Originally Posted by
stingray
Most card sets since that 1996 Marvel Masterpieces have not featured original artwork, but an all new set of Marvel Masterpieces featuring all new painted art by Joe Jusko was just released a few months ago. The art is fantastic, as Jusko took a full couple of years to complete the paintings, which was a luxury he was not given on the 1992 set. The only downside is, Upper Deck decided to make this a "premium" set, meaning the cards were on heavier stock, and much more expensive, and some cards were rare and very hard to get, making those ones even more expensive. I picked up a few on ebay of characters (Man-Thing, Tiger Shark etc.) that were never part of another set, but I've given up trying to afford a full set. The upside is that it must have sold very well, because another set featuring original painted art was released just a few weeks ago. This was the 2017 Fleer Ultra Spider-Man set. This set features multiple artists, but there are a lot of really nice cards, and the set was regularly priced and it's not that expensive to buy an entire set of base cards. Hope this helps you out. I too remember the thrill of opening a pack of these cards when I was younger!