Comic Book: What If (1977 series)

What If #1

February 1977
"What if Spider-Man Joined the Fantastic Four?"
Script: Roy Thomas
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What If #2

April 1977
"What If The Hulk Had Always Had Bruce Banner's Brain?"
Script: Roy Thomas
In The Incredible Hulk #1, Bruce Banner turned into the Hulk for the first time after being bathed with gamma rays from the first gamma bomb blast. What if Bruce’s mind remained dominant of the Hulk’s form? [...]

What If #3

June 1977
"What If... The Avengers Had Never Been?"
Script: Jim Shooter
In Avengers #2, Thor, Giant-Man, Iron Man, and the Wasp try stopping the Hulk as a group, after Jade Jaws left the Avengers. But, what if Thor, Giant-Man, and the Wasp decided not to remain as a team, despise of Iron Man’s requests?Tony Stark, A.K.A. [...]

What If #4

August 1977
"What if the Invaders Had Stayed Together After World War Two?"
Script: Roy Thomas
In the closing days of World War 2, Captain America and Bucky pursue Baron Zemo’s robot plane; the bomb explodes, killing Bucky and sending Cap into suspended animation to be revived years later by the Avengers. [...]

What If #5

October 1977
"What if…Captain America and Bucky Had Both Survived World War II?"
Script: Don Glut
The Watcher takes us back to the closing days of World War 2, as Captain America and Bucky pursue Baron Zemo’s robot plane; the bomb explodes, killing Bucky and sending Cap into suspended animation to be revived years later by the Avengers. [...]

What If #6

December 1977
"What If the Fantastic Four Had Different Super Powers?"
Script: Roy Thomas
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What If #7

February 1978
"What If Someone Else Had Become -- the Amazing Spider-Man"
Script: Don Glut
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What If #8

April 1978
"What If the World Knew Daredevil Was Blind?"
Script: Don Glut
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What If #9

June 1978
"What If... the Avengers Had Been Formed During the 1950's?"
Script: Don Glut
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What If #10

August 1978
"What If Jane Foster Had Found -- the Hammer of Thor?"
Script: Don Glut
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What If #11

October 1978
"What If the Fantastic Four Were the Original Marvel Bullpen?"
Script: Jack Kirby
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What If #12

December 1978
"What If Rick Jones Had Become The Hulk?"
Script: Don Glut
In Incredible Hulk #1, Bruce Banner throws Rick Jones into a protective trench just before the gamma bomb explosion that subsequently turned into the Hulk. But what if Rick threw Bruce and got bombarded with the gamma radiation instead?Rick Jones becomes a savage Hulk who speaks like a teenager. [...]

What If #13

February 1979
"What If Conan the Barbarian Walked the Earth Today?"
Script: Roy Thomas
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What If #14

April 1979
"What If Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos Had Fought World War II in Outer Space?"
Script: Gary Friedrich
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What If #15

July 1979
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Script: Marv Wolfman
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What If #16

August 1979
"What If Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu, Had Remained Loyal to Fu Manchu?"
Script: Doug Moench
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What If #17

October 1979
"Ghost Rider Part 1"
Script: Steven Grant
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What If #18

December 1979
"What If Dr. Strange Had Been a Disciple of Dormammu?"
Script: Peter Gillis
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What If #19

February 1980
"What If Spider-Man Had Stopped the Burglar Who Killed His Uncle?"
Script: Peter Gillis
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What If #20

April 1980
"What If the Avengers Had Fought the Kree-Skrull War Without Rick Jones?"
Script: Tom DeFalco
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What If #21

June 1980
"Decline and Fall!; (What If... Sub-Mariner Had Married the Invisible Girl? chapter 1)"
Script: Bill Mantlo
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What If #22

August 1980
"What If Doctor Doom Had Become a Hero?"
Script: Don Glut
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What If #23

October 1980
"What If... Hulk's Girlfriend Jarella Had Not Died?"
Script: Peter Gillis
Jarella died in the fateful pages of Incredible Hulk #205. While the Hulk was battling the Crypto-Man in the streets of Santa Fe, New Mexico, she sacrificed herself to save a kid from a collapsing wall. She took the brunt and died soon after. But what if such an incident did not fatally hurt her? [...]

What If #24

December 1980
"What If Gwen Stacy Had Lived?"
Script: Tony Isabella
The main story in this issue considers what might have happened if Gwen Stacy hadn't died in Amazing Spider-Man #121.It's the anniversary of her death and Spider-Man sits on top of the George Washington Bridge where it happened. Peter Parker recalls how much in love they had been. [...]

What If #25

February 1981
"What If Thor Fought Odin Over Jane Foster?"
Script: Peter Gillis
In Thor #136 Odin judged Jane Foster unsuitable to become an Asgardian. Thor accepted the ruling then, but the main story in this issue explores an alternate reality where he didn't.As usual Uatu the Watcher is our guide. He shows us Thor transporting his love to Asgard and presenting her to Odin. [...]