What If...?
#20
[Direct]
(December 1990)
Marvel,
1989 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.60 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1990-10-16
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics
- Editing
- Craig Anderson (editor)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
What If the Amazing Spider-Man Had Not Married Mary Jane?
Spider-Man / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino (signed); Ron Frenz (signed) (see notes)
- Inks
- Bob Wiacek (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Peter Parker [Spider-Man]; Mary Jane Watson; Aunt May Parker; Anna Watson; J. Jonah Jameson; Kraven; Venom; Electro
- Reprints
-
in Homem-Aranha: O Que Aconteceria se Peter Parker Não se Casasse com Mary Jane? (Editora Abril, 1991 series) (Novembro 1991) -
in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #513 (Febrero 12 de 1992) -
in The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1999 series) #639 (September 2010) which is reprinted -
in Spider-Man (Panini France, 2000 series) #140 (September 2011)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover includes three signatures with no specifications. Nick Caputo suspects Valentino may have provided the breakdown and Frenz the finished pencils.
Cover is a homage to the cover of Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #21.
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What if Spider-Man had Not Married Mary Jane Watson?
Spider-Man / comic story / 23 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mary Jane Watson; Black Cat [Felicia Hardy]; Aunt May Parker; Silver Sable; Watcher; Kraven; Venom; Electro
- Synopsis
- Spider-Man breaks up with Mary Jane because life with him would be dangerous. Instead he begins a relationship with the Black Cat
- Reprints
- in Homem-Aranha: O Que Aconteceria se Peter Parker Não se Casasse com Mary Jane? (Editora Abril, 1991 series) (Novembro 1991)
- in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #513 (Febrero 12 de 1992)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues in #21.
What if Spider-Man had a Son?
Spider-Man / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man; Mary Jane Watson
What if Ghost Rider Hit a Puddle
Ghost Rider / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Ghost Rider [Danny Ketch]
[no title indexed]
Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Gary Fields
- Pencils
- Keith Wilson
- Inks
- Keith Wilson
- Colors
- Renee Witterstaetter
- Letters
- Keith Wilson
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Sub-Mariner
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
What If the Amazing Spider-Man Had Not Married Mary Jane?
Spider-Man -
1.
What if Spider-Man had Not Married Mary Jane Watson?
Spider-Man -
2.
What if Spider-Man had a Son?
Spider-Man -
3.
What if Ghost Rider Hit a Puddle
Ghost Rider -
4.
[no title indexed]
Daredevil -
5.
[no title indexed]
Namor the Sub-Mariner
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Ruben Cortes
- Gregory Fischer
- Mike Nielsen
- Mark Q
- Eric Rom
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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