What If...? #23 [Direct]
(March 1991)

Marvel, 1989 Series
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Volume
2
Price
1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1991-01-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Editing
Craig Anderson (editor); Renee Witterstaetter (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

Statement of Ownership average # of copies in preceding 12 months: 320,410.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

X-Men / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rodney Ramos (signed)
Inks
Bob McLeod (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel; Iceman; Beast; Havok; Polaris; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler; Thunderbird
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Indexer Notes

Cover is an homage to the cover of Giant-Size X-Men (Marvel, 1975 series) #1.

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What If the All-New, All-Different X-Men Had Never Existed? (Table of Contents: 1)

X-Men / comic story / 27 pages (report information)

Script
Kurt Busiek
Pencils
Rodney Ramos
Inks
Doug Hazlewood
Colors
Tom Vincent
Letters
Janice Chiang
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel; Iceman; Beast; Havok; Polaris]; Moira MacTaggert (guest); Lilandra (guest); Starjammers [Corsair; Hepzibah; Raza; Ch'od] (guests); Eric the Red (villain); Nightcrawler (villain); Proudstar [Thunderbird] (villain); Sentinels (villains); D'Ken (cameo); Modt (cameo); Imperial Guard [Astra; Tempest; Hobgoblin; Impulse; Oracle; Scintilla; Smasher; Starbolt; Titan] (cameo); Warhawk (cameo); Mesmero (cameo); Moses Magnum (cameo); Alpha Flight [Vindicator [James MacDonald Hudson]; Wolverine; Sasquatch [Walter Langkowski]; Shaman; Aurora; Northstar; Snowbird] (cameo); Sunfire (cameo); Mariko Yashida (cameo); Arkon (cameo);Kitty Pryde (cameo); Storm (cameo); Dazzler (cameo); Hellfire Club [Black King [Sebastian Shaw]; Jason Wyngarde [Mastermind]; Harry Leland; Donald Pierce; Hellfire Soldiers] (cameo); Krakoa (cameo flashback); Z'Nox (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
The original X-Men beat Krakoa, and the new team is never formed. The old X-Men tackle all of the problems that faced the new X-Men but do a much better job. When Lilandra teleports the X-Men into space to take on the Phoenix force, Cyclops volunteers to give his life but it ends up being an old foe and lackey of Eric the Red, and Nightcrawler faces the Phoenix and saves the day (and the universe).
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Indexer Notes

Based on Giant Size X-Men (Marvel, 1975 series) #1.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    X-Men
  2. 1. What If the All-New, All-Different X-Men Had Never Existed?
    X-Men
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