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What If? Classic Vol. 1 (Marvel Heroes)
by Roy Thomas, Jim Shooter, Don Glut, Jim Craig, Herb Trimpe, Gil Kane, Frank Robbins, George Tuska, Rick Hoberg
from Marvel Comics

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• Why Not?
  I agree this should have been an Essentials offering. But it's a fun read never the less and it paved the way for stronger stories in later issues. As far as expectations maybe we are too jaded in this new century to appreciate what Roy Thomas and other's were doing. These stories shake the foundations of Marvel legend and take them to another place. I agree that they don't all work but the ones that do are great to visit again.

• Finally! A chance to revisit What If?
  What If? was one of Marvel's better ideas from the 70's. The best thing about this concept was that these were NOT "imaginary stories", instead, these stories REALLY occured, just in some alternative universe.
  That being said, the early What If stories are somewhat problematic. Too much time is taken reviewing the events that occured in our reality, taking many valuable pages away from what we really want to know - what happens in the alternate universe.
  Also, I agree with the reviewer below in... more info

• A misfire from Marvel
  WHAT IF? is one of my favorite series from Marvel, the reason being that I loved the concept. It was a great idea from Roy Thomas in which Uatu, the Watcher, would present the events of the Marvel Universe in alternate realities. Even better, these events usually cast a harder or darker aspect on the characters, which, while pretty far-out, always made me happy that we ended up with the Marvel Universe that we did.
  While I consider many WHAT IF? stories to be classics, the early issues weren't all that... more info

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