What If? #17 [Newsstand]

(October 1979)

What If Ghost Rider Spider-Woman and Captain Marvel Had Remained Villains? (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain Marvel; Ghost Rider; Spider-Woman / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Steven Grant

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Chic Stone

Colors

?

Letters

Tom Orzechowski

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In every life, there are moments when possibilities...

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Watcher; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew]; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Nick Fury; Kree Sentry #459

Reprints

• in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #43 (10 août 1983)
• in What If? Classic (Marvel, 2004 series) #3 (2006)
• in What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #2 (2019)

Indexer Notes

Splash page introduction. This sequence added 2005 by Steven Tice.

Ghost Rider Part 1 (Table of Contents: 2)

Ghost Rider / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Steven Grant

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Frank Springer

Colors

Roger Slifer

Letters

Tom Orzechowski

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It is midnight on a lonely desert highway...

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Ghost Rider [John Blaze] (also in flashback); Son of Satan [Daimon Hellstrom]; Watcher; Roxanne Simpson (flashback, death); Crash Simpson (flashback, death); Frank; Chill Miller (flashback, death)

Reprints

• in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #43 (10 août 1983) [-1 page]
• in What If? Classic (Marvel, 2004 series) #3 (2006)
• in What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #2 (2019)

Part 2 The Spider-Woman (Table of Contents: 3)

Spider-Woman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Steven Grant

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Mike Esposito

Colors

Carl Gafford

Letters

Tom Orzechowski

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Her name is Jessica Drew...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Woman [Arachne; Jessica Drew]; Watcher; Nick Fury (death); SHIELD; Hydra; Jared (death); Contessa Valentina De Fontane; Count Otto Vermis; Andre (death)

Reprints

• in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #43 (10 août 1983) [5 premières pages [First 5 pages]], #44 (10 septembre 1983)
• in What If? Classic (Marvel, 2004 series) #3 (2006)
• in What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #2 (2019)

Part 3 Captain Marvel (Table of Contents: 4)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Steven Grant

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Pablo Marcos

Colors

Bob Sharen

Letters

Tom Orzechowski

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Now, we turn to Mar-Vell...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Watcher; Kree Sentry #459 (destroyed); Ronan the Accuser; Yon-Rogg (death); Una; Carol Danvers; Zarek, the Imperial Minister

Reprints

• in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #44 (10 septembre 1983)
• in What If? Classic (Marvel, 2004 series) #3 (2006)
• in What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #2 (2019)

The Incredible Hulk and the Ultimate Weapon! (Table of Contents: 5)

Hulk; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sal Buscema

Inks

Klaus Janson

Colors

?

Letters

Irv Watanabe

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner]

Reprints

• from [Marvel Hostess Ads] (Marvel, 1975 series) #39 (October 1979 - November 1979)

Indexer Notes

Ad for Hostess Fruit Pies. Credits added 2005 by Steven Tice.