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What If? #32

Marvel · Series began 1977 · April 1982

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Dates

Cover date: April 1982
On sale: January 19, 1982
Pages: 52

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #32 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 0714860268604
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Creators

pencils: Bob Layton, Mark Gruenwald, Greg LaRocqueinks: Joe Rubinstein, Walter Simonson, Terry Austin, Alan Weiss, Mark Gruenwald, Rick Bryant, Bob Wiacek, Bob Layton, Larry Hama, John Tartaglione, Klaus Janson, Herb Trimpe, Marie Severin, John Romita, Frank Giacoia, Dave Cockrum, Steve Mitchell, Ron Wilson, Dave Simons, John Byrne, Frank Miller, Al Milgrom, Rick Magyar, Jack Abel, Alan Kupperberg, Vince Collettascript: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson, Ed Shukin, Tony Macchiacolors: Glynis Oliverletters: Rick Parker, Irv Watanabe

Stories

What If... the Avengers Had Become the Pawns of Korvac? · 38 pages
Korvac destroys the Avengers and then recreates them to do his bidding, forcing them to defend him from the powerful entities trying to break his hold on the Earth.

Publisher’s description

What if Earth’s Mightiest were killed by Michael Korvac? His omnipotence has toppled the Avengers, spelling doom for every super hero. This is the reign of Korvac- undeterred!

Reprinted in

Best of What If (1991), What If? Classic (2004), What If? Classic: The Complete Collection (2018), What If?: The Original Marvel Series Omnibus (2021)