What If? #29 [Direct]

(October 1981)

What If...the Avengers Were the Last Superheroes on Earth? (Table of Contents: 1)

The Avengers; What If? / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script

Steven Grant (credited)

Pencils

Alan Kupperberg (credited)

Inks

Al Gordon (credited)

Colors

Carl Gafford (credited as Gaff)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited as Orzechowski)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I am the Watcher...an ageless being who has observed your planet's history since time immemorial...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Avengers [Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]]; Scarlet Centurian [Rama-Tut]; Fantastic Four [Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Doctor Doom [Victor von Doom] (flashback); Doctor Octopus [Otto Octavius]; Magneto

Universe

Marvel : Earth-8110

Synopsis

The Avengers must defeat all other super-powered beings on Earth.

Reprints

• in Die Rächer (Condor, 1979 series) #10
• in What If? Classic (Marvel, 2004 series) #5
• in What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #3 (2019), #3 (2019)

Keywords

Baxter Building; Washington DC

Indexer Notes

Based on Avengers Annual #2.

...The Search for the Great Refuge! (Table of Contents: 2)

Untold Tales of the Marvel Universe! / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Peter Gillis (credited)

Pencils

Ron Wilson (breakdowns); Joe Sinnott (finishes)

Inks

Joe Sinnott (credited)

Colors

Carl Gafford (credited as Gaff)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited as Orz)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I am the Watcher, and in times past I have shared with you glimpses of worlds that diverge from the one you know.

Feature Logo

Untold Tales of the Marvel Universe!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Eternals: Domo; Ikaris [Ike Harris]; Makkari; Sprite; Thena; Zuras
Black Bolt [Blackagar Boltagon]; The Watcher [Uatu]

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

How the Eternals helped the Inhumans found the Great Refuge.

Reprints

• in Die Rächer (Condor, 1979 series) #10
• in What If? Classic (Marvel, 2004 series) #5
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Inhumans (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 ([April] 2010)
• in The Eternals: The Complete Saga Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
• in Eternals: The Dreaming Celestial Saga (Marvel, 2020 series) (2021)

Keywords

Attilan; Olympia

Indexer Notes

Continued next issue.

What If...Sub-Mariner Never Regained His Memory? (Table of Contents: 3)

What If? / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Steven Grant (credited)

Pencils

Rich Buckler Jr. (credited as Rick Buckler)

Inks

Bob McLeod (credited)

Colors

Ann Nocenti (credited)

Letters

Karin Nemri (credited as Karen Nemri)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

For almost a decade, the legendary Prince Namer--the savage Sub-Mariner--was lost to the world.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Watcher [Uatu]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Captain McCandless; Sharkey; Bedford; Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]] (cameo); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo)

Synopsis

The Human Torch never discovers Namor, so on this world the amnesiac Namor becomes a crew member by the name of Mr. Smith, on a ship searching for the fabled entrance to the center of the Earth.

Reprints

• in Die Rächer (Condor, 1979 series) #10
• in What If? Classic (Marvel, 2004 series) #5
• in Thor (Arédit-Artima, 1983 series) #14 (avril 1985)
• in What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #3 (2019)

Keywords

mutiny

Spider-Man Vs. the Human Computer! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Hostess Cup Cakes; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)