What If? #28 [Direct]

(August 1981)

What If Ghost Rider Were Separated from Johnny Blaze? (Table of Contents: 1)

Ghost Rider [occult]; What If / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Fleisher (credited)

Pencils

Tom Sutton (credited)

Inks

Tom Sutton (credited)

Colors

Carl Gafford (credited as Gaff)

Letters

Vic Carey (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I am the Watcher, and it is my sworn duty to observe all events on your world!

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Watcher [Uatu]; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Azazih; Ghost Rider [Azazih]; Johnny Blaze; the Pope

Synopsis

The Ghost Rider is taken over by a sorcerer and Blaze must stop him.

Reprints

• in What If? Classic (Marvel, 2004 series) #5
• in What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #3 (2019)
• in Marvel Tales: Ghost Rider (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (December 2019)

Keywords

occult

Indexer Notes

Based on Ghost Rider #43-44.

Matt Murdock, Agent of...S.H.I.E.L.D. (Table of Contents: 2)

Daredevil [Marvel]; What If / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Miller (credited) (co-plot); Mike W. Barr (credited)

Pencils

Frank Miller (credited)

Inks

Klaus Janson (credited)

Colors

Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I am the Watcher...for uncounted eons my task has been to watch the history of your world...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Watcher [Uatu]; Matt Murdock [Daredevil]; Tony Stark; SHIELD [Nick Fury]; Hydra [Agent 5; Doc Frost]; Jack Murdock (flashback)

Synopsis

After gaining his powers, Matt Murdock is recruited into SHIELD and has to save his dad from Hydra.

Reprints

• in What If? Classic (Marvel, 2004 series) #5
• in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #53 (10 juin 1984)
• in Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller (Graphitti Designs, 2000 series) #3 (2001)
• in Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller (Marvel, 2000 series) #3 (November 2001)
• in Daredevil by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) (2007)
• in What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #3 (2019)
• in Daredevil by Frank Miller (Marvel, 2019 series) #[5] - Elektra Lives Again (2019)

A "Dungeons and Dragons" Adventure! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Dungeons & Dragons / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

New Life (Table of Contents: 4)

Untold Tales of the Marvel Universe! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Mark Gruenwald (credited)

Pencils

Ron Wilson (credited) (breakdowns); Bruce Patterson (credited) (finished art)

Inks

Bruce Patterson

Colors

Carl Gafford (credited as Gaff)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited as Morelli)

Feature Logo

Untold Tales of the Marvel Universe!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Watcher [Uatu]; Eternals [Arlok; Shastra; Thyrio (introduction); Uranos]; Kree [Bal-Tok; Korath; Supreme Intelligence]

Synopsis

Conclusion of Eternals history.

Reprints

• in What If? Classic (Marvel, 2004 series) #5
• in Future Tense (Marvel UK, 1981 series) #40 (December 1981)
• in What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #3 (2019)
• in Eternals: Cosmic Origins (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
• in The Eternals: The Complete Saga Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
• in Eternals: The Dreaming Celestial Saga (Marvel, 2020 series) (2021)

Wonders of Nature (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Fantastic Four; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Why Not? / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Mark Gruenwald ?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Watcher

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Includes letters by Brad Keefauver, Howard Bloch, Rick S. Jones, Glenn Dressler, Keith A. Bowden, Penny Jacobsen, a list of requested What If? tales and a partial list of those who entered the Mighty Marvel Win-Yourself-Some-Big-Bucks Contest.