CATALOG RECORD

What If? #27

Marvel · Series began 1977 · July 1981

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Dates

Cover date: July 1981
On sale: March 10, 1981
Pages: 52

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #27 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.
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0714860268607
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Creators

pencils: Frank Miller, Jerry Bingham, Ron Wilson, John Romita Jr.inks: Frank Miller, John Stuart, Al Milgrom, Terry Austin, Bruce Pattersonscript: Jo Duffy, Mark Gruenwaldcolors: Carl Gaffordletters: Jean Simek, Janice Chiang, Jack Morelli, Irv Watanabe

Stories

What If Phoenix Had Not Died? · 34 pages
Kree Encounter! · 6 pages

Characters

LoganWolverineScott SummersCyclopsOroro MunroeStormHank McCoyBeastJean GreyPiotr RasputinColossusKurt WagnerNightcrawlerBobby DrakeIcemanWarren Worthington IIICharles XavierProfessor XKitty PrydeMarvel GirlAngelAlex SummersHavokLorna DanePolarisGalanGalactusUatuThe WatcherPhoenix

Reprinted in

What If? Classic (2004), What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (2018), X-Men Winter Special (1981), Best of What If (1991), X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga (2010), True Believers: Phoenix - What if? (2018), X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga Omnibus (2018), Eternals: Secrets from the Marvel Universe (2020), The Eternals: The Complete Saga Omnibus (2020), Eternals: The Dreaming Celestial Saga (2020), Eternals: Cosmic Origins (2020), Phoenix Omnibus (2021), What If?: The Original Marvel Series Omnibus (2021), Eternals: A History Written in Blood (2022)