![]() Ignoring his non-lethal orders, Wolverine flies into a rage and kills the gamma-powered goliath. “What if Wolverine had Killed the Hulk” reimagines the mutant brawler’s debut story as a tale of tragic criminality. The Canadian government ordered him to capture the rampaging green goliath, the battle ended in a draw and in his next appearance Wolverine was one of the X-Men. You’d never know it from his later fame, but Wolverine’s first appearance was as a one-off villain in The Incredible Hulk. The Watcher remarks that these realities prove not just anyone can step into the role of superhero, you also need the right kind of person for the job. Jonah Jameson supports his super-powered son John as he becomes New York’s champion: “Spider Jameson.” John lives heroically but then dies during a mission where, in the mainstream Marvel Universe, he was the one in danger and Peter saved him. ![]() But when she fails to stop a burglar who later kills Peter’s uncle, she becomes overwhelmed by guilt and quits. In another reality, Betty Brant gets the power and Peter Parker encourages her to become the crime-fighting Spider Girl. He then attempts to be a hero called Captain Spider, only to die in battle against the Vulture. In one world, Flash Thompson gets the power and tries to be a celebrity in the wrestling circuit, but his lack of restraint leads to a death. Here, we get not one but three stories where someone besides Peter Parker is bitten by a special spider and mutated by its radioactive venom. Don Glut, Rick Hoberg/Marvel Comics What if Someone Else Had Become the Amazing Spider-Man ? Not only do we get a full dive into how the personalities of these four heroes would evolve differently, we also get trippy scenes like watching Big Brain float and swim to different parts of the Fantastic Four HQ thanks to the system of tubes he installed. It’s not hard-hitting drama, and it doesn’t really provide new insight into familiar characters, “What if the Fantastic Four Had Different Super-Powers” is memorable for being so oddball. Most bizarre of all, Reed Richards is now nothing but a telepathic brain that somehow survives without a body, earning him the codename of… Big Brain! Sue Storm has elastic powers as Ultra-Woman. Ace pilot Ben Grimm is now the winged Dragonfly. ![]() Mechanic Johnny Storm becomes a living robot called Mandroid. This story asks, what if their mutations focused on different aspects of those personalities? Over the years, many creators have noted that the Fantastic Four’s abilities seem to reflect parts of their personal nature. Roy Thomas, Jim Craig, Rick Hoberg/Marvel Comics What if the Fantastic Four Had Different Super-Powers? But there is a cost: Not only do Reed, Bruce and Charles lose all their powers in the process of becoming separate people again, but Ben Grimm is mutated into a violently aggressive version of the Thing, now in constant conflict with the military. Using wild comic book technology, they merge themselves into one powerful being, the X-Man, who scares off the devourer of worlds. When Galactus later comes to destroy Earth, Bruce, Reed Richards and Charles Xavier combine forces to stop him - literally. He becomes friendly with the military and Fantastic Four, offers aid during emergencies, and helps cure hero Ben Grimm of being the monstrous Thing. ![]() It leads to a different life where he finds a decent balance between being a scientist and occasionally a green giant. Here, Bruce Banner’s mind remains intact when he first becomes the Hulk. This early tale is wild and wacky, but it really follows through on exploring its premise. What if the Hulk had the Brain of Bruce Banner? With the What If…? animated show - starring Jeffrey Wright - on the horizon, we thought we’d take a look at the best What If…? stories from the comics. Some What If…? stories revealed what would happen if a classic Marvel story had gone a different way, while others got quite a bit weirder. And, sometimes, he likes to take a peek at other universes. What If…? was hosted by Uatu the Watcher, a powerful being who observes and records humanity. The show is based on the Marvel comic series of the same name, created in 1977 to explore alternate universes just for the fun of it. Marvel Studios announced 10 new movies and TV shows at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, and some of them were pretty obscure - but none so niche as What If…?, a new animated series.
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