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• What If? Classic

  the Complete Collection. Issue 1-12

  Thomas, Roy,

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  Collects #1-12 of the original 1977 series What If? BONUS: Issue #10, "What If Jane Foster Had Found the Hammer of Thor?," inspired Jason Aaron's historic comic run featuring Jane as Thor in the main comic universe, which in turn inspired Jane's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What If? Classic. Vol. 2. The Complete Collection

  Marvel Comics Group

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  Collects #13-15 and 17-23 of the 1977 series What If? (#16 included a character Marvel no longer has the rights to feature in their comics.)

• What If? Classic: the Complete Collection

  The Complete Collection Vol. 3

  Flanagan, Bill

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  Collects #24-35 of the 1977 series What If?

• What If? Classic. Vol. 4. The Complete Collection

  Byrne, John, 1950-

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  Collects #36-38, 40-42, and 44-47 of the 1977 series What If? (As with vol. 2, the missing #39 and 43 featured characters Marvel no longer has the publishing rights for.)

• What If-- Why Not?

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  After a hiatus, Marvel brought the What If concept back with a set of one-shot issues featuring various characters and stories, including "What If Jessica Jones Had Joined The Avengers?" and "What If Magneto Had Formed The X-Men With Professor X?"…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What If? Mirror Mirror

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  Another collection of What If one-shots, this time featuring fan-favorite characters like Captain America and Wolverine!

• What If?. Event Horizon

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  Throughout its history, Marvel has featured huge event stories that bring characters from throughout their universe together as allies, enemies, or sometimes even both! This volume of What If features alternate takes on some of those events,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What If: Civil War

  Brubaker, Ed

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  This volume of What If features alternate takes on some of Marvel's popular event comics, including Annihilation and Civil War.

• What If? Secret Invasion

  McCann, Jim

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  This volume of What If covers alternate looks at more event comics, including House of M and Secret Invasion (the latter of which inspired the streaming series featuring Nick Fury).

• What If? Dark Avengers

  Guggenheim, Marc

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  This volume of What If features looser ties to recent event comics, including Dark Reign and Siege.

• What If? AVX. Issue 1-4

  Palmiotti, Jimmy,

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  This volume of What If devotes all 4 of its issues to exploring alternate takes on the events of the 2012 mini-series Avengers vs. X-Men.

• What If?. Issue 1-5. Age of Ultron

  Keatinge, Joe,

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  The 2013 mini-series Age of Ultron featured an alternate universe where Ultron's creator was killed before he could create the AI villain. This What If takes that basic concept and applies it to worlds where other Avengers have died prematurely and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What If?

  Infinity

  Williamson, Joshua

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  This volume of What If examines alternate takes on events from the 2013 mini-series Infinity, an event that featured the movies' major villain, Thanos.

• What If? With Great Power

  Williams, Leah

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  This volume of What If dispenses with the event-driven nature of the past few collections and returns to unconnected stories featuring alternate takes on the histories of fan-favorite characters like Spider-Man and Doctor Strange.

• What If... Miles Morales. Issue 1-5

  Ziglar, Cody,

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  Another change in formula for the What If concept: This time all of the stories feature alternate versions of Miles Morales, the teen star of the recent Spider-Verse movies and Spider-Man video games!

• Marvel 1602. Issue 1-8

  Gaiman, Neil

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  Not technically part of a What If...? comic series, but this intriguing multiverse tale had a whole episode devoted to it in season 2 of the show. BONUS: It's by bestselling author Neil Gaiman and comic art legend Andy Kubert!

• Marvel Zombies. Issue 1-5

  Kirkman, Robert,

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  Another multiverse tale not from a What If series but still popular enough to have an episode of the show devoted to it. This volume collects Robert Kirkman and Sean Phillips' first mini-series featuring the zombified Marvel universe!