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Cover: Gil Kane & Joe Sinnott

What If? Classic: The Complete Collection #1

Jan 2018 · Marvel · 39.99 USD; 52.00 CAD
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This volume collects the earliest issues of Marvel's classic 'What If?' series, exploring alternate timelines where key moments in Marvel history unfold differently—such as Spider-Man joining the Fantastic Four or the Avengers never forming. It reprints the first 12 issues of the original 1977 series, along with the 1975 'What If?' story from Marvel Premiere #28, showcasing the imaginative 'what if' scenarios that defined the anthology.

Contains 13 stories
What if Spider-Man Joined the Fantastic Four?
33 pp · superhero
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]Invisible Girl [Susan Storm]Thing [Ben Grimm]Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]WatcherAunt May ParkerJ. Jonah JamesonChameleonSub-MarinerVultureRed GhostPuppet MasterKillraven (cameo)Invaders [Captain AmericaBuckyNamorHuman TorchToro] (cameo)Squadron Supreme [HyperionGolden ArcherDr. SpectrumWhizzerLady Lark] (cameo)Avengers [Scarlet WitchVisionIron Man [Tony Stark]Beast] (cameo)Deathlok (cameo)
What If the Hulk Had Always Had Bruce Banner's Brain?
34 pp · superhero
Hulk [Bruce Banner]Rick JonesWatcherThunderbolt RossBetty Ross BannerIgorthe GargoyleFantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]Human Torch [Johnny Storm]Thing [Ben Grimm]]Alicia Masters GrimmLokithe Avengers [ThorAnt-Man [Henry Pym]the Wasp [Janet van Dyne]Iron Man [Tony Stark]]Professor X [Charles Xavier]GalactusX-Man (introduction, origin, death)SamO'BrienZeke
What If...the Avengers Had Never Been?
34 pp · superhero
WatcherHulkAvengers [Iron Man [Tony Stark]Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]Giant-Man [Hank Pym]Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]Thor [Don Blake]]Rick Jones
What If the Invaders Had Stayed Together After World War Two?
34 pp · superhero
Invaders [Captain America [Steve Rogers]Bucky [Bucky Barnes] (death)Human Torch [Jim Hammond](android)Toro [Thomas Raymond]Namor the Sub-MarinerSpitfireUnion Jack [Brian Falsworth]]Baron Zemo [Heinrich Zemo]WatcherAdolf Hitler (death)Eva Braun (corpse)S.S. Major Otto GunscheWinston ChurchillMajor RawlingsColonel FarrowPresident Harry S. TrumanSpirit of '76 (becomes the second Captain America, dies)Patriot [Jeff Mace] (becomes the third Captain America)Bucky [Fred Davis]All-Winners SquadMiss America [Madeline Joyce]Whizzer [Robert Frank]IsbisaAdam II (destruction)Professor HortonJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy
What If...Captain America and Bucky Had Both Survived World War II?
33 pp · superhero
Captain America [Steve Rogers]Bucky (death)Rick JonesWatcherRed Skull [Johann Schmidt]Baron Zemo [Heinrich Zemo]Nick Fury (death)Dun Dum DuganSHIELDHydraSupreme Hydra [Baron Zemo] (death)Sub-Mariner [Namor]Agent 13 [Sharon Carter]Avengers [Iron Man [Tony Stark]Giant-Man [Hank Pym]Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]Thor [Don Blake]]President Lydon B. Johnson (unnamed)Hulk [Bruce Banner]
What If the Fantastic Four Had Different Super Powers?
33 pp · superhero
WatcherFantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]Invisible Girl [Susan Storm]Thing [Ben Grimm]Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]Fantastic Four [Big-Brain [Reed Richards]Mandroid [Johnny Storm]Dragonfly [Ben Grimm]Ultra-Woman [Sue Storm]]Doctor DoomSkrulls (cameo)Mole Man (cameo)Sub-Mariner [Namor] (cameo)Miracle Man (cameo)
What If Someone Else Had Become -- the Amazing Spider-Man
33 pp · superhero
Captain Spider [Flash Thompson] (death)the ChameleonCrusher Hogan (wrestler, death)J. Jonah JamesonSpider-Girl [Betty Brant]Spider Jameson [Colonel John Jameson] (death)Spider-Man [Peter Parker]the Tinkererthe Vulturethe WatcherSamJoe
What If the World Knew Daredevil Was Blind?
25 pp · superhero
Daredevil [Matt Murdock]Spider-Man [Peter Parker]WatcherElectroFoggy NelsonKaren PageOwl (death)J. Jonah JamesonHigginsDuke Klaus KrugerDr. Van EyckJudge Lewis
What If the Spider Had Been Bitten by a Radioactive Human?
8 pp · humor; superhero
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]Roy Thomas [the Watcher]Man-Spider [Webster Weaver] (origin)Aunt Mayfly WeaverUncle Bug Weaver (death)LizTrash ChompsonMiss GruntCulture Vulture (cameo)Marvin, the Hunter (cameo)Rude Rhino (cameo)Green Gobbler (cameo)"Octo" Doctorpuss, the Cat O' Nine Tails (cameo)Leapin' Lizard (cameo)King-Pig (cameo)Bog Dog (cameo)The Stinger (cameo)Weevil McEvil (cameo)The Schlocker (cameo)The Incredible Hog (cameo)FishterioPorkius, the Living Ham-Pire (cameo)Electro-Eel (cameo)The Spud of 1,000 Faces, Mr. Potato-Haid (cameo)Barbara WalrusRaze, the Bug-Spray Baron (death)
What If... the Avengers Had Been Formed During the 1950's?
33 pp · historical; superhero
Avengers [the BeastCaptain America [Steve Rogers]Hercules (flashback)Iron Man [Tony Stark]Thorthe Vision]Avengers [the 3-D ManGorilla-Manthe Human RobotJimmy Woo (F.B.I. agent)Marvel BoyVenus]the Black Dragons (motorcycle gang)the Cold WarriorDesi ArnazElectro (Russian villain)Elvis PresleyFritz von Voltzmannthe Great VideoJann of the JungleLucille BallNamoraNikita KruschevPresident Dwight EisenhowerProfessor Matthew Grayson (Marvel Boy's father, flashback)Richard NixonSkrulls (flashback)Skull-Face (demon)Suwanthe Watcherthe Yellow ClawShaw
What If Jane Foster Had Found -- the Hammer of Thor?
33 pp · superhero
Thor [Don Blake]WatcherThordis [Jane Foster] (origin)LokiOdinSifStone Men of SaturnHeimdallBalderFandralHogunVolstaggRadioactive ManLava MenCobraMister HydeAvengers [Iron Man [Tony Stark]Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]Giant-Man [Hank Pym]Captain America [Steve Rogers]]Mangog
What If the Fantastic Four Were the Original Marvel Bullpen?
34 pp · superhero
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Stan Lee]Thing [Jack Kirby]Invisible Girl [Flo Steinberg]Human Torch [Sol Brodsky]]WatcherSub-MarinerSkrullsDoctor Murrow
What If Rick Jones Had Become the Hulk?
33 pp · superhero
Hulk [Rick Jones]WatcherBruce BannerThunderbolt RossLokiAvengers [Thor [Don Blake]Iron Man [Tony Stark]Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]Ant-Man [Henry Pym]]HydraCaptain America [Steve Rogers]Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]Annihilus (death)Supreme IntelligenceVisionScarlet WitchMr. BoggsLou AnnProfessor Benjamin SavannahMegatonMr. Fantastic

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Full credits

writer Roy Thomas
artist Jim Craig
colorist Janice Cohen
letterer John Costanza
cover pencils Gil Kane
cover inks Joe Sinnott

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