Favorite Marvel "What If" Story?

[wktf]

Originally Posted by protector2814

I think Joe's talking about all the What-If? Conans.

Correct, good sir.

[wktf]

Originally Posted by risingstar

You mean the Marvel BWS and Buscema books from the 70s? If so, those were reprinted. I have the first 6, I think. Great run.

I've got those, too. The first 12 volumes. Jerry's correct, I was referring to the What If? issues.

[risingstar]

Originally Posted by wktf

I've got those, too. The first 12 volumes. Jerry's correct, I was referring to the What If? issues.

Got it! My mistake

[Pyrotwilight]

Hmmm. Being more a DC boy this is harder for me.

I've read many a good What if... and many a clunker.

Some of my favorite more classic What if's include What if Captain Marvel Lived, the aforementioned What if the Avengers Had Never Been and What if Captain America Were Revived Today.

Of the more recent ones I loved What if Civil War. If only because I hated how Civil War went (particularly the pro-registration side winning). So seeing a story where Uatu showed Ironman working with Steve at any point would've averted all the unnecessary deaths and issues really spoke to how much of a mess Civil War WAS.

[Pyrotwilight]

But my top What if's of all time are What if #105 and 114.

105 is of course the What if that launched the (Amazing) Spider-girl universe. A universe that I honestly loved all the later parts of like the Fantastic Five, J2, Wild Thing, A-Force, Buzz and so forth.



114 is especially the hidden gem.

Showing a world where the contestants of Secret Wars never made it home.



So like in Spider-girl we got to see a whole new generation of superheroes step up and luck out getting "home" to Earth in the end. It was a great story and apparently there was talks of it getting a series like Spider-girl afterwards but nothing came of it which is a shame as it's a universe I'd LOVE to see revisited.