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Issue: What If...? #9
Publication Date: January 1990
 
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics
On Sale Date: 11/21/1989
Volume: 2
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.75 CAD
£0.60 GBP
$1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Craig Anderson; Reneé Witterstaetter (assistant)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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What If the X-Men Died on their First Mission?

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Rich Buckler
Sam de la Rosa
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
X-Men
Professor X; Beast
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Miscellaneous
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What If the New X-Men Had Died On Their Very First Mission?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Roy Thomas
Rich Buckler
Sam de la Rosa
Evelyn Stein
Phil Felix
Subject Matter
superhero
X-Men
X-Men [Professor X; Beast; Scarlet Witch; Quicksilver; Namorita; Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair]; Banshee [Theresa Rourke; Siryn]; Thunderbird [James Proudstar; Warpath]]; Moira MacTaggert (guest-star); Count Nefaria (villain); Ani-Men (villain) [Ape-Man; Cat-Man; Bird-Man; Frog-Man; Dragonfly]; Vision (cameo); Crystal (cameo); Edwin Jarvis (cameo); Black Tom Cassidy (cameo); Reverend Craig (cameo); Watcher (cameo); X-Men (cameo, flashback) [Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel (cameo, flashback); Iceman (cameo, flashback); Havok (cameo, flashback); Polaris (cameo, flashback); Storm (cameo, flashback); Wolverine (cameo, flashback); Colossus (cameo, flashback); Nightcrawler (cameo, flashback); Thunderbird [John Proudstar] (cameo, flashback); Banshee [Sean Cassidy] (cameo, flashback); Sunfire (cameo, flashback); Krakoa (cameo, flashback); Illyana Rasputin [Magik] (cameo, flashback)
When both the old and new X-Men teams die on the island of Krakoa, Beast calls in Moira MacTaggert to try and pull Professor X out of his funk. Xavier refuses to have anything further to do with mentoring a heroic team, even after Count Nefaria and the Ani-Men take over Valhalla Base and hold the world ransom. Beast uses Cerebro to put together a new gang of mutants and, with the defeat of Nefaria, Xavier comes around and decides to continue with the X-Men.
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Based on Giant Size X-Men (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 and The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #94 and 95.
What If Black Bolt Talked in His Sleep?!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Lewandowski
Vince Meilcarek
Chris Ivy
Evelyn Stein
Brad K. Joyce
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
Black Bolt
Inhumans [Black Bolt; Medusa; Gorgon; Karnak; Triton; Quicksilver; Crystal; Luna; Lockjaw]
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Miscellaneous
1
What If the Thing's Body Kept Mutating?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gary Fields
Gary Fields
Joe Sinnott
Gary Fields
Gary Fields
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
Thing
The Thing
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Miscellaneous
1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mike Zeck
Mike Zeck ?
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Typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Punisher
Punisher
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