Comic Book: What If (1977 series)

Description:
Alternate versions of major events in the Marvel Universe, usually with shocking consequences. Moral: don't question the original writers' judgment.

Data Sheet:
Dates
Feb 1977 to Oct 1984
1977
1

Characters most frequently found in this comic book:
In order of appearances.

Watcher
Watcher

(Uatu)
Hulk
Hulk

(Bruce Banner)
Iron Man
Iron Man

(Tony Stark)
What If #1
What If #1

(Feb 1977)

Comics Index

Page: 2 of 3

Indexed Comics: 52

Comics sorted by cover date. Oldest shown first. Up to 25 comics per page. Page navigator at the bottom of the page.

What If #26
What If #26
2 stars

What If #26

April 1981
"What if Captain America Were Elected President?"
Script: Mike W. Barr
In our reality, Captain America was courted as a third-party candidate for President but ultimately declined. The Watcher now shows us an alternate reality in which Cap accepted the nomination, choosing as his running mate Andrew Jackson Hawk, an African American Senator. [...]
What If #27
What If #27
0 stars

What If #27

July 1981
"What If Phoenix Had Not Died?"
Script: Jo Duffy
[...]
What If #28
What If #28
0 stars

What If #28

August 1981
"What If Ghost Rider Were Separated from Johnny Blaze?"
Script: Michael Fleisher
[...]
What If #29
What If #29
3 stars

What If #29

October 1981
"What If... The Avengers Were The Last Superheroes On Earth?"
Script: Steven Grant
Before the Incredible Hulk quit the Avengers, a man called the Scarlet Centurion, who claims to be from the future, approaches the group. He tells the Avengers that they will save the Earth if they remain together. Hulk stays. [...]
What If #30
What If #30
0 stars

What If #30

December 1981
"What If...Spider-Man's Clone Had Survived?"
Script: Bill Flanagan
[...]
What If #31
What If #31
3 stars

What If #31

February 1982
"What If Wolverine Had Killed The Hulk?"
Script: Rich Margopoulos
The Incredible Hulk #181: After the Hulk and Wolverine defeated the Wendigo, Wolverine attacked the Hulk. Focusing all of his attacks on the Hulk’s neck, Wolverine kills him. Some time later, Wolverine kills a civilian in a bar fight. [...]
What If #32
What If #32
0 stars

What If #32

April 1982
"What If... the Avengers Had Become the Pawns of Korvac?"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
[...]
What If #33
What If #33
0 stars

What If #33

June 1982
"What If the Dazzler Had Become the Herald of Galactus?"
Script: Danny Fingeroth
[...]
What If #34
What If #34
0 stars

What If #34

August 1982
"What If Marvel Comics and the National Endowment for the Arts Presented Spidey Intellectual Stories"
Script: Roger Stern
[...]
What If #35
What If #35
0 stars

What If #35

October 1982
"...What If Bullseye Had Not Killed Elektra?"
Script: Frank Miller
[...]
What If #36
What If #36
0 stars

What If #36

December 1982
"What If the Fantastic Four Had Not Gained Their Powers?"
Script: John Byrne
[...]
What If #37
What If #37
0 stars

What If #37

February 1983
"What if the Thing Continued to Mutate?"
Script: Tom DeFalco
[...]
What If #38
What If #38
0 stars

What If #38

April 1983
"What If Sharon Carter Had Not Died?"
Script: Rich Margopoulos
[...]
What If #39
What If #39
0 stars

What If #39

June 1983
"What if Thor of Asgard Had Met Conan the Barbarian?"
Script: Alan Zelenetz
[...]
What If #40
What If #40
0 stars

What If #40

August 1983
"What if Dr. Strange had Never Become Master of the Mystic Arts"
Script: Peter Gillis
[...]
What If #41
What If #41
0 stars

What If #41

October 1983
"What if Destiny had Not Destroyed Atlantis?"
Script: Alan Zelenetz
[...]
What If #42
What If #42
0 stars

What If #42

December 1983
"What if Susan Richards Died in Childbirth?"
Script: Peter Gillis
[...]
What If #43
What If #43
0 stars

What If #43

February 1984
"What if Conan the Barbarian were Stranded in the 20th Century?"
Script: Peter Gillis
[...]
What If #44
What If #44
0 stars

What If #44

April 1984
"What If Captain America Were Not Revived Until Today?"
Script: Peter Gillis
[...]
What If #45
What If #45
3 stars

What If #45

September 1999
"What If The Hulk Went Berserk?!"
Script: Peter Gillis
The Incredible Hulk #1: Bruce Banner cannot throw Rick Jones in time into the protective trench when the gamma bomb exploded. Both get bombarded, resulting in a link between the two. Banner became the Hulk, while they treated Rick for radiation poisoning. [...]
What If #46
What If #46
0 stars

What If #46

August 1984
"What If Spider-Man's Uncle Ben Had Lived?"
Script: Peter Gillis
[...]
What If #47
What If #47
0 stars

What If #47

October 1984
"What If Loki Found Thor's Hammer First?!"
Script: Peter Gillis
[...]
What If #53
What If #53
3 stars

What If #53

September 1993
"What If Rick Jones Remained the Hulk"
Script: Simon Furman
In Incredible Hulk #324, Rick Jones is accidentally immersed in a nutrient batch designed to stabilize Bruce Banner's molecular cohesion as one Hulk. Banner emerges as a grey Hulk and in #325 it's revealed that Rick has become a new green Hulk. [...]
What If #71
What If #71
3 stars

What If #71

March 1995
"What If The Gamma Bomb Spawned A Thousand Hulks?"
Script: Ian Edginton
During the war torn year of 1944, Nazi forces infiltrate Americas Manhattan Project. Captain America rushes in to save the day. Cornered and defeated the Nazis destroy all research and equipment related to the Atomic Weapons. [...]
What If #78
What If #78
4 stars

What If #78

October 1995
"What If The New Fantastic Four Remained Together?"
Script: Chuck Dixon
Patterned after the events of Fantastic Four #347-349, but in this instance the original FF are slain by a female Skrull posing as the Invisible Woman. Hulk, Wolverine, and Spiderman replay the events of the past few days while they talk at the closing of the FF funeral. [...]

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