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What If? Vol 1 34
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Quote1 Let's have some fun for once! Let's do a whole book full of alternate unrealities! Quote2
-- Uatu the Watcher



Appearing in "The Fantastic Four were Bananas"

Characters:

  • The Fantastic Four

Reality:

Synopsis for "The Fantastic Four were Bananas"

The Fantastic Four are literally bananas; though patently absurd, it does have a certain appeal.

Appearing in "Odin were Peter Parker's Uncle"

Characters:

  • Odin
  • May Parker
  • Peter Parker (Spider-Man)
  • The Burglar

Reality:

Synopsis for "Odin were Peter Parker's Uncle"

Odin married May Parker, easily defeated the burglar that came to rob their house

Appearing in "Don Blake and Tony Stark were brothers"

Characters:

  • Tony Stark
  • Don Blake
  • Odin (Mentioned)
  • Loki (Mentioned)

Reality:

Synopsis for "Don Blake and Tony Stark were brothers"

Don Blake and Tony Stark are brothers who fight over each other's objects of power. Tony was adopted.

Appearing in "Aunt May were Ant Man"

Characters:

  • Spider-Man
  • Ant Man (May Parker)

Reality:

Synopsis for "Aunt May were Ant Man"

Aunt May Parker was Ant-Man, making the Parker family full of bugs. Uatu suggests they move into a roach motel.

Appearing in "Spider-Man married Spider-Woman"

Characters:

  • Spider-Man
  • Spider-Woman
  • May Parker
  • Electro
  • Kraven the Hunter
  • Sandman
  • The Vulture
  • Doctor Octopus
  • The Green Goblin

Reality:

Synopsis for "Spider-Man married Spider-Woman"

Spider-Man married Spider-Woman in lieu of Black Widow. His aunt and rogue's gallery were in attendance.

Appearing in "Reed Richards took postman Willie Lumpkin up on his offer to join the Fantastic Four"

Characters:

  • Willie Lumpkin
  • Mister Fantastic

Reality:

Synopsis for "Reed Richards took postman Willie Lumpkin up on his offer to join the Fantastic Four"

Willie Lumpkin joined the Fantastic Four. Apparently the Richards of this reality was as stupid as the 616 version is smart. Soon anyone with any kind of ability whatsoever were accepted as a member, including a veracious appetite...

Appearing in "Captain America chose to remain Nomad"

Characters:

  • Nomad (Steve Rogers)

Reality:

Synopsis for "Captain America chose to remain Nomad"

Steve Rogers remained Nomad, forcing the Captain America comic to run reprints.

Appearing in "Rick Jones left Captain Marvel in the Negative Zone"

Characters:

  • Rick Jones
  • Captain Marvel
  • Mary Beth

Reality:

  • Earth-82808 (Rick Jones left Captain Mar-Vell stranded in the Negative Zone)

Synopsis for "Rick Jones left Captain Marvel in the Negative Zone"

  • Synopsis not yet written.

Appearing in "Nick Fury had to wear an eyepatch on his right eye"

Characters:

  • Nick Fury
  • Nick Fury LMD's

Reality:

Synopsis for "Nick Fury had to wear an eyepatch on his right eye"

Nick Fury wore eyepatch on right eye, making all of the Life Model Decoys obsolete.

Appearing in "Ghost Rider had possessed Grandpa"

Characters:

  • Ghost Grandpa

Reality:

Synopsis for "Ghost Rider had possessed Grandpa"

Ghost Rider possessed wheelchair-bound grandfather in old folks home

Appearing in "Ghost Rider had possessed a Skater"

Characters:

  • Ghost Skater

Reality:

Synopsis for "Ghost Rider had possessed a Skater"

Ghost Rider possessed a female roller skater.

Appearing in "Ghost Rider had possessed a baby"

Characters:

  • Ghost Baby

Reality:

Synopsis for "Ghost Rider had possessed a baby"

Ghost Rider possessed an infant.

Appearing in "Everyone who'd ever been an Avenger remained an Avenger"

Characters:

  • The Avengers
    • Thor
    • Wasp
    • Iron Man
    • Ant-Man (Hank Pym)
    • Beast
    • Black Panther
    • Tigra
    • Spider-Man
    • Falcon
    • Swordsman
    • Rick Jones
    • Moonstone
    • Scarlet Witch
    • She-Hulk
    • Wonder Man
    • Giant Man (Erik Josten)
    • Hercules
    • Captain America
    • Vision
    • Quicksilver
    • Hulk
    • Jarvis
    • Jocasta
    • Sersi
    • Ms. Marvel
    • Black Knight
      • Aragorn

Reality:

Synopsis for "Everyone who'd ever been an Avenger remained an Avenger"

All Avengers members stayed with the team permanently.

Appearing in "Him had married Her"

Characters:

  • Him
  • Her
  • Them
  • Bartholomew

Reality:

Synopsis for "Him had married Her"

Him married Her and had two children and a dog in the suburbs.

Appearing in "Black Bolt got the hiccups"

Characters:

  • Black Bolt

Reality:

Synopsis for "Black Bolt got the hiccups"

Black Bolt got the hiccups, devastating New York City.

Appearing in "Galactus ate the Earth"

Characters:

  • Galactus

Reality:

Synopsis for "Galactus ate the Earth"

Galactus literally ate the Earth.

Appearing in "Kazar were a middle-aged accountant"

Characters:

  • Ka-Zar
  • Zabu

Reality:

Synopsis for "Kazar were a middle-aged accountant"

After an electrolysis treatment, Ka-Zar no longer wants to whack saurians, and decides to become a certified public accountant by mail. From there he began wearing a tie (with no shirt), and gave formal lecture tours.

Appearing in "The Hulk were yellow"

Characters:

  • Hulk

Reality:

Synopsis for "The Hulk were yellow"

The Hulk was yellow, but not a chicken.

Appearing in "The Invisible Girl dyed her hair"

Characters:

  • Invisible Girl

Reality:

Synopsis for "The Invisible Girl dyed her hair"

Invisible Girl dyed her hair and no one could tell because she was invisible.

Appearing in "Power Man were white"

Characters:

  • Power Man

Reality:

Synopsis for "Power Man were white"

Luke Cage is a funky honky, apparently.

Appearing in "The Thing were blue"

Characters:

  • Thing

Reality:

Synopsis for "The Thing were blue"

The Thing sobbed uncontrollably since his transformation, and was covered in Blue Rock instead of Orange. His catch phrase was, "It's Slobberin' Time!"

Appearing in "Captain Marvel hadn't died"

Characters:

  • Captain Marvel

Reality:

Synopsis for "Captain Marvel hadn't died"

Mar-Vell was cured of his cancer, and went on to live a relatively dull life.

Appearing in "Phoenix still lived"

Characters:

  • Phoenix Force
  • Jean Grey
  • Cyclops

Reality:

Synopsis for "Phoenix still lived"

The Phoenix survived and pretended to be normal.

Appearing in "Elektra had survived"

Characters:

  • Elektra

Reality:

Synopsis for "Elektra had survived"

Elektra survived the encounter with Bullseye and gave up her life of crime and adventure, attempting instead to get married, "or something."

Appearing in "Dazzler had become a stand-up comedian"

Characters:

  • Dazzler
  • Thugs

Reality:

Synopsis for "Dazzler had become a stand-up comedian"

Dazzler became a comedian instead of a singer, using the laughter of her foes to form hard light weapons.

Appearing in "Marvel Comics and the National Endowment for the Arts presented Spidey Intellectual Stories"

Characters:

  • Spider-Man
  • Mad Thinker

Reality:

Synopsis for "Marvel Comics and the National Endowment for the Arts presented Spidey Intellectual Stories"

Marvel produced a more intellectual version of Amazing Spider-Man, where he convinced his foes against their own actions using verbal logic.

Appearing in "Willie Lumpkin were Herald to Galactus"

Characters:

  • Willie Lumpkin
  • Fantastic Four
  • Mister Fantastic
  • The Thing
  • The Human Torch
  • The Invisible Girl

Reality:

Synopsis for "Willie Lumpkin were Herald to Galactus"

Willie Lumpkin became a Herald of Galactus, delivering the news of impending doom via post-marked mail.

Appearing in "Ghost Rider owned a fast food franchise"

Characters:

  • Ghost Rider
  • Patrons

Reality:

Synopsis for "Ghost Rider owned a fast food franchise"

Ghost Rider owned a fast food restaurant named "Burger Hell". Apparently you could only order things his way there.

Appearing in "All the super heroes moved to Toledo, Ohio"

Characters: Captain America Scarlet Witch Thor Doctor Strange

  • Spider-Man
  • Daredevil

Reality:

Synopsis for "All the super heroes moved to Toledo, Ohio"

All of the heroes who lived in New York moved to Toledo, Ohio, where they hung out together at the local Social Club.

Appearing in "The Watchers in all the realities got together and watched Watchers watching Watchers watching Watchers watching Watchers watching Watchers watching Watchers watching Watchers watching Watchers"

Characters:

Reality:

Synopsis for "The Watchers in all the realities got together and watched Watchers watching Watchers watching Watchers watching Watchers watching Watchers watching Watchers watching Watchers watching Watchers"

The Watchers watched each-other in alternate realities rather than paying attention to their own.

Appearing in "Howard the Duck formed his own Super-Team"

Characters:

  • Animal Avengers
  • Howard the Duck
  • Devil Dinosaur
  • Redwing
  • Zabu
  • Emma the winged Ant
  • Lockjaw
  • Aragorn
  • Dragon Man

Reality:

Synopsis for "Howard the Duck formed his own Super-Team"

Howard the Duck formed an Avengers team completely of animals. Aragorn, Devil Dinosaur, Dragon Man, Emma the winged ant, Lockjaw, Redwing, and Zabu were all members.

Appearing in "Thor had a Swedish accent"

Characters:

  • Thor
  • Loki

Reality:

Synopsis for "Thor had a Swedish accent"

Thor spoke in a Swedish accent.

Appearing in "Cyclops's energy beams came out of his ears"

Characters:

Reality:

Synopsis for "Cyclops's energy beams came out of his ears"

  • Synopsis not yet written.

Appearing in "Wonder Man were a woman and Power Man were a girl"

Characters:

  • Wonder Man
  • Power Man

Reality:

Synopsis for "Wonder Man were a woman and Power Man were a girl"

Wonder Man & Power Man had female counterparts, but DC Comics wouldn't let their names be changed to Wonder Woman and Power Girl.

Appearing in "Black Bolt were a rock star"

Characters:

  • Black Bolt
  • Triton
  • Medusa
  • Gorgon

Reality:

Synopsis for "Black Bolt were a rock star"

Black Bolt & the Inhumans were a rock band who leveled the arenas they played in. Their fans still enjoyed the music, but Uatu did not.

Appearing in "Daredevil was deaf instead of blind"

Characters:

  • Daredevil
  • Thugs

Reality:

Synopsis for "Daredevil was deaf instead of blind"

Daredevil was deaf instead of blind

Appearing in "The Marvel production crew existed in this reality, and the Marvel Editorial Crew did too"

Characters:

  • Ron Zalme
  • Joe Albelo
  • Rob Carosella
  • John Morelli
  • Bob Camp
  • Barry Shapiro
  • Rick Parker
  • Danny Crespi
  • Nora Maclin
  • Morrie Kuramoto
  • Eliot R. Brown
  • Harry Candelario
  • Denny O'Neil
  • Mark Gruenwald
  • Jim Salicrup
  • Mike Carlin
  • Louise Jones
  • Danny Fingeroth
  • Ralph Macchio
  • Al Milgrom
  • Ann Nocenti
  • Lance Tooks
  • Linda Grant
  • Tom DeFalco

Reality:

Synopsis for "The Marvel production crew existed in this reality, and the Marvel Editorial Crew did too"

Marvel Comics Production Crew & Editorial Crew existed in a world of super heroes

Appearing in "Tony Stark had owned an Auto Plant instead of a Weapons Factory"

Characters:

  • Limo Man

Reality:

Synopsis for "Tony Stark had owned an Auto Plant instead of a Weapons Factory"

Stark used his auto plant to create the Limo Man armor.

Appearing in "Sue Storm had become The Thing"

Characters:

  • Fantastic Four
  • Mister Fantastic
  • The Thing
  • The Invisible Man
  • The Human Torch

Reality:

Synopsis for "Sue Storm had become The Thing"

Sue Storm received the rock-like hide and Ben received the invisibility powers.

Appearing in "Moon Knight got all his identities mixed up"

Characters:

  • Moon Knight

Reality:

Synopsis for "Moon Knight got all his identities mixed up"

Moon Knight became confused about which identity he was using, and ended up fighting crime while driving a cab in a costume.

Appearing in "The Watcher grew hair"

Characters:

  • The Watcher

Reality:

Synopsis for "The Watcher grew hair"

The Watcher forced himself to grow hair.

Appearing in "Alpha Flight talked like T.V. Canadians"

Characters:

  • Alpha Flight
  • Aurora
  • Quicksilver
  • Sasquatch
  • Shaman
  • Guardian

Reality:

Synopsis for "Alpha Flight talked like T.V. Canadians"

Alpha Flight spoke in a stereotypical Canadian accent, much like that on "Strange Brew."

Notes

  • The initial story, "What if The Watcher were a stand-up comedian?" does not have a reality associated with it. However the contributors should still receive credit:
  • Pencilers: Ron Wilson (Kirbyesque panels), Rick Parker (wacky Watcher)
  • Inkers: Rick Parker (wacky Watcher)
  • Letterers: Diana Albers, Rick Parker[4]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ā†‘ Ron Zalme (himself, Barry Shapiro?), Joe Albelo (himself), Rick Parker (himself, Rob Carosella, Nora Maclin, Harry Candelario), John Morelli (himself), Bob Camp (himself), ? (Danny Crespi), Morrie Kuramoto (himself), Eliot R. Brown (himself) Mark Gruenwald (Denny O'Neil, himself), Jim Salicrup (himself), Ron Zalme (Mike Carlin, Danny Fingeroth), ? (Louise Jones), Marie Severin (Ralph Macchio, Linda Grant), Rick Parker (Al Milgrom), Larry Hama (Ann Nocenti), Lance Tooks (himself), Mike Carlin (Tom DeFalco comics.org
  2. ā†‘ Caricature credits added 2005 by Steven Tice, with input from Jim Salicrup, Danny Fingeroth, Mike Carlin, and Rick Parker, Caricature art credits added 2005 by Steven Tice, with input from Jim Salicrup, Danny Fingeroth, Mike Carlin, Al Milgrom, Ron Zalme, and Rick Parker. Al Milgrom is certain he did not do his own caricature.
  3. ā†‘ This doesn't make much sense, since this story is based in the Multiverse, and not a specific reality. Nonetheless, the reality number is marvunapp.com's claim.
  4. ā†‘ Rick Parker's panel confirmed 2005 by Rick Parker. Ron Wilson credit derived from the letters page of What If? #38. comics.org


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