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What If? #17

Marvel · Series began 1977 · October 1979

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Dates

Cover date: October 1979
Pages: 52

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #17 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition

Direct

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

Barcode 0714860268610 · shared with another edition
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0714860268610 · shared with another edition
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Creators

pencils: Gene Colan, Carmine Infantino, Sal Buscemainks: Jack Abel, Chic Stone, Frank Springer, Klaus Janson, Mike Esposito, Pablo Marcosletters: Irv Watanabe, Tom Orzechowskiscript: Steven Grant, Stan Leecolors: Roger Slifer, Carl Gafford, Bob Sharen

Stories

What If... Ghost Rider Spider-Woman and Captain Marvel Had Remained Villains? · 1 pages
Part 1 Ghost Rider · 12 pages
Part 2 The Spider-Woman · 11 pages
Part 3 Captain Marvel · 11 pages

Publisher’s description

Imagine if the tables were turned- if Spider-Woman, Ghost Rider, and Captain Mar-Vell…were hard bitten villains! As Arachne, Jessica Drew lives her life on the lam from S.H.I.E.L.D.! Captain Mar-Vell declares war against Earthlings, while Johnny Blaze's powers lead him to murder!

Reprinted in

What If? Classic (2004), What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (2018), Marvel Masterworks: Ghost Rider (2019), Ghost Rider Epic Collection (2022), What If?: The Original Marvel Series Omnibus (2021), The Death of Captain Marvel Omnibus (2025)