American Comics Update: Marvel #1: What If…
*Marvel: In our Marvel #1 slot this week, the first issue of this popular franchise. Inspired no doubt by DC’s Imaginary Stories of the 1960s, in 1977 Marvel came up with the What If concept, which had fun with the what-might-have-beens of the Marvel Universe. Highly popular with fans, who loved this sort of done-in-one stories previously only the speculations of fandom, the What If franchise lasted 47 issues of the first series, spawned a highly successful sequel series and still continues with a range of one-shots periodically to this day. It all started here with ‘What If Spider-Man Joined the Fantastic Four?’ We have a glossy, pristine cents copy with no wear or defects.
PICTURED: WHAT IF #1 NM £95 SOLD