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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published November 1989
Cover Price 1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Craig Anderson; Renée Witterstaetter (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details - "What If... the Vision Had Destroyed the Avengers"

Characters the Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; the Scarlet Witch; Thor; the Vision; Wonder Man]
Genre superhero
Script Jim Valentino
Pencils Jim Valentino (signed)
Inks Sam DeLaRosa (signed)

2 page The Avengers story "Prologue"

Characters the Avengers [the Beast; the Black Panther; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Hawkeye; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver; the Scarlet Witch; Thor; the Vision; the Wasp] (flashback); Baron Zemo (flashback); Ultron (flashback); the Watcher (story host)
Genre superhero
Script Jim Valentino
Pencils Jim Valentino
Inks Sam DeLaRosa
Colors Tom Vincent
Letters Ken Lopez

10 page The Avengers story "What If Wonder Man Had Not Died? (part 1)"

Characters the Avengers [the Black Panther; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Giant Man; Hawkeye; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver; the Scarlet Witch; Thor; Tigra (flashback); the Vision (flashback); the Wasp; Wonder Man]; Dr. Doom; the Grim Reaper; Hercules; Magneto; the Mandarin; the Masters of Evil [Baron Zemo; the Enchantress; the Executioner] (flashback); Spider-Man (robot); the Swordsman; the Watcher (story host); the X-Men [Angel; the Beast; Cyclops; Iceman; Marvel Girl]
Synopsis Wonder Man helps the Avengers and does not "die".
Genre superhero
Script Jim Valentino
Pencils Jim Valentino
Inks Sam DeLaRosa
Colors Tom Vincent
Letters Ken Lopez
Notes The story branches off from The Avengers #9 (October 1964).

16 page The Avengers story "What If the Vision Had Destroyed the Avengers (part 2)"

Characters the Avengers [Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; the Black Panther; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye; Henry Pym; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; the Scarlet Witch; Thor; the Wasp; Wonder Man]; Ultron (also in the android body of the Vision); the Watcher (story host)
Synopsis With Wonder Man alive, Ultron puts himself into the Vision.
Genre superhero
Script Jim Valentino
Pencils Jim Valentino
Inks Sam DeLaRosa
Colors Tom Vincent
Letters Ken Lopez
Notes Based on Avengers #57-58 (October-November 1968).

1 page letters page "What Now?!"

Script various
Letters typeset
Notes Letters on What If? #2.

Half page The Hulk story "What If the Incredible Hulk -- Instead of Becoming a Legbreaker in Las Vegas -- Had Become a High School Monitor?"

Characters the Hulk
Genre superhero; humor
Script John Rozum
Pencils Vince Mielcarek
Inks Chris Ivy
Colors Tom Vincent
Letters Ken Lopez
Notes Panel.