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What If? #30

Marvel · Series began 1977 · December 1981

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Tethys (Inhumans) — first appearance

Dates

Cover date: December 1981
Pages: 52

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #30 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 0714860268612
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Direct edition

Direct

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Creators

pencils: Bob Layton, Rich Buckler, Jim Mooney, Pablo Marcos, Ron Wilsoninks: Bob Layton, Jim Mooney, Pablo Marcos, Joe Sinnott, Chic Stoneletters: Ron Zalme, Rick Parker, Tom Orzechowski, Irv Watanabescript: Bill Flanagan, Peter Gilliscolors: George Roussos, Glynis Oliver

Stories

What If...Spider-Man's Clone Had Survived? · 31 pages
The Spider Clone survived (years before they brought him back).
Moving Day! · 7 pages
How the Inhumans moved the Great Refuge to the Himalayas.

Publisher’s description

Remember the original Spider-Man clone saga? Now picture the events entirely inverted! Peter Parker’s clone survives, and attempts to rebuild a life from the memories of a stranger. Will the world embrace two Spider-Men?

Characters

Black BoltBlackagar BoltagonMedusaMedusalith Amaquelin BoltagonCrystalCrystalia Amaquelin MaximoffKarnakGorgonMakkariSpriteAndvariTethys

Reprinted in

What If? Classic (2004), What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (2018), The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (2007), Marvel Masterworks: The Inhumans (2009), Eternals: The Dreaming Celestial Saga (2020), Eternals: Secrets from the Marvel Universe (2020), The Eternals: The Complete Saga Omnibus (2020), What If?: The Original Marvel Series Omnibus (2021)