What If?
#37
[Newsstand]
(February 1983)
Marvel,
1977 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Barcode
- 0714860268602
- Editing
- Mark Gruenwald (editor); Mike Carlin (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of What If? (Marvel, 1977 series) #37 [Direct].
What If The Beast and the Thing Continued to Mutate? Plus, What if the Silver Surfer Lost the Power Cosmic?
Beast; Silver Surfer; The Thing; What If? / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Ed Hannigan (signed as Ed)
- Inks
- Joe Rubinstein (signed as Joe)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero; science fiction
- Universe
- Marvel : Earth-8320; Marvel : Earth-8321; Marvel : Earth-8327
- Reprints
![Cover Thumbnail for What If? (Marvel, 1977 series) #37 [Newsstand]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/748/w200/748067.jpg?1932682129386866004)
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What if the Thing Continued to Mutate?
Fantastic Four; The Thing; What If? / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Tom DeFalco (credited)
- Pencils
- Arvell Jones (credited) (breakdowns); Sam de la Rosa (credited) (finishes)
- Inks
- Sam de la Rosa (credited) (finishes)
- Colors
- Dave Billman (credited)
- Letters
- Janice Chiang (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I am the Watcher!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Giant-Man [Bill Foster]; Alicia Masters; MODOK [George Tarleton]; The Watcher [Uatu]; AIM - Universe
- Marvel : Earth-8321
- Synopsis
- The Thing continues to Mutate from Virus-X.
- Reprints
-
in Die Spinne Comic - Album (Condor, 1979 series) #19 -
in What If? Classic (Marvel, 2004 series) #6 -
in Edderkoppen Superseriealbum (Atlantic Forlag, 1979 series) #11 ([1984]) -
in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #56 (10 septembre 1984) [Première partie [First part]], #57 (10 octobre 1984) [Deuxième partie [Second part]] - in What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #4 (2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Based on events occurring in Marvel-Two-In-One #81.
What if the Beast Had Truly Become a Beast?
Beast; What If?; X-Men / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Alan Weiss (credited)
- Pencils
- Alan Weiss (credited)
- Inks
- James Sherman (credited as Jim Sherman)
- Colors
- James Sherman (credited as Jim Sherman)
- Letters
- Rick Parker ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I am the Watcher, a nigh-omnipotent being who has observed all that has transpired on your planet since its very birth.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Thor Odinson]; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]
X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]
Don Blake; Edwin Jarvis; Ka-Zar [Kevin Plunder]; The Watcher [Uatu]; Zabu - Universe
- Marvel : Earth-8320
- Synopsis
- The formula which turned the Beast into his current state mutates him more.
- Reprints
- in What If? Classic (Marvel, 2004 series) #6
- in Conan der Barbar (Condor, 1982 series) #4 ([Juli] 1983)
- in Thor (Arédit-Artima, 1983 series) #11 (novembre 1984)
- in Prosjekt X (Semic, 1984 series) #5/1985 (uke 19 1985) [pages 1-4]
-
in X-Men (TM-Semic, 1992 series) #1/1992 (1992) - in What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #4 (2020)
-
What if Galactus Had Turned the Silver Surfer Back into Norrin Radd?
Silver Surfer; What If? / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- David Anthony Kraft (credited)
- Pencils
- Mike Vosburg (credited)
- Inks
- Steve Mitchell (credited)
- Colors
- Bob Sharen (credited)
- Letters
- Diana Albers (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I am the Watcher!
- Genre
- superhero; science fiction
- Characters
- Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Galactus [Galan]; Shalla-Bal; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; The Watcher [Uatu] - Universe
- Marvel : Earth-8327
- Synopsis
- Galactus not only strands the Silver Surfer on Earth, but also turns him human.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Based loosely on events occurring in Fantastic Four #50.
A Cracker Jack Story
Cracker Jack / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Cracker Jacks.
Spider-Man and the Mystery of the Museum Snakes!
Magic Snake Puzzle; Spider-Man / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Magic Snake Puzzels.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
What If The Beast and the Thing Continued to Mutate? Plus, What if the Silver Surfer Lost the Power Cosmic?
Beast; Silver Surfer; The Thing; What If? -
1.
What if the Thing Continued to Mutate?
Fantastic Four; The Thing; What If? -
2.
What if the Beast Had Truly Become a Beast?
Beast; What If?; X-Men -
3.
What if Galactus Had Turned the Silver Surfer Back into Norrin Radd?
Silver Surfer; What If? -
4.
A Cracker Jack Story
Cracker Jack -
5.
Spider-Man and the Mystery of the Museum Snakes!
Magic Snake Puzzle; Spider-Man
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