Publishers / Marvel / What If? (1977) / #27
27July 1981
$0.75

What If? #27

Marvel · July 1981 · on sale March 10, 1981

First appearance: TerraxFirst appearance: Tyros1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
What If? (Marvel, 1977 series)
Issue
#27
Publication date
July 1981
Key date
July 1981
On-sale date
March 10, 1981
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.75
Pages
52
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Terrax - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Tyros - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0What If Phoenix Had Not Died?cover1pencils: Frank Miller; inks: Frank MillerAngel, Beast, Colossus, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Logan, Hank McCoy, Ororo Munroe, Nightcrawler, Phoenix, Piotr Rasputin, Storm, Scott Summers, Kurt Wagner
1What If Phoenix Had Not Died?comic story34script: Mary Jo Duffy; pencils: Jerry Bingham; inks: John Stuart, Al Milgrom, Terry Austin; colors: Carl Gafford; letters: Jean Simek, Janice ChiangSt. John Allerdyce, Angel, Avalanche, Beast, Blob, Colossus, Cyclops, Lorna Dane, Dark Phoenix, Bobby Drake, Fred Dukes, Earthquake, Gladiator, Firelord
2Kree Encounter!comic story6script: Gruenwald; pencils: Wilson; inks: Patterson; colors: Gafford; letters: MorelliArlok, Astron, Shastra, Uatu, Uranos, The Watcher

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandbarcode 0714860268607

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Best of What If #[nn]
ISBN 0-87135-857-3		1991On eBay ›
What If? Classic #5
ISBN 978-0-7851-3086-4		2008On eBay ›
X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga #[nn]
ISBN 978-0-7851-4913-2		2010On eBay ›
True Believers: Phoenix - What if? #12018On eBay ›
X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga Omnibus #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-302-91212-3		2018On eBay ›
Eternals: Secrets from the Marvel Universe #12020On eBay ›
What If? Classic: The Complete Collection #3
ISBN 978-1-302-92274-0		2019On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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