Issue Details

Issue	#34
Published	August 1982
Cover Price	1.00 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Tom DeFalco (Editor); Linda Grant (Assistant Editor)
Notes	This is an all humor issue, often with multiple one-panel bits. All letterer credits added 2005 by Steven Tice.

Cover Details

Pencils	Bob Layton
Inks	Bob Layton
Letters	Rick Parker?
Notes	This is an all humor issue, often with multiple one-panel bits. All letterer credits added 2005 by Steven Tice.

1 page Watcher story "What if the Watcher Was a Stand-Up Comedian?"

Characters	Watcher
Synopsis	opening
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Ron Wilson (Kirbyesque panels), Rick Parker (wacky Watcher)
Inks	? (Kirbyesque panels), Rick Parker (wacky Watcher)
Letters	Diana Albers, Rick Parker
Notes	Art and letterer credits added 2005 by Steven Tice. Rick Parker's panel confirmed 2005 by Rick Parker. Ron Wilson credit derived from the letters page of What If? #38.

Half page Fantastic Four story "What if the Fantastic Four Were Bananas?"

Characters	Fantastic Four [Human Torch; Thing; Invisible Girl; Mr. Fantastic]
Genre	superhero
Script	Fred Hembeck
Pencils	Fred Hembeck
Inks	Fred Hembeck
Letters	Fred Hembeck

Half page Spider-Man story "What if Odin were Peter Parker's Uncle?"

Characters	Spider-Man, Odin, Aunt May
Genre	superhero
Script	Fred Hembeck
Pencils	Fred Hembeck
Inks	Fred Hembeck
Letters	Fred Hembeck

Half page Thor story "What if Don Blake and Tony Stark were Brothers?"

Characters	Don Blake (Thor), Tony Stark (Iron Man)
Script	Fred Hembeck
Pencils	Fred Hembeck
Inks	Fred Hembeck
Letters	Fred Hembeck

Half page Spider-Man story "What if Aunt May were Ant-Man?"

Characters	Spider-Man, Aunt May
Genre	superhero
Script	Fred Hembeck
Pencils	Fred Hembeck
Inks	Fred Hembeck
Letters	Fred Hembeck

Half page Spider-Man story "What if Spider-Man Married Spider-Woman?"

Characters	Spider-Man, Spider-Woman
Genre	superhero
Script	Fred Hembeck
Pencils	Fred Hembeck
Inks	Fred Hembeck
Letters	Fred Hembeck

Half page Fantastic Four story "What if Reed Richards took Postman Willie Lumpkin up on his Offer to Join the Fantastic Four?"

Characters	Mr. Fantastic
Genre	superhero
Script	Fred Hembeck
Pencils	Fred Hembeck
Inks	Fred Hembeck
Letters	Fred Hembeck

Half page Captain America story "What if Captain America chose to Remain Nomad?"

Characters	Nomad (Steve Rodgers)
Genre	superhero
Script	Fred Hembeck
Pencils	Fred Hembeck
Inks	Fred Hembeck
Letters	Fred Hembeck

Half page Captain Marvel story "What if, at Some Point, Rick Jones decided to leave Captain Marvel in the Negative Zone?"

Characters	Rick Jones)
Genre	superhero
Script	Fred Hembeck
Pencils	Fred Hembeck
Inks	Fred Hembeck
Letters	Fred Hembeck

Half page SHIELD story "What if Nick Fury had to wear an Eyepatch on his Right Eye instead of his Left Eye?"

Characters	Nick Fury
Script	Fred Hembeck
Pencils	Fred Hembeck
Inks	Fred Hembeck
Letters	Fred Hembeck

1 page Ghost Rider story "What if...the Ghost Rider had Possessed Someone Else?!"

Characters	Ghost Rider
Script	Tom DeFalco
Pencils	Dave Simons
Inks	Dave Simons
Letters	Rick Parker

1 page Avengers story "What if Everyone who ever had been an Avenger had Remained an Avenger?"

Characters	Avengers, Thor, Iron Man, Wasp, Ant-Man (Pym), Spider-Man, Black Panther, Beast, Tigra, Black Knight (Dane Whitman), Scarlet Witch, Vision. Quicksilver, Hulk, Jarvis
Genre	superhero
Script	Jim Shooter
Pencils	Bob Hall
Inks	Brett Breeding
Letters	RIck Parker

Half page Adam Warlock story "What if Him Maried Her?"

Characters	Him (Adam Warlock), Her (Kismet)
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald
Pencils	Ron Zalme
Inks	Al Milgrom

Half page Inhumans story "What if Black Bolt got the Hiccups?"

Characters	Black Bolt
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald
Pencils	Ron Zalme
Inks	Al Milgrom

Half page Galactus story "What if Galactus Ate the Earth?"

Characters	Galactus
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald
Pencils	Ron Zalme
Inks	Al Milgrom

1 page Ka-Zar story "What if...Ka-Zar...were a Middle-Aged Accountant instead of a Savage?"

Characters	Ka-Zar
Genre	jungle
Script	Brent Anderson
Pencils	Brent Anderson
Inks	Brent Anderson
Letters	Rick Parker

Half page Hulk story "What if the Hulk were Yellow?"

Characters	Hulk
Genre	superhero

Half page Fantastic Four story "What if the Invisible Girl Dyed her Hair?"

Characters	Invisible Girl
Genre	superhero

Half page Power Man story "What if Power Man were White?"

Characters

Power Man (Luke Cage)

Half page Fantastic Four story "What if the Thing were Blue?"

Characters	Thing
Genre	superhero

Half page Captain Marvel story "What if--Captain Marvel hadn't Died?"

Characters	Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell)
Genre	superhero
Script	Al Milgrom
Pencils	Al Milgrom
Inks	Al Milgrom
Letters	Rick Parker

Half page X-Men story "What if Phoenix Still Lived?"

Characters	Phoenix, Cyclops
Genre	superhero
Script	Al Milgrom
Pencils	Al Milgrom
Inks	Al Milgrom
Letters	Rick Parker

Half page Elektra story "Elektra had Survived?"

Characters	Electra
Genre	superhero
Script	Al Milgrom
Pencils	Al Milgrom
Inks	Al Milgrom
Letters	Rick Parker

1 page Dazzler story "What if Dazzler had become a Stand-Up Comedienne Instead of a Singer?"

Characters	Dazzler
Genre	superhero
Script	Danny Fingeroth
Pencils	Frank Springer
Inks	Frank Springer
Letters	Michael Higgins?

2 page Spider-Man story "What if Marvel Comics and the National Endowment for the Arts presented Spidey Intellectual Stories"

Characters	Spider-Man, Mad Thinker
Genre	superhero
Script	Roger Stern
Pencils	Ed Hannigan
Inks	Allen Milgrom
Letters	Diana Albers

Half page Fantastic Four story "What if Willie Lumpkin were Herald to Galactus"

Characters	Willie Lumpkin, Fantastic Four, Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Thing, Human Torch (J. Storm)
Genre	superhero
Script	Bob Budiansky
Pencils	Bob Budiansky
Inks	Bob Budiansky
Letters	Rick Parker

Half page Ghost Rider story "What if Ghost Rider Owned a Fast Food Franchise?"

Characters	Ghost Rider (J. Blaze)
Script	Bob Budiansky
Pencils	Bob Budiansky
Inks	Bob Budiansky
Letters	Rick Parker

Half page What If? story "What if All the Super Heroes who Now Lived in New York City Moved to Toledo, Ohio?"

Characters	Spider-Man, Captain America, Daredevil, Scarlet Witch, Thor, Dr. Strange
Script	Bob Budiansky
Pencils	Bob Budiansky
Inks	Bob Budiansky
Letters	Rick Parker

1 page What If? story What if the Watchers in all the Realities got Together and Watched Watchers Watching Watchers [repeat "Watching Watchers" to infinity]

Characters	Watcher
Script	Mary Jo Duffy
Pencils	Terry Austin
Inks	Terry Austin
Letters	Terry Austin

1 page Howard the Duck story "What if Howard the Duck Formed his Own Super-Team?"

Characters	Howard the Duck
Genre	satire
Script	Dan O'Neill
Pencils	Alan Kupperberg
Inks	Alan Kupperberg
Letters	Alan Kupperberg

Half page Thor story "What if Thor had a Swedish Accent?"

Characters	Thor, Loki
Script	Mark Gruenwald
Pencils	Mark Gruenwald (layouts), Brett Breeding (finished art)
Inks	Brett Breeding
Letters	Rick Parker

Half page X-Men story "What if Cyclops's Energy Beams Came out of his Ears?"

Characters	Cyclops
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald
Pencils	Mark Gruenwald (layouts), Brett Breeding (finished art)
Inks	Brett Breeding
Letters	Rick Parker

Half page What If? story "What if Wonder Man were a Woman and Power Man were a Girl?"

Characters	Power Man (Cage), Wonder Man
Script	Mark Gruenwald
Pencils	Mark Gruenwald (layouts), Brett Breeding (finished art)
Inks	Brett Breeding
Letters	Rick Parker

1 page Inhumans story "What if Black Bolt were a Rock Star?"

Characters	Inhumans, Black Bolt, Triton, Gorgon, Medusa
Genre	superhero
Script	Roger Stern
Pencils	Bob Budiansky
Inks	Jack Abel
Letters	Rick Parker

1 page Daredevil story "What if Daredevil were Deaf Instead of Blind?"

Characters	Daredevil
Genre	superhero
Script	Frank Miller
Pencils	Frank Miller
Inks	Frank Miller
Letters	Diana Albers

1 page What If? story "What if the Marvel Production Crew Existed in this Reality?"

Characters	Ron Zalme, Joe Albelo, Rob Carosella, John Morelli, Bob Camp, Barry Shapiro, Rick Parker, Danny Crespi, Nora Maclin, Morrie Kuramoto, Eliot R. Brown, Harry Candelario
Script	Rick Parker
Pencils	Ron Zalme (himself, Barry Shapiro?), Joe Albelo (himself), Rick Parker (himself, Rob Carosella, Nora Maclin, Harry Candelario), John Morelli (himself), Bob Camp (himself), ? (Danny Crespi), Morrie Kuramoto (himself), Eliot R. Brown (himself)
Inks	Ron Zalme (himself, Barry Shapiro?), Joe Albelo (himself), Rick Parker (himself, Rob Carosella, Nora Maclin, Harry Candelario), John Morelli (himself), Bob Camp (himself), ? (Danny Crespi), Morrie Kuramoto (himself), Eliot R. Brown (himself)
Letters	Rick Parker
Notes	Caricature credits added 2005 by Steven Tice, with input from Jim Salicrup, Danny Fingeroth, Mike Carlin, and Rick Parker.

1 page What If? story "What if the Marvel Editorial Crew did, Too?"

Characters	Denny O'Neil, Mark Gruenwald, Jim Salicrup, Mike Carlin, Louise Jones, Danny Fingeroth, Ralph Macchio, Al Milgrom, Ann Nocenti, Lance Tooks, Linda Grant, Tom DeFalco
Script	Michael Carlin
Pencils	Mark Gruenwald (Denny O'Neil, himself), Jim Salicrup (himself), Ron Zalme (Mike Carlin, Danny Fingeroth), ? (Louise Jones), Marie Severin (Ralph Macchio, Linda Grant), Rick Parker (Al Milgrom), Larry Hama (Ann Nocenti), Lance Tooks (himself), Mike Carlin (Tom DeFalco)
Inks	Rick Parker (Denny O'Neil, Al Milgrom, Tom DeFalco), Mark Gruenwald (himself), Jim Salicrup (himself), Ron Zalme (Mike Carlin, Danny Fingeroth, Lance Tooks), ? (Louise Jones), Marie Severin (Ralph Macchio, Linda Grant), Larry Hama (Ann Nocenti)
Letters	Rick Parker
Notes	Caricature art credits added 2005 by Steven Tice, with input from Jim Salicrup, Danny Fingeroth, Mike Carlin, Al Milgrom, Ron Zalme, and Rick Parker. Al Milgrom is certain he did not do his own caricature.

Half page Iron Man story "What if Tony Stark had Owned an Auto Plant Instead of a Weapons Factory?"

Characters	Iron Man
Genre	superhero
Script	Joe Albelo
Pencils	Joe Albelo
Inks	Joe Albelo
Letters	typeset, Michael Higgins?

Half page Fantastic Four story "What if Sue Storm had Become the Thing?"

Characters	Fantastic Four, Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Thing, Human Torch (J. Storm)
Genre	superhero
Script	Joe Albelo
Pencils	Joe Albelo
Inks	Joe Albelo
Letters	typeset, Michael Higgins?

Half page Moon Knight story "What if Moon Knight got All his Identities Mixed Up?"

Characters	Moon Knight
Genre	superhero
Script	Joe Albelo
Pencils	Joe Albelo
Inks	Joe Albelo
Letters	typeset, Michael Higgins?

Half page Watcher story "What if...the Watcher Grew Hair?"

Characters	Watcher
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald
Pencils	Rick Parker
Inks	Rick Parker
Letters	Rick Parker

Half page Alpha Flight story "What if Alpha Flight talked like T.V. Canadians?"

Characters	Alpha Flight, Vindicator (James Hudson), Northstar, Aurora, Sasquatch, Shaman
Genre	superhero
Script	Bob Layton, Mike Carlin, Eliot R. Brown
Pencils	Bob Layton
Inks	Bob Layton
Letters	Rick Parker

Half page What if? story "What if The Silver Surfer, White Tiger, Night Rider, Iceman, and Moon Knight fought Wendigo in a Snowstorm?"

Script	Tom DeFalco
Letters	Michael Higgins

Half page What if? story "What if The Black Panther fought The Shroud in a Coal Mine?"

Script	Tom DeFalco
Letters	Michael Higgins?

1 page Moon Knight story "What if Moon Knight had 3 Different Identities?"

Characters	Moon Knight
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Sienkiewicz
Pencils	Bill Sienkiewicz
Inks	Bill Sienkiewicz
Letters	Rick Parker?

1 page Conan story "What if King Conan were Bing Conan on the Road to Hyboria"

Characters	Conan
Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	Eliot Brown
Pencils	Eliot Brown
Inks	Joe Sinnott
Letters	Michael Higgins?

Half page Inhumans story "What if Black Bolt Hosted a Television Talk Show?"

Characters	Black Bolt
Genre	superhero
Script	Bob Budiansky
Pencils	Ron Zalme
Inks	Bob Wiacek
Letters	Rick Parker

Half page Hulk story "What if Bruce Banner's Pants Didn't Stretch when he Became the Hulk?"

Characters	Hulk
Genre	superhero
Script	John Romita Jr.
Pencils	Ron Zalme
Inks	Bob Wiacek
Letters	Rick Parker

Half page Hulk story "What if You Went to the Movies and had to Sit Behind the Leader?"

Characters	Leader
Genre	superhero
Script	Rick Parker
Pencils	Ron Zalme
Inks	Bob Wiacek
Letters	Rick Parker

Half page Spider-Man story "What if Aunt May became a Super Hero?"

Characters	Aunt May
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald
Pencils	Mark Gruenwald
Inks	Bob Layton
Letters	Rick Parker

Half page Fantastic Four story "What if Reed Richards had not Invented Unstable Molecules?"

Characters	Fantastic Four, Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch (J. Storm)
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald
Pencils	Mark Gruenwald
Inks	Bob Layton
Letters	Rick Parker

2 page Hulk story "What if the Hulk Married the She-Hulk?????"

Characters	Hulk, She-Hulk
Genre	superhero
Script	Roger Stern
Pencils	Terry Austin
Inks	Terry Austin
Letters	Terry Austin

Half page Silver Surfer story "What if Norrin Radd had Not Volunteered to become The Silver Surfer?"

Characters	Silver Surfer, Shalla-Bal
Genre	superhero
Script	Joe Albelo
Pencils	Joe Albelo
Inks	Al Milgrom
Letters	typeset, Michael Higgins

Half page Dazzler story "What if Dazzler had Decided to Become a Lawyer?"

Characters	Dazzler
Genre	superhero
Script	Joe Albelo
Pencils	Joe Albelo
Inks	Al Milgrom
Letters	typeset, Michael Higgins

Half page Thor story "What if Luke Cage had Found the Hammer of Thor?"

Characters	Luke Cage
Script	Joe Albelo
Pencils	Joe Albelo
Inks	Al Milgrom
Letters	typeset, Michael Higgins

1 page Doctor Strange story "What if...Doctor Strange were an Ordinary Magician?"

Characters	Doctor Strange, Ancient One, Baron Mordo, Dormammu
Script	Roger Stern
Pencils	Marie Severin
Inks	Marie Severin
Colors	Marie Severin?
Letters	Marie Severin

1 page Obnoxio the Clown story "What if: Obnoxio the Clown fought Crime?"

Characters	Obnoxio the Clown
Genre	satire
Script	Alan Kupperberg
Pencils	Alan Kupperberg
Inks	Alan Kupperberg
Letters	Michael Higgins?

Half page Daredevil story "What if Daredevil Could See?"

Characters	Daredevil, Gladiator, Bullseye, Owl. Electra
Genre	superhero
Script	Michael Carlin
Pencils	Ron Zalme
Inks	Brett Breeding

Half page Thor story "What if Thor got a Haircut?"

Characters	Thor
Script	Michael Carlin
Pencils	Ron Zalme
Inks	Brett Breeding

Half page Spider-Man story "What if Spider-Man had Married the Black Widow?"

Characters	Black Widow
Genre	superhero
Script	Michael Carlin
Pencils	Ron Zalme
Inks	Brett Breeding

1 page Iron Man story "What if Iron Man had an Eating Problem Instead of a Drinking Problem?"

Characters	Iron Man
Genre	superhero
Script	Michael Carlin
Pencils	John Romita Jr.
Inks	Bob Layton
Letters	Rick Parker

Half page Dr. Doom story "What if Dr. Doom had a Sense of Humor?"

Characters	Doctor Doom
Script	Michael Carlin
Pencils	Ron Zalme
Inks	Al Milgrom
Letters	Rick Parker?

Half page Galactus story "What if Galactus Needed Quick Cash?"

Characters	Silver Surfer, Galactus
Genre	superhero
Script	Michael Carlin
Pencils	Ron Zalme
Inks	Al Milgrom
Letters	Rick Parker?

Half page What If? story "What Will Happen when Stan Lee Reads this Issue?"

Characters	Stan Lee
Script	Michael Carlin
Pencils	Ron Zalme
Inks	Al Milgrom
Letters	Rick Parker?