 the marvel comics anthology series what if? tells alternate reality stories outside the mainstream marvel universe continuity, which the company sets on what it calls earth-616. a number of these stories have been set on alternate earths in the marvel comics multiverse (i.e., multiple universes) for which marvel has given official numerical designations. ==volume one (1977â1984)== # what if spider-man joined the fantastic four? (based on the amazing spider-man #1) #* reprinted in the best of what if? followed by what if? #21. alternate sequels appeared in what if? vol. 2, #35, and paradise x: heralds. this world was designated earth-772 in marvel encyclopedia: fantastic four. #*spider-man did eventually join as a member of the "new fantastic four" and more recently the future foundation. # what if the hulk had the brain of bruce banner? (based on the incredible hulk #1) #* this world was designated earth-774 in marvel encyclopedia: fantastic four. # what if the avengers had never been? (based on the avengers #3) # what if the invaders stayed together after world war 2? #* a tale of "untold history." # what if captain america hadn't vanished during world war 2? (based on avengers #4) # what if the fantastic four had different super-powers? (based on fantastic four #1) #* this version of the team reappeared in what if? vol. 2, #39. this world was designated earth-7712 in marvel encyclopedia: fantastic four. # what if someone else besides spider-man had been bitten by the radioactive spider? (based on amazing fantasy #15) #* three different stories look at what would have happened if either peter's bully flash thompson, his would-have-been temporary girlfriend betty brant, and publisher j. jonah jameson's astronaut son, john, had been bitten instead. with the exception of betty brant, the protagonist dies in each story. a darker version of the flash story is redone as what if? vol. 2, #76. # what if the world knew daredevil was blind? (based on daredevil #2) #* this issue also contained the first humor-based what if? in the series asking, "what if the spider had been bitten by a radioactive human?" # what if the avengers fought evil in the 1950s? #* presented as "untold history," it has been steadfastly relegated (at least, as written) to an alternate universe by kurt busiek and others. designate earth-9904 in all-new official handbook of the marvel universe: a-z update #2 (2007). a version of this timeline was revisited in avengers forever, and y
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