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Post by hondobrode on Apr 30, 2018 13:55:36 GMT -5
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Post by hondobrode on Apr 30, 2018 13:59:55 GMT -5
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Post by hondobrode on Apr 30, 2018 14:05:39 GMT -5
   There were lots of entertaining stories here. My brother and I really liked em cause we felt these were the type of stories the creators would like to tell but couldn't because of continuity. After the first volume the later quality of the issues dropped tremendously from what I've seen, though there was an issue where Wolverine was an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. that I thought was pretty good. Stroke of genius here by Roy Thomas coming up with the idea. One thing that was weird was how some of the artists made Uatu look like his forehead was extremely elongated or unbalanced. Not cool. I'll bet these would still sell if Marvel continously offered these as alternate glimpses into What If. |
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Post by badwolf on Apr 30, 2018 16:53:38 GMT -5
I never bothered with the second series. By then I think most of the "old guard" had moved on and a lot of the stories they featured were newer ones I didn't care about anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2018 18:00:37 GMT -5
Stroke of genius here by Roy Thomas coming up with the idea. I've considered this is the best idea that Roy Thomas did in his comic books career. |
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Post by sabongero on Apr 30, 2018 18:15:23 GMT -5
I never bothered with the second series. By then I think most of the "old guard" had moved on and a lot of the stories they featured were newer ones I didn't care about anyway. I didn't know there were nine volumes worth of series on this title. There was over 100 issues of the second volume. I just saw this on Wikipedia: 1 Volume one (1977–1984) 2 Special (1988) 3 Volume two (1989–1998) 4 Marvel Alterniverse 5 Volume three (2005) 6 Volume four (early 2006) 7 Volume five (late 2006) 8 Volume six (2007) 9 Volume seven (2008) 10 Volume eight (2009) 11 Volume nine (2010) 12 What If?: Avengers vs X-Men (2013) 13 What If: Age of Ultron (2014) 14 What If? Infinity (2015) |
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Post by sabongero on Apr 30, 2018 18:18:01 GMT -5
Stroke of genius here by Roy Thomas coming up with the idea. I've considered this is the best idea that Roy Thomas did in his comic books career. It's a great idea, but somehow most of the conclusion of each story is still somewhat tragic. I kind of wished they would end on an opposite note and have a happy ending for at least half the stories. |
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Post by sabongero on Apr 30, 2018 18:24:15 GMT -5
There were lots of entertaining stories here. My brother and I really liked em cause we felt these were the type of stories the creators would like to tell but couldn't because of continuity. After the first volume the later quality of the issues dropped tremendously from what I've seen, though there was an issue where Wolverine was an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. that I thought was pretty good. Stroke of genius here by Roy Thomas coming up with the idea. One thing that was weird was how some of the artists made Uatu look like his forehead was extremely elongated or unbalanced. Not cool. I'll bet these would still sell if Marvel continously offered these as alternate glimpses into What If. I kind of liked the way each artist illustrated their version of how they portrayed The Watcher. Either they would have human-eyes and have a more "human-like" portrayal, or no pupils at all and look like cosmic beings. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2018 19:53:04 GMT -5
I've considered this is the best idea that Roy Thomas did in his comic books career. It's a great idea, but somehow most of the conclusion of each story is still somewhat tragic. I kind of wished they would end on an opposite note and have a happy ending for at least half the stories. Son of a gun, you are right and I'm totally forgot about that. Thanks for reminding me. |
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Post by Rob Allen on Apr 30, 2018 20:18:19 GMT -5
OK, I recognize the Fantastic Four and Nick Fury, but I think some of the rest are supposed to be then-contemporary politicians. It looks like Reagan in the middle; the bald guy on the right could be Ed Koch; and a guy on the left might be Ted Kennedy or maybe George McGovern. Do any of the others look familiar? Are there other Marvel characters that I just don't recognize? This issue was dated April 1981 so the cover was probably drawn in autumn 1980. |
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Post by hondobrode on Apr 30, 2018 20:39:25 GMT -5
Is that maybe Bob Hope on the left and Gerald Ford on the right ?
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Post by Phil Maurice on Apr 30, 2018 21:04:12 GMT -5
Is that maybe Bob Hope on the left and Gerald Ford on the right ? I'm gonna say that's Haig at the bottom and on the right, naturally. And then there's Caspar Weinberger just above him, leaning right as expected. Pardon me if I have that wrong.  And then possibly Attorney General William French Smith in the white hair just below Nick Fury. Maybe. I haven't thought about these unremarkable skin-tags for several decades, so my recollection may be off. I bet Prince Hal recognizes a few of these miscreants. |
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Post by sabongero on Apr 30, 2018 21:57:57 GMT -5
Is that maybe Bob Hope on the left and Gerald Ford on the right ? I'm gonna say that's Haig at the bottom and on the right, naturally. And then there's Caspar Weinberger just above him, leaning right as expected. Pardon me if I have that wrong. And then possibly Attorney General William French Smith in the white hair just below Nick Fury. Maybe. I haven't thought about these unremarkable skin-tags for several decades, so my recollection may be off. I bet Prince Hal recognizes a few of these miscreants. Perhaps the majority of the politicians in the page would be from the cabinet of President Ronald Reagan's first term, along with popular politicians of that era (i.e. Ed Koch of NYC). |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Apr 30, 2018 23:12:10 GMT -5
Funny how many of those covers you posted ended up happening in the real MU. Maybe if What If? stayed popular and of high quality, we wouldn't have to have death be a brief time out!
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Post by mikelmidnight on May 1, 2018 11:35:44 GMT -5
It's a great idea, but somehow most of the conclusion of each story is still somewhat tragic. I kind of wished they would end on an opposite note and have a happy ending for at least half the stories. I agree 100%. The Phoenix story was the worst at this, but often I got the same feeling, that somehow the writer was trying to justify some editorial decision by 'proving' that everything would have gone wrong otherwise. I did enjoy the rare story where things seemed to go better for the heroes as a result of the change. |
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And then possibly Attorney General William French Smith in the white hair just below Nick Fury. Maybe. I haven't thought about these unremarkable skin-tags for several decades, so my recollection may be off. I bet 
