Comic Book: What If? (1989 series)

What If? #3

September 1989
"What if…Steve Rogers Had Refused to Give Up Being Captain America?"
Script: Jim Valentino
As the story opens, Captain America, branded a traitor, is fighting his way out of the Pentagon. Why? The Watcher fills us in: The Commission told Cap he worked solely for the US government and he would have to follow the orders of the task force. [...]

What If? #5

November 1989
"What if Wonder Man Had Not Died?"
Script: Jim Valentino
The Watcher reveals a reality in which Wonder Man (tool of Baron Zemo to destroy the Avengers from within) did not succumb to the poison he was given by Zemo but saved by an antidote created by Reed Richards. [...]

What If? #28

August 1991
"What If Captain America Were Not the Only Super Soldier in World War II?"
Script: George Caragonne
The Watcher presents a world in which Captain America—Steve Rogers—was eventually elected President of a fascist United States: this world diverged from our own when Rogers, turned into a super-soldier by Dr. Erskine's formula, saved Erskine from the Nazi assassin sent to kill him. [...]

What If? #29

September 1991
"What If Captain America Had Formed the Avengers?"
Script: George Caragonne
The Watcher continues his tale of a fascist America ruled over by Steve Rogers, the former Captain America, and his cadre of Super-Soldiers.... Government hit squad leader Frank Castle, wearing the gray and silver armor designed by Tony Stark, overcomes Namor the Sub-Mariner in the Arctic. [...]

What If? #50

June 1993
"What If The Hulk Killed Wolverine?"
Script: John Arcudi
In Incredible Hulk #340, Wolverine lunges towards the gray Hulk and leaves him a big gapping hole, all after being taunted by the gray monster. Instead of the Hulk getting up slowly, he takes his time on the ground to heal up completely, and lunges straight for Wolverine when ready. [...]

What If? #55

November 1993
"What if the Avengers Lost Operation Galactic Storm?"
Script: Len Kaminski
The Watcher presents a parallel timeline in which Operation Galactic Storm had a different outcome: the point of divergence is AVENGERS #346. There, Captain America was able to stop Deathbird from assassinating the Kree leaders. [...]

What If? #56

December 1993
"What if the Avengers Lost Operation Galactic Storm? [Part Two]"
Script: Len Kaminski
The Watcher continues his account of the alternate version of Operation Galactic Storm. As the Kree conquer and subjugate the universe, a band of heroes goes on an undercover mission to steal the master files from the Kree communications web. [...]