What If? #25 [Newsstand]

(February 1981)

What If Thor Fought Odin Over Jane Foster? (Table of Contents: 1)

Thor; What If? / comic story / 33 pages (report information)

Script

Peter Gillis (credited)

Pencils

Rich Buckler (breakdowns ?); Dave Simons ? (finished art ?); Al Milgrom (art assist); Jon D'Agostino (art assist)

Inks

Dave Simons (credited) (pages 1, 2 (panel 2 Odin face), 3, 4, 5 (partial), 15-18, 23-33); Al Milgrom (pages 2 (except panel 2 Odin face), 5 (partial), 6, 7, 10, 12-14, 19, 22); Jon D'Agostino (pages 8, 9, 11, 20, 21)

Colors

Carl Gafford

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited as Orz)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There came a time when Thor, Asgardian God of Thunder, stood on a desolate mountain top...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Watcher [Uatu]; Asgardians [Balder; Grand Vizier; Heimdall; Odin; Sif]; Warriors Three [Fandral; Hogun; Volstagg]; Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Henry Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Jane Foster; Doctor Keith Kincaid; Enchantress [Amora]; Executioner [Skurge]; Igron; Loki; Unknown

Synopsis

Odin forbids Thor to marry the mortal Jane Foster. Thor becomes convinced that Odin is under the influence of an evil power and recruits the Avengers in order to invade Asgard. Odin pardons the evil Loki and asks him to command the armies of Asgard. The battle rages on seemingly without end until first Iron Man and then Loki dies. Jane Foster sues for peace between Thor and Odin, but Thor no longer recognizes Odin as his king and builds a city of the gods for himself. Both Odin and Thor live out their lives miserable and separate.

Reprints

• in What If? Classic (Marvel, 2004 series) #4
• in Edderkoppen pocket [Edderkoppen superseriepocket] (Atlantic Forlag, 1979 series) #11 (1984)
• in Die Spinne Comic - Taschenbuch (Condor, 1979 series) #21 ([1984])
• in Spindelmannen superseriepocket (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1979 series) #11 (1984)
• in What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #3 (2019)

Keywords

gods

Indexer Notes

Based on Thor #136 (January 1967). Inking credits added 2005 by Steven Tice.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Mark Gruenwald (credited); various

Letters

typeset

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Why Not?

Reprints

• in What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #3 (2019)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Roy Veldboom, Perery Der, John Kooser, Steve Cote, Stanley Sanders, Ernest Kerbe, Griff Mauser, Kevin Sands, Billy Cox, Wilson Rivera, Mike Steffancin, Christopher R. Krieg, Louis Paia, Peter Garcia, Mike Rabara, J. Vicko, Ernie Laszlo, Richard Cook, Karen Morchy, and Rich Breckenridge.

The First Uni-Mind (Table of Contents: 3)

Untold Tales of the Marvel Universe! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Mark Gruenwald (credited)

Pencils

Ron Wilson (credited) (breakdowns ?); Alan Kupperberg ? (finished art ?)

Inks

Alan Kupperberg (credited)

Colors

Nel Yomtov (credited as Nelson Yomtov)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Witness, if you will, this scene from remotest prehistory...

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Untold Tales of the Marvel Universe!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Watcher [Uatu]; Eternals [Alars; Chronos; Zuras]

Synopsis

Sometimes, the Watcher tells stories from Earth's past, and not only imaginary stories. This time, he tells the story of the Eternals, a race of humans that were genetically modified by aliens to become almost godlike. When their city Titanos is destroyed, brothers Zuras and Alars learn that their father Chronos' experiments have made all Eternals immortal. The experiment has also granted the Eternals the ability to form a single collective mind, the Uni-Brain. Joined together, the Eternals decide that Zuras should be their new ruler, and Alars departs to seek his own destiny.

Reprints

• in What If? Classic (Marvel, 2004 series) #4
• in Edderkoppen pocket [Edderkoppen superseriepocket] (Atlantic Forlag, 1979 series) #11 (1984)
• in Die Spinne Comic - Taschenbuch (Condor, 1979 series) #21 ([1984])
• in Spindelmannen superseriepocket (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1979 series) #11 (1984)
• in Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1983 series) #14 (avril 1985)
• in What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #3 (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)
• in Eternals: A History Written in Blood (Marvel, 2022 series) (2022)

Daredevil vs. Johnny Punk! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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