Marvel Celebrates 50 Years of What If…? with Variant Covers
This May, Marvel’s Stormbreakers shatter the multiverse in new What If…? Variant Covers! The latest monthly cover collection from Marvel’s elite artists celebrates 50 years of What If…? storytelling with imaginative new twists on your favorite heroes. From dramatic transformations to outrageous power swaps, these eight pieces reflect the endless creativity and spectacular talent of the current class of Marvel’s Stormbreakers!
The daring questions asked include:
- What if… Captain Marvel was a Skrull?
- What if… Daredevil’s accident gave him the Hulk’s powers?
- What if… Iron Man’s Extremis was a symbiote?
- What if… Punisher had Magik’s Eldritch Armor?
- What if… Rogue became the Sorcerer Supreme?
- What if… Wolverine controlled his adamantium like Colossus?
- What if… the X-Men were heralds of Galactus?
- What if… the Spider-Man’s greatest foes, the Sinister Six, were his greatest allies?
The current class of Marvel’s Stormbreakers include Alessandro Cappuccio, Netho Diaz, Simone Di Meo, Juan Frigeri, Gurihiru, Jonas Scharf, Geoff Shaw, and Luciano Vecchio. Chosen for their remarkable art, notable achievements, and boundless imagination when bringing the Marvel mythos to the page, these creators represent the future of comic book artistry and embody the raw talent to shatter the limits of visual storytelling!
Also part of the 50th anniversary celebration are a series of all-new What If…? one-shots! Announced last month, the new one-shots shake the foundations of every corner of the Marvel mythos with startling shifts to iconic storylines, kicking off in June with What If…? Uncanny X-Men #1, where Gerry Duggan and Jan Bazaldua ask “What if… Cyclops had stayed with Madelyne Pryor?” and What If…? Thor #1, where Torunn Grønbekk and Sergio Dávila ask “What if… Thor got Spider-Man’s symbiote suit?”
Check out all eight What If…? Variant Covers and preorder them at your local comic shop today.
- CAPTAIN MARVEL: DARK PAST #2 WHAT IF…? VARIANT COVER BY GURIHIRU – 75960621492100241
- IRON MAN #5 WHAT IF…? VARIANT COVER BY GEOFF SHAW – 75960621491400541
- UNCANNY X-MEN #28 WHAT IF…? VARIANT COVER BY LUCIANO VECCHIO – 75960620917002841
- WOLVERINE #20 WHAT IF…? VARIANT COVER BY JUAN FRIGERI – 75960620841802041
- AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #29 WHAT IF…? VARIANT COVER BY SIMONE DI MEO – 75960621001502951
- PUNISHER #4 WHAT IF…? VARIANT COVER BY JONAS SCHARF – 75960621516400431
- X-MEN #30 WHAT IF…? VARIANT COVER BY ALESSANDRO CAPPUCCIO – 75960620920003041
- DAREDEVIL #3 WHAT IF…? VARIANT COVER BY NETHO DIAZ – 75960621282800331
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