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34August 1982
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What If? #34

Marvel · August 1982 · on sale 1982-05-18

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Series
What If? (Marvel, 1977 series)
Issue
#34
Publication date
August 1982
Key date
1982-08-00
On-sale date
1982-05-18
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$1.00; 0.50 GBP
Pages
52
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Bob Layton; inks: Bob Layton; letters: Rick Parkerthe Watcher
1What If the Watcher Was a Stand-Up Comedian?comic story1pencils: Ron Wilson, Rick Parker; inks: Rick Parker; letters: Diana Albers, Rick ParkerWatcher
2What If the Fantastic Four Were Bananas?comic story0.16script: Fred Hembeck; pencils: Fred Hembeck; inks: Fred Hembeck; letters: Fred HembeckFantastic Four [Human Torch; Thing; Invisible Girl; Mr. Fantastic]
3What If Odin Were Peter Parker's Uncle?comic story0.16script: Fred Hembeck; pencils: Fred Hembeck; inks: Fred Hembeck; letters: Fred HembeckSpider-Man; Odin; Aunt May Parker
4What If Don Blake and Tony Stark Were Brothers?comic story0.16script: Fred Hembeck; pencils: Fred Hembeck; inks: Fred Hembeck; letters: Fred HembeckDon Blake [Thor]; Tony Stark [Iron Man]
5What If Aunt May Were Ant-Man?comic story0.16script: Fred Hembeck; pencils: Fred Hembeck; inks: Fred Hembeck; letters: Fred HembeckSpider-Man; Aunt May Parker
6What If Spider-Man Married Spider-Woman?comic story0.16script: Fred Hembeck; pencils: Fred Hembeck; inks: Fred Hembeck; letters: Fred HembeckSpider-Man; Spider-Woman
7What If Reed Richards Took Postman Willie Lumpkin up on His Offer to Join the Fantastic Four?comic story0.16script: Fred Hembeck; pencils: Fred Hembeck; inks: Fred Hembeck; letters: Fred HembeckMr. Fantastic; Willie Lumpkin
8What If Captain America Chose to Remain Nomad?comic story0.16script: Fred Hembeck; pencils: Fred Hembeck; inks: Fred Hembeck; letters: Fred HembeckNomad [Steve Rogers]
9What If, at Some Point, Rick Jones Decided to Leave Captain Marvel in the Negative Zone?comic story0.16script: Fred Hembeck; pencils: Fred Hembeck; inks: Fred Hembeck; letters: Fred HembeckRick Jones; Captain Marvel; Mary Beth
10What If Nick Fury Had to Wear an Eyepatch on His Right Eye Instead of His Left Eye?comic story0.16script: Fred Hembeck; pencils: Fred Hembeck; inks: Fred Hembeck; letters: Fred HembeckNick Fury
11What If...the Ghost Rider Had Possessed Someone Else?!comic story1script: Tom DeFalco; pencils: Dave Simons; inks: Dave Simons; letters: Rick ParkerGhost Rider
12What If Everyone Who Ever Had Been an Avenger Had Remained an Avenger?comic story1script: Jim Shooter; pencils: Bob Hall; inks: Brett Breeding; letters: Rick ParkerAvengers [Thor; Iron Man; Wasp; Ant-Man [Hank Pym]; Spider-Man; Black Panther; Beast; Tigra; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Swordsman; Rick Jones; Hulk; Moondragon; Wonder Man; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Falcon; Captain America; Scarlet Witch; Vision; Quicksilver; She-Hulk; Jocasta]; Edwin Jarvis
13What If Him Married Her?comic story0.33script: Mark Gruenwald; pencils: Ron Zalme; inks: Al MilgromHim [Adam Warlock]; Her [Kismet]
14What If Black Bolt Got the Hiccups?comic story0.33script: Mark Gruenwald; pencils: Ron Zalme; inks: Al MilgromBlack Bolt
15What If Galactus Ate the Earth?comic story0.33script: Mark Gruenwald; pencils: Ron Zalme; inks: Al MilgromGalactus
16What If...Ka-Zar...Were a Middle-Aged Accountant Instead of a Savage?comic story1script: Brent Anderson; pencils: Brent Anderson; inks: Brent Anderson; letters: Rick ParkerKa-Zar; Zabu
17What If the Hulk Were Yellow?comic story0.25pencils: Dave Cockrum; inks: Dave Cockrum; letters: Rick ParkerHulk
18What If the Invisible Girl Dyed Her Hair?comic story0.25pencils: John Romita; inks: John Romita; letters: Rick ParkerInvisible Girl
19What If Power Man Were White?comic story0.25pencils: Kerry Gammill; inks: Kerry Gammill; letters: Rick ParkerPower Man [Luke Cage]
20What If the Thing Were Blue?comic story0.25Thing
21What If--Captain Marvel Hadn't Died?comic story0.33script: Al Milgrom; pencils: Al Milgrom; inks: Al Milgrom; letters: Rick ParkerCaptain Marvel [Mar-Vell]
22What If Phoenix Still Lived?comic story0.33script: Al Milgrom; pencils: Al Milgrom; inks: Al Milgrom; letters: Rick ParkerPhoenix; Cyclops
23Elektra Had Survived?comic story0.33script: Al Milgrom; pencils: Al Milgrom; inks: Al Milgrom; letters: Rick ParkerElektra
24What If Dazzler Had Become a Stand-Up Comedienne Instead of a Singer?comic story1script: Danny Fingeroth; pencils: Frank Springer; inks: Joe Rubinstein; letters: Michael HigginsDazzler
25What If Marvel Comics and the National Endowment for the Arts Presented Spidey Intellectual Storiescomic story2script: Roger Stern; pencils: Ed Hannigan; inks: Al Milgrom; letters: Diana AlbersSpider-Man; Mad Thinker
26What If Willie Lumpkin Were Herald to Galactuscomic story0.33script: Bob Budiansky; pencils: Bob Budiansky; inks: Bob Budiansky; letters: Rick ParkerWillie Lumpkin; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Thing; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]
27What If Ghost Rider Owned a Fast Food Franchise?comic story0.33script: Bob Budiansky; pencils: Bob Budiansky; inks: Bob Budiansky; letters: Rick ParkerGhost Rider [Johnny Blaze]
28What If All the Super Heroes Who Now Lived in New York City Moved to Toledo, Ohio?comic story0.33script: Bob Budiansky; pencils: Bob Budiansky; inks: Bob Budiansky; letters: Rick ParkerSpider-Man; Captain America; Daredevil; Scarlet Witch; Thor; Dr. Strange
29What If the Watchers in All the Realities Got Together and Watched Watchers Watching Watchers [repeat "Watching Watchers" to infinity]comic story1script: Mary Jo Duffy; pencils: Terry Austin; inks: Terry Austin; letters: Terry AustinWatcher
30What If Howard the Duck Formed His Own Super-Team?comic story1script: Dan O'Neill; pencils: Alan Kupperberg; inks: Alan Kupperberg; letters: Alan KupperbergHoward the Duck; Devil Dinosaur; Redwing; Zabu; Emma (Ant-Man's ant); Aragorn; Dragon Man; Lockjaw; Watcher
31What If Thor Had a Swedish Accent?comic story0.33script: Mark Gruenwald; pencils: Mark Gruenwald, Brett Breeding; inks: Brett Breeding; letters: Rick ParkerThor; Loki
32What If Cyclops's Energy Beams Came out of His Ears?comic story0.33script: Mark Gruenwald; pencils: Mark Gruenwald, Brett Breeding; inks: Brett Breeding; letters: Rick ParkerCyclops; Magneto; a Sentinel
33What If Wonder Man Were a Woman and Power Man Were a Girl?comic story0.33script: Mark Gruenwald; pencils: Mark Gruenwald, Brett Breeding; inks: Brett Breeding; letters: Rick ParkerPower Man [Luke Cage]; Wonder Man
34What If Black Bolt Were a Rock Star?comic story1script: Roger Stern; pencils: Bob Budiansky; inks: Jack Abel; letters: Rick ParkerInhumans [Black Bolt; Triton; Gorgon; Medusa]
35What If Daredevil Were Deaf Instead of Blind?comic story1script: Frank Miller; pencils: Frank Miller; inks: Frank Miller; letters: Diana AlbersDaredevil
36What If the Marvel Production Crew Existed in This Reality?comic story1script: Rick Parker; pencils: Ron Zalme, Joe Albelo, Rick Parker, John Morelli, Bob Camp, Morrie Kuramoto; inks: Ron Zalme, Joe Albelo, Rick Parker, John Morelli, Bob Camp, Morrie Kuramoto; letters: Rick ParkerRon Zalme; Joe Albelo; Rob Carosella; John Morelli; Bob Camp; Barry Shapiro; Rick Parker; Danny Crespi; Nora Maclin; Morrie Kuramoto; Eliot R. Brown; Harry Candelario
37What If the Marvel Editorial Crew Did, Too?comic story1script: Michael Carlin; pencils: Mark Gruenwald, Jim Salicrup, Ron Zalme, Marie Severin, Rick Parker, Larry Hama; inks: Rick Parker, Mark Gruenwald, Jim Salicrup, Ron Zalme, Marie Severin, Larry Hama; letters: Rick ParkerDenny O'Neil; Mark Gruenwald; Jim Salicrup; Mike Carlin; Louise Jones; Danny Fingeroth; Ralph Macchio; Al Milgrom; Ann Nocenti; Lance Tooks; Linda Grant; Tom DeFalco
38What If Tony Stark Had Owned an Auto Plant Instead of a Weapons Factory?comic story0.33script: Joe Albelo; pencils: Joe Albelo; inks: Joe Albelo; letters: Michael HigginsIron Man
39What If Sue Storm Had Become the Thing?comic story0.33script: Joe Albelo; pencils: Joe Albelo; inks: Joe Albelo; letters: Michael HigginsFantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Thing; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]
40What If Moon Knight Got All His Identities Mixed Up?comic story0.33script: Joe Albelo; pencils: Joe Albelo; inks: Joe Albelo; letters: Michael HigginsMoon Knight
41What If...the Watcher Grew Hair?comic story0.5script: Mark Gruenwald; pencils: Rick Parker; inks: Rick Parker; letters: Rick ParkerWatcher
42What If Alpha Flight Talked Like T.V. Canadians?comic story0.5script: Bob Layton, Mike Carlin, Eliot R. Brown; pencils: Bob Layton; inks: Bob Layton; letters: Rick ParkerAlpha Flight [Vindicator [James Hudson]; Northstar; Aurora; Sasquatch; Shaman]
43What If the Silver Surfer, White Tiger, Night Rider, Iceman, and Moon Knight Fought Wendigo in a Snowstorm?comic story0.5script: Tom DeFalco; letters: Michael Higgins
44What If the Black Panther Fought the Shroud in a Coal Mine?comic story0.5script: Tom DeFalco; letters: Michael Higgins
45What If Moon Knight Had 3 Different Identities?comic story1script: Bill Sienkiewicz; pencils: Bill Sienkiewicz; inks: Bill Sienkiewicz; letters: Rick ParkerMoon Knight
46-letters page2letters: typeset
47-in-house column1script: Jim Shooter
48What If King Conan Were Bing Conan on the Road to Hyboriacomic story1script: Eliot Brown; pencils: Eliot Brown; inks: Joe Sinnott; letters: Michael HigginsBing Conan; Chester
49What If Black Bolt Hosted a Television Talk Show?comic story0.33script: Bob Budiansky; pencils: Ron Zalme; inks: Bob Wiacek; letters: Rick ParkerBlack Bolt
50What If Bruce Banner's Pants Didn't Stretch When He Became the Hulk?comic story0.33script: John Romita Jr.; pencils: Ron Zalme; inks: Bob Wiacek; letters: Rick ParkerHulk
51What If You Went to the Movies and Had to Sit Behind the Leader?comic story0.33script: Rick Parker; pencils: Ron Zalme; inks: Bob Wiacek; letters: Rick ParkerLeader
52What If Aunt May Became a Super Hero?comic story0.5script: Mark Gruenwald; pencils: Mark Gruenwald; inks: Bob Layton; letters: Rick ParkerGolden Oldie [Aunt May Parker]; Ant-Aunt [Aunt May Parker]; Auntie Freeze [Aunt May Parker]
53What If Reed Richards Had Not Invented Unstable Molecules?comic story0.5script: Mark Gruenwald; pencils: Mark Gruenwald; inks: Bob Layton; letters: Rick ParkerFantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]
54What If the Hulk Married the She-Hulk?????comic story2script: Roger Stern; pencils: Terry Austin; inks: Terry Austin; letters: Terry AustinHulk; She-Hulk; Fred: Ethel; Little Hulky
55What If Norrin Radd Had Not Volunteered to Become the Silver Surfer?comic story0.33script: Joe Albelo; pencils: Joe Albelo; inks: Al Milgrom; letters: Michael HigginsSilver Surfer; Shalla-Bal
56What If Dazzler Had Decided to Become a Lawyer?comic story0.33script: Joe Albelo; pencils: Joe Albelo; inks: Al Milgrom; letters: Michael HigginsDazzler
57What If Luke Cage Had Found the Hammer of Thor?comic story0.33script: Joe Albelo; pencils: Joe Albelo; inks: Al Milgrom; letters: Michael HigginsLuke Cage
58What If...Doctor Strange Were an Ordinary Magician?comic story1script: Roger Stern; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Marie Severin; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Marie SeverinDoctor Strange; Ancient One; Baron Mordo; Dormammu
59What If: Obnoxio the Clown Fought Crime?comic story1script: Alan Kupperberg; pencils: Alan Kupperberg; inks: Alan Kupperberg; letters: Michael HigginsObnoxio the Clown
61What If Daredevil Could See?comic story0.33script: Michael Carlin; pencils: Ron Zalme; inks: Brett BreedingDaredevil; Gladiator; Bullseye; Owl; Elektra; Stilt Man
62What If Thor Got a Haircut?comic story0.33script: Michael Carlin; pencils: Ron Zalme; inks: Brett BreedingThor
63What If Spider-Man Had Married the Black Widow?comic story0.34script: Michael Carlin; pencils: Ron Zalme; inks: Brett BreedingBlack Widow
64What If Iron Man Had an Eating Problem Instead of a Drinking Problem?comic story1script: Michael Carlin; pencils: John Romita Jr.; inks: Bob Layton; letters: Rick ParkerIron Man
65What If Dr. Doom Had a Sense of Humor?comic story0.33script: Michael Carlin; pencils: Ron Zalme; inks: Al Milgrom; letters: Rick ParkerDoctor Doom
66What If Galactus Needed Quick Cash?comic story0.33script: Michael Carlin; pencils: Ron Zalme; inks: Al Milgrom; letters: Rick ParkerSilver Surfer; Galactus
67What Will Happen When Stan Lee Reads This Issue?comic story0.33script: Michael Carlin; pencils: Ron Zalme; inks: Al Milgrom; letters: Rick ParkerStan Lee

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

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CollectionYear
Best of What If #[nn]
ISBN 0-87135-857-3
1991On eBay ›
What If? Classic #6
ISBN 978-0-7851-3753-5
2009On eBay ›
Daredevil by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson Omnibus #[nn]
ISBN 0-7851-2343-1
2007On eBay ›
Daredevil by Frank Miller & Klaus Janson #3
ISBN 978-0-7851-3475-6
2009On eBay ›
Iron Man by Michelinie, Layton & Romita Jr. Omnibus #1
ISBN 978-0-7851-6712-9
2013On eBay ›

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