What If?
#28
[Direct]
(August 1981)
Marvel,
1977 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
- Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Editing
- Denny O'Neil (editor); Mark Gruenwald (assistant editor)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- was ongoing series
Issue Notes
This issue has variants.
Indicia title is What If? Featuring Ghost Rider and Daredevil
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What If Ghost Rider Were Separated from Johnny Blaze?
Ghost Rider / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Michael Fleisher
- Pencils
- Tom Sutton
- Inks
- Tom Sutton
- Colors
- Carl Gafford
- Letters
- Vic Carey
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Watcher; Azazih; Ghost Rider [Azazih]; Johnny Blaze; the Pope
- Synopsis
- The Ghost Rider taken over by a sorcerer and Blaze must stop him.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- occult
Indexer Notes
Based on Ghost Rider #43-44.
Matt Murdock, Agent of...S.H.I.E.L.D.
Daredevil / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Frank Miller (Co-plot); Mike W. Barr
- Pencils
- Frank Miller
- Inks
- Klaus Janson
- Colors
- Glynis Wein
- Letters
- Joe Rosen
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Matt Murdock [Daredevil]; Watcher; Tony Stark [Iron Man]; SHIELD; Nick Fury; Hydra; Battling Jack Murdock; Dr. Frost
- Synopsis
- After gaining his powers, Matt Murdock is recruited into SHIELD and has to save his dad from Hydra.
- Reprints
New Life
Eternals / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Mark Gruenwald
- Pencils
- Ron Wilson (breakdowns); Bruce Patterson (finished art)
- Inks
- Bruce Patterson
- Colors
- Carl Gafford
- Letters
- John Morelli
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Eternals; Watcher; Kree; Uranos; Supreme Intelligence; Bal-Tok; Shastra; Arlok
- Synopsis
- Conclusion of Eternals history.
- Reprints
-
in Future Tense (Marvel UK, 1981 series) #40 (December 1981) -
in What If? Classic (Marvel, 2004 series) #5
-
[no title indexed]
Why Not? / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Mark Gruenwald ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Watcher
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
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
What If Daredevil Became an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.?
Daredevil; Ghost Rider -
1.
What If Ghost Rider Were Separated from Johnny Blaze?
Ghost Rider -
2.
Matt Murdock, Agent of...S.H.I.E.L.D.
Daredevil -
3.
A "Dungeons and Dragons" Adventure!
Dungeons and Dragons -
4.
New Life
Eternals -
5.
Wonders of Nature
Fantastic Four; Hostess Fruit Pies -
6.
[no title indexed]
Why Not?
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Derek Reinhard
- Jim Van Dore
- Nick Caputo
- Darrel McCann
- Merlin Haas
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Patrick Lemaire
- Per Sandell
- Richard Rider
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- Peter Croome
- Steven Tice
- Jim Stangas
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- Max Capp
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