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3June 1977
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What If? #3

Marvel · June 1977 · on sale 1977-03-22

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Identification plate

Series
What If? (Marvel, 1977 series)
Issue
#3
Publication date
June 1977
Key date
1977-06-00
On-sale date
1977-03-22
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.50
Pages
52
Barcode
0714860268606
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0What If the Avengers Had Never Been?cover1pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Sinnott; letters: Irv WatanabeHulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-mariner; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Don Blake]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]
1What If... the Avengers Had Never Been?comic story34script: Jim Shooter, Gil Kane; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Klaus Janson; colors: G. Roussos; letters: Gaspar Saladino, Denise WohlWatcher; Hulk; Avengers [Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Sub-Mariner; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Thor [Don Blake]]; Rick Jones
2Zounds! A Zealful Zetetic of Zestful Zanies to Zap the Zeitgeist!in-house column1script: Stan Lee
4-letters page1script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Herb Trimpe; inks: Tom SuttonHulk [Bruce Banner]

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

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel Visionaries: Gil Kane #[nn]
ISBN 0-7851-0888-2
2002On eBay ›
What If? Classic #1
ISBN 0-7851-1702-4
2004On eBay ›
What If? Classic: The Complete Collection #1
ISBN 978-1-302-91611-4
2018On eBay ›
What If?: The Original Marvel Series Omnibus #1
ISBN 978-1-302-92993-0
2021On eBay ›
The Avengers Omnibus #6
ISBN 978-1-302-96826-7
2025On eBay ›

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