Marvel NFTs

Marvel NFTs are non-fungible tokens sold in official partnership with Marvel Entertainment. Marvel began selling NFTs in August of 2021.

History[]

Marvel announced in June 2021 that it would be entering the NFT industry for the first time through a partnership with the digital marketplace app, VeVe. The action was said to be focused on giving purchasers the ability to collect digital goods in the same way that they collected physical items. VeVe's app allowed users to view purchased NFTs in AR and VR, as well as to other users through digital showrooms.^[1][2] Less than two months later, Marvel released its first set of NFTs onto the VeVe platform, a set of five differently posed Spider-Man digital 3D models. Each model was priced between $40 and $400 apiece in their initial offering.^[3] These were shortly followed by digital versions of classic Marvel comics that were readable within the VeVe app set for sale within the same month.^[4]

In August 2022, Marvel and VeVe sold three single copies of digital variant comic book cover artwork for $1,500 each.^[5]

NFT-exclusive Brands[]

Marvel Mightys[]

Beginning with their second-ever set of NFT releases, Marvel and VeVe began producing a set of digital statues known as Marvel Mightys.^[6] Marvel Mightys were characterized by their cutesy appearance and typically each NFT featured a 3D model of a single Marvel character in the signature Mightys style. Ocassionally Mightys have been sold alone, but more typically they are sold in "series" where an entire set of NFTs are all made available for purchase at the same time, of various rarities. New sets of Marvel Mightys have been released every year since 2021 into 2024.

Venomized crafting event[]

At the end of 2023, Marvel and VeVe launched a "Venomized crafting event" in which four series of Marvel Mightys NFTs were slowly put on sale from December 2023 to April 2024. After the four series were released, a "symbiote" NFT was released which could be "used up" (deleted) if the user owned certain other Marvel Mightys in their inventory from the event. Upon being "used up" with another Venomized-eligible NFT from the player's inventory, the symbiote NFT would be deleted and the user would be allowed to purchase a specific "Venomized" version of the character they chose for free. (This only deleted the symbiote NFT, it did not delete the original, un-venomized character NFT as well.)^[7] New venomized statues were avaialable to be purchased via "crafting" until April 28, 2025.^[8]

Published NFTs[]

2021 series[]

Spider-Man digital statue series[]

The Spider-Man digital statues were the first NFTs released by Marvel. They officially released for purchase on August 7, 2021. The series consisted of five digital statues in different poses, released in various rarities.^[9] All 60,500 statues sold out within the first 24 hours.^[6]

Marvel Mightys — Season 1 — Captain America series[]

One week after the launch of their first NFTs, Marvel released a second series of NFT digital statues on August 14, 2021, this time of characters related to Captain America. The cutesy art style of the characters were dubbed as a new branding called "Marvel Mightys".^[6]

Marvel Mightys — Season 1 — Fantastic Four series[]

On August 28, 2021, two weeks after their first Marvel Mightys series, Marvel released a second series of Marvel Mightys NFT statues, this time based upon the Fantastic Four characters.^[10]

Captain Carter[]

To commemorate New York Comic Con 2021, a Marvel Mightys digital statue of Captain Carter from the What If...? animated series was released.^[11]

Eternals[]

A set of Eternals Marvel Mightys digital statues were released on November 6, 2021 to coincide with the release of the Eternals movie from Marvel Studios.^[12]

2022 series[]

Marvel Mightys Spider-Man[]

The first set of NFTs released in 2022 were the fifth series of Marvel Mightys, this time featuring various popular Spider-Man characters.^[13]

Marvel Mightys Deadpool[]

On May 22, 2022 VeVe released their six Marvel Mightys series, featuring a variety of characters from the Deadpool comics.^[14]

Marvel Mightys Thor series[]

A series of seven Marvel Mightys digital statues were released for purchase on June 29, 2022. The series was themed around characters from the Thor franchise.^[15]

San Diego Comic-Con 2022[]

VeVe released two NFTs to celebrate Marvel's presence at San Diego Comic-Con 2022. The second was a Marvel Mightys digital statue of Deadpool selling food in a chimichanga truck, releasing on July 21, 2022.^[16]

Marvel Studios' Black Panther: Wakanda Forever series[]

A set of Marvel Mightys digital statues were released on November 13, 2022 to align near the release of the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever film.^[17]

2023 series[]

Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania Marvel Mightys series[]

For their ninth Marvel Mightys series, VeVe released a set of digital statues featuring characters from the Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania film on February 21 2023, near the movie's release date.^[18]

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Mightys series[]

VeVe released a series of Marvel Mightys digital statues on May 24 2023 to promote the release of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. The NFTs featured different characters from the film.^[19]

Two months later, on July 20, 2023, VeVe added one additional NFT statue to the series: a digital statue of Adam Warlock.^[20]

Thanos Copter[]

As an homage to Spidey Super Stories #39, VeVe released a Marvel Mightys digital statue of the Thanos-Copter on December 3, 2023.^[21]

Marvel Mightys - Avengers: Series 1[]

On December 10, 2023, VeVe released the a series of Marvel Mightys Avengers digital statues. These NFTs were special because they were the first of four Marvel Mightys series that were a part of a "Symbiote crafting event". Via the event, after the four series were released, a "symbiote" NFT was released which could be "used up" (deleted) if the user owned certain other Marvel Mightys in their inventory, and the symbiote NFT would be replaced with a "Venomized" version of the character that the user chose. (This only deleted the symbiote NFT, it did not delete the original, un-venomized character NFT as well.)^[22]

2024 series[]

Marvel Mightys - X-Men: Heroes[]

On January 7, 2024, VeVe released a series of X-Men Marvel Mightys digital statues. These NFTs were special because they were the second of four Marvel Mightys series that were a part of a "Symbiote crafting event". Via the event, after the four series were released, a "symbiote" NFT was released which could be "used up" (deleted) if the user owned certain other Marvel Mightys in their inventory, and the symbiote NFT would be replaced with a "Venomized" version of the character that the user chose. (This only deleted the symbiote NFT, it did not delete the original, un-venomized character NFT as well.)^[23]

Marvel Mightys - Avengers: Series 2[]

On March 3, 2024, VeVe released a another series of Avengers Marvel Mightys digital statues. These NFTs were special because they were the third of four Marvel Mightys series that were a part of a "Symbiote crafting event". Via the event, after the four series were released, a "symbiote" NFT was released which could be "used up" (deleted) if the user owned certain other Marvel Mightys in their inventory, and the symbiote NFT would be replaced with a "Venomized" version of the character that the user chose. (This only deleted the symbiote NFT, it did not delete the original, un-venomized character NFT as well.)^[24]

Marvel Mightys – X-Men: Villains[]

On April 27, 2024, VeVe released a series of X-Men villains Marvel Mightys digital statues. These NFTs were special because they were the final of four Marvel Mightys series that were a part of a "Symbiote crafting event". Via the event, after the four series were released, a "symbiote" NFT was released which could be "used up" (deleted) if the user owned certain other Marvel Mightys in their inventory, and the symbiote NFT would be replaced with a "Venomized" version of the character that the user chose. (This only deleted the symbiote NFT, it did not delete the original, un-venomized character NFT as well.)^[24][25]

Marvel Mightys - Venomized series[]

On April 28, 2024, VeVe released a series of "Venomized" Marvel Mightys digital statues. These NFTs were special because they could only be purchased for free by first buying certain NFT statues from the previously four released Marvel Mightys series that were a part of a "Symbiote crafting event" and then by purchasing a "symbiote" NFT that would then need to be "used up" (deleted). (This only deleted the symbiote NFT, it did not delete the original, un-venomized character NFT as well.) Using up the symbiote NFT would then result in one single "Venomized" character becoming available for purchase to the user for free.^[26]

Six days prior to the Venomized series, the Symbiote NFT statue to be used for obtaining the Venomized characters was released by VeVe on April 22, 2024.^[27]

New York Comic Con[]

As a part of their Mighty Marvel branding, VeVe released a digital statue of Spider-Man wearing a New York hat on October 17 and a Spider-Mobile digital statue on October 18 to celebrate New York Comic Con 2024.^[28] The Spider-Man NYCC statue was only available for three days and after the availability period the remaining 491 unpurchased copies were deleted ("burned").^[29]

See Also[]

For a list of comics which had an official NFT please see this page.

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