American Update: The Worlds of What If? – Marvel’s ‘Imaginary Tales’ series from #3 to #47
*Marvel: In 1977, Marvel began a series called What If?, which explored how the Marvel Universe might have unfolded, if key moments in its history had not occurred as they did in mainstream continuity. Uatu, the Marvel Universe’s omniscient Watcher, was the host of these extra-thick tomes, usually kicking off by narrating the events as they happened in the ‘real’ MU, then introducing the tipping point at which things changed – occasionally for the better, but generally very much not. The original series of stand-alone tales ran for 47 issues, and had enough enduring popularity that it’s been revived many times since. We have added 14 issues of the original What If? series to our stock, from the third issue to the final issue of that volume #47. Some of them are stunning, many ingenious, a couple flat-out bonkers (‘What If Sgt. Fury Fought World War II In Outer Space?’), but most are entertaining.