Publishers / Marvel / What If? (1977) / #22
22August 1980
$0.75

What If? #22

Marvel · August 1980

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Identification plate

Series
What If? (Marvel, 1977 series)
Issue
#22
Publication date
August 1980
Key date
1980-08-00
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.75
Pages
52
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0What If Doctor Doom Had Become a Hero?cover1pencils: Rich Buckler; inks: Bob McLeodDr. Doom; Mephisto
1What If Doctor Doom Had Become a Hero?comic story34script: Don Glut; pencils: Fred Kida; inks: Dave Simons; colors: Gaff; letters: Tom OrzechowskiDoctor Doom; Watcher; Mephisto; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Thing; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Werner Von Doom (flashback); Boris (flashback); Valeria; Cynthia Von Doom; Prince Rudolfo (death); Gustav; Margit; Ferenc; Hans; Karl
2-in-house column1script: Stan Lee
4-letters page2script: Mark Gruenwald

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

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandbarcode 0714860268608

Where to read it

CollectionYear
What If? Classic #42004On eBay ›
True Believers: What If Dr. Doom Had Become a Hero? #12018On eBay ›
What If? Classic: The Complete Collection #2
ISBN 978-1-302-92059-3
2019On eBay ›
What If?: The Original Marvel Series Omnibus #1
ISBN 978-1-302-92993-0
2021On eBay ›

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