What If? #23 [Newsstand]

(October 1980)

What If...Hulk's Girlfriend Jarella Had Not Died? (Table of Contents: 1)

Hulk; What If? / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Peter Gillis (credited)

Pencils

Herb Trimpe (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

Carl Gafford (credited as Gaff)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I am the Watcher! And it has been my solemn duty...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Watcher [Uatu]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Queen Jarella Banner; Clay Quartermain; Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross; Glen Talbot; Hank Pym [Ant-Man]; Lord Visis; Crypto-Man; Torla; Holi; Moli; Cnerla; Hrond; Ythaer; Vidias; Glunno; Psyklop (flashback)

Synopsis

Jarella lives and the Hulk goes to live in her world.

Reprints

• in What If? Classic (Marvel, 2004 series) #4
• in Hulk: Heart of the Atom (Marvel, 2008 series) (2008)
• in Hulk: Heart of the Atom (Marvel, 2012 series) (2012)
• in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #122 - Marvel: Что Если?
• in What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #2 (2019)

Indexer Notes

Based on The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #203.

The First Celestial Host! (Table of Contents: 2)

Untold Tales of the Marvel Universe! / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Mark Gruenwald (credited)

Pencils

Ron Wilson (credited) (breakdowns ?); Chic Stone ? (finished art ?)

Inks

Chic Stone (credited)

Colors

Carl Gafford (credited as Gaff)

Letters

Michael Higgins (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I am the Watcher. In times past I have shared with you...

Feature Logo

Untold Tales of the Marvel Universe!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Watcher [Uatu]; Celestials [Gammenon the Gatherer; Ziran the Tester; Nezzar the Calculator; Oneg the Prober; Hargen the Measurer; Tefral the Surveyor; Eson the Searcher; Tiamut the Communicator]; Deviants (origin); Eternals (origin)

Synopsis

The story of the Celestials' first visit to Earth.

Reprints

• in What If? Classic (Marvel, 2004 series) #4
• in What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #2 (2019)
• in Eternals: Cosmic Origins (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020), (2020)
• in The Eternals: The Complete Saga Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
• in Eternals: The Dreaming Celestial Saga (Marvel, 2020 series) (2021)

What If Aunt May Instead of Her Nephew Peter Had Been Bitten by That Radioactive Spider? (Table of Contents: 3)

Spider-Man; What If? / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Skeates (credited)

Pencils

Alan Kupperberg (credited)

Inks

Alan Kupperberg (credited)

Colors

Alan Kupperberg (credited)

Letters

Alan Kupperberg (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I sure hope Peter has a good time...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Lady [May Parker]; Peter Parker; Ben Parker; Leap Frog [Vincent Patilio]; Warren Savin

Synopsis

Aunt May gets bitten.

Reprints

• in What If? Classic (Marvel, 2004 series) #4
• in What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #2 (2019)

The Human Torch Saves the Valley! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

Irv Watanabe

Genre

superhero

Characters

Human Torch [Johnny Storm]

Indexer Notes

Ad for Hostess Fruit Pies.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Why Not? / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Mark Gruenwald (credited)

Letters

typeset

Feature Logo

Why Not?

Reprints

• in What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #2 (2019)

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Noel Mayeske, Jeffrey Lowndes, Chris Bradley, Deborah L. Rose, Tom Fineran, David Holliday, Cliff, Vicok, Steven Sawnolkin, John B. Lawton, and Steve Billnitzer.