The "What If Captain America Were Revived Today" story is pretty good on it's own, but Cap's "a flag is a piece of cloth" speech at the end is VERY powerful, and impacted a lot of young minds politically, self included, and still gets brought up in political blogging circles from time to time. I doubt you could get something like it past editorial today.
The first issue I read, and still one of my faves is, "What if Wolverine was Lord of the Vampires?". Seeing pretty much everyone in the MU killed and/or turned into vamps and then dusted at the end was mind-blowing to my 12-year old self.
This was one of my faves as well, and one of the few that I owned (versus reading a friend’s copy). That and another from the same run - Google tells me it was two issues earlier - where Silver Surfer was never able to escape Earth. In a nutshell, he joins the Fantastic Four, obliterates all of their enemies, is forced to surrender his soul to Mephisto and temporarily causes peace on Earth. Good times.
I like the semi-sequel, where the vampires survive, but then have to deal with Inferno - just the sheer over-the-top madness of demons vs mutant vampires, with Mister Sinister pulling the strings as he tries to salvage his schemes in a world that's gone completely off-the-rails...
"What if Venom possessed The Punisher." was one of my favorites. Frank Castle gets the Venom symbiote, and it goes just about as well as one can expect.
Great list. My personal favorite is What If Elektra had lived?, since it both aged poorly quite fast and has the Watcher telling Daredevil (on Elektra's tombstone) that if Elektra had lived Matt and Elektra would have been happy, living away from the superhero life.
This is the story I was going to nominate. Most of the other What Ifs ended with the world being destroyed or someone dying or the hero becoming miserable. This What If was one of the few that said, yeah it would have worked out better for you.
It didn’t really miss the Mark per se, but the What If that explored the idea of what if the Fantastic Four all got the same power gave me pause after the segment where they all got the Thing’s power. My young mind wasn’t ready for that kind of gut punch.
@@henryhill7932 Reed turned into a giant gorilla, Johnny basically looked a lot like Ben, but with hair. And sue turned into some sort of mutant ape-bug thing with little to no signs of any sapience.
The Sue and Namor thing always confused me, it’s like someone wanted it to go full-on lovers triangle or Arthur / Guinevere / Lancelot , but was afraid to do so.
I loved that one, including Another Nail. The fact it was drawn by Alan Davis makes it even better. There was also Elseworlds Finest, where Kara was Superwoman and Barbara was Batwoman that was really good too.
First of all: let's all talk about how good that hair/lip combo is. Secondly: Exiles was a fun series in the 2000s-ish times. It was a team of heroes (started out being mutant focused because of the "x" but then branched out) from alternate realities that to do missions in other alternate realities. They weren't shy about killing off team members either--and whenever that happened they'd recruit another alternate reality version. Essentially What If as a team book. The premise was so fun and lots of the early stories were great. Though, there was a twist that was pretty divisive (I for one didn't like it) and it kinda lost a lot of its steam from then (if I remember). Anyway, that's my cheat answer to my favorite What If
You know what's a great What If idea with a... Questionable execution, What If the Fantastic Four had different powers. On paper, well on the scripted page, the idea that their different powers came from a different aspect of their personalities is such a billion dollar idea, but it was kinda rough in the book. Ben instead if being a rock monster because of tough guy traits gains dragon wings, because he's a pilot, and becomes "The Dragonfly" (but he doesn't have dragonfly wings though...). Johnny can't burst into flames because he's a hothead, but because he's a heartbeat too, becomes a... Robot (don't know how, just cosmic radiation). Sue isn't invisible or force fielding, she's just Ms. Fantastic with stretching powers (because she's always keeping things together) and Reed isn't stretchy, but a literal big brain, but it's fine, they fight Doctor Doom, and Reed takes over his mind and body forever, and becomes Doom, the Fantastic Four member... There's some things to iron out, but the bar has something there lol
@@jonathanross149 That's one of m favourite What ifs..? IIRC almost every ending was tragic, especially when they all had flame powers. Of course, What If..? generally had tragic endings.
@@michaelholt4557 IIRC, the one where they all got Mr. Fantastic powers had a "happy" ending where they all thought they would be considered a joke - a superteam of stretching heroes. So they hid their powers and lived normal lives. But yeah, the other 3 stories all had tragic endings.
Spider-girl was a surprisingly fun comic, albeit the oddly jagged art early on took a lot of getting used to. Too bad the MC2 universe as a whole never really caught on.
Isn't it funny that most of the What ifs came true.......Hulk gets intelligence, Jane Foster becomes Thor, Spider-Man joins the The Fantaics Four....ect.
Yup like what if the Spider-Clone had survived is a big one. Others like what if the Avengers had formed in the 50s (reworked as Agents of Atlas), what if Rick Jones became the Hulk, and what if Beast and the Thing continued to mutate were also touched on.
I love the old-timey What ifs, at least as a concept. These days, the answer to the question "What if something happened differently?" is usually "everybody dies", but back then the writers really went deep into the implications and consequences. Like in the very first one, the Fantastic Five one, Sue chose Namor over Reed during a kidnapping that actually happened in issue 20-something of FF, but happened differently because of how the addition of Spider-Man to the team influenced their adventures, especially their first trip to the Moon and fight with the Red Ghost, again, from the original FF#13 - only this time Spidey took Sue's place while she was told to stay in the -kitchen- Baxter Building, raising her doubts about her place on the team. Or the one where Spidey saved Gwen Stacy after her unfortunate trip to the Love interest Death Bridge, which was built around what those characters were. Or the one where Spidey's clone survived the original clone "saga", which ended with two Peters deciding to be roomies and carry the Spider-Man burden together. There was so much more thought put into the story back then. But then again, you can say that about the entirety of Big Two these days.
Can't say it's my favorite "What If ..." but I remember reading issue 42 in the first series - "What If the Invisible Girl Had Died?" - and being moved by the beautiful eulogies to Sue. In my memory, it was some of the best writing I've ever found in comics. Need to reread that issue and see if it holds up anywhere near as good as I recall.
Cool job summarizing so many issues and keeping them interesting without spoiling endings. I would love if you did more What If? Especially comparing the ones that eventually became cannon to how the future writers handled it versus how the What If staff did.
My favorite What If...is the wolverine:Enemy of the State. The marvel universe has to deal with a brainwashed Wolverine courtesy of the Hand. The original was great too and the what if conclusion is kind of brutal.
Defeating him wasn't the problem, but everytime Logan was immobilized, the Hand would just teleport him free, usually behind the hero, he basically had cheat codes
The Spider-Man/Fantastic Four one also has a sequel story that leans all the way into Sue/Namor which I really enjoyed also it's technically canon in the multiverse, so to heck with you, 2018 panel
Sue has shown that she has feelings for Namor in the normal (616) universe. The idea put forth in that 2018 panel (by Dan Slott, I believe) that it was entirely one-sided is laughable and shows a lack of knowledge of FF history with Namor.
What If Someone Else Became Spiderman. It multiple stores, Flash Thompson, Betty Brandt, both were bit by the spider instead. Another is What If Captain America Led A Team Of Super Soldiers.
Hearting Sasha a lot today. 💙 💙 Thank you Sasha! My favorite is What if Spider-man joined the FF and What if Spider-man had a daughter. Favorite Sasha Quote: "Pay your team Reed" lmao
No What if Aunt May became herald of Galactus? How could anyone not love Golden Oldie?! What if Wonder Man and Power Man were women was also a good visual.
@@mikevivian3648 I wasn't 100% sure, I had to look it up. That issue #34 was full of a bunch of 1 panel jokes, which the "Wonder Man/Power Man" was an example of.
I forgot the title, but loved the issue where Infinity fired the Ultimate Nullifier weapon at the universe, and vaporized that entire reality out of existence. Heady stuff.
I remember being let down by the story but What If Daredevil had become a member of SHIELD had a great cover. At the time of my reading it, I had only seen DD in his red suit w horns. Him w a blindfold on was crazy cool to me.
4:52 - You might like the "What if Namor Joined the Fantastic Four" what if because they do pursue that route. And it's one of the rare takes where none of the parties (Sue, Reed or Namor) come out looking bad from it.
There are a few What Ifs did not mention that I adore from the ongoing: #1 "What If Tony Stark-- SOLD OUT?!" - Basically Tony sells his Iron Man tech to the world so EVERYONE becomes an Iron Man. Super-powered heroes go out of business (Spider-Man being the one hero the story focuses on). From there we have freaking Magneto show and be all, "This tech has doomed mutantkind and now i'll doom all of humanity!" So yeah, this story ends up with Tony Stark vs. Magneto. I mean that along with the armor Tony uses in the final battle is just freaking nuts. #2 What If Doctor Doom became Sorceror Supreme?! - I'm surprised this one wasn't mentioned. Perhaps given the Fantastic Four still show up in it, but it's a minor role. The real leads are Doom and Strange. With the most freaking twisted way of Doom "healing" Strange's hands. Not only that but the end twist is a chiller. #3 What If Captain America Wakes up in the Modern Day? - This one I think was in the second volume and was a two-parter. Part 1 was Cap being woken up by Doctor Doom, who of course baits him into a fight with their mutual rival, the Red Skull. Without Cap, the two villains have conquered the world and are waring with one another. Part 2 sees Cap meet actual heroes who oppose both fiends. It's the whole unsettling fate we learn for the X-Men and Spider-Man characters that really makes the second one so gripping for me.
I think "What If" is one of the most fun concepts to play with, i loved what if and exiles which also visited a version of the demon in the armor world. If i could write for marvel i would want to write What If.
I do not remember the issue number, but there was this one What If? comic that had Thor sort of walking into the adventures of Conan the Barbarian. Things go badly for Thor, but the ending was sort of epic.
There's also weird What If?'s like Vol 1 Issue 4, which Marvel treats as canon. I think that issue offered up the explanation for how Captain America kept having comic adventures in late and post WWII after the retconed him into going into the ice before the war ended.
Watching now. One of my favorites was “What If Wolverine became Lord of the Vampires?” from volume 2. Blew my young mind because at that point in my comic collecting(I was buying in real time at that time) I had not realized that Dracula was in Marvel comics or that he fought the X-Men. Honestly one of the great things about What If? for collectors before the internet was it gave you a cool look into past comic stories that you may not have known about.
I used to buy nothing but "What If" issues from my local comic shop after I discovered them. It was amazing to see these characters in a different setting and equally amazing to see how INSANE the issues could get! The domino effect is always interesting to think about
Ah, that first Spider-girl series. It took bits of the messy Clone Saga and made it palatable. One of my favorite series of all time. I should really go re-visit this series via the complete collection TPB I have collecting dust on my shelf.
Funnily enough, I’ve noticed a few parts in the 2009-2010 “Real Clone Saga” miniseries (which is meant to adapt the original intent of the Clone Saga before the execs tried to milk it to death) that actually fit quite well into the Spider-Girl continuity.
The first what if comic I read was a back to back issue. It had two what-ifs: Dazzler becomes herald of galactus, and Tony Stark gets stuck in Camelot. I was very young, and I found them in a box filled with comics (mostly marvel) at my grandparents' house.
What If # 35: What If Elektra Lived. What makes this issue so special is it's the only one where Uatu the Watcher comes out of the shadows and makes his presence to the subject of the story known. This issue is vey reminiscing of the movie It's A Wonderful Life, where Clarence the Angel shows George Bailey how life would be if he wasn't born. Uatu who has the same emotional capacity as Mr. Spock, comes to a grieving Matt Murdock at Elektra's grave, and explains how things wouldn't automatically be better if she lived. It's basically Uatu coming to somebody's emotional rescue.
One of the most fantastic Marvel stories I remember, circa 1971. Written by Harlan Ellison. Hulk gets shrunk down to insect size and has adventures in a garden. Don't remember why. Don't remember the result. But the art was BEAUTIFUL!
I would argue Hope Pym/Red Queen fared even better than Mayday Parker. She got her own movie (Ant-Man & the Wasp) and ended up integrated into main canon (Nadia Van Dyne).
Can you really say that Nadia is Hope Pym "being integrated into main canon" if their names, mothers, and general demeanor, basically everything except for their gender and powers, is completely different?
@@eskreskao Nadia means "Hope" in Russian. So the name is the same. Yes, Janet is not Nadia's mother, but both Nadia and Hope are the daughters of Hank. And Janet gives Nadia her surname, and adopts her. So she's Nadia's legal mother. You got me on the demeanor. Hope is all business and Nadia's a manic ball of sunshine. Doesn't change the fact that Hope Van Dyne and Nadia Van Dyne are two different variations of Hope Pym.
DO MORE WHAT IFS! They are amazing and I loved the MC2, it was amazing while it lasted. I really wish it had lasted for a few years longer than it did.
What If was one of my favourite series as a kid despite pretty much never having read the story they were playing with. You got a nice little synapsis of a story on the first page and then another full issue weirder story. Plus What If had the decency to be one issue stories which is a plus as a kid. I'd recommend What If the Avengers Fought Galactus about a world where the Fantastic Four never gained powers. It's an interesting What If as you have The Watcher commenting on a story which he is part of and how this reality changed his own actions. Probably not a good first What If recommendation, just one I really liked.
My favz are ones based on my fav stories...Miller's DD/Elektra is revisited a few times (V1 35 - Elektra had Lived written by FM/V2 2 - DD Kills Kingpin - Born Again, 47 - DD Kills Nuke - Born Again), the humour issues (V1 34 with some more FM art/ V2 34), and the issues with Sienkiewicz cvrs (V1 44,45,47).
2nd volume had a 2 parter about what if captain America was thawed out in the 90’s. Red skull had captured the world because cap wasn’t around in the 60’s. Superheroes rounded up, murdered , exiled. It’s really great. Issue 64-67 somewhere in there. It really is a great read. Might be worthy of a video too. Really do love the hair.
My first and favorite What If is, "What if Captain America had Formed the Avengers?" It ends up with really great alternate versions of most of the Avengers in a crazy dystopian setting. It also kind of asks the question, "What if America made more Super Soldiers after Rogers went into the ice?"
How are "What If Spiderman Had Rescued Gwen Stacy?" and "What if Phoenix Had Not Died?" not even on the list? Those were amazing. They took two of the most iconic moments in all of Comics history and turned them on their head in impressively compelling and and well-written ways. They're also fantastic examples of "subverting expectations" in an actually intelligent manner, which is something a lot of modern writers could take note of.
What If's were always kind of a treat way back in the day. You could rarely find them on news stands (at least where I live) and they had a higher cover price than standard titles. I didn't get to read many of them until I was a little older, making my own money, and grabbed them in comic stores. Conan In The 20th Century was a major standout, and remains my fave to this day. A close runner up for me would be What If The World Knew Daredevil Was Blind? Sounds hokey, but it was better than you may think.
Oh, I'm a big fan of What If...? It's probably the series that actually got me most interested in Marvel in general. Each issue provided a recap of the divergence, so it helped catching up on what had happened in the universe to date. My overall favorite is probably the two-parter from What If Vol 2, #s 28 and 29, "What If Captain America Were Not the Only Super Soldier In World War II?" and "What If Captain America Formed the Avengers?" To really sum up what I like about it, it's (to me at least) the story that the more recent Secret Empire wanted to be.
Issues I read as a kid were ones like What If Magneto took over the USA, What If Hulk Killed Wolverine (gotta love that shiny chrome cover) What If Scarlet Spider Killed Spider-Man and What If starring Juggernaut: The Kingdom of Cain
You gotta read the what if from the "event" "Assistant Editors Month" where Aunt May becomes "Golden Oldie". Also the what-if based on the original Clone Saga where "the clone" (later known as Ben Reilly) lives and they end up doing the "two guys living one life" twin trope.
I remember this one gag What If that asked “WHAT IF Wonder Man was a woman and Power Man was a girl?” Answer: MARVEL gets a cease and desist. And let us not forget the most important alternate reality of all: What If Galactus was Aunt May and Uncle Ben’s nephew instead of Peter?
That's a Doctor Doom story. Part two is where I engage of six days of Maker Genius and create Doom's face in cardboard and silver paint and desk stuff and ducttape and it looks superfab when I throw the hood on.
Here is a suggestion: What is it with the Hard Traveling Heroes era of Green Arrow/Green Lantern and Ollie's fascination with melt your face off level of hot chili? Did Queen Industries guild its original fortune on antacids?
First, where is "What if Aunt May became a herald of Galactus?" on this list? Seriously, though, I loved the back-up one-pagers like the hostess cakes spoofs or the Punisher having itty bitty legs (actually, I think that last bit was from "What The--?!" not "What If?", my bad). Seriously, though, great video full of fun call-backs!
I haven't bought or read a What if since I was a teen, and you covered the last one I bought. One I wanted to get, and never did was What if Rick Jones became the Hulk. Also, I think you hit on something that Marvel is possibly hoping to capitalize on: a spin off universe(s) of popularity to merchandise.
I don't remember the issue numbers but I liked the issue where Spider-Man is shot before he kills the Red Skull and the Armor War issue where Tony Stark becomes a recluse after beginning an "Armor race" or weapons build-up that threatens not just mutant-kind but all of humanity.
I’m gonna have to dig through my box of comics from the 90s now, lol.. the one where kitty pride has to pull out Wolverines brain to kill him after he’s been teleported around to kill every one.. Wolverines healing factor is trying to work but his brain is outside his head. Epic panels... I can’t recall the name lol.. but I remember the maimed Captain American and the ending so vividly.. if you’re worried about getting into comics because you’re not excited about reading start with Marvel. Epic stories briskly told (which is why I prefer DC generally in the comics strictly speaking.. some how they’ve flipped abilities to tell stories as well in the movies).
What if’s are awesome concepts. First one I ever bought as a kid was, What If the Punisher got the Venom Symbiote! Which I only got because I was obsessed with Venom back in the day.
What if Spiderman Had Not Married Mary Jane Watson?? was one of my favorites as a kid. It had so much of the melodrama I love from both my comic books AND my soap operas, you should definitely cover it at some point!!!!!! It also was a 2 parter with the second issue being "What if Spiderman had married the Black Cat?" It's one of my favorite childhood comics.... please do a video on it lol
10:16 Sasha, if a gentleman named Mr. M gives you a card that says he's a 'marriage counselor' on it- RUN! As for a What If to cover, how about the one where Korvac killed the Avengers?
Talk about niche approaches, one issue had the title, "What if Nick Fury and the Howling Commandos fought World War Two...in space?" This is the only comic I remember not only not finishing, but ripping in half and tossing in the garbage.
I have a pretty descent stack of What Ifs in my collection and the one that always stands out in my mind is the Children in the Attic story. It's a Rogue, Nightcrawler, Raven story. What if Raven had kept Kurt instead of abandoning him, only she hid him in the attic. What if Kurt fell in love with another sister. I think it ends with Rogue becoming this weird amalgamation of herself and Kurt.
This channel feels like a good comic book. You can jump in on any video for the first time and it makes sense. But if you watch a lot, it becomes better and better
One of my favourites I can't remember the title but it was something like, "What if Conan lived in modern times" and he goes up against Captain America who walks away having respect for our favourite Hyborean hulk.
There was a pretty neat What If 2-fer where Peter Parker changed his mind about marrying MJ. He has another (doomed) relationship with Felicity Hardy (Black Cat), almost kills the Vulture for attacking Aunt May (after Felicity is responsible for Vulture finding out Peter is Spider-Man), and eventually ends up in a serious relationship with Silver Sable.
Def Spider-Girl is at the top of my lst for What-If stories. Another one of my favorites was about the children of the Avengers (I believe it was in the same What-If run that Spider-Girl was, either a few issues before or after). They even made an animated movie about it. It was pretty good IMO.
Other What Ifs I love: What if Rogue Posessed The Power of Thor? What if Fantastic Four's Second Child had lived? (two stories in one) What If Spider Man Kept His Cosmic Powers? What if No One Was Watching The Watcher? What If Iron Man Went Public?
This was an outstanding video. I have been a fan of WHAT IF...? since the first volume. I especially love the first ten issues of the 1st series. I think this warrants a second video from you.
Sometimes "What if..." went outside the box in terms of its story structure. I remember a 3-in-1 one story where it featured "What if Ghost Rider, Spider-Woman and Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell, not Carol Danvers) had remained villains?" In the Ghost Rider story, he encounters Daimon Hellstrom "The Son of Satan" and is defeated (possibly killed) by him. In the Spider-Woman story, she kills Nick Fury and becomes a fugitive from justice. In the Captain Mar-Vell story, his enemies are defeated and he's promoted to Colonel. The only other multiple "What if..." issue that I can remember was the Assistant Editor's Month edition which had a number of gag ideas like "What if Iron Man had an EATING disorder?" and "What if Daredevil were DEAF instead of BLIND?"
I like how Jane found Loki dashing, but Jack Kirby drew evil people as reflective of what was inside. Always drew them angry and ugly looking, there wasn't a handsome truly BAD guy to be had. I'm saying Kirby's Loki was no dreamboat.
What The? was an assistant editor issue, I think... it had something that still makes me laugh was an image of Cyclops with "What if Cyclops' beams came from his ears?"
I subscribed to What If? in the late 80s. What if Spiderman had never gotten rid of the alien symbiote and What if Wolverine was an agent of shield were and still are my 2 faves
They were somewhat interesting, at least in the first run of the series, but they rarely felt compellingly so, as the tended to reaffirm or reassert the mainstream status quo in the end. My favorite is still #34, though. Yes, it's mainly just gags and such, but it does include Hembeck's "The Difference" which really does explain the What If idea pretty well. Plus I just loved the 2 page Spidey Intellectual Tales!
I've always wondered if you script out your videos or just say whatever comes into your head. Either way, you have the gift of gab and the pacing of your videos are excellent!
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You should do a "Spider-Man breaks into your base and then demands you let him join your team ASMR"
What If... Dr. Doom had just paid Luke Cage his money, honey?
Lol. Now that brought back a good memory. Thank you.
How's the quote? Luke Cage gets Mjollnir. "By the gleaming gates of funky Asgard, you suckers are gonna eat hammer!"
If Cage doesn't shake down Doom for his money in the MCU we riot.
One of my loves was the "What if Peter Parker stopped the thief that killed Uncle Ben?" I don't think that was the title, but you get the idea.
Oh that one is interesting
I think she covered it
@@dessindenfer1253 No, she hasn't, At the Time of this Comment.
@@arpitpatel2781 isnt it the one where je become a jerk superhero celebrity ?
@@dessindenfer1253 Oh yes!! She did
"The Marvel Universe is Pro-Hulk, until it isn't!"
Ain't that the truth
* Sadly throws Bench *
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Suddenly see Bill Bixby hitchhiking in my head as the sad piano tune plays.😞
I mean that's literally the cycle of his story no lie :(
It seems to be Marvel's MO: (This hero here) is too powerful to live.
The "What If Captain America Were Revived Today" story is pretty good on it's own, but Cap's "a flag is a piece of cloth" speech at the end is VERY powerful, and impacted a lot of young minds politically, self included, and still gets brought up in political blogging circles from time to time. I doubt you could get something like it past editorial today.
The first issue I read, and still one of my faves is, "What if Wolverine was Lord of the Vampires?". Seeing pretty much everyone in the MU killed and/or turned into vamps and then dusted at the end was mind-blowing to my 12-year old self.
This was one of my faves as well, and one of the few that I owned (versus reading a friend’s copy). That and another from the same run - Google tells me it was two issues earlier - where Silver Surfer was never able to escape Earth. In a nutshell, he joins the Fantastic Four, obliterates all of their enemies, is forced to surrender his soul to Mephisto and temporarily causes peace on Earth. Good times.
Yeah, this was really one of the best ones. Punisher becoming a vampire hunter is both so obvious and such brilliance.
I like the semi-sequel, where the vampires survive, but then have to deal with Inferno - just the sheer over-the-top madness of demons vs mutant vampires, with Mister Sinister pulling the strings as he tries to salvage his schemes in a world that's gone completely off-the-rails...
Yeah, this one is my favorite too. Punisher becoming the vampire-hunting Sorcerer Supreme is a cool touch too!
"What if Venom possessed The Punisher." was one of my favorites. Frank Castle gets the Venom symbiote, and it goes just about as well as one can expect.
This.
"What if The Punisher killed Spider-man" was a favorite of mine when I was a kid.
"I always have a Plan B. I don't want to use it, that's why it's Plan B."
Holy hell!
Starting a petition to get Sasha to voice an animated Mephisto.
Just…damn!
Before today my vote would’ve been for John DeLancie, but NOW….
Please do a full video on "What If Jane Foster Had Found The Hammer of Thor?" comparing it to the Canon Now
The "Wolverine vs Conan" was a personal favorite as well as "What if Kraven had Killed Spider-Man".
Great list. My personal favorite is What If Elektra had lived?, since it both aged poorly quite fast and has the Watcher telling Daredevil (on Elektra's tombstone) that if Elektra had lived Matt and Elektra would have been happy, living away from the superhero life.
One of my favourite parts of that is that he just straight up ditches Foggy forever with no explanation, terrible best friend behaviour
This is the story I was going to nominate. Most of the other What Ifs ended with the world being destroyed or someone dying or the hero becoming miserable. This What If was one of the few that said, yeah it would have worked out better for you.
I personally like the “silver surfer with the gauntlet” story.
(Issue 49 if you’re wondering)
honestly he's a logical choice for it.
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That he is.
It didn’t really miss the Mark per se, but the What If that explored the idea of what if the Fantastic Four all got the same power gave me pause after the segment where they all got the Thing’s power. My young mind wasn’t ready for that kind of gut punch.
What happened?
@@henryhill7932 Reed turned into a giant gorilla, Johnny basically looked a lot like Ben, but with hair. And sue turned into some sort of mutant ape-bug thing with little to no signs of any sapience.
@@nicholaspeters9919 ah interesting, thanks
Sue IS attracted to Namor. In FF 6 (I think) the Thing finds a pic of him hidden under Sue's mattress (or somewhere).
It seems like Rick & Morty make fun of Namor's sexiness in S5E1
And she was attracted to Black Panther also...Quite a Wife you got their Reed.
Sue being attracted to Namor is an aspect of their relationship that is surprisingly consistent... Really surprisingly
The Torch caught Sue with a signed photo of Namor and he burned it ! That was pushy on Torch's part .
The Sue and Namor thing always confused me, it’s like someone wanted it to go full-on lovers triangle or Arthur / Guinevere / Lancelot , but was afraid to do so.
What If Vol. 2 Issue 44 “What If… Venom had possessed The Punisher” is one of the BEST character studies of Frank Castle ever written.
What if Aunt May was a herald of Galactus?
Elseworlds-wise, I'd recommend JLA: The Nail. It explores how the DC Universe came to be if Superman never existed.
That's a nice one. I've read it. Well he exists, he just landed on elsewhere
speeding bullets is one I liked, and Superman:Kal
I loved that one, including Another Nail. The fact it was drawn by Alan Davis makes it even better.
There was also Elseworlds Finest, where Kara was Superwoman and Barbara was Batwoman that was really good too.
First of all: let's all talk about how good that hair/lip combo is.
Secondly: Exiles was a fun series in the 2000s-ish times. It was a team of heroes (started out being mutant focused because of the "x" but then branched out) from alternate realities that to do missions in other alternate realities. They weren't shy about killing off team members either--and whenever that happened they'd recruit another alternate reality version. Essentially What If as a team book.
The premise was so fun and lots of the early stories were great. Though, there was a twist that was pretty divisive (I for one didn't like it) and it kinda lost a lot of its steam from then (if I remember).
Anyway, that's my cheat answer to my favorite What If
Exiles was one of my favorite series.
So much yes!
I read the first TPB and thoroughly enjoyed. What was the twist?
I loved exiles! Lots of fun!
Exiles was great to read
You know what's a great What If idea with a... Questionable execution, What If the Fantastic Four had different powers. On paper, well on the scripted page, the idea that their different powers came from a different aspect of their personalities is such a billion dollar idea, but it was kinda rough in the book.
Ben instead if being a rock monster because of tough guy traits gains dragon wings, because he's a pilot, and becomes "The Dragonfly" (but he doesn't have dragonfly wings though...). Johnny can't burst into flames because he's a hothead, but because he's a heartbeat too, becomes a... Robot (don't know how, just cosmic radiation). Sue isn't invisible or force fielding, she's just Ms. Fantastic with stretching powers (because she's always keeping things together) and Reed isn't stretchy, but a literal big brain, but it's fine, they fight Doctor Doom, and Reed takes over his mind and body forever, and becomes Doom, the Fantastic Four member... There's some things to iron out, but the bar has something there lol
There is a good 4-parter that they all get the same power. All 4 Rocky, flamey, stretchy, or invisibly with 4 outcomes.
John Byrnes "What If the FF had never gained powers?" Is one of my favorites!
@@jonathanross149 That's one of m favourite What ifs..? IIRC almost every ending was tragic, especially when they all had flame powers. Of course, What If..? generally had tragic endings.
i thought their names were Big Brain, Dragonfly, Ultra Woman and Mandroid. Johnny became metallic because of his fascination with mechanics
@@michaelholt4557 IIRC, the one where they all got Mr. Fantastic powers had a "happy" ending where they all thought they would be considered a joke - a superteam of stretching heroes. So they hid their powers and lived normal lives. But yeah, the other 3 stories all had tragic endings.
Spider-girl was a surprisingly fun comic, albeit the oddly jagged art early on took a lot of getting used to.
Too bad the MC2 universe as a whole never really caught on.
I agree! I liked the whole M2 universe! Of course American dream was my fave!
@@mikevivian3648 Wasn't American Dream from Franklin Richards Counter Earth?
@@DIEGhostfish no. Sh was from the M2 line. Don't think that had anything to do with Franklin! That was heroes reborn!
@@mikevivian3648 I recall some girl cap on the Heroes-Reborn-turned-counter earth but she may have time/universe hopped
@@DIEGhostfish no, not exactly. That was rikki barnes, the female Bucky!
Isn't it funny that most of the What ifs came true.......Hulk gets intelligence, Jane Foster becomes Thor, Spider-Man joins the The Fantaics Four....ect.
Yup like what if the Spider-Clone had survived is a big one. Others like what if the Avengers had formed in the 50s (reworked as Agents of Atlas), what if Rick Jones became the Hulk, and what if Beast and the Thing continued to mutate were also touched on.
I love the old-timey What ifs, at least as a concept. These days, the answer to the question "What if something happened differently?" is usually "everybody dies", but back then the writers really went deep into the implications and consequences. Like in the very first one, the Fantastic Five one, Sue chose Namor over Reed during a kidnapping that actually happened in issue 20-something of FF, but happened differently because of how the addition of Spider-Man to the team influenced their adventures, especially their first trip to the Moon and fight with the Red Ghost, again, from the original FF#13 - only this time Spidey took Sue's place while she was told to stay in the -kitchen- Baxter Building, raising her doubts about her place on the team.
Or the one where Spidey saved Gwen Stacy after her unfortunate trip to the Love interest Death Bridge, which was built around what those characters were. Or the one where Spidey's clone survived the original clone "saga", which ended with two Peters deciding to be roomies and carry the Spider-Man burden together. There was so much more thought put into the story back then. But then again, you can say that about the entirety of Big Two these days.
Mephisto: *Did you say marriage?*
Can't say it's my favorite "What If ..." but I remember reading issue 42 in the first series - "What If the Invisible Girl Had Died?" - and being moved by the beautiful eulogies to Sue. In my memory, it was some of the best writing I've ever found in comics. Need to reread that issue and see if it holds up anywhere near as good as I recall.
Cool job summarizing so many issues and keeping them interesting without spoiling endings. I would love if you did more What If? Especially comparing the ones that eventually became cannon to how the future writers handled it versus how the What If staff did.
My favorite What If...is the wolverine:Enemy of the State. The marvel universe has to deal with a brainwashed Wolverine courtesy of the Hand. The original was great too and the what if conclusion is kind of brutal.
This was metal.
Defeating him wasn't the problem, but everytime Logan was immobilized, the Hand would just teleport him free, usually behind the hero, he basically had cheat codes
The Spider-Man/Fantastic Four one also has a sequel story that leans all the way into Sue/Namor which I really enjoyed also it's technically canon in the multiverse, so to heck with you, 2018 panel
That panel was a personal attack on me...personally (jk) lol
@@CasuallyComics here’s a good one what if Spider-Man married black cat and had a son
Sue and Namor have shacked upl in just as many alternate realities as ones where Aunt May dies tragically.
Sue has shown that she has feelings for Namor in the normal (616) universe. The idea put forth in that 2018 panel (by Dan Slott, I believe) that it was entirely one-sided is laughable and shows a lack of knowledge of FF history with Namor.
What If Someone Else Became Spiderman. It multiple stores, Flash Thompson, Betty Brandt, both were bit by the spider instead.
Another is What If Captain America Led A Team Of Super Soldiers.
16:13 Thordis (þórdís) is a legitimate Icelandic woman's name, and it appears in the Sagas. Nothing awkward about it.
Mephisto would have had a field day with Lois Lane.
Maybe he’s why she could get married so many times. Win/win.
Hearting Sasha a lot today. 💙 💙
Thank you Sasha! My favorite is What if Spider-man joined the FF and What if Spider-man had a daughter.
Favorite Sasha Quote: "Pay your team Reed" lmao
The classic half panel "What if Alpha Flight talked like Hosers?" needed a mention.
As does that half panel that swapped Reed Richards into the Rolling Stones and Keith Richards into the FF.
oohh take off eh!
No What if Aunt May became herald of Galactus? How could anyone not love Golden Oldie?!
What if Wonder Man and Power Man were women was also a good visual.
Not a What If story. That took place in Marvel Team Up, during Assistant Editors' Month.
Oh mercy! I remember that one! "What the?" It was hilarious!
@@mikevivian3648 If you mean the "Wonder Man and Power Man" gag, that was in What If? #34, an all-humor issue of that book. That wasn't in What The?.
@@jhornacek ok, I thought what the was the all humor issue. Guess i am misremembering it. it was sometime ago!
@@mikevivian3648 I wasn't 100% sure, I had to look it up. That issue #34 was full of a bunch of 1 panel jokes, which the "Wonder Man/Power Man" was an example of.
I forgot the title, but loved the issue where Infinity fired the Ultimate Nullifier weapon at the universe, and vaporized that entire reality out of existence. Heady stuff.
I remember being let down by the story but What If Daredevil had become a member of SHIELD had a great cover. At the time of my reading it, I had only seen DD in his red suit w horns. Him w a blindfold on was crazy cool to me.
4:52 - You might like the "What if Namor Joined the Fantastic Four" what if because they do pursue that route. And it's one of the rare takes where none of the parties (Sue, Reed or Namor) come out looking bad from it.
There are a few What Ifs did not mention that I adore from the ongoing:
#1 "What If Tony Stark-- SOLD OUT?!" - Basically Tony sells his Iron Man tech to the world so EVERYONE becomes an Iron Man. Super-powered heroes go out of business (Spider-Man being the one hero the story focuses on). From there we have freaking Magneto show and be all, "This tech has doomed mutantkind and now i'll doom all of humanity!" So yeah, this story ends up with Tony Stark vs. Magneto. I mean that along with the armor Tony uses in the final battle is just freaking nuts.
#2 What If Doctor Doom became Sorceror Supreme?! - I'm surprised this one wasn't mentioned. Perhaps given the Fantastic Four still show up in it, but it's a minor role. The real leads are Doom and Strange. With the most freaking twisted way of Doom "healing" Strange's hands. Not only that but the end twist is a chiller.
#3 What If Captain America Wakes up in the Modern Day? - This one I think was in the second volume and was a two-parter. Part 1 was Cap being woken up by Doctor Doom, who of course baits him into a fight with their mutual rival, the Red Skull. Without Cap, the two villains have conquered the world and are waring with one another. Part 2 sees Cap meet actual heroes who oppose both fiends. It's the whole unsettling fate we learn for the X-Men and Spider-Man characters that really makes the second one so gripping for me.
4:55 I always figured Sue mostly enjoyed teasing Namor more than she actually enjoyed the thought of BEING with him.
The Spider-Man What If’s are hilarious, it usually ends with Peter getting arrested or murdered.
I think "What If" is one of the most fun concepts to play with, i loved what if and exiles which also visited a version of the demon in the armor world. If i could write for marvel i would want to write What If.
Ayoo got recommended here and Im loving the content!!!
I do not remember the issue number, but there was this one What If? comic that had Thor sort of walking into the adventures of Conan the Barbarian. Things go badly for Thor, but the ending was sort of epic.
There's also weird What If?'s like Vol 1 Issue 4, which Marvel treats as canon. I think that issue offered up the explanation for how Captain America kept having comic adventures in late and post WWII after the retconed him into going into the ice before the war ended.
My favorite "What If..." is "What If Elektra Had Lived" from the Daredevil story arc penned by Frank Miller. Brilliant!
Watching now. One of my favorites was “What If Wolverine became Lord of the Vampires?” from volume 2. Blew my young mind because at that point in my comic collecting(I was buying in real time at that time) I had not realized that Dracula was in Marvel comics or that he fought the X-Men. Honestly one of the great things about What If? for collectors before the internet was it gave you a cool look into past comic stories that you may not have known about.
I used to buy nothing but "What If" issues from my local comic shop after I discovered them. It was amazing to see these characters in a different setting and equally amazing to see how INSANE the issues could get! The domino effect is always interesting to think about
6:36 I think I remember Marvel Zombies having a cover that was a take off on this panel, with zombie hulk reflected in zombie Wolverine's claws.
Ah, that first Spider-girl series. It took bits of the messy Clone Saga and made it palatable. One of my favorite series of all time. I should really go re-visit this series via the complete collection TPB I have collecting dust on my shelf.
Funnily enough, I’ve noticed a few parts in the 2009-2010 “Real Clone Saga” miniseries (which is meant to adapt the original intent of the Clone Saga before the execs tried to milk it to death) that actually fit quite well into the Spider-Girl continuity.
It would be cool to see you do videos on the MC2 characters like The Fantastic Five or Darkdevil as I think the MC2 is a fun universe.
The first what if comic I read was a back to back issue. It had two what-ifs: Dazzler becomes herald of galactus, and Tony Stark gets stuck in Camelot. I was very young, and I found them in a box filled with comics (mostly marvel) at my grandparents' house.
What If # 35: What If Elektra Lived. What makes this issue so special is it's the only one where Uatu the Watcher comes out of the shadows and makes his presence to the subject of the story known. This issue is vey reminiscing of the movie It's A Wonderful Life, where Clarence the Angel shows George Bailey how life would be if he wasn't born. Uatu who has the same emotional capacity as Mr. Spock, comes to a grieving Matt Murdock at Elektra's grave, and explains how things wouldn't automatically be better if she lived. It's basically Uatu coming to somebody's emotional rescue.
One of the most fantastic Marvel stories I remember, circa 1971. Written by Harlan Ellison. Hulk gets shrunk down to insect size and has adventures in a garden. Don't remember why. Don't remember the result. But the art was BEAUTIFUL!
I would argue Hope Pym/Red Queen fared even better than Mayday Parker. She got her own movie (Ant-Man & the Wasp) and ended up integrated into main canon (Nadia Van Dyne).
Can you really say that Nadia is Hope Pym "being integrated into main canon" if their names, mothers, and general demeanor, basically everything except for their gender and powers, is completely different?
@@eskreskao Nadia means "Hope" in Russian. So the name is the same. Yes, Janet is not Nadia's mother, but both Nadia and Hope are the daughters of Hank. And Janet gives Nadia her surname, and adopts her. So she's Nadia's legal mother. You got me on the demeanor. Hope is all business and Nadia's a manic ball of sunshine. Doesn't change the fact that Hope Van Dyne and Nadia Van Dyne are two different variations of Hope Pym.
I am so disappointed I didn't see the community question. Went ahead and rung that bell so I wouldn't miss it next time.
Unrelated but could you do a history of superboy vid?
Seconding this, I know he did some stuff, not sure what though, was he DC's Gwenpool? Tell us Sasha!
Yeah Superboy!! Get into ALL the characters with that name ;)
But don't you know your history?
@@AussieDragoon I do but do others
@@aaronokoli5491 Yes, Clark Kent, Conner Kent, Christopher "Chris" Kent & Jon Kent.
DO MORE WHAT IFS! They are amazing and I loved the MC2, it was amazing while it lasted. I really wish it had lasted for a few years longer than it did.
What If was one of my favourite series as a kid despite pretty much never having read the story they were playing with. You got a nice little synapsis of a story on the first page and then another full issue weirder story. Plus What If had the decency to be one issue stories which is a plus as a kid.
I'd recommend What If the Avengers Fought Galactus about a world where the Fantastic Four never gained powers. It's an interesting What If as you have The Watcher commenting on a story which he is part of and how this reality changed his own actions. Probably not a good first What If recommendation, just one I really liked.
My favz are ones based on my fav stories...Miller's DD/Elektra is revisited a few times (V1 35 - Elektra had Lived written by FM/V2 2 - DD Kills Kingpin - Born Again, 47 - DD Kills Nuke - Born Again), the humour issues (V1 34 with some more FM art/ V2 34), and the issues with Sienkiewicz cvrs (V1 44,45,47).
2nd volume had a 2 parter about what if captain America was thawed out in the 90’s. Red skull had captured the world because cap wasn’t around in the 60’s. Superheroes rounded up, murdered , exiled. It’s really great. Issue 64-67 somewhere in there. It really is a great read. Might be worthy of a video too. Really do love the hair.
My first and favorite What If is, "What if Captain America had Formed the Avengers?" It ends up with really great alternate versions of most of the Avengers in a crazy dystopian setting. It also kind of asks the question, "What if America made more Super Soldiers after Rogers went into the ice?"
How are "What If Spiderman Had Rescued Gwen Stacy?" and "What if Phoenix Had Not Died?" not even on the list? Those were amazing. They took two of the most iconic moments in all of Comics history and turned them on their head in impressively compelling and and well-written ways. They're also fantastic examples of "subverting expectations" in an actually intelligent manner, which is something a lot of modern writers could take note of.
What If's were always kind of a treat way back in the day. You could rarely find them on news stands (at least where I live) and they had a higher cover price than standard titles. I didn't get to read many of them until I was a little older, making my own money, and grabbed them in comic stores. Conan In The 20th Century was a major standout, and remains my fave to this day. A close runner up for me would be What If The World Knew Daredevil Was Blind? Sounds hokey, but it was better than you may think.
Oh, I'm a big fan of What If...? It's probably the series that actually got me most interested in Marvel in general. Each issue provided a recap of the divergence, so it helped catching up on what had happened in the universe to date. My overall favorite is probably the two-parter from What If Vol 2, #s 28 and 29, "What If Captain America Were Not the Only Super Soldier In World War II?" and "What If Captain America Formed the Avengers?" To really sum up what I like about it, it's (to me at least) the story that the more recent Secret Empire wanted to be.
Issues I read as a kid were ones like What If Magneto took over the USA, What If Hulk Killed Wolverine (gotta love that shiny chrome cover) What If Scarlet Spider Killed Spider-Man and What If starring Juggernaut: The Kingdom of Cain
You gotta read the what if from the "event" "Assistant Editors Month" where Aunt May becomes "Golden Oldie". Also the what-if based on the original Clone Saga where "the clone" (later known as Ben Reilly) lives and they end up doing the "two guys living one life" twin trope.
Really loved that moment in the first few pages when the Watcher mentioned Spider-Man's fight with Superman!
The May Parker Spider-Girl is awesome. "What if Karen Page had Lived?" from 2005 and Bendis is a good but dark one.
What if the Avengers were pawns of Korvac? is one I liked because it was an early example of multiple cosmic entities getting together.
My favorite was “What if the X Men had stayed in Asgard”
That one was my favorite too. So epic
In game design they call the too many options phenomenon "Analysis Paralysis" and it can really slow games down.
I remember this one gag What If that asked “WHAT IF Wonder Man was a woman and Power Man was a girl?” Answer: MARVEL gets a cease and desist.
And let us not forget the most important alternate reality of all: What If Galactus was Aunt May and Uncle Ben’s nephew instead of Peter?
With Power Man being a woman, Twitter would get pissed
WOW! You were ON IT Today! Loved your enthusiasm. Yeah, funny how a couple of "What Ifs" are now cannon.
That's a Doctor Doom story. Part two is where I engage of six days of Maker Genius and create Doom's face in cardboard and silver paint and desk stuff and ducttape and it looks superfab when I throw the hood on.
Here is a suggestion: What is it with the Hard Traveling Heroes era of Green Arrow/Green Lantern and Ollie's fascination with melt your face off level of hot chili? Did Queen Industries guild its original fortune on antacids?
First, where is "What if Aunt May became a herald of Galactus?" on this list? Seriously, though, I loved the back-up one-pagers like the hostess cakes spoofs or the Punisher having itty bitty legs (actually, I think that last bit was from "What The--?!" not "What If?", my bad). Seriously, though, great video full of fun call-backs!
Not a What If story. It was in Marvel Team-Up.
I haven't bought or read a What if since I was a teen, and you covered the last one I bought. One I wanted to get, and never did was What if Rick Jones became the Hulk. Also, I think you hit on something that Marvel is possibly hoping to capitalize on: a spin off universe(s) of popularity to merchandise.
I don't remember the issue numbers but I liked the issue where Spider-Man is shot before he kills the Red Skull and the Armor War issue where Tony Stark becomes a recluse after beginning an "Armor race" or weapons build-up that threatens not just mutant-kind but all of humanity.
I’m gonna have to dig through my box of comics from the 90s now, lol.. the one where kitty pride has to pull out Wolverines brain to kill him after he’s been teleported around to kill every one.. Wolverines healing factor is trying to work but his brain is outside his head. Epic panels... I can’t recall the name lol.. but I remember the maimed Captain American and the ending so vividly.. if you’re worried about getting into comics because you’re not excited about reading start with Marvel. Epic stories briskly told (which is why I prefer DC generally in the comics strictly speaking.. some how they’ve flipped abilities to tell stories as well in the movies).
Please do What If? Vol 2 #6
"What If... the X-Men Had Lost Inferno?"
One of the best What if? story!
How did that get approved by the Comic Code Authority?
That was a good read.It was like a game of survival in that story.
What if’s are awesome concepts. First one I ever bought as a kid was, What If the Punisher got the Venom Symbiote! Which I only got because I was obsessed with Venom back in the day.
What if Spiderman Had Not Married Mary Jane Watson?? was one of my favorites as a kid. It had so much of the melodrama I love from both my comic books AND my soap operas, you should definitely cover it at some point!!!!!! It also was a 2 parter with the second issue being "What if Spiderman had married the Black Cat?" It's one of my favorite childhood comics.... please do a video on it lol
10:16 Sasha, if a gentleman named Mr. M gives you a card that says he's a 'marriage counselor' on it- RUN! As for a What If to cover, how about the one where Korvac killed the Avengers?
Talk about niche approaches, one issue had the title, "What if Nick Fury and the Howling Commandos fought World War Two...in space?" This is the only comic I remember not only not finishing, but ripping in half and tossing in the garbage.
I have a pretty descent stack of What Ifs in my collection and the one that always stands out in my mind is the Children in the Attic story. It's a Rogue, Nightcrawler, Raven story. What if Raven had kept Kurt instead of abandoning him, only she hid him in the attic. What if Kurt fell in love with another sister. I think it ends with Rogue becoming this weird amalgamation of herself and Kurt.
"What if Spider-Man never became a superhero"
He becomes an asshole tv star
yep! Remember that one!
Yes he did but redeemed himself at DD's expense.
This channel feels like a good comic book. You can jump in on any video for the first time and it makes sense. But if you watch a lot, it becomes better and better
One of my favourites I can't remember the title but it was something like, "What if Conan lived in modern times" and he goes up against Captain America who walks away having respect for our favourite Hyborean hulk.
There was a pretty neat What If 2-fer where Peter Parker changed his mind about marrying MJ. He has another (doomed) relationship with Felicity Hardy (Black Cat), almost kills the Vulture for attacking Aunt May (after Felicity is responsible for Vulture finding out Peter is Spider-Man), and eventually ends up in a serious relationship with Silver Sable.
Def Spider-Girl is at the top of my lst for What-If stories. Another one of my favorites was about the children of the Avengers (I believe it was in the same What-If run that Spider-Girl was, either a few issues before or after). They even made an animated movie about it. It was pretty good IMO.
Other What Ifs I love:
What if Rogue Posessed The Power of Thor?
What if Fantastic Four's Second Child had lived? (two stories in one)
What If Spider Man Kept His Cosmic Powers?
What if No One Was Watching The Watcher?
What If Iron Man Went Public?
I love the flash back of younger Sasha💕but I love “ at the time of recording- cool wig wearing Sasha !”
This was an outstanding video. I have been a fan of WHAT IF...? since the first volume. I especially love the first ten issues of the 1st series. I think this warrants a second video from you.
Sometimes "What if..." went outside the box in terms of its story structure. I remember a 3-in-1 one story where it featured "What if Ghost Rider, Spider-Woman and Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell, not Carol Danvers) had remained villains?" In the Ghost Rider story, he encounters Daimon Hellstrom "The Son of Satan" and is defeated (possibly killed) by him. In the Spider-Woman story, she kills Nick Fury and becomes a fugitive from justice. In the Captain Mar-Vell story, his enemies are defeated and he's promoted to Colonel. The only other multiple "What if..." issue that I can remember was the Assistant Editor's Month edition which had a number of gag ideas like "What if Iron Man had an EATING disorder?" and "What if Daredevil were DEAF instead of BLIND?"
I like how Jane found Loki dashing, but Jack Kirby drew evil people as reflective of what was inside. Always drew them angry and ugly looking, there wasn't a handsome truly BAD guy to be had. I'm saying Kirby's Loki was no dreamboat.
I’ve barely even started the video but I have to say that Sasha is rocking this look!
I was actually thinking the opposite; normally, she's got a great look, but this just looks like a John Lennon gender swap to me
What The? was an assistant editor issue, I think... it had something that still makes me laugh was an image of Cyclops with "What if Cyclops' beams came from his ears?"
I subscribed to What If? in the late 80s. What if Spiderman had never gotten rid of the alien symbiote and What if Wolverine was an agent of shield were and still are my 2 faves
They were somewhat interesting, at least in the first run of the series, but they rarely felt compellingly so, as the tended to reaffirm or reassert the mainstream status quo in the end. My favorite is still #34, though. Yes, it's mainly just gags and such, but it does include Hembeck's "The Difference" which really does explain the What If idea pretty well. Plus I just loved the 2 page Spidey Intellectual Tales!
I've always wondered if you script out your videos or just say whatever comes into your head. Either way, you have the gift of gab and the pacing of your videos are excellent!