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12December 1978
$0.60

What If? #12

Marvel · December 1978 · on sale 1978-09-26

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Identification plate

Series
What If? (Marvel, 1977 series)
Issue
#12
Publication date
December 1978
Key date
1978-12-00
On-sale date
1978-09-26
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.60
Pages
52
Barcode
0714860268612
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0What If Rick Jones Had Become the Hulk?cover1pencils: Sal Buscema, Marie Severin; inks: Joe Sinnott, Marie Severin; letters: Irv WatanabeBruce Banner, Rick Jones, Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross
1What If Rick Jones Had Become the Hulk?comic story33script: Don Glut; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Bill Black; colors: Roussos; letters: PattersonHulk [Rick Jones]; Watcher; Bruce Banner; Thunderbolt Ross; Loki; Avengers [Thor [Don Blake]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Ant-Man [Henry Pym]]; Hydra; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Annihilus (death); Supreme Intelligence; Vision; Scarlet Witch; Mr. Bogg
2-in-house column1script: Stan Lee
4-letters page1script: Roy Thomas

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
What If? Classic #2
ISBN 0-7851-1843-8
2005On eBay ›
What If? Classic: The Complete Collection #1
ISBN 978-1-302-91611-4
2018On eBay ›

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