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Cover: Michael Lark

What If...?: Why Not #[nn]

Jan 2005 · Marvel · 16.99 USD; 27.25 CAD
“What If...Karen Page Had Lived?”
writer Karl Kesel · artist, inker Paul Smith · colorist Paul Mounts · letterer Virtual Calligraphy · letterer Randy Gentile · cover Michael Lark

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writer Karl Kesel
artist, inker Paul Smith
colorist Paul Mounts
letterer Randy Gentile
cover pencils, inks Michael Lark

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In college, Reed Richards ditches best friend, Ben Grimm, for arrogant, brainy Victor Von Doom. Together, the two eventually build a rocket designed to fly civilian passengers to the moon. Unfortunately, Doom turns out to be a backstabbing jerk who shields himself behind special armor, hoping a barrage of cosmic rays will kill his business partner. Instead, the crew members develop fantastic powers and crash to Earth. As Doom, now a rocky Thing, tries to finish off Reed, they happen upon a gamma bomb testing site where Ben Grimm saves his old college buddy and becomes the Hulk in the process.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).