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What If? #40

Marvel · Series began 1977 · August 1983

Dates

Cover date
August 1983
On sale
1983
Pages
52

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #40 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition$1.00 cover

    Direct

    No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

    This edition’s page
  • Newsstand edition$1.00 cover

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 0714860268608 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page
  • Canadian price edition1.25 CAD cover

    Canadian

    Printed cover price 1.25 CAD.

    Barcode 0714860268608 · shared with another edition

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Publisher’s description

WHAT IF…DOCTOR STRANGE HAD NOT BECOME THE MASTER OF THE MYSTIC ARTS? In an alternate story, Baron Mordo inherits the full extent of the Ancient One's power.

Reprinted in

What If? Classic (2004), What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (2018), What If?: The Original Marvel Series Omnibus (2021)

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