What If...? #86

Dates

Cover date

June 1996

On sale

April 16, 1996

Pages

36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #86 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Direct edition$1.50 cover

  Direct Edition

  No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

  Barcode 75960602920408611

  Source ↗
• Australian edition2.50 AUD cover

  Australian

  Printed cover price 2.50 AUD.

  Barcode 00928102920506 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page
• Newsstand edition$1.50 cover

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 00928102920506 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page

Creators

Stories

• What if the Scarlet Spider had Killed Spider-Man · Scarlet Spider · 26 pages

  Scarlet Spider takes over for a dead Spider-Man.

Publisher’s description

A post-hypnotic command by The Jackal has control over Spider-Man -- and demands he kill Mary Jane!  The Scarlet Spider arrives to save her and quickly realizes he as no choice but to kill Spider-Man.  A power plant becomes the final resting place for the web-slinger as he becomes trapped under a generator, which soon explodes.  The Scarlet Spider is thrown out of the building by the explosion and, when rescued, is mistaken for Peter Parker.  He must now live a lie.

Reprinted in

What If?: Into the Multiverse Omnibus (2023)