What If? #42 [Newsstand]
(December 1983)

Marvel, 1977 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1983-09-13 ?
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860268612
Editing
Ralph Macchio (editor); Bob Harras (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #31, with shipping date of 1983-08-23.
This issue is a variant of What If? (Marvel, 1977 series) #42 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

What if the Invisible Girl Had Died? (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Michael Golden (signed)
Inks
Michael Golden (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing]; Annihilus
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for What If? (Marvel, 1977 series) #42 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for What If? (1977 series) #42 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for What If? (1977 series) #42 [Canadian]
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What if Susan Richards Died in Childbirth? (Table of Contents: 1)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 38 pages (report information)

Script
Peter Gillis (credited as Peter B. Gillis)
Pencils
Ron Frenz (breakdowns)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (finishes)
Colors
Christie Scheele
Letters
Janice Chiang
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing]; Annihilus; Watcher; Crystal; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Dr. Strange; Dr. Doom; Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Wasp; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; Goliath [Hank Pym]; Hawkeye]; Willie Lumpkin; X-Men [Cyclops; Iceman; Beast; Marvel Girl; Angel]
Synopsis
The Invisible Girl dies giving birth.
Reprints

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

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset
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Indexer Notes

Letters from readers: David Allen, Sandro Bucci, John Burt, Andrew Walls, John A. Wilcox, R. Babb, Rob Marsh, Scott St. John, Dave McLeod, Matt Brett, Damon Stafford, The Watched

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. What if the Invisible Girl Had Died?
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. What if Susan Richards Died in Childbirth?
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Why Not?
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