Cover: Gene Colan & Jack Abel
What If? #17
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What If... Ghost Rider Spider-Woman and Captain Marvel Had Remained Villains?
WatcherCaptain Marvel [Mar-Vell]Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew]Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]Nick FuryKree Sentry #459
Part 1 Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider [John Blaze] (also in flashback)Son of Satan [Daimon Hellstrom]WatcherRoxanne Simpson (flashback, death)Crash Simpson (flashback, death)FrankChill Miller (flashback, death)
Part 2 The Spider-Woman
Spider-Woman [ArachneJessica Drew]WatcherNick Fury (death)SHIELDHydraJared (death)Contessa Valentina De FontaneCount Otto VermisAndre (death)
Part 3 Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]WatcherKree Sentry #459 (destroyed)Ronan the AccuserYon-Rogg (death)UnaCarol DanversZarek, the Imperial Minister
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Full credits
writer Steven Grant
artist Carmine Infantino
inker Chic Stone
letterer Tom Orzechowski
cover pencils Gene Colan
cover inks Jack Abel
Reprints
↩ Reprints [Marvel Hostess Ads] #39 (1979)
Reprinted in Spidey #43 (1983), Spidey #44 (1983), What If? Classic #3 (2006), What If? Classic: The Complete Collection #2 (2019), What If?: The Original Marvel Series Omnibus #1 (2021), Ghost Rider Epic Collection #3 (2025), The Death of Captain Marvel Omnibus #[nn] (2025), Marvel Masterworks: Ghost Rider #7 (2025)
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