What If Archive

Across the Spider-Verse: What’s the Deal with Assassin Spider-Man?

October 1, 2014Blind SpotsNo comments

I figured I’d be one and done with discussing multiverse versions of Spider-Man that were featured in various What If? issues after I made my first “Across the Spider-Verse” post about What If? #1 a few weeks back. However, given the amount of face time “Assassin Spider-Man” (from the

Across the Spider-Verse: What If Spider-Man Had Joined the Fantastic Four?

By Mark Ginocchio

September 2, 2014Blind Spots2 Comments

As I spend the next few months writing about comics the feature “alternative” versions of Spider-Man, I thought the best place to start this dialogue was with the very first issue of Marvel’s What If? Series from 1977. That’s because in many ways, What If? laid the entire foundation

Guest Blogs: 10 What If? Stories That Actually Happened

By Mark Ginocchio

July 23, 2014Guest BlogsNo comments

Marvel’s speculative What If? series, which examined what would happen if certain famous moments in comic book history went in a different direction, has actually served as a source of inspiration for many storylines that have been produced over the past 20 years. For example, one What If? issue