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7February 1978
$0.60

What If? #7

Marvel · February 1978 · on sale 1977-11-22

First appearance: Spider-GirlFirst appearance: Captain SpiderDeath of Captain Spider
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Identification plate

Series
What If? (Marvel, 1977 series)
Issue
#7
Publication date
February 1978
Key date
1978-02-00
On-sale date
1977-11-22
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.60
Pages
52
Barcode
0714860268602
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Spider-Girl - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Captain Spider - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Death on record for: Captain Spider, Crusher Hogan, John Jameson.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0What If Someone Else Besides Spider-Man Had Been Bitten By the Radioactive Spider?cover1pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Sinnott; letters: Irv WatanabeBetty Brant, John Jameson, Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Flash Thompson
1What If Someone Else Had Become -- the Amazing Spider-Mancomic story33script: Don Glut, Roy Thomas; pencils: Rick Hoberg; inks: Sam Grainger; colors: George Roussos; letters: Rick ParkerBetty Brant, Captain Spider First, Chameleon, Crusher Hogan Death, J. Jonah Jameson, John Jameson Death, Phineas Mason, Peter Parker, Dmitri Smerdyakov, Spider-Girl First, Spider-Man, Tinkerer, Adrian Toomes, Uatu
2-in-house column1script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby
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 ›
What If?: The Original Marvel Series Omnibus #1
ISBN 978-1-302-92993-0		2021On eBay ›
The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus #6
ISBN 978-1-302-96213-5		2024On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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