Publishers / Marvel / What If? (1977) / #8
8April 1978
$0.60

What If? #8

Marvel · April 1978 · on sale January 24, 1978

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Identification plate

Series
What If? (Marvel, 1977 series)
Issue
#8
Publication date
April 1978
Key date
April 1978
On-sale date
January 24, 1978
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.60
Pages
52
Barcode
0714860268604
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0What If the World Knew That Daredevil Is Blind?cover1pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Klaus Janson; letters: Irv WatanabeDaredevil; The Owl; Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (inset)
1What If the World Knew Daredevil Was Blind?comic story25script: Don Glut, Roy Thomas; pencils: Alan Kupperberg, Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; colors: Mary Ellen; letters: KarinDaredevil; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Watcher; Electro; Foggy Nelson; Karen Page; Owl (death); J. Jonah Jameson; Higgins; Duke Klaus Kruger; Dr. Van Eyck; Judge Lewis
2-in-house column1script: Stan Lee
4-letters page1script: Roy Thomas
5What If the Spider Had Been Bitten by a Radioactive Human?comic story8script: Scott Shaw; pencils: Scott Shaw; inks: Scott Shaw; colors: Carl Gafford; letters: Carol LaySpider-Man [Peter Parker]; Roy Thomas [the Watcher]; Man-Spider [Webster Weaver] (origin); Aunt Mayfly Weaver; Uncle Bug Weaver (death); Liz; Trash Chompson; Miss Grunt; Culture Vulture (cameo); Marvin, the Hunter (cameo); Rude Rhino (cameo); Green Gobbler (cameo); "Octo" Doctorpuss, the Cat O' Nine

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

Where to read it

CollectionYear
What If? Classic #2
ISBN 0-7851-1843-8		2005On eBay ›
Best of What If #[nn]
ISBN 0-87135-857-3		1991On eBay ›
Comic Reader #1521978On eBay ›
What If? Classic: The Complete Collection #1
ISBN 978-1-302-91611-4		2018On eBay ›
What If?: The Original Marvel Series Omnibus #1
ISBN 978-1-302-92993-0		2021On eBay ›
The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus #6
ISBN 978-1-302-96213-5		2024On eBay ›

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