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What If...?: Why Not #[nn]
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis collection reprints the first six issues of the 2005 'What If...?: Why Not' series, a Marvel anthology that explores alternate realities with a twist—each story asks 'why not' instead of 'what if,' leading to offbeat and often humorous takes on classic Marvel scenarios. Featuring tales by writers like Karl Kesel and artists such as Ramon Bachs, the volume includes divergent paths for heroes like Spider-Man and the Hulk, all framed within a barroom discussion among cosmic beings.
In What If...? #16: "What If...Karen Page Had Lived?", writer Karl Kesel and artist Paul Smith explore a haunting alternate timeline where a single life changed everything—though the true cost unfolds in ways no one could have predicted. The story follows Reed Richards and Ben Grimm through a college friendship fractured by Victor Von Doom’s ambition, leading to a moon-bound rocket that goes catastrophically wrong. When cosmic rays transform the crew and Doom becomes a rocky Thing, the fate of Reed and Ben takes a shocking turn at a gamma bomb site, all under cover by Michael Lark.
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↩ Reprints What If Aunt May Had Died Instead of Uncle Ben? #1 (2005), What If Doctor Doom Had Become the Thing? #1 (2005), What If General Ross Had Become the Hulk? #1 (2005), What If Jessica Jones Had Joined the Avengers? #1 (2005), What If Karen Page Had Lived? #1 (2005), What If Magneto Had Formed the X-Men with Professor X? #1 (2005)
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