Continue your journey through the Marvel Multiverse!Presenting more shocking twists on the stories you know as the longest running WHAT IF? series ends! Imagine if J. Jonah Jameson had adopted Peter Parker, the Scarlet Spider had killed Spider-Man or the wall-crawler had remained part of the New Fantastic Four alongside Wolverine, Ghost Rider and the Hulk! Ponder worlds where Storm bore the power of the Phoenix, Magneto ruled mutantkind or Colossus never joined the X-Men! Tony Stark becomes Master of the Mystic Arts, the Age of Apocalypse endures and the Impossible Man wields the Infinity Gauntlet! Plus: the sensational debut of “Mayday” Parker, the spectacular Spider-Girl! And a new generation of heroes rises when your favorite Marvel stars are trapped on Battleworld after SECRET WARS!COLLECTING: What If? (1989) #76-83, 85-114, -1Written by Terry Austin, Warren Ellis, Benny Powell, Chuck Dixon, Sarah Byam, James Felder, Mariano Nicieza, Bill Messner-Loebs, Mike Baron, Ian Edginton, David Michelinie, Terry Kavanagh, Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, Ben Raab, Todd Dezago, Joe Kelly, Marcus Mclaurin, Jorge Gonzàles, Ivan Velez Jr., Chris Wozniak, Bill Rosemann, Lysa Hawkins, Klaus Janson, Robert Piotrowski, Johnny Greene, Tom Virkaitis, Tom Defalco, Ron Frenz, Brian K. Vaughan, Chris Duffy & Jay FaerberPenciled by Stuart Immonen, Hector Gomez, Enrique Alcatena, Franchesco, Ed Benes, Kerry Gammill, Kevin Hopgood, Anthony Williams, Rafael Kayanan, Arnie Jorgensen, Doug Braithwaite, Frank Teran, Ariel Olivetti, Mike Miller, James Daly, Nelson, Dietrich Smith, Jim Calafiore, Eric Battle, Chris Wozniak, Leonardo Manco, Ivan Velez Jr., Rurik Tyler, Fred Haynes, Hector Collazo, Dan Fraga, Gregg Schigiel, Ron Frenz, Leandro Fernández, Sergio Cariello, Anthony Castrillo, Melvin Rubi, Adam Dekraker & Koi Turnbull
Contributors: (W) Terry Austin; Warren Ellis (A) Stuart Immonen; Hector Gomez (CA) Doug Braithwaite
Terry Austin won Eagle, Inkpot and Comics Buyer’s Guide Fan Awards for ink work on Chris Claremont and John Byrne’s legendary Uncanny X-Men run. Elsewhere in the mutant franchise, he penciled New Mutants and wrote occasional stories for various X-Men titles, along with Cloak and Dagger. At DC, he reunited with John Byrne to ink Superman; he also embellished Green Lantern, Justice League America and 66 issues of Superman Adventures, and penciled half the Camelot 3000 miniseries.Springing from the fertile ground of the U.K. comics scene, Warren Ellis came to Marvel during the early ’90s and proved his iconoclastic mettle in the ultra-edgy series Hellstorm and the limited series Druid — followed by fondly remembered extended runs on Excalibur and Doom 2099. After making a name for himself as a premier talent with Wildstorm’s Stormwatch, Transmetropolitan, The Authority and Planetary, Ellis returned to Marvel to pen Ultimate Fantastic Four, the Ultimate Galactus Trilogy, Iron Man and more. His Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. was both a critical smash and a cult favorite. In addition to reviving the 1980s New Universe in newuniversal and writing Thunderbolts, Ellis took over Astonishing X-Men following Joss Whedon and John Cassaday’s departure, and penned perhaps the definitive story of the Armored Avenger in Iron Man’s “Extremis.” In addition, he offered a distinctively memorable new take on Moon Knight. His Wildstorm miniseries Red was adapted into a hit movie in 2010. Ellis broke into prose fiction with Crooked Little Vein and his New York Times best-selling novel Gun Machine.Award-winning artist Stuart Immonen began his comics career in 1988, having worked for most of the industry’s major publishers — including Marvel, DC, Dark Horse and Image — in the decades since. In addition to 2011’s Fear Itself, he has illustrated such high-profile Marvel series as Ultimate Spider-Man, Thor, Incredible Hulk, Avengers and the cult-favorite Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. After joining forces with Mark Waid to inaugurate Marvel’s digital Infinite Comics line, Immonen penciled All-New X-Men in the Marvel NOW! era before taking on the ultimate blockbuster project: Star Wars.