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What If…? Celebrates 50 Years with new One-Shots Delivering Twists on Classic Stories

Posted on April 10, 2026 by Graphic Policy Team Leave a comment

To celebrate the 50^th anniversary of What If?, Marvel Comics is taking a bold leap into the multiverse to discover mythos-shattering new twists on some of its most definitive stories! Announced earlier this year, the series of one-shots kicks off in June with What If…? Uncanny X-Men #1 by Gerry Duggan and Jan Bazaldua and What If…? Thor #1 by Torunn Grønbekk and Sergio Dávila. Today, fans can check out covers and learn additional story information for the next three What If…? one-shots hitting stands in July: What If…? Secret Wars #1; What If…? Jessica Jones #1; and What If…? Spider-Man #1.

In What If…? Secret Wars, Alex Paknadel and Cafu reverse the ending of Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribić’s universe-breaking Secret Wars, giving the original Ultimate Universe a chance to live on! Then, Justina Ireland and David Messina introduce an all-new—not-so-friendly—Spider-Girl, A.K.A. Jessica Jones in What If…? Jessica Jones #1. Then, the author of one of the greatest Spider-Man tales of all time, J.M. DeMatteis, returns alongside artist Yildiray Çinar for a bold reimagining of the aftermath of his legendary “Kraven’s Last Hunt” storyline.

WHAT IF…? SECRET WARS #1

Written by ALEX PAKNADEL
Art by CAFU
Cover by LUCAS WERNECK
On Sale 7/1

WHAT IF…THE ULTIMATE UNIVERSE SURVIVED THE SECRET WARS?

Goodbye, Marvel Universe! Starring Peter Parker, our beloved friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, as he is forced to survive in a not-so-friendly neighborhood after losing everything! What becomes of the original Ultimate Universe in a post-Secret Wars landscape? How did they defeat the Beyonder? And who does Spider-Man become after losing everything?

WHAT IF…? JESSICA JONES #1

Written by JUSTINA IRELAND
Art by DAVID MESSINA
Cover by LUCAS WERNECK
On Sale 7/15

WHAT IF…JESSICA JONES WAS BITTEN BY THE RADIOACTIVE SPIDER?

Teenage Super-Hero Sensation Spider-Girl is retired. Surly and eternally miffed bartender Jessica Jones wants nothing more than to leave that part of her life and the traumas that came with it firmly behind her. But when a ghost from her past comes back to haunt her, she finds herself unable to leave well enough alone. Has the Green Goblin returned? And if so, is an out-of-shape ex-super hero enough to stop him?

WHAT IF…? SPIDER-MAN #1

Written by J.M. DEMATTEIS
Art by YILDIRAY ÇINAR
Cover by LUCAS WERNECK
On Sale 7/29

WHAT IF…KRAVEN SURVIVED HIS “LAST HUNT”?

Leaving Spider-Man broken, insane and vulnerable to the influence of an old enemy…and who better to fill the void left by the spider than Kraven the Hunter?! One way or another, both Kraven and Peter will become something more—and finally settle the score between them!

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Marvel celebrates the 50th Anniversary of What If? with new One-Shots!

Posted on February 24, 2026 by Graphic Policy Team

For 50 years, Marvel Comics has dared to ask What If?, putting bold twists on major Marvel moments and opening the floodgates to the multiverse! To celebrate the 50^th anniversary of the original What If? series, Marvel will publish eight all-new What If…? one-shots this summer. Crafted by some of today’s biggest talents, the new one-shots shake the foundations of every corner of the Marvel mythos beginning with startling stories starring the X-Men and Thor and continuing with epic reimaginings of pivotal storylines like Secret Wars and Kraven’s Last Hunt!

The new one-shots kick off in June with What If…? Uncanny X-Men #1, where Gerry Duggan and Jan Bazaldua put a spin on one of comics’ most tragic love stories, and What If…? Thor #1,which sees Torunn Grønbekk and Sergio Dávila shift symbiote history towards a mighty new destiny!

Check out the full lineup along with Lucas Werneck’s first two covers and stay tuned for more details in the months ahead.

WHAT IF…? UNCANNY X-MEN #1

Written by GERRY DUGGAN
Art by JAN BAZALDUA
Cover by LUCAS WERNECK
Promo Variant Cover by MAHMUD ASRAR
On Sale 6/3

WHAT IF…CYCLOPS HAD STAYED WITH MADELYNE PRYOR?

Imagine a world where Madelyne Pryor, the Goblin Queen, had survived the Inferno. What would have happened if Cyclops had saved her soul. What would have happened if he and Maddie had raised their son, Nathan Summers? What would that world look like? And why would that be the most terrible thing to happen to mutantdom and Earth itself?

WHAT IF…? THOR #1

Written by TORUNN GRØNBEKK
Art by SERGIO DÁVILA
Cover by LUCAS WERNECK
On Sale 6/17

WHAT IF…THOR GOT SPIDER-MAN’S SYMBIOTE SUIT?

Amid the chaos, there comes a costume – but not to the hero you know! Legend has it that bonding with the symbiote suit made Thor mightier still. But what shadows lurking in the Ten Realms would take interest in such a powerful pairing?