What If? #2

(April 1977)

What If the Hulk Had Always Had Bruce Banner's Brain? (Table of Contents: 1)

Hulk / comic story / 34 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

Herb Trimpe

Inks

Tom Sutton

Colors

Glynis Oliver

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited as Orz) (pages 1-6); Joe Rosen (credited as Rosen) (pages 7-34)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Eggman 1 to Walrus 3: riot squad has Hulk cornered at...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; Watcher; Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross Banner; Igor; the Gargoyle; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Alicia Masters Grimm; Loki; the Avengers [Thor; Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; the Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Galactus; X-Man (introduction, origin, death); Sam; O'Brien; Zeke

Synopsis

Hulk retains his intelligence and teams up with Mr. Fantastic and Professor X against Galactus. In the final battle they lose their powers but the Thing's powers become enhanced and he becomes as much a menace as the mindless Hulk was.

Reprints

• in Der unglaubliche Hulk (Condor, 1979 series) #8
• in What If (Yaffa / Page, 1977 series) #1 (1977)
• in Hulk Comic (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #14 (June 6 1979) [Partial reprint, extensively edited to bring the story length down to 3 pages. Prints page 4, panels 1-2; page 5, panel 1; page 4, panel 3; page 5, panels 2-3 & 5; page 7, panels 1-3 & 5; page 8, panels 1-6 & 8-9; page 9, panels 1-2 & 4-5; page 10, panels 1-2], #15 (13 June 1979) [black and white. Extensively edited to bring the story length down to 2.5 pages. Prints page 10, panels 3-5; pages 11-12; page 13, panels 1-4; page 14, panels 1-3; page 15, panel 3; page 16, panels 2-6], #16 (13 June 1979) [black and white. Extensively edited to bring the story length down to 3 pages. Prints page 16, panel 7; page 17, panels 2-8; pages 18-21], #17 ([27] June 1979) [Extensively edited to bring the story length down to 2.5 pages. Prints pages 22, panels 1-5; page 24; page 25, panels 1-2 & 4-5; page 26], #18 (July 4 1979) [Black and white. Extensively edited to bring the story length down to 2 pages. Prints pages 27-28; page 29, panels 1-2; page 11, panel 1 (modified); page 29, panels 4-8], #19 (11 July 1979) [Black and white. Extensively edited to bring the story length down to 3 pages. Prints pages 30-34], #21 (July 25 1979) [Extensively edited to bring the story length down to 3 pages. Prints pages 7-11; page 12, panels 2, 1 & 3]
• in Namor (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #8 - Submariner contre Spider-Man (3ème trimestre 1980) [Pages 7-9]
• in Hulk album (Atlantic Forlag, 1979 series) #[nn] - Hulk gavealbum (1983)
• in Hulk album (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1979 series) #[10] - Presentalbum (1983)
• in Et si... (Arédit-Artima, 1983 series) #[2] - Et si Captain America n'avait pas disparu pendant la guerre (mars 1984)
• in What If? Classic (Marvel, 2004 series) #1 ([December] 2004)
• in What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #1 (2018)

The Champ (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Spider-Man; Hostess Cupcake / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Roy Thomas

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #1 (2018)

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Mark Gruenwald, David Levin, and Garry R. Miller.