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Issue Details

Issue #25
Published February 1981
Cover Price 0.75 USD
Pages 52
Editing Dennis O'Neil [as Denny O'Neil]; Mark Gruenwald (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details - "What if Thor and the Avengers Battled the Gods?"

Characters Asgardians; the Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Don Blake]]; Loki; Odin
Genre superhero; fantasy
Pencils Dave Simons (signed)
Inks Joe Rubinstein (signed)
Letters Michael Higgins?

33 page Thor story "What If Thor Fought Odin Over Jane Foster?"

Characters Asgardians; the Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Henry Pym]; Hawkeye; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver; the Scarlet Witch; Thor [Don Blake]; the Wasp]; Balder; Dr. Keith Kincaid; the Enchantress; the Executioner; Heimdall; Igron; Jane Foster; Loki; Odin; Sif; the Unknown (monster); Vizier; the Warriors Three [Fandral; Hogun; Volstagg]; the Watcher
Synopsis Thor invades Asgard when Odin forbids his marriage to Jane Foster.
Genre superhero; fantasy
Script Peter B. Gillis [as Peter Gillis]
Pencils Rich Buckler (breakdowns); Dave Simons (finishes); Al Milgrom (finishes); Jon D'Agostino (finishes)
Inks Dave Simons (pages 1, 2 (panel 2 Odin face), 3, 4, 5 (partial), 15-18, 23-33); Al Milgrom (pages 2 (except panel 2 Odin face), 5 (partial), 6, 7, 10, 12-14, 19, 22); Jon D'Agostino (pages 8, 9, 11, 20, 21)
Colors Carl Gafford [as Gaff]
Letters Tom Orzechowski [as Orz]
Notes Based on Thor #136 (January 1967). Inking credits added 2005 by Steven Tice.

1 page letters page "Why Not?"

Script various; Mark Gruenwald
Letters typeset
Notes Letters on What If? #21 and suggestions for future story titles.

6 page Eternals story "The First Uni-Mind"

Characters Alars; Chronos; Eternals; the Watcher; Zuras
Synopsis History of the Eternals.
Genre superhero
Script Mark Gruenwald
Pencils Ron Wilson (breakdowns); Alan Kupperberg (finishes)
Inks Alan Kupperberg
Colors Nel Yomtov
Letters Jack Morelli

1 page Daredevil; Hostess Fruit Pies advertisement "Daredevil Vs. Johnny Punk!"

Characters Daredevil; Johnny Punk
Genre superhero
Letters Irving Watanabe
Notes Comics ad for Hostess Fruit Pies from Continental Baking Company.