Comic Book: What If? Vol.2
What This Book is About:
More alternate versions of major events in the Marvel Universe, usually with shocking consequences. Moral: don't cancel the first volume until you're sure you've run out of ideas.
Data Sheet:
Jul 1989 to Nov 1998
N/A
2
Characters most frequently found in this comic book:
In order of appearances.
Plus: Captain Marvel (
Monica Rambeau).
Comics Index
Total Indexed Comics:
7
Comics sorted by date. Oldest shown first. Up to 25 comics per page. Page navigator at the bottom of the page.
September 1989"What if…Steve Rogers Had Refused to Give Up Being Captain America?"
Script: Jim ValentinoAs 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. [...]
November 1989"What if Wonder Man Had Not Died?"
Script: Jim ValentinoThe 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. [...]
August 1991"What If Captain America Were Not the Only Super Soldier in World War II?"
Script: George CaragonneThe 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. [...]
September 1991"What If Captain America Had Formed the Avengers?"
Script: George CaragonneThe 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. [...]
June 1993"What If The Hulk Killed Wolverine?"
Script: John ArcudiIn Incredible Hulk #340, Wolverine lunges towards the Hulk and leaves him a big gapping hole after being tauted by the gray monster. Instead of the Hulk getting up slowly, he takes his time on the ground to heal up and when ready lunges straight for Wolverine. [...]
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. [...]
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. [...]