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What If...? #86

Marvel · Series began 1989 · June 1996

Dates

Cover date
June 1996
On sale
1996
Pages
36

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #86 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition$1.50 cover

    Direct Edition

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

    Barcode 75960602920408611

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  • Australian edition2.50 AUD cover

    Australian

    Printed cover price 2.50 AUD.

    Barcode 00928102920506 · shared with another edition

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  • Newsstand edition$1.50 cover

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 00928102920506 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page

Publisher’s description

A post-hypnotic command by The Jackal has control over Spider-Man -- and demands he kill Mary Jane!  The Scarlet Spider arrives to save her and quickly realizes he as no choice but to kill Spider-Man.  A power plant becomes the final resting place for the web-slinger as he becomes trapped under a generator, which soon explodes.  The Scarlet Spider is thrown out of the building by the explosion and, when rescued, is mistaken for Peter Parker.  He must now live a lie.

Reprinted in

What If?: Into the Multiverse Omnibus (2023)

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