What If? (Marvel, 1977 series) #1

Volume: 1

Price: 0.50 USD

Pages: 52

On-sale Date: 1976-11-09

Editing: Roy Thomas

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What If Spider-Man Joined the Fantastic Four?

(Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four; Spider-Man; What If? / cover / 1 page

Pencils:	John Buscema John Romita (see notes)
Inks:	Joe Sinnott John Romita (see notes)
Colors:	?
Letters:	Gaspar Saladino

Genre:superhero

Universe:

Marvel : Fantastic Five - Earth-772

Characters:

Fantastic Five

Reprints (13)

in Les Défenseurs (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #1 (1er trimestre 1981)
in Les Micronautes (Arédit-Artima, 1980 series) #2 - La grande chasse (premier trimestre 1981)
in Les Vengeurs (Arédit-Artima, 1980 series) #3 - Les Vengeurs contre le Sinistre Escadron (1er trimestre 1981)
in Green Lantern (Arédit-Artima, 1972 series) #35 (mai 1981)

Indexer Notes

Alterations on Spider-Man, Reed, and Sue by John Romita. Info per Nick Caputo, October 2012.

Issue Data

Publisher's Brand: Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Indicia Frequency: monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Printer: ?
Barcode: 0714860268602

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Indexer Notes

House advertisements that appeared in various Marvel titles dated February 1977 lists the on sale date as November 11 (1976).

What If Spider-Man Joined the Fantastic Four?

(Table of Contents: 1)

Fantastic Four; Spider-Man; What If? / comic story / 33 pages

Script:	Roy Thomas
Pencils:	Jim Craig
Inks:	Pablo Marcos
Colors:	Janice Cohen (credited)
Letters:	John Costanza

Genre:superhero

First Line of Dialogue or Text:I am the Watcher. Since time out of mind...

Universe:

Marvel : Fantastic Five - Earth-772

Characters:

The Avengers (Marvel : mainstream)

Beast [Hank McCoy]
(mainstream)

(flashback)
Captain America [Steve Rogers]
(mainstream)

(flashback)
Iron Man [Tony Stark]
(mainstream)

(flashback)
Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]
(mainstream)

(flashback)
Vision
(mainstream)

(flashback)

Fantastic Five

Fantastic Four (Marvel : mainstream)

Human Torch [Johnny Storm]
(mainstream)

(flashback)
Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]
(mainstream)

(flashback)
Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]
(mainstream)

(flashback)
The Thing [Ben Grimm]
(mainstream)

(flashback)

The Invaders (Marvel : mainstream)

Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
(mainstream)

(flashback)
Captain America [Steve Rogers]
(mainstream)

(flashback)
Human Torch [Jim Hammond]
(mainstream)

(flashback)
Sub-Mariner [Namor]
(mainstream)

(flashback)
Toro [Thomas Raymond]
(mainstream)

(flashback)

Squadron Supreme (Marvel : Earth-S - Earth-712)

Doctor Spectrum [Joe Ledger]
(Earth-S - Earth-712)

(flashback)
Golden Archer [Wyatt McDonald]
(Earth-S - Earth-712)

(flashback)
Hyperion [Mark Milton]
(Earth-S - Earth-712)

(flashback)
Lady Lark [Linda Lewis]
(Earth-S - Earth-712)

(flashback)
Whizzer [Stanley Stewart]
(Earth-S - Earth-712)

(flashback)

Super-Apes

Chameleon [Dmitri Smerdyakov]
Deathlok [Luther Manning]
(Earth-7484)

(flashback)
J. Jonah Jameson
May Parker
Puppet Master [Phillip Masters]
Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
(mainstream)

(flashback)
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
(Crossover Earth - Earth-7642)

(flashback)
Sub-Mariner [Namor]
Superman [Clark Kent]
(Crossover Earth - Earth-7642)

(flashback)
Thing [Reed Richards]
(Earth-A - Earth-721)

(flashback)
The Vulture [Adrian Toomes]
The Watcher [Uatu]
The Watcher [Uatu]
(mainstream)

Synopsis:: Spider-Man becomes a member of the Fantastic Four.; in Die Spinne Comic - Album (Condor, 1979 series) #13
in What If (Yaffa / Page, 1977 series) #1 (1977)
in L'Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #200 (29 Dicembre 1977)
in Spider-Man Comic (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #329 (27 June 1979) [Partial reprint], #330 (4 July 1979) [Partial reprint]
in 3.D Man, Spider-Man et les 4 Fantastiques (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) (1er trimestre 1981)
in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #33 (10 octobre 1982) [Pages 1-17], #34 (10 novembre 1982) [Pages 18-33]
in Best of What If (Marvel, 1991 series) (November 1991)
in What If? Classic (Marvel, 2004 series) #1 ([December] 2004)
in Spider-Man Family (Marvel, 2007 series) #3 (August 2007)
in Marvel Firsts: The 1970s (Marvel, 2011 series) #3 (2012)
in What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #1 (2018)
in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #122 - Marvel: Что Если?
in True Believers: Fantastic Four - What If? (Marvel, 2018 series) #1 (2018)

Of Vainglorious Vampires, Vanquished Villains, and Valiant Victors!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 2)

Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page

The Incredible Hulk and the Green Thumb

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Spider-Man and Captain America Richochet to Freedom!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

Captain America; Ricochet Racers; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page

An Introductory Note by Editor Roy Thomas

(Table of Contents: 5)

Why Not? / letters page / 2 pages

Script:	Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils:	?
Inks:	?
Colors:	?
Letters:	typeset

Characters:

Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing]; Watcher

Synopsis:: Thomas discusses how the title came about.; in Marvel Firsts: The 1970s (Marvel, 2011 series) #3 (2012)
in What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #1 (2018)
in True Believers: Fantastic Four - What If? (Marvel, 2018 series) #1 (2018)

Indexer Notes

Contains house ad for Marvel Premiere #35 (3-D Man).

Table of Contents ToC

What If Spider-Man Joined the Fantastic Four? (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four; Spider-Man; What If? / cover / 1 page

Indexer Notes

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

What If Spider-Man Joined the Fantastic Four? (Table of Contents: 1)

Fantastic Four; Spider-Man; What If? / comic story / 33 pages

Of Vainglorious Vampires, Vanquished Villains, and Valiant Victors! (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 2)

Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page

The Incredible Hulk and the Green Thumb (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Spider-Man and Captain America Richochet to Freedom! (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

Captain America; Ricochet Racers; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page

An Introductory Note by Editor Roy Thomas (Table of Contents: 5)

Why Not? / letters page / 2 pages

Indexer Notes

What If Spider-Man Joined the Fantastic Four?

(Table of Contents)

What If Spider-Man Joined the Fantastic Four?

(Table of Contents: 1)

Of Vainglorious Vampires, Vanquished Villains, and Valiant Victors!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 2)

The Incredible Hulk and the Green Thumb

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

Spider-Man and Captain America Richochet to Freedom!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

An Introductory Note by Editor Roy Thomas

(Table of Contents: 5)