Toyfare: The Toy Magazine #87
In a delightfully absurd twist on classroom show and tell, the Watcher Uatu takes the spotlight with a series of wild "What If?" scenarios—ranging from Spider-Man never getting bitten to Daredevil as a crossing guard and the Kree-Skrull War going full soap opera. Written by Pat McCallum, Tom Root, Zach Oat, Justin Aclin, Jon Gutierrez, Doug Goldstein, and Chris Ward, this playful issue from Toyfare: The Toy Magazine #87 (2004) blends comic book lore with surreal humor, all capped off by a surprisingly unimpressed teacher handing Uatu a D-.
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At school, Arcade gives his show and tell. Then Uatu decides to show the class his report of "What if?" His scenarios are what if: Spider-Man wasn't bitten by a spider, Chris Claremont wrote Twisted Toyfare, Daredevil was a crossing guard, Electro had a sitcom, Lizard found the cosmic cube, photoshop wasn't invented, May was the Dazzler, the kree and skrull had a war, Superman landed in Russia, Punisher majored in philosophy, the Defenders' van was pimped, Storm wasn't hot, and Gwen Stacy didn't die. Uatu's teacher gives him a D-.
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