2012 Upper Deck Avengers Assemble takes the “assembling” to heart. While it covers the landmark team-up film to a certain extent, it’s more about how the pieces came together to make it happen. And while the base set is more Iron Man 2 than Iron Man in the depth department, the product does deliver on other fronts in other ways. This includes a steady and varied mix of hits. Sketch cards and memorabilia cards are both one per hobby box. A handful of big-name autographs are also one the checklist.
2012 Upper Deck Avengers Assemble Checklist Details
With 176 cards, the base set is big but it doesn’t provide an extended look at the first Avengers movie. It touches on it, but not in its entirety. The first 90 cards aren’t even centered on the movie. Rather, these offer recaps from the first five Marvel Cinematic Universe films that set things up. This was despite all of them but The Incredible Hulk having already gotten their own comprehensive standalone trading card sets when they originally came out.
The final ten cards highlight characters. The others take directly from the films they’re representing.
One-of-one Printing Plates are the only parallels that the base set has.
Autographs and Memorabilia Cards
2012 Upper Deck Avengers Assemble Autographs take a similar piecemeal approach as the base set. The product has seven total signers, however only three of those are “Avengers” autographs. The other five act more like expansions for earlier films.
Like a lot of Upper Deck’s Marvel movie sets, particularly the early ones, autographs are quality over quantity. That comes through in all three of the Avengers-themed cards: Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye) and Cobie Smulders (Maria Hill).
The remaining cards all use designs from either 2011 Thor or 2011 Captain America and have no actual Avengers markings. The highlights of these autographs include Idris Elba and Kat Dennings.
The memorabilia card lineup is covering more than 50 total cards with cards carrying between one and four swatches. In fact, Duo and Triple Memorabilia cards cover the majority of the set. All of these have swatches of fabric from the production of the MCU movie mentioned on the back. The wording is actually vague in the sense that it could be from costumes or it could be from leftover material used to make them.
Additional Inserts
Nearly 100 artists contributed to the set’s Sketch Card lineup. All of these have original art of characters done in the style of their comic interpretations.
More comic inspiration is found in Classic Covers. The 36 cards in the set live up to their name by showcasing the covers from key Avengers issues over the decades. These make regular appearances, landing 1:2 packs. Printing Plates are also available for these.
Heroes-Villains Evolve (60 cards, 1:2 hobby packs) show how Avengers characters have changed over time, both in comics and on the screen.
Rounding out the hobby content is Concept Series. These nine cards, which carry 1:10 hobby pack odds, show some of the artwork that went into the planning for the movie. These also have Printing Plates.
2012 Upper Deck Avengers Assemble has retail packs as well. This is the only place to find the product’s 30 Stickers.
2012 Upper Deck Avengers Assemble Checklist
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Set size: 176 cards
Cards per pack: Hobby – 7
Packs per box: Hobby – 24
Boxes per case: Hobby – 12 (two 6-box inner cases)
Release date: March 20, 2012
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Base Set Checklist
176 cards.
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1 Iron Man
2 Iron Man
3 Iron Man
4 Iron Man
5 Iron Man
6 Iron Man
7 Iron Man
8 Iron Man
9 Iron Man
10 Iron Man
11 Iron Man
12 Iron Man
13 Iron Man
14 Iron Man
15 Iron Man
16 Iron Man
17 Iron Man
18 Iron Man
19 Iron Man
20 Incredible Hulk
21 Incredible Hulk
22 Incredible Hulk
23 Incredible Hulk
24 Incredible Hulk
25 Incredible Hulk
26 Incredible Hulk
27 Iron Man 2
28 Iron Man 2
29 Iron Man 2
30 Iron Man 2
31 Iron Man 2
32 Iron Man 2
33 Iron Man 2
34 Iron Man 2
35 Iron Man 2
36 Iron Man 2
37 Iron Man 2
38 Iron Man 2
39 Iron Man 2
40 Iron Man 2
41 Iron Man 2
42 Iron Man 2
43 Iron Man 2
44 Iron Man 2
45 Iron Man 2
46 Thor
47 Thor
48 Thor
49 Thor
50 Thor
51 Thor
52 Thor
53 Thor
54 Thor
55 Thor
56 Thor
57 Thor
58 Thor
59 Thor
60 Thor
61 Thor
62 Thor
63 Thor
64 Thor
65 Thor
66 Thor
67 Captain America
68 Captain America
69 Captain America
70 Captain America
71 Captain America
72 Captain America
73 Captain America
74 Captain America
75 Captain America
76 Captain America
77 Captain America
78 Captain America
79 Captain America
80 Captain America
81 Captain America
82 Captain America
83 Captain America
84 Captain America
85 Captain America
86 Captain America
87 Captain America
88 Captain America
89 Captain America
90 Captain America
91 Avengers
92 Avengers
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160 Avengers
161 Avengers
162 Avengers
163 Avengers
164 Avengers
165 Avengers
166 Avengers
167 Captain America
168 Thor
169 Bruce Banner
170 Tony Stark
171 Black Widow
172 Hawkeye
173 Nick Fury
174 Maria Hill
175 Agent Coulson
176 Loki
Printing Plates Parallels
176 cards.
Each has Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow versions.
Individual plates are 1/1.
Avengers Autographs Checklist
3 cards.
CH Chris Hemsworth as Thor
CS Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill
JR Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye
Captain America Autographs Checklist
1 card.
BR Bruno Ricci as Jacques Dernier
Thor Autographs Checklist
4 cards.
CF Colm Feore as King Laufey
IE Idris Elba as Heimdall
JA Jaimie Alexander as Sif
KD Kat Dennings as Darcy Lewis
Duo Memorabilia Checklist
25 cards.
AD-1 Agent Romanov / Black Widow
AD-2 Justin Hammer / Tony Stark
AD-3 Justin Hammer / Whiplash
AD-4 Iron Man / Whiplash
AD-5 Justin Hammer / War Machine
AD-6 Black Widow / Nick Fury
AD-7 Thor / Loki
AD-8 Thor / Heimdall
AD-9 Thor / Jane Foster
AD-10 Frigga / Thor
AD-11 Nick Fury / Captain America
AD-12 Captain America / Tony Stark
AD-13 Bruce Banner / Thor
AD-14 Nick Fury / Agent Coulson
AD-15 Thor / Nick Fury
AD-16 Hawkeye / Thor
AD-17 Tony Stark / Thor
AD-18 Captain America / Bruce Banner
AD-19 Maria Hill / Nick Fury
AD-20 Hawkeye / Agent Coulson
AD-21 Nick Fury / Thor
AD-22 Thor / Loki
AD-23 Loki / Captain America
AD-24 Hawkeye / Captain America
AD-25 Hawkeye / Loki
Memorabilia Checklist
11 cards.
AS-1 Thor
AS-2 Captain America
AS-3 Tony Stark
AS-4 Bruce Banner
AS-5 Steve Rogers
AS-6 Loki
AS-7 Nick Fury
AS-8 Agent Coulson
AS-9 Black Widow
AS-10 Hawkeye
AS-11 Maria Hill
Quad Memorabilia Checklist
7 cards.
AQ-1 Vorstagg / Fandral / Hogun / Thor
AQ-2 Captain America / Thor / Tony Stark / Hawkeye
AQ-3 Hawkeye / Nick Fury / Tony Stark / Agent Romanov
AQ-4 Agent Romanov / Nick Fury / Agent Coulson / Maria Hill
AQ-5 Steve Rogers / Tony Stark / Bruce Banner / Agent Romanov
AQ-6 Agent Coulson / Nick Fury / Hawkeye / Agent Romanov
AQ-7 Captain America / Thor / Tony Stark / Bruce Banner
Trio Memorabilia Checklist
14 cards.
AT-1 Tony Stark / Justin Hammer / Whiplash
AT-2 Volstagg / Fandral / Hogun
AT-3 Jane Foster / Thor / Loki
AT-4 Frigga / Thor / Loki
AT-5 Captain America / Steve Rogers / Captain America
AT-6 Captain America / Thor / Bruce Banner
AT-7 Agent Coulsen / Tony Stark / Nick Fury
AT-8 Loki / Thor / Nick Fury
AT-9 Captain America / Thor / Tony Stark
AT-10 Steve Rogers / Bruce Banner / Maria Hill
AT-11 Hawkeye / Nick Fury / Maria Hill
AT-12 Maria Hill / Nick Fury / Black Widow
AT-13 Black Widow / Nick Fury / Hawkeye
AT-14 Captain America / Hawkeye / Nick Fury
Classic Covers Checklist
36 cards.
1:2 hobby packs.
A1 The Avengers – Vol. 1 #1 – September, 1963
A2 New Avengers – Vol. 1 #4 – April, 2005
A3 Avengers – Vol. 2 #1 – November, 1996
A4 Avengers – Vol. 3 #1 – February, 1998
A5 Avengers – Vol. 3 #22 – November, 1999
A6 Avengers – Vol. 1 #221 – July, 1982
A7 Avengers – Vol. 1 #200 – October, 1980
A8 Avengers – Vol. 1 #162 – August, 1977
A9 Avengers Annual – Vol. 1 #10 – November, 1981
A10 Avengers – Vol. 1 #93 – November, 1971
A11 Avengers Annual – Vol. 1 #2 – September, 1968
A12 West Coast Avengers – Vol. 2 #23 – August, 1987
A13 Avengers – Vol. 1 #4 – March, 1964
A14 Avengers – Vol. 1 #8 – September, 1972
A15 New Avengers (Vol. 1) – Vol. 1 #1 – January, 2005
A16 Avengers – Vol. 4 #1 – May, 2010
A17 New Avengers – Vol. 2 #1 – June, 2010
A18 New Avengers – Vol. 2 #10 – March, 2011
A19 Avengers – Vol. 1 #229 – March, 1983
A20 Avengers – Vol. 1 #195 – May, 1980
A21 Avengers – Vol. 3 #75 – February, 2004
A22 Avengers – Vol. 1 #262 – December, 1985
A23 Avengers – Vol. 1 #500 – September, 2004
A24 Avengers – Vol. 1 #100 – June, 1972
A25 Avengers – Vol. 1 #300 – February, 1989
A26 Avengers – Vol. 1 #400 – July, 1996
A27 Avengers – Vol. 1 #395 – February, 1996
A28 Secret Avengers – Vol. 1 #1 – July, 2010
A29 Ultimate Comics Avengers – Vol. 1 #3 – December, 2009
A30 Young Avengers – Vol. 1 #1 – April, 2005
A31 West Coast Avengers – Vol. 1 #1 – September, 1984
A32 Avengers – Vol. 1 #57 – October, 1968
A33 Avengers – Vol. 1 #177 – November, 1978
A34 Avengers – Vol. 1 #2 – November, 1963
A35 Avengers – Vol. 3 #25 – Febuary, 2000
A36 Avengers – Vol. 1 #502 – November, 2004
Classic Covers Printing Plates Parallels
36 cards.
Each has Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow versions.
Individual plates are 1/1.
Concept Series Checklist
9 cards.
1:10 hobby packs.
CS-1 Black Widow
CS-2 The Incredible Hulk
CS-3 S.H.I.E.L.D. Jet
CS-4 The Avengers
CS-5 Loki
CS-6 The Avengers
CS-7 Captain America Uniform
CS-8 S.H.I.E.L.D. Conference Room
CS-9 Iron Man / Thor
Concept Series Printing Plates Parallels
9 cards.
Each has Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow versions.
Individual plates are 1/1.
Heroes-Villains Evolve Checklist
60 cards.
1:2 hobby packs.
E-1 Iron Man
E-2 Iron Man
E-3 Iron Man
E-4 Iron Man
E-5 Iron Man
E-6 Iron Man
E-7 The Incredible Hulk
E-8 The Incredible Hulk
E-9 The Incredible Hulk
E-10 The Incredible Hulk
E-11 The Incredible Hulk
E-12 The Incredible Hulk
E-13 Thor
E-14 Thor
E-15 Thor
E-16 Thor
E-17 Thor
E-18 Thor
E-19 Captain America
E-20 Captain America
E-21 Captain America
E-22 Captain America
E-23 Captain America
E-24 Captain America
E-25 Hawkeye
E-26 Hawkeye
E-27 Hawkeye
E-28 Hawkeye
E-29 Hawkeye
E-30 Hawkeye
E-31 Black Widow
E-32 Black Widow
E-33 Black Widow
E-34 Black Widow
E-35 Black Widow
E-36 Black Widow
E-37 Nick Fury
E-38 Nick Fury
E-39 Nick Fury
E-40 Nick Fury
E-41 Nick Fury
E-42 Nick Fury
E-43 Maria Hill
E-44 Maria Hill
E-45 Maria Hill
E-46 Maria Hill
E-47 Maria Hill
E-48 Maria Hill
E-49 Bruce Banner
E-50 Bruce Banner
E-51 Bruce Banner
E-52 Bruce Banner
E-53 Bruce Banner
E-54 Bruce Banner
E-55 Loki
E-56 Loki
E-57 Loki
E-58 Loki
E-59 Loki
E-60 Loki
Sketch Cards Checklist
94 artists.
1:24 packs.
Jason Adams
John Beatty
Wesley Bernick
Boo
Kate Bradley
Dennis Calero
Edward Cherniga
Jim Cheung
Wendy Chew
Scott Cohn
Eugene Commodore
Aston Roy Cover
George Deep
Layron DeJarnette
Daren Douglass
Remi Dousset
Kimberley Dunaway
Jason Durden
Michael Duron
Elliot Fernandez
Chris Foreman
Penelope Gaylord
Rusty Gilligan
Mick and Matt Glebe
James Riot Godfrey
Joel Gomez
Jonathan Gordon
Daniel Gorman
Danielle Gransaull / Soloud
Sanford Greene
Diana Greenhaigh
Charles Hall
Bo Hampton
Chadwick Haverland
Ray-Anthony Height
Mark Henry
Elvin Hernandez
Tom Hodges
Joe Hogan
Charles Holbert
Terry Huddleston
Wes Huffer
j(ay)
Jose Jaro
Frank Kadar
Ryan Kincaid
Jayson Kretzer
Elfie Lebouleux
Lak Lim
Jerry Ma
Randy Martinez
Mike Mayhew
Isaiah Mcallister
Adriana Melo
Jason Metcalf
Remy Eisu Mokhtar
Gilbert Monsanto
Mark Morales
Marat Mychaels
Vo Nguyen
Eric Ninaltowski
Rhiannon Owens
Elaine Perna
Tony Perna
Jason Keith Phillips
Ashleigh Popplewell
Bill Pulkovski
Jonathan Racimo
Livio Ramondelli
Rodney Ramos
Erik Reeves
Lawrence Reynolds
Sara Richard
Ian Roberts
Joe Rubenstein
Steve Scott
Guile Sharp
Kevin Sharpe
Matt Slay
Cal Slayton
Dan Smith
Uko Smith
Dominike Stanton
Bob Stevlic
Adam Talley
TheOpticNerve
Bianca Thompson
Bryan Tillman
Cruddie Torian
Matt Triano
Daniel Vest
Frankie Washington
Michael Watkins
Dawn Wolf
Stickers Checklist
30 cards.
Retail packs.
S1 The Avengers
S2 S.H.I.E.L.D. Logo
S3 The Avengers
S4 Hulk
S5 Captain America
S6 Iron Man
S7 Thor
S8 Hawkeye
S9 Black Widow
S10 The Avengers
S11 S.H.I.E.L.D. Logos
S12 Hawkeye
S13 Nick Fury
S14 Hulk
S15 Thor’s Hammer
S16 Hulk’s Fist
S17 Iron Man
S18 Captain America’s Shield
S19 Hulk / Iron Man
S20 Iron Man / Captain America
S21 Assemble / Marvel Avengers
S22 Captain America
S23 Thor / Hulk
S24 The Avengers
S25 The Avengers
S26 Iron Man
S27 The Avengers
S28 Thor
S29 Avengers Initiative
S30 S.H.I.E.L.D.
