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Issue: What If? #28

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Publication Date: August 1981

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Issues: #28 of 47 Issues (93 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Direct

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: Marvel Comics Group

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 52

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.75 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 7 (3 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

Notes: Indicia title is What If? Featuring Ghost Rider and Daredevil

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

Format Notes:

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What If? #28 [Direct]

2 What If? #28 [Newsstand]

Reprinted In6

4 Content Items

reprinted 5 times as/in other Issues.

Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:

What If?: The Original Marvel Series Omnibus #2 [unnamed variant] published January 2021

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Content Items (7 total)

What If Daredevil Became an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.?

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Hydra; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]

Reprinting

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What If? Classic #5 published ?

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

What If Ghost Rider Were Separated from Johnny Blaze?

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: occult, superhero

Character(s): Watcher [Uatu]; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Azazih; Ghost Rider [Azazih]; Johnny Blaze; the Pope

First Line: I am the Watcher, and it is my sworn duty to observe all events on your world!

Synopsis: The Ghost Rider is taken over by a sorcerer and Blaze must stop him.

Reprinting

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What If? Classic #5 published ?

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 20

Notes: Based on Ghost Rider #43-44.

Matt Murdock, Agent of...S.H.I.E.L.D.

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Watcher [Uatu]; Matt Murdock [Daredevil]; Tony Stark; SHIELD [Nick Fury]; Hydra [Agent 5; Doc Frost]; Jack Murdock (flashback)

First Line: I am the Watcher...for uncounted eons my task has been to watch the history of your world...

Synopsis: After gaining his powers, Matt Murdock is recruited into SHIELD and has to save his dad from Hydra.

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Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller #3 published November 2001

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What If? Classic #5 published ?

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 12

A "Dungeons and Dragons" Adventure!

Advertisement (Comic Format) on Interior Page(s)

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Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

Character(s): Grimslade; Indel; Valerius; a shambling mound

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Comic strip ad for the Dungeons & Dragons game from TSR Hobbies, Inc.. Continues in the [The Green Slime]. On his YouTube channel, Bill Willingham stated that he did not draw the first Dungeons & Dragons ad, it was drawn by a female ad artist whose name he could not remember.

New Life

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Watcher [Uatu]; Eternals [Arlok; Shastra; Thyrio (introduction); Uranos]; Kree [Bal-Tok; Korath; Supreme Intelligence]

Synopsis: Conclusion of Eternals history.

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What If? Classic #5 published ?

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Wonders of Nature

Advertisement (Comic Format) on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr.Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]]; Franklin Richards

First Line: This trip was a great idea!

Synopsis: The group protects Franklin and his Hostess Fruit Pies lunch.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Ad for Hostess Fruit Pies.

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): Watcher

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: Includes letters by Brad Keefauver, Howard Bloch, Rick S. Jones, Glenn Dressler, Keith A. Bowden, Penny Jacobsen, a list of requested What If? tales and a partial list of those who entered the Mighty Marvel Win-Yourself-Some-Big-Bucks Contest.