In 2013, Panini answered the question: What would the NBA’s top talent look like as comic book characters? That year, the company’s creative director, Brandon Lesley, teamed up with Hungarian illustrator Gyula Nemeth for a new 20-card insert set called Kaboom!. Nemeth illustrated the players in a pop art style, and Panini backed his artwork with eccentric foil patterns and inserted the cards as case hits in the Panini Innovation set. Basketball collectors fell in love with Kaboom! cards, so Panini did not take long to print them for other sports, including 2018’s multi-sport checklist that gave a handful of NFL players their first Kaboom! card. Panini released the first standalone NFL Kaboom! set in 2019, and football collectors have highly regarded the rare inserts ever since.
The 2024 Absolute Kaboom! iteration features Vertical and Horizontal checklists, each of which had Gold /10 and Green /1 parallels. This Michael Penix Jr. is an example of the latter and stands out as one of the quarterback's best cards from his rookie season.
The certification number on this card has been checked against the third-party authenticator's online database and is active as of 07/10/2025.
This item was flash inserted on Jul 10, 2025.
