What If Vol. 1, No. 1
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image; small marking on the front cover.
What if the world's most famous web-slinger had swapped his solo career for a seat at Marvel's most celebrated super-team table? What If Spider-Man Joined the Fantastic Four? is the landmark debut issue of Marvel's groundbreaking What If anthology series, first published in February 1977, presenting an alternate-universe tale in which Peter Parker successfully joins Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm — forever altering the trajectory of the Marvel Universe as readers knew it. Written by Roy Thomas and illustrated by Jim Craig, this inaugural issue chronicles a pivotal reimagining of the fateful encounter between Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four originally depicted in The Amazing Spider-Man #1, this time spinning off into uncharted narrative territory with dynamic Silver Age energy and bold, vibrant artwork. Beyond its thrilling alternate-history premise, this issue holds significant literary and cultural weight as the foundation of one of Marvel's most enduring and inventive comic formats — a series that dared to ask the questions no mainstream continuity ever could. The What If series pioneered the concept of the Marvel multiverse in popular comic storytelling, offering readers imaginative counterfactuals that illuminated character motivations and universe-building in ways standard canon could not. A prized collector's item and a testament to Marvel's creative ambition during its Bronze Age, this issue leaves readers wondering: how many other Marvel stories were waiting to be untold?
Author: -
Format: Paperback
Published: 1977, Marvel Comics Group
Genre: Graphic novels
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image; small marking on the front cover.
What if the world's most famous web-slinger had swapped his solo career for a seat at Marvel's most celebrated super-team table? What If Spider-Man Joined the Fantastic Four? is the landmark debut issue of Marvel's groundbreaking What If anthology series, first published in February 1977, presenting an alternate-universe tale in which Peter Parker successfully joins Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm — forever altering the trajectory of the Marvel Universe as readers knew it. Written by Roy Thomas and illustrated by Jim Craig, this inaugural issue chronicles a pivotal reimagining of the fateful encounter between Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four originally depicted in The Amazing Spider-Man #1, this time spinning off into uncharted narrative territory with dynamic Silver Age energy and bold, vibrant artwork. Beyond its thrilling alternate-history premise, this issue holds significant literary and cultural weight as the foundation of one of Marvel's most enduring and inventive comic formats — a series that dared to ask the questions no mainstream continuity ever could. The What If series pioneered the concept of the Marvel multiverse in popular comic storytelling, offering readers imaginative counterfactuals that illuminated character motivations and universe-building in ways standard canon could not. A prized collector's item and a testament to Marvel's creative ambition during its Bronze Age, this issue leaves readers wondering: how many other Marvel stories were waiting to be untold?