The first set, which came out in 1992, consisted entirely of portraits painted by Joe Jusko and was published by Skybox.
The artwork from series 2 (featuring multiple well-known comic, fantasy and sci-fi artists) was also released by Marvel as three collections printed at standard comic size, titled "The Marvel Masterpieces 2 Collection (1-3)" allowing it to be seen in greater detail.
She-Hulk, Daredevil, Venom (Black printing San Diego Comic-Con), and Hulk 2099.
It contained two subsets: 10 Holofoils which came in silver, gold and bronze variations, depending on where they were purchased, and 9 PowerBlast cards.
One exception: there are Jumbo and Walmart retail store boxes of the Hildebrandt 1994 set, and those have Gold and Bronze versions, respectively, of the usually silver Holofoil cards.
Artwork for the set was done by four artists: Dave Devries, Dimitrios Patelis, Peter Scanlan and Nelson.
You have just won an original piece of painted art from the Marvel Masterpieces 1996 set!"
A new series bearing the name "Marvel Masterpieces" was released by Upper Deck (UDE) in October 2007.
Also, the art from the Alex Ross splash subset was made into ashcan box-toppers (black-and-white versions) and inserted randomly 1 per box, not in a pack.
Plus, the artwork from the Art Adams splash subset was made into ashcan case-toppers, one included per factory case.
[6] Article explaining Relaunch Marvel Masterpieces 2016 https://comicsalliance.com/upper-deck-marvel-masterpieces-2016-review/ https://www.cardboardconnection.com/2018-upper-deck-marvel-masterpieces-trading-cards Upper Deck Entertainment released the 2020 Marvel Masterpieces set in September 2020, featuring original art by David Palumbo.