Avengers Assemble - Bruce Banner

The eighth of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

Bruce Banner, aka The Hulk, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
First appearance: The Incredible Hulk #1, 1962
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #1, 1963
© Marvel Comics

Sketch card
January 2o12
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Avengers Assemble - Hulk

The seventh of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

Poor Hulk was briefly trapped by a big iron claw-thing in Avengers #1…

Bruce Banner, aka The Hulk, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
First appearance: The Incredible Hulk #1, 1962
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #1, 1963
© Marvel Comics

Sketch card
January 2o12
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Avengers Assemble - Jinku

The sixth of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

Jinku the witch doctor Lava Man, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
First appearance: Avengers #5, 1963
© Marvel Comics

Sketch card
January 2o12
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Avengers Assemble - Baron Zemo

The fifth of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

This pose if riffed directly from Jack Kirby and the cover to Avengers #6

Doctor Heinrich Zemo, aka Baron Zemo, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
First appearance: Avengers #4, 1963
© Marvel Comics

Sketch card
January 2o12
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Avengers Assemble - Hulk

The fourth of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

This pose if riffed directly from Jack Kirby and the cover to Avengers #1

Bruce Banner, aka The Hulk, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
First appearance: The Incredible Hulk #1, 1962
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #1, 1963
© Marvel Comics

Sketch card
January 2o12
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Avengers Assemble - Space Phantom

The third of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

The lovable, ever-morphing Space Phantom from Avengers #2...

Space Phantom created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
First appearance: Avengers #2, 1963
© Marvel Comics

Sketch card
January 2o12
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Avengers Assemble - Captain America

The second of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

With Avengers #6 Cap briefly had Tony Stark designed magnets on his glove. This was short lived and only mentioned/shown once again (if memory serves)…

Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby
First appearance: Captain America Comics #1, 1941
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #4, 1963
© Marvel Comics

Sketch card
January 2o12
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