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What If? #28

Aug 1981 · Marvel · 0.75 USD

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Contains 3 stories

What If Ghost Rider Were Separated from Johnny Blaze?

20 pp · Superhero

Watcher [Uatu]Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]AzazihGhost Rider [Azazih]Johnny Blazethe Pope

Matt Murdock, Agent of...S.H.I.E.L.D.

12 pp · Superhero

Watcher [Uatu]Matt Murdock [Daredevil]Tony StarkSHIELD [Nick Fury]Hydra [Agent 5Doc Frost]Jack Murdock (flashback)

New Life

6 pp · Superhero

Kree [Bal-TokKorathSupreme Intelligence]

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Raw (Fine) $3

CGC 9.8 · 40 in census $81*

CGC 9.6 · 46 in census $33

CGC 9.4 · 19 in census $21*

CGC 9.2 · 8 in census $20*

CGC 9.0 · 8 in census $20*

CGC 8.5 · 5 in census $20*

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CGC 8.0 · 7 in census $20*

CGC 7.5 · 4 in census $20*

CGC 7.0 · 4 in census $20*

CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $20*

CGC 6.0 · 2 in census $20*

CGC 5.5 · 1 in census $20

CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $20*

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Cast · 6 characters

Arlok Shastra Thyrio Uatu Uranos Watcher

Full credits

writer, artist Frank Miller

writer Mike W. Barr

inker Klaus Janson

colorist Glynis Wein

letterer Joe Rosen

cover pencils Frank Miller

cover inks Klaus Janson

Reprints

Reprinted in Future Tense #40 (1981), Spidey #53 (1984), Best of What If #[nn] (1991), Devil & Hulk #0 (1994), Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller #3 (2001), Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller #3 (2001), Daredevil by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson Omnibus #[nn] (2007), Daredevil by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson #3 (2009), What If? Classic: The Complete Collection #3 (2019), Daredevil by Frank Miller #[5] (2019), Marvel Tales: Ghost Rider #1 (2019), Eternals: Cosmic Origins #[nn] (2020), Eternals: Secrets from the Marvel Universe #1 (2020), The Eternals: The Complete Saga Omnibus #[nn] (2020), Eternals: The Dreaming Celestial Saga #[nn] (2021), What If?: The Original Marvel Series Omnibus #2 (2021), Nous sommes les Éternels #[nn] (2021), Eternals: A History Written in Blood #[nn] (2022), Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil #16 (2022), Daredevil Epic Collection #8 (2025), Marvel Masterworks: Ghost Rider #7 (2025), What If? Classic #5

Key issues in What If?

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#34 1st appearance — Linda Grant

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#9 1st appearance — Venus

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