What If...? #55 [Direct Edition]
(November 1993)

Marvel, 1989 Series
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Volume
2
Price
1.25 USD; 1.60 CAD; 0.95 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1993-09-21
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Barcode
759606029204 05511
Editing
Rob Tokar (editor); Paula Foye (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

What If... The Avengers Lost Operation: Galactic Storm Part 1 of 2 (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Craig Brasfield (signed)
Inks
Frank Turner (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Vision; Crystal; Thor; Sersi; Wonder Man; Scarlet Witch; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Quasar]
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Cover Thumbnail for What If...? (Marvel, 1989 series) #55 [Direct Edition] Cover Thumbnail for What If...? (1989 series) #55 [Australian]
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What If the Avengers Lost Operation Galactic Storm? [Part 1] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Avengers / comic story / 27 pages (report information)

Script
Len Kaminski
Pencils
Craig Brasfield
Inks
Frank Turner
Colors
Bob Sharen
Letters
Janice Chiang
Genre
superhero
Characters
Watcher [Uatu]; Avengers [Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Goliath [Clint Barton] (death); Vision; Crystal; Thor; Sersi (death); Wonder Man; Scarlet Witch; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Quasar; Hercules (death); Living Lightning; She-Hulk; Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter]; Dr. Henry Pym; Falcon; Black Widow; Starfox; Mockingbird; Gilgamesh]; Kree [Supreme Intelligence (Death); Supremor; Ronan the Accuser; Ael-Dan; Dar-Ben (death)]; Lilandra; Shi'ar; Deathbird (death); Imperial Guard [Neutron; Oracle; Titan; Hobgoblin; Mentor; Hussar; Manta; Nightside; Glom; Flashfire; Starbolt]; Spider-Man (cameo); Mary Jane Watson Parker (cameo); Daredevil (cameo); Warlock (cameo); Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (cameo); Ka-Zar (cameo); Captain Britain (cameo)
Synopsis
The Kree destroy Earth. The remaining Avengers join forces with the remaining members of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard.
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Indexer Notes

Based on the Operation: Galactic Storm crossover. For a complete Operation: Galactic Storm checklist, please see Part 1 of the series in Captain America #398.

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

What Now / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Okay, you kids, thanks for the...

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Harry Simon, Christopher Mentzer, Wade J. Martyr Jr. and Jim Page.
Also shows a miniature version of the cover art to #57.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. What If... The Avengers Lost Operation: Galactic Storm Part 1 of 2
    The Avengers
  2. 1. What If the Avengers Lost Operation Galactic Storm? [Part 1]
    The Avengers
  3. 2. ["Okay, you kids, thanks for the..."]
    What Now
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