CATALOG RECORD

What If? #29

Marvel · Series began 1977 · October 1981

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Dates

Cover date: October 1981
Pages: 52

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #29 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0714860268610
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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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Creators

pencils: Michael Golden, Alan Kupperberg, Ron Wilson, Joe Sinnott, Rich Buckler Jr., John Romita Jr.inks: Michael Golden, Al Gordon, Joe Sinnott, Bob McLeodscript: Steven Grant, Peter Gilliscolors: Carl Gafford, Ann Nocentiletters: Tom Orzechowski, Karin Nemri, Irv Watanabe

Stories

What If... the Avengers Were the Last Superheroes on Earth? · 19 pages
The Avengers must defeat all other super-powered beings on Earth.
...The Search for the Great Refuge! · 8 pages
How the Eternals helped the Inhumans found the Great Refuge.
What If... Sub-Mariner Never Regained His Memory? · 12 pages
The Human Torch never discovers Namor, so on this world the amnesiac Namor becomes a crew member by the name of Mr. Smith, on a ship searching for the fabled entrance to the center of the Earth.

Characters

Black BoltBlackagar BoltagonUatuThe WatcherIkarisIke HarrisMakkariThenaZurasSpriteDomo

Reprinted in

What If? Classic (2004), What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (2018), Marvel Masterworks: The Inhumans (2009), The Eternals: The Complete Saga Omnibus (2020), Eternals: The Dreaming Celestial Saga (2020), Eternals: Secrets from the Marvel Universe (2020), What If?: The Original Marvel Series Omnibus (2021)