Cover pencils by Ed Hannigan, inks by Terry Austin. "What if Bullseye Had Not Killed Elektra?", script and pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Terry Austin
Bullseye does not kill Elektra and she and Matt go off to find a life for themselves; Daredevil guest stars; Kingpin cameo. "And Thus are Born The Cat People!", script by Roger Stern, art by Steve Ditko; In the Middle Ages, the sorcerer Ebrok created a spell to transform cats into humanoids; When his fellow sorcerers saw them, they became envious and Ebrok was obliged to create more Cat People for them; Later, the sorcerers became alarmed at the rapidly-growing race and banished them to another dimension. "What if: Yellowjacket had Died?", script by Alan Zelenetz, pencils by Greg LaRocque, inks by Mike Esposito and Sal Trapani; Yellowjacket is killed by Elfqueen and Jan leaves the Avengers as a result. Letter to the editor from Diana Schutz (Dark Horse Comics).
52 pgs. Cover price $1.00.
The Traitor - Written by Ben Raab. Art and Cover by Ariel Olivetti & Pier Brito.
Flashback! It's a race against time to stop Fitzroy from altering history and destroying the X-Men! In this tale of time-tossed turbulence, Bishop rockets back in time only to appear three years before the X-Men are formed! Find out how this difference changes the world of the mighty mutants!
40 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.
Cover art by Klaus Janson. Paper Skin, script by Ivan Velez Jr. (plot, script) and Klaus Janson (plot), art by Klaus Janson
Gambit and Rogue are unwittingly manipulated into helping Sinister discover the secret of the universe--that their lives are merely stories in a comic book. There's No Place Like That Place Where You Sleep and Keep All Your Stuff, script by Robert Piotrowski, pencils by Rurik Tyler, inks by Harry Candelario; As Sue falls unconscious after Reed's experimental spacecraft crashes to earth, she has a strange Oz like dream with a familiar cast of players. What If...Starring Wolver-Wimp illustration, pencils by Jim Cheung, inks by Andrew Pepoy.
44 pgs. $1.95. Cover price $2.99.
Finder's Keepers (What if the Impossible Man obtained the Infinity Gauntlet), script by Thomas Virkaitis, pencils by Gregg Schigiel, inks by Steve Moncuse; Loosely based on the Infinity Gauntlet mini-series; Silver Surfer, Galactus, Adam Warlock, Captain America, Thanos, Celestials, Stranger, Master Order, Lord Chaos, Eternity, Eon, the Watcher, and Shalla Bal appear.
38 pgs. $1.99. Cover price $1.99.
Cover art by Manny Galan. What If War Machine had Not Destroyed the Living Laser?, script by Dan Slott, pencils by Manny Galan, inks by Jim Amash, Kane, Lewis, and Mark Stegbauer
A "choose you own adventure" story about Living Laser; based on Iron Man #289.
36 pgs. $1.50. Cover price $1.50.
Cover art by Geoff Senior. What If Iron Man Went Public?, script by Simon Furman, art by Geoff Senior
When Tony Stark returns from Viet Nam, he makes his Iron Man technology available to the world; For every good purpose the Iron Man tech is put to, someone finds a way to put it to an evil use as well; The world is caught in a perpetual arms race until Magneto steps in to take over; Tony Stark creates a giant polymer Iron Man suit to run a suicide mission against Magneto and wipe out every piece of Stark tech all over the world but, with the help of Rhody, the X-Men and the newly formed Avengers, he realizes he can stop the master of magnetism without destroying his life's work.
52 pgs. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.
Cover art by Chris Moeller. What if Peter Parker had to Invent Spider-Man, script by Terry Austin, pencils by Stuart Immonen, inks by Terry Austin
Flash Thompson gets the Spider-Powers, and Peter Parker must stop him. Brief Fantastic Four appearance.
36 pgs. $1.50. Cover price $1.50.
What If Legion Had Killed Magneto? One Dream, script by Benny Powell (Story) and Warren Ellis (Dialogue), pencils by Hector Gomez, inks by John Livesay and Mike Halblieb;
Legion succeeds in killing Magneto in the past (thus negating his own existence as Maggie once saved his mother's life before he was born); Without the polarizing threat of Magneto to make the X-Men strong, they become little more than pro-mutant media figures; Thus, when Apocalypse and his forces attack, the X-Men are ill equipped to deal with the threat; Scott and Jean come out of retirement to join the fight but Jean ends up killing 100,000 people with the Phoenix force; As a result, the world now hates and fears mutants and Scott opens X-Mansion as a school to help repair the rift.
36 pgs. $1.50. Cover price $1.50.
Cover pencils by Gary Frank, inks by Bob Petrecca.
What If the Hulk Got Himself Cured?, script by James Felder, pencils by Kerry Gammill and Ed Benes, inks by Bob Petrecca and Mike Halblieb; As the Ringmaster hypnotizes Bruce Banner in order for Doc Samson to integrate his personalities, he pokes fun at his subject and Bruce responds by Hulking out and killing him. As the Hulk begins his transformation into the smart and cruel Maestro, Mr. Fantastic and the Thing try to bring him down. Realizing he is about to turn into an unstoppable monster, Bruce pretends to be in Hulk form as he attacks the Thing who delivers a final blow.
36 pgs. $1.50. Cover price $1.50.
Cover pencils by Gary Frank, inks by Bob Petrecca.
What If the Hulk Got Himself Cured?, script by James Felder, pencils by Kerry Gammill and Ed Benes, inks by Bob Petrecca and Mike Halblieb; As the Ringmaster hypnotizes Bruce Banner in order for Doc Samson to integrate his personalities, he pokes fun at his subject and Bruce responds by Hulking out and killing him. As the Hulk begins his transformation into the smart and cruel Maestro, Mr. Fantastic and the Thing try to bring him down. Realizing he is about to turn into an unstoppable monster, Bruce pretends to be in Hulk form as he attacks the Thing who delivers a final blow.
36 pgs. $1.50. Cover price $1.50.
What if the Age of Apocalypse had not Ended? At the end of the epic Age of Apocalypse storyline reality was righted and the Marvel Universe was returned to normal. But what if things did not end there? Well, for starters Magneto and his X-Men would have to survive a rainfall of nuclear bombs. Then, they would have to make uneasy alliances with the surviving humans and Marvel heroes of this new world. Finally, Magneto and company would have to survive the coming of Galactus, the World Devourer.
Cover price $1.50.
What if J. Jonah Jameson Adopted Spider-Man? J. Jonah Jameson adopts Peter Parker after Aunt May is killed; Chameleon, Betty Brant, Frederick Foswell, the Vulture, Flash Thompson, Spencer Smythe, Scorpion, Sandman, and Doctor Octopus appear.
Script by William Messner-Loebs, pencils by Anthony Williams, inks by Andy Lanning Cover pencils by Paris Cullins, inks by Bob Petrecca.
Cover price $1.50.
Cover art by Paul Smith. To the Finish!, script by Gerrard Jones, pencils by Mark Pacella, inks by Bob Petrecca, Mike Halblieb, and Art Thibert
Shard comes back to the past in order to hunt down Fitzroy, her brother's murderer; Once she takes care of him, she begins to target other evil mutants (like Magneto) but finds she has to cut through the X-Men to get to them; Bishop appears.
36 pgs. $1.50. Cover price $1.50.
Painted cover by Igor Kordey. Genesis Revoked, script by David Michelinie, pencils by Arne Jorgensen, inks by Christopher Ivy and Vince Russell
Magneto and his mutants on the orbital base of Avalon are left to live in peace with the humans of earth but inaction creates dissention and the Acolytes split into factions and fight; When Rusty and Skids have a baby that has a gene making it the next step in mutant evolution, the Acolytes unite in their desire to do away with the kid.
36 pgs. $1.50. Cover price $1.50.
The Fantastic Farce - Written by Ben Raab. Art by Mark Miller & Scott Koblish. Cover by Ariel Olivetti.
What if Reed Richards betrayed the Fantastic Four? Marvel's first family is torn apart when Sue, Johnny and Ben discover that Reed planned their fantastic transformations!
32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.50.
Cover art by Kevin Conrad. ...I'll Be Your Best Friend!, script by Joe Kelly, pencils by James Daly, inks by Harry Candelario
Tired of living in the shadow of his famous siblings with mutant powers, Josh Guthrie thinks he has found the answer to making his own mark on the world when he finds a damaged Sentinel in the local lake; He paints the Sentinel in X-Men colors and dons a costume but everything he tries to do to be heroic backfires; To make things worse, the Sentinel's repair program completes just as Sam and Paige are coming home for a birthday party and the mutant-killing robot makes them its next targets.
36 pgs. $1.50. Cover price $1.50.
What if...? Starring Juggernaut. "The Kingdom of Cain!" Story by Jorge Gonzalez. Art by James Calafiore and Mark McKenna. Cain Marko, step-brother of the Charles Xavier, was transformed into the nigh-unstoppable and invulnerable Juggernaut by the Crimson Jewel of Cyttorak. Now, in an alternate reality, the mutant hunting, killing machines known as Sentinels have initiated a genocidal termination protocol and killed every living being on the planet with deadly radiation. Only the Juggernaut remains immune. Now, he wanders the barren wasteland of Earth searching for some sign of life. The true tragedy happens when he finds it in this sad Twilight Zone-esque issue of What If...?.Cover price $1.50.
Broken Soul - Written by Ivan Velez, Jr. Art by Eric Battle & Steve Moncuse. Starring Ghost Rider! Tonight the Spirit of Vengeance will hand out grim justice to a serial killer! A killer who happens to be named...Danny Ketch!
32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.
What if...? Starring Quicksilver. "The Quick and the Dead!" Story by Chris Wozniak. Art by Chris Eliopoulos.
In the regular Marvel Universe, Pietro and Wanda Maximoff, the Avengers known as Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, did not find out their father was the mutant terrorist known as Magneto until they were almost adults. But, what would have happened if these two volatile siblings had been raised by the Master of Magnetism. Plus, what if Magneto's first child had survived? Find out in this issue of What if...?.
32 pages. Cover price $1.95.
Cover art by Leonardo Manco. Last Light, script by James Felder, art by Leonardo Manco
Doctor Doom conquers Camelot; Black Knight and Nathaniel Richards appear.
44 pgs. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.
Written by ED BRUBAKER, KEVIN GREVIOUX & CHRISTOS GAGE Penciled by MARKO DJURDJEVIC, GUSTAVO & HARVEY TOLIBAO Wraparound Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC When a stranger appears in front of Iron Man, visiting Captain America's symbolic grave at Arlington, he is told of two diverse ways CIVIL WAR could've concluded. The first: What If CAPTAIN AMERICA led all the heroes against the Registration Act? The second: What if IRON MAN lost the Civil War? Join writers Ed Brubaker (Captain America, Daredevil), Kevin Grevioux (New Warriors, the movie-Underworld) and Christos Gage (Civil War: Casualties of War, World War Hulk: X-Men, TV's Law & Order: SVU) in a giant-size issue that answers the questions Iron Man never wanted to ask! With interior art by superstar cover painter Marko Djurdjevic, artist Gustavo (Marvel Age Spider-Man, Green Lantern, TMNT and The Amory Wars) and newcomer Harvey Tolibao (Iron Man Annual, Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic), this issue will fulfill your Civil War withdrawal!
Written by Gerry Conway; Jody Houser. Art by Ramon Bachs. Cover by Rose Besch. Spider-Legend Gerry Conway returns to his most famous Spider-Story for this WHAT IF along with co-writer Jody Houser! WHAT IF Gwen Stacy didn't die on the bridge that day, but Spider-Man DID?! 'Nuff said, I presume! 40 pages, full color.
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS. Art by MICHAEL LARK. Cover by LARK.
The worst thing that ever happened to Daredevil was watching his one true love Karen Page die in his arms after a brutal attack by his archenemy Bullseye. The events that followed spiraled Matt Murdock's life out of control and he has never recovered.
The award-winning team behind DD's monthly book join DD legends Kevin Smith and Joe Quesada in this shocking once-in-a-lifetime look at Daredevil.
