What If Vol. 1, No. 5
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: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What if the man behind the star-spangled shield had never disappeared beneath the icy Atlantic waters at the close of World War II? Marvel Comics' landmark anthology series What If presents one of its most compelling hypothetical scenarios, placing Captain America — Steve Rogers — at the centre of an alternate history where the Super-Soldier never vanished, forcing him to face an entirely different, and potentially deadlier, destiny. Set against the blood-soaked battlefields of the Second World War and beyond, this issue chronicles a reality where Bucky Barnes' fate and the Red Skull's sinister machinations converge in a confrontation that the question on the cover bluntly frames: How can Captain America overcome a destiny that means DEATH? Part of the celebrated What If run that redefined Marvel's approach to speculative storytelling, this issue illustrates the enduring power of counterfactual narratives — asking not just what heroes do, but who they become when history shifts beneath their feet. With bold, kinetic artwork and sharp, dramatic scripting characteristic of Marvel's Bronze Age output, this single issue is a thrilling artefact of comic book ingenuity. For collectors and fans of Marvel history alike, it poses a question that lingers long after the final panel.
Author: -
Format: Paperback
Published: 1977, Marvel Comics Group
Genre: Graphic novels
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What if the man behind the star-spangled shield had never disappeared beneath the icy Atlantic waters at the close of World War II? Marvel Comics' landmark anthology series What If presents one of its most compelling hypothetical scenarios, placing Captain America — Steve Rogers — at the centre of an alternate history where the Super-Soldier never vanished, forcing him to face an entirely different, and potentially deadlier, destiny. Set against the blood-soaked battlefields of the Second World War and beyond, this issue chronicles a reality where Bucky Barnes' fate and the Red Skull's sinister machinations converge in a confrontation that the question on the cover bluntly frames: How can Captain America overcome a destiny that means DEATH? Part of the celebrated What If run that redefined Marvel's approach to speculative storytelling, this issue illustrates the enduring power of counterfactual narratives — asking not just what heroes do, but who they become when history shifts beneath their feet. With bold, kinetic artwork and sharp, dramatic scripting characteristic of Marvel's Bronze Age output, this single issue is a thrilling artefact of comic book ingenuity. For collectors and fans of Marvel history alike, it poses a question that lingers long after the final panel.