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Comic Description:
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What If? 37 Modern
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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0318896012
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Owner:
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ottodidact
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Three stories in this issue: 1) What If The Thing Had Continued to Mutate? 2) What If Beast Had Truly Become a Beast? and 3) What If Galactus Had Turned The Silver Surfer Back into Norrin Radd?
Diverging from Marvel Two-In-One #82, a frustrated Thing runs off on his own before Captain America can let him know they've found MODOK's base and so he continues to mutate from Virus X, becoming a hideous radioactive form. Giant-Man and Cap raid MODOK's base on their own and are able to secure enough of the antidote that Bill can use the first dose on himself, curing his own cancer. However, the dose for Ben isn't needed, as his irradiated form reaches a tipping point where it released all his cosmic energy in an event that not only permanently cures himself of Virus X and his form as the Thing, but cures Alicia's blindness when she faces towards it. With the human Ben Grimm happily reunited with his family, a better-than-ever Giant-Man takes his place on the Fantastic Four.
Diverging from Amazing Adventures #11, in a world where Hank McCoy's mutation formula was slightly more potent, his new form as the blue and furry Beast is as savage in mind as appearance. Sensing his former pupil's peril, Professor X sends Cyclops, Marvel Girl, and the Angel in an attempt to save him. They find him in Central Park where the Beast attacks, partly out of bestial hunger and partly to warn his old friends away from what he's become. When Professor X arrives to confront the Beast, Hank is able to muster up his last shreds of human intelligence to surrender. Unable to cure him, the X-Men instead find him a new home in the Savage Land alongside Ka-Zar and Zabu where he can be free.
Diverging from the events of Fantastic Four #50, Galactus decides to strip the Silver Surfer of the Power Cosmic for his betrayal on Earth and abandons him there. The powerless Norrin Radd still wants to return to his homeworld and Shalla Bal. With help from the Fantastic Four and "non-interference" from the Watcher, they're able to use technology in the Watcher's home on the moon to find a way back there.
Meanwhile, Galactus returns to Zenn-La to consume the planet and when Shalla Bal approaches him to learn what happened to the Silver Surfer, she offers to become his new Herald in hopes that she might see him again. Reading her mind, Galactus makes Shalla-Bal his herald, "Starglow", but removes the memory and sentimentality that tied her to Norrin Radd. When Norrin arrives and finds out what happened, he begs Galactus for an alternative but Galactus refuses to give up his new, more loyal herald. Instead, he takes pity enough on Norrin to restore his powers but confines him to Zenn-La as he did to Earth in another reality, allowing him to become his homeworld's superhero and protector. (description by marvel.fandom.com)
Cover pencils by Ed Hannigan, inks by Joe Rubinstein. "What if the Thing Continued to Mutate?", script by Tom DeFalco, pencils by Arvell Jones (layouts) and Sam de la Rosa (finishes), inks by Sam de la Rosa; Diverging from Marvel Two-In-One #82, a frustrated Thing runs off on his own before Captain America can let him know they've found MODOK's base and so he continues to mutate from Virus X, becoming a hideous radioactive form; Giant-Man and Cap raid MODOK's base on their own and are able to secure enough of the antidote that Bill can use the first dose on himself, curing his own cancer. "What if the Beast Had Truly Become a Beast?", script and pencils by Alan Weiss, inks by Jim Sherman; Diverging from Amazing Adventures #11, in a world where Hank McCoy's mutation formula was slightly more potent, his new form as the blue and furry Beast is as savage in mind as appearance; Sensing his former pupil's peril, Professor X sends Cyclops, Marvel Girl, and the Angel in an attempt to save him; Avengers and Ka-Zar cameos. "What if Galactus Had Turned the Silver Surfer Back into Norrin Radd?", script by David Anthony Kraft, pencils by Mike Vosburg, inks by Steve Mitchell; Diverging from Fantastic Four #50, Galactus decides to strip the Silver Surfer of the Power Cosmic for his betrayal on Earth and abandons him there; The powerless Norrin Radd still wants to return to his homeworld and Shalla Bal, and with help from the Fantastic Four and "non-interference" from the Watcher, they're able to use technology in the Watcher's home to find a way back there; Meanwhile, Galactus returns to Zenn-La to feed and when Shalla-Bal approaches him to learn what happened to the Silver Surfer, she offers to become his new Herald in hopes that she might see him again. Cover price $1.00. (description by mycomicshop.com)
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