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Post by badwolf on May 1, 2018 12:36:31 GMT -5
Didn't Daredevil and Elektra go off to an island and live happily ever after?
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Post by mikelmidnight on May 2, 2018 12:51:20 GMT -5
Didn't Daredevil and Elektra go off to an island and live happily ever after?
Yes, and that was one of my favorites.
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Post by Rob Allen on May 2, 2018 14:28:05 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. My google-fu has provided the answers! This cover is by Marie Severin, and she gave the original art to then-Marvel staffer Eliot Brown, and he shows us who all the people are in his blog: www.eliotrbrown.com/wp/archeology-of-a-what-if-cover.htmlhondobrode was right about both Bob Hope and Gerald Ford, and I got Ed Koch right. He doesn't mention Reagan but I'm pretty sure that's him. Marie herself is one of the faces in the shadows at the top. There are other comics creators on the cover, including the Chief Justice who's administering the oath: Vince Colletta |
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Post by sabongero on May 3, 2018 14:38:50 GMT -5
Didn't Daredevil and Elektra go off to an island and live happily ever after?
Yes, and that was one of my favorites.
What comic book and issue number is this one? |
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Post by badwolf on May 3, 2018 15:47:38 GMT -5
Yes, and that was one of my favorites.
What comic book and issue number is this one? What If...? #35 |
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Post by codystarbuck on May 3, 2018 16:58:16 GMT -5
Well, the story suggests they live happily, for now, as if that could change, if they are found.
That is juxtaposed nicely with the Wasp dealing with Hank dying, while trying to redeem himself, via manipulation. Jan goes off the rails and becomes increasingly violent and darker, suggesting that her rescue of Hank, in the original, did much to make her a more independent and mature figure and set him on the path to healing, instead of the destructive path she would travel, had he died by his own plot. Not a classic; but, an interesting idea.
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Post by EdoBosnar on May 4, 2018 4:21:41 GMT -5
On the subject of What If? stories with more or less happy endings, there's also #36: What if the Fantastic Four had not gained their powers? Written and drawn by Byrne, who was on his famed run in FF at the time. This one is tied for first place as my favorite What If? story (the other is from #3, What if the Avengers had never been?)  Basically, after dealing with the Mole Man without any super-powers, the possibility is left open that the four of them may continue their adventures - I know at the time (and even later) I wished that Byrne had at least done a mini-series featuring the non-powered FF. |
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Post by mikelmidnight on May 4, 2018 12:13:57 GMT -5
That issue by Byrne was one of my favorites - so much better than the similarly-themed Challengers of the Fantastic from the Amalgam run! I too wish we'd seen more stories in this continuity.
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Post by sabongero on May 6, 2018 9:24:47 GMT -5
Well, the story suggests they live happily, for now, as if that could change, if they are found. That is juxtaposed nicely with the Wasp dealing with Hank dying, while trying to redeem himself, via manipulation. Jan goes off the rails and becomes increasingly violent and darker, suggesting that her rescue of Hank, in the original, did much to make her a more independent and mature figure and set him on the path to healing, instead of the destructive path she would travel, had he died by his own plot. Not a classic; but, an interesting idea. I wasn't aware Janet went on a destructive path after her experience with Hank striking her. I can understand the psychological problem she could have developed. Can I ask you what Avengers issue numbers Janet went on this path? Thanks. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on May 6, 2018 12:16:49 GMT -5
He's referring to the dark, destructive path Jan went down in the back-up story in What If? #35 (as opposed to what actually happened in the pages of the Avengers).
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Post by sabongero on May 6, 2018 14:20:35 GMT -5
He's referring to the dark, destructive path Jan went down in the back-up story in What If? #35 (as opposed to what actually happened in the pages of the Avengers). Thanks EdoBosnar. For a moment there, I thought it was in the regular 616 Marvel Universe, and canonical. But I guess it was an alternate universe path that Janet did this in, since you said What If... issue #35. |
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Post by sabongero on Sept 6, 2019 6:46:05 GMT -5
hondobrode what made these five issues your favorite?
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Post by sabongero on Sept 6, 2019 6:46:57 GMT -5
Are these issues also part of your favorites ? |
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Post by tarkintino on Sept 6, 2019 8:35:00 GMT -5
On the subject of What If? stories with more or less happy endings, there's also #36: What if the Fantastic Four had not gained their powers? Wouldn't that just make them closer to their creative inspiration--the Challengers of the Unknown?  |
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Post by rberman on Sept 6, 2019 8:52:48 GMT -5
On the subject of What If? stories with more or less happy endings, there's also #36: What if the Fantastic Four had not gained their powers? Wouldn't that just make them closer to their creative inspiration--the Challengers of the Unknown? Yes. I liked that issue, because the point was "even without powers, they would still be heroes fighting to protect people, because that's the kind of folks they are." |
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