystique
388 Mysterio
389 Firelord
390 Puppet Master
391 Spider-Man Noir
392 Ultimate Spider-Man
393 Grey Gargoyle
394 Husk
395 Doctor Octopus
396 Odin
397 Silver Surfer
398 Kang the Conquerer
399 Mister Sinister
400 Aries
401 Jack O’Lantern
402 Star Brand
403 Hydro-Man
404 Pulsar
405 Bruiser
406 Songbird
407 Echo
408 Ronin
409 Magneto
410 Daredevil
411 Mastermind
412 Blazing Skull
413 Viper
414 Scorpion
415 Bishop
416 Ka-Zar
417 Tombstone
418 Owl
419 Beetle
420 Revanche
421 Korath
422 Guardsman
423 Jubilee
424 Human Torch
425 Ricochet
426 The Rawhide Kid
427 U.S. Agent
428 Union Jack
429 Glob
430 Wolverine Noir
431 Brother Voodoo
432 Northstar
433 Aurora
434 Jean Grey
435 Rose
436 Big Wheel
437 Sandman
438 Nomad
439 Jack of Hearts
440 Red Ghost
441 Armor
442 Baron Zemo
443 Batroc the Leaper
444 Bob the Agent of Hydra
445 MODOK
446 Thunderbolt Ross
447 Blob
448 Punisher
449 Power Man
450 Neutron
451 Ezekiel
452 Grim Reaper
453 Anti-Venom
454 Sauron
455 Lizard
456 Drax the Destroyer
457 Black Knight
458 Kaine
459 Hawkeye
460 3-D Man
461 Darkhawk
462 Talkback
463 Stepford Cuckoos
464 Cassandra Nova
465 Ms. Marvel
466 Luke Cage
467 Starhawk
468 Valkyrie
469 Crossbones
470 Dreadknight
471 Titanium Man
472 Psylocke
473 Exodus
474 Mockingbird
475 Living Laser
476 Armageddon
477 Omega Red
478 Rogue
479 Enchantress
480 Shadow King
481 Dazzler
482 Havok
483 Groot
484 Ares
485 Jimmy Woo
486 Holocaust
487 Banshee
488 Vanisher
489 Forge
490 Valerie Cooper
491 Master Mold
492 Sentinels
493 Emma Frost
494 Kitty Pryde
495 Tusk
496 Shard
497 Mary Jane Parker
498 Bonebreaker
499 Gateway
500 Leech
501 S’ym
502 Caliban
503 Ultimate Nick Fury
504 Ulik
505 Ezekiel Stane
506 Super-Adaptoid
507 Ultimo
508 Fin Fang Foom
509 Gamora
510 Umar
511 Dormammu
512 Nightmare
513 Wong
514 Mephisto
515 Warlock
516 Magus
517 Meggan
518 Longshot
519 Tyr
520 Fandral
521 Hogun
522 Volstagg
523 Thanos
524 Scourge
525 Dead Girl
526 Betty Banner
527 Sugar Man
528 Norman Osborn
529 Maker
530 Maximus
531 Terminus
532 Skrulls
533 Uatu the Watcher
534 Kro
535 Ultimate Spider-Man
536 Vision
537 Nebula
538 Star-Lord
539 Silver Sable
540 Luke Cage Noir
Printing Plates Parallels
180 cards.
Each plate is a 1/1.
Plates have Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow versions.
Breakthrough Issues Autographs Checklist
49 cards.
1:48 packs for all autographs combined.
B-91 Stan Lee
B-92 Glynis Oliver Marsh
B-94 Christie Scheele
B-95 Jim Salicrup
B-96 Glynis Oliver Marsh
B-96 Len Wein
B-97 Steve Epting
B-98 Stan Lee
B-99 Dan Kemp
B-100 Stan Lee
B-101 Matt Hollingsworth
B-102 Stan Lee
B-103 Stan Lee
B-104 Stan Lee
B-105 Stan Lee
B-106 Brian Michael Bendis
B-108 Stan Lee
B-109 Stan Lee
B-110 Dan Green
B-111 Chris Claremont
B-111 Mike Gustovich
B-112 Chris Claremont
B-113 Fabian Nicieza
B-115 Jackson Guice
B-116 Mike Collins
B-116 Tom DeFalco
B-117 Stan Lee
B-118 Stan Lee
B-119 Mark Waid
B-120 John Beatty
B-120 Mike Zeck
B-122 Sean Chen
B-123 Jim Salicrup
B-124 Laura Martin
B-125 Jim Cheung
B-125 Justin Ponsor
B-126 Andy Lanning
B-126 Brian Michael Bendis
B126 Mark Bagley
B-127 John Ney Rieber
B-127 Stuart Moore
B-128 Kyle Hotz
B-129 Stan Lee
B-130 Louise Simonson
B-131 Chris Eliopoulos
B-131 Dexter Vines
B131 Steve McNiven
B-132 Tim Bradstreet
B-133 Marta Martinez Garcia
Breakthrough Issues Dual Autographs Checklist
15 cards.
1:48 packs for all autographs combined.
B-92 Chris Claremont / Jim Salicrup
B-93 Tom DeFalco / Chris Claremont
B-95 Jim Salicrup / Tom DeFalco
B-96 Len Wein / Roy Thomas
B-107 Len Wein / Roy Thomas
B-111 Chris Claremont / Glynis Oliver Marsh
B-115 Jackson Guice / Joe Rubinstein
B-115 Jackson Guice / Louise Simonson
B-116 Joe Rubinstein / Mike Collins
B-119 Mark Waid / Richard Starkings
B-120 Mike Zeck / John Beatty
B-121 Len Wein / Roy Thomas
B-124 Laura Martin / Chris Eliopoulos
B-127 John Ney Rieber / Richard Starkings
B-130 Louise Simonson / Tom DeFalco
Breakthrough Issues Triple Autographs Checklist
1 card.
1:48 packs for all autographs combined.
B-126 Mark Bagley / Andy Lanning / Justin Ponsor
Sketch Cards Checklist
78 artists.
1:48 packs.
Julius Abrera
Jason Adams
John Beatty
Dioscoro “Dong” Beniga Jr
Tina Berardi
Dana Black
Dan Borgonos
Kate “Red” Bradley
Jomar Bulda
Stephen Burks
Puis Calzada
John Carlo
Ajhay Cerezo
Ron Chan
Darren Chandler
Kourtis Charalampos
Francois Chartier
Edward Cherniga
Jim Cheung
JC Fabul
Bienifer Flores
Chris Foreman
Lew Fraga
Jason Godwin
Joel Gomez
Diana Greenhaigh
Charles Hall
Chad Haverland
Ray-Anthony Height
Elvin Hernandez
David Hindelang
Joe Hogan
j(ay)
Jim Jimenez
Virginia Kakava
Gary Kezele
Babisu Kourtis
Natasa Kourtis
Jayson Kretzer
Rayden Kusumo
Rain Lagunsad
Jun Lofamia
Dave Lynch
Alex Magno
Adriana Melo
Jovenal Mendoza
Lord Mesa
Albert Morales
Mark Morales
Alan Myers
Adrian Nelson
Rhiannon Owens
Mark Peasley
Jason Keith Phillips
Ashleigh Popplewell
Jon Racimo
Von Randal
Erik Reeves
Walter Rice
Jason Saldajeno
Mel Joy (MJ) San Juan
Juno Sanchez
Cris Santos
Don Santos
Bridgit Scheide
Melvin Serrano
Kevin Sharpe
Bob Stevlic
Anthony Tan
TheOpticNerve
Jed Thomas
Mike Thomas
Bryan “Kaiser” Tillman
Cruddie Torian
Arley “Arturo” Tucker
Melissa Uran
Nicole Virella
Blake Wilkie
Ultimate Focus Panel Comic Cuts Checklist
11 cards.
1:72 packs.
UM-11 The Amazing Spider-Man Volume 1 #7 /54
UM-17 Journey into Mystery Volume 1 #103 /41
UM-19 The Amazing Spider-Man Volume 1 #3 /56
UM-22 Journey Into Mystery Volume 1 #112 /38
UM-24 Journey Into Mystery Volume 1 #107 /49
UM-25 Daredevil Volume 1 #7 /45
UM-26 Fantastic Four Volume 1 #52 /44
UM-27 Fantastic Four Volume 1 #5 /59
UM-28 Fantastic Four Volume 1 #4 /54
UM-29 The Amazing Spider-Man Volume 1 #42 /44
UM-30 Marvel Spotlight Volume 1 #32 /44
Avengers Holograms Checklist
42 cards.
1:72 packs.
HA-1 Ant-Man
HA-2 Beast
HA-3 Black Panther
HA-4 Black Widow
HA-5 Captain America
HA-6 Captain Britain
HA-7 Captain Marvel
HA-8 Daredevil
HA-9 Doctor Strange
HA-10 Falcon
HA-11 Giant-Man
HA-12 Hawkeye
HA-13 Hellcat
HA-14 Hercules
HA-15 Hulk
HA-16 Iron Fist
HA-17 Iron Man
HA-18 Luke Cage
HA-19 Machine Man
HA-20 Mockingbird
HA-21 Moon Knight
HA-22 Ms. Marvel
HA-23 Nova
HA-24 Quicksilver
HA-25 Red Hulk
HA-26 Scarlet Witch
HA-27 Sentry
HA-28 Shang-Chi
HA-29 She-Hulk
HA-30 Spider-Man
HA-31 Spider-Woman
HA-32 Squirrel Girl
HA-33 Storm
HA-34 Thing
HA-35 Thor
HA-36 Tigra
HA-37 US Agent
HA-38 Vision
HA-39 War Machine
HA-40 Wasp
HA-41 Wolverine
HA-42 Wonder Man
Breakthrough Issues Checklist
45 cards.
1 per pack.
B91 Fantastic Four #1
B92 X-Men (Vol. 1) #137
B93 X-Men (Vol. 2) #1
B94 Daredevil #227
B95 Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #1
B96 The Incredible Hulk (Vol. 1) #181
B97 Future Foundation #1
B98 The Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #1
B99 Daredevil (Vol. 2) #1
B100 Tales of Suspense (Vol. 1) #39
B101 Immortal Iron Fist #1
B102 The Amazing Spider-Man #3
B103 X-Men #2
B104 X-Men #3
B105 X-Men #12
B106 Ultimate Spider-Man (Vol. 2) #1
B107 The Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #129
B108 Fantastic Four #4
B109 X-Men #9
B110 Iron Fist #14
B111 The New Mutants #1
B112 Uncanny X-Men #129
B113 X-Men (Vol. 2) #30
B114 Uncanny X-Men #172
B115 X-Factor (Vol. 1) #6
B116 Uncanny X-Men #266
B117 Fantastic Four Annual #3
B118 The Avengers #57
B119 X-Men (Vol. 2) #53
B120 Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars #8
B121 Captain Marvel (Vol. 1) #34
B122 Iron Man (Vol. 3) #1
B123 Fantastic Four (Vol. 1) #232
B124 Astonishing X-Men (Vol. 3)
B125 Young Avengers #1
B126 Ultimate Spider-Man #160
B127 Captain America (Vol. 4) #1
B128 The Hood #1
B129 Luke Cage Hero for Hire #1
B130 New Mutants #87
B131 Civil War #1
B132 Punisher Noir #1
B133 Iron Man Noir #1
B134 Marvel Comcis #1
B135 Daredevil #168
Breakthrough Issues Printing Plates Parallels
45 cards.
Each plate is a 1/1.
Plates have Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow versions.
Marvel Prime Micromotion Checklist
60 cards.
1:2 packs.
M3-1 A-Bomb
M3-2 American Panther
M3-3 Black Bolt
M3-4 Black Panther
M3-5 Black Widow
M3-6 Cable
M3-7 Captain America
M3-8 Cyclops
M3-9 Daredevil
M3-10 Dark Phoenix
M3-11 Deadpool
M3-12 Death
M3-13 Doctor Doom
M3-14 Doctor Strange
M3-15 Franklin Richards
M3-16 Ghost Rider
M3-17 Hawkeye
M3-18 Hood
M3-19 Hope
M3-20 Hulk
M3-21 Human Torch
M3-22 Invisible Woman
M3-23 Iron Lad
M3-24 Iron Man
M3-25 Iron Patriot
M3-26 Lady Deadpool
M3-27 Lockjaw
M3-28 Magneto
M3-29 Moon Knight
M3-30 Ms. Marvel
M3-31 Namorita
M3-32 Nathaniel Richards
M3-33 Night Thrasher
M3-34 Nightcrawler
M3-35 Patriot
M3-36 Power Man
M3-37 Psylocke
M3-38 Ragnarok
M3-39 Scarlet Spider
M3-40 Sentry
M3-41 She-Hulk
M3-42 Silver Samurai
M3-43 Silver Surfer
M3-44 Speedball
M3-45 Spider-Man
M3-46 Spider-Woman
M3-47 Steve Rogers
M3-48 Thing
M3-49 Thor
M3-50 Toxin
M3-51 Ultimate Green Goblin
M3-52 Ultimate Spider-Man
M3-53 Ultron
M3-54 War Machine
M3-55 White Tiger
M3-56 Winter Soldier
M3-57 Wolverine
M3-58 World War Hulk
M3-59 X-23
M3-60 X-Man
Villains Die-Cuts Checklist
45 cards.
1:2 packs.
V1 Abomination
V2 Apocalypse
V3 Baron Zemo
V4 Black Cat
V5 Bullseye
V6 Carnage
V7 Dark Phoenix
V8 Doctor Doom
V9 Doctor Octopus
V10 Electro
V11 Emma Frost
V12 Galactus
V13 Green Goblin
V14 Hobgoblin
V15 Hood
V16 Jackal
V17 Juggernaut
V18 Kang the Conquerer
V19 Kingpin
V20 Kraven
V21 Leader
V22 Lizard
V23 Loki
V24 Magneto
V25 Mandarin
V26 Mephisto
V27 Mister Sinister
V28 M.O.D.O.K.
V29 Mole Man
V30 Mysterio
V31 Mystique
V32 Radioactive Man
V33 Red Skull
V34 Rhino
V35 Sabretooth
V36 Sandman
V37 Satana
V38 Scorpion
V39 Sentinels
V40 Shocker
V41 Super Skrull
V42 Thanos
V43 Ulik
V44 Ultron
V45 Venom
