CATALOG RECORD

What If? #31

Marvel · Series began 1977 · February 1982

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Dates

Cover date: February 1982
On sale: November 17, 1981
Pages: 52

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #31 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 0714860268602
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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: Bob Budiansky, Neal Adams, Bill Willingham, Alan Kupperberginks: Bob Wiacek, Mike Esposito, Bill Willingham, Frank Giacoiascript: Rich Margopoulos, Stephen Sullivan, Roger Stern, Bill Mantlocolors: Bob Sharenletters: Karin Nemri, Rick Parker, Irv Watanabe

Stories

What If Wolverine Had Killed the Hulk? · 20 pages
Wolverine kills the Hulk and joins Magneto's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.
...What If There Was No Fantastic Four? · 18 pages
The Thing never joins the team which has repercussions throughout the Marvel Universe.

Reprinted in

What If? Classic (2004), What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (2018), What If?: The Original Marvel Series Omnibus (2021)