What If? #32 [Newsstand]

(April 1982)

A Cracker Jack Story (Table of Contents: 1)

Cracker Jack / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

?

Letters

Irv Watanabe ?

Editing

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Okay, Scottie! The score is tied...

Genre

children; sports

Characters

Scottie

Keywords

baseball

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; ad for the Cracker Jack snack from Borden.

What If...the Avengers Had Become the Pawns of Korvac? (Table of Contents: 2)

The Avengers / comic story / 38 pages (report information)

Script

Mark Gruenwald (credited); Peter Sanderson (credited) (plot input)

Pencils

Mark Gruenwald (credited) (layouts); Greg LaRocque (credited) (finished art)

Inks

Rick Magyar (credited) (Arishem, Universal Armada); Jack Abel (credited) (the Avengers, Grandmaster, Korvac, Energy, Thor); Alan Kupperberg (credited) (Badoon); Joe Rubinstein (credited as Josef Rubinstein) (Captain America, Captain Marvel, Korvac: Ultimate, Watchers); Vince Colletta (credited) (Carina); Walter Simonson (credited) (Chaos, Order); Terry Austin (credited) (Collector); Alan Weiss (credited) (Doctor Strange); Mark Gruenwald (credited) (Eternity); Rick Bryant (credited) (Gardener); Bob Wiacek (credited) (Godheads, Stranger); Bob Layton (credited) (Galactus, Hercules, Iron Man, Korvac: Human); Al Milgrom (credited) (Guardians of the Galaxy, In-Betweener, Starhawk); Larry Hama (credited) (High Evolutionary); John Tartaglione (credited) (Humanity); Klaus Janson (credited) (Immortus); Herb Trimpe (credited) (Jocasta); Marie Severin (credited) (Living Tribunal); John Romita (credited) (Ms. Marvel); Frank Giacoia (credited) (Odin); Dave Cockrum (credited) (Phoenix); Steve Mitchell (credited) (Shaper of Worlds); Ron Wilson (credited) (Silver Surfer); Dave Simons (credited) (Vision, Wonder Man); John Byrne (credited) (Zeus); Frank Miller (credited) (Moondragon); Jim Starlin ? (credited as Himself) (Death)

Colors

Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)

Letters

Rick Parker (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Arishem (Celestial); the Avengers [the Beast; the Black Widow; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye; Hercules; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Jocasta; Moondragon; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; Quicksilver; the Scarlet Witch; Thor; the Vision; the Wasp; Wonder Man; Yellowjacket [Henry Pym]]; Badoon (flashback); Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Carina Walters; the Collector (flashback); Death; Dr. Strange; Eternity; Galactus; the Gardener; the Grandmaster; the Guardians of the Galaxy [Charlie-27; Martinex; Nikki; Starhawk; Yondu]; the High Evolutionary; Immortus; the In-Betweener; Korvac [Michael]; the Living Tribunal; Lord Chaos; Master Order; Mephisto; Odin; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; the Shaper of Worlds; the Silver Surfer; the Stranger; the Watcher (story host); Watchers; Zeus

Synopsis

Korvac destroys the Avengers and then recreates them to do his bidding, forcing them to defend him from the powerful entities trying to break his hold on the Earth.

Reprints

• in What If? Classic (Marvel, 2004 series) #5
• in Best of What If (Marvel, 1991 series) (November 1991)
• in What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #3 (2019)
• in What If?: The Original Marvel Series Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) #2 (2021)

Indexer Notes

Based on the Korvac Saga in The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #167-177. A sequel appears in #43.
All pages are inker jam pages, with each inker inking certain characters, as listed.

Why Not -- Extra! (Table of Contents: 3)

Why Not? / letters page / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

Mark Gruenwald ?

Letters

typeset

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Page includes inking credits for the story and reader suggestions for future story titles from T. M. Maple, Rick S. Jones, Glenn Newberry, John McDonnell, Peter Kellermann, David Kessler, David Webb, Chris Kassay, and Eric E. Melanson.

U.S. Postal Service Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Required By 39 U.S.C. 3685) (Table of Contents: 4)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

Ed Shukin (business manager)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1981
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 119,150
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 108,990
Owners: Marvel Comics Group, 575 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022; Cadence Industries Corporation, 21 Henderson Drive, West Caldwell, N.J. 07006

Why Not? (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Mark Gruenwald ?

Letters

typeset

Feature Logo

Why Not?

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Letters on What If? #27 from Mark Santillo, Elizabeth Holden, Karen Morchy, Mike Lansley, and Manuel J. Correa.

Fury Unleashed! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Tony Macchia (sourced)

Pencils

Paul Kupperberg ?

Inks

Bob McLeod ?

Colors

?

Letters

Irv Watanabe

Editing

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Nick Fury; the Trapster

Synopsis

Captain America saves Nick Fury from the Trapster's goon by distracting him with Hostess Fruit Pies.

Indexer Notes

Ad for Hostess Fruit Pies from Continental Baking Company.