Whai is your favorite "What If?" story?

[sportcomics]

Well my favorite is What If #27 "What If Phoenix Had Not Died?"

[Sharkey]

I don't have a single favorite -- I liked several of the early ones, including #1 (if Spidey joined the FF), and what if someone other that Peter Parker had been Spider-Man, if the Avengers had never been, if the FF had different powers, etc. But the quality of each issue seemed to vary a lot -- probably because the creative teams changed.

 

The thing that struck me as a kid reading the series was how many stories ended up with somebody dying. A very pessimistic series, really.

 

When Marvel published the Ruins mini-series, it reminded me a lot of a nightmare What If story.

[joe_collector]

No question:

 

[JohnBull]

First series, issue 48 - What If Marvel produced a good comic? The second series sucked.

[Ares]

My favourite was what if Iceman fought wendigo in a snowstorm

[AlexH]

My favourite was what if Iceman fought wendigo in a snowstorm

 

Drawn by John Byrne

[deathlok]

prior thread

[tilleycs]

I don't have a single favorite -- I liked several of the early ones.... But the quality of each issue seemed to vary a lot -- probably because the creative teams changed.

 

Same here, I don't have a single favorite issue. It's one of my all-time favorite titles, and I'm trying to get a full run of both volumes, although I greatly prefer volume 1. Definitely agree with the variance in quality. I think I just love the concept, regardless of the subject matter. I've read and enjoyed the Thor & Conan issues, and I've never been a fan, reader, or collector of any of their titles at all.

 

The thing that struck me as a kid reading the series was how many stories ended up with somebody dying. A very pessimistic series, really.

 

True, but I think that was the draw for me. In the real world, the good guys can't always win and save themselves, each other, and/or the world. "What If" was a title where they could explore that, and it was insulated from the normal Marvel Universe since it only lasted for one issue.

[howardhallis]

This one.

[topofthetotem]

Mine is "What if the hulk went berserk" hulk kills ironman but he gets his neck snapped by Thor in the end even the cover looks like a mental meltdown anybody know the # to that issue BTW

[slab_em-migration]

http://www.comics.org/covers.lasso?SeriesID=2410

 

[slab_em-migration]

My favourite was what if Iceman fought wendigo in a snowstorm

 

Drawn by John Byrne

 

"What if The Silver Surfer, White Tiger, Night Rider, Iceman, and Moon Knight fought Wendigo in a Snowstorm?"

 

 

http://www.comics.org/covers.lasso?SeriesID=2410

[topofthetotem]

http://www.comics.org/covers.lasso?SeriesID=2410

 

 

 

I'm gonna look for that on EBAY THX!

[sportcomics]

Yeah What If #3 is a good story, but the reason why I like What If #27 because the way it happen if Phoenix lived, that were pretty scary when I was a kid!

[ft88]

The hulk What If is my personal favorite. The cover is totally underated and the interior art I think is done by Zeck, if not Zeck its pretty good - Love the scene with Thor taking Hulks head in his hands and....

 

If this cover art went for sale it'd do well especially as a painting (?)

[Sal]

[ComicSupply]

I would of said

 

What if Elektra had lived. But of course they brought her back and subjected us to 2 bad movies with her in it.

 

I loved this one.

 

[joe_collector]

What if Conan were stranded in the 20th Century?

 

[Silver Surfer]

No doubt one of the most famous covers. The Korvac arc was pretty good as well.

[Silver]

My favorite is a DC what if: