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What If...?

Debut August 11th, 2021 on Disney+  Issues listed below are the first appearances of characters that will be featuerd in an episode

Marvel Jul 2015

Secret Wars #1

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Secret Wars #1
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Variant cover art by Alex Ross
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Spider-Man's costume is similar to the What If...? Zombie Hunter Spider-Man design
Marvel Aug 1968

Avengers, The #55

Avengers, The #55
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1st full appearance of Ultron
3rd appearance of Dane Whitman as the Black Knight
[March 2023 - James Spader rumored to reprise the role of Ultron in Armor Wars / August 2024 - Spader confirmed to reprise Ultron in the Vision Disney+ series]
Marvel Jul 1963

Strange Tales #110

Strange Tales #110
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1st appearance of Doctor Strange
1st appearance of the Ancient One, former Sorcerer Supreme
1st appearance of Wong, Doctor Strange's assistant
1st cameo appearance of Nightmare, multiple panels, named but obscured by shadows
Marvel Mar 1941

Captain America Comics #1

Captain America Comics #1
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1st appearance and origin of Captain America
[December 2025 - Chris Evans to return as Captain America in Avengers: Doomsday]
1st appearance of James Buchanan Barnes aka Bucky, later becomes the Winter Soldier
1st appearance of the Red Skull, George Maxon, an agent of the true Red Skull
1st appearance of Doctor Reinstein aka Doctor Erskine, the inventor of the Super Soldier serum
1st appearance of Hurricane, later becomes Makkari
1st appearance of Tuk the Cave Boy, first offspring of the Inhumans
Introduction of Project Rebirth, the Super Soldier Program that eventually expanded into Weapon Plus
💰 In April 2022, a 9.4 sold for $3,120,000 (San Francisco Pedigree)
Marvel May 2006 Vol 2

Incredible Hulk #93

Incredible Hulk #93
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Hulk and a motley crew of aliens survive the gladiator school known as The Maw
1st appearance of Korg officially, a member of the Kronan race of rock humanoids introduced in Journey Into Mystery #83
1st appearance of Elloe, an elite citizen of Sakaar who became a slave
1st appearance of Hiroim the Oldstrong, a Shadow Priest
1st appearance of No-Name of Broodworld
Marvel Jan 1969

Marvel Super-Heroes #18

Marvel Super-Heroes #18
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1st team appearance and origin of the Guardians of the Galaxy
1st appearance of Major Vance Astro
1st appearance of Charlie-27
1st appearance of Martinex
1st appearance of Yondu
Marvel Aug 1973 Vol 2

Jungle Action #6

Jungle Action #6
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1st appearance of Erik Killmonger, T'Challa's most persistent rival for the throne of Wakanda
Preview of Venomm, a villain introduced in Jungle Action #7
Part 1 of a 13 issue story titled "The Panther's Rage," the first Black Panther solo story arc
Marvel May 1963

Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #1

Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #1
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1st appearance of Sgt. Nick Fury
1st team appearance of the Howling Commandos: Happy Sam Sawyer, Dino Manelli, Dum Dum Dugan, Junior Juniper, Rebel Ralston and Gabe Jones, the first ongoing black character in the mainstream Marvel Universe (post Fantastic Four #1)
In the book, Stan Lee's Amazing Marvel Universe, Stan explains Gabe Jones was intended to be black but due to a printing error, he was the same color as the other soldiers. Gabe's skin tone is noticeably different in the next issue though it doesn't appear to be a natural skin color
Marvel Jun 1977

Inhumans #11

Inhumans #11
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1st appearance of Korath-Thak, the Kree scientist who developed The Pursuer project and a member of Starforce
Korath becomes Korath the Pursuer in Quasar #32
Marvel Oct 1962

Journey Into Mystery #85

Journey Into Mystery #85
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1st appearance of Loki, the Norse god of mischief
1st appearance of Balder, half-brother of Thor
1st appearance of Heimdall, guardian of Bifrost
1st appearance of Tyr, the Norse god of war
1st cameo appearance of Odin, the All-Father, seen from behind
3rd appearance of Thor
Marvel Aug 1962

Journey Into Mystery #83

Journey Into Mystery #83
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1st appearance and origin of Thor
Introduction of Thor's hammer, Mjolnir
1st team appearance of the Kronans, a race of rock-like aliens
1st appearance of Donald Blake, the human host of Thor
Marvel Feb 1973

Iron Man #55

Iron Man #55
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1st appearance of Thanos, an Eternal from Titan born with the Deviants gene
1st cameo appearance of Eros aka Starfox, brother of Thanos
1st appearance of Kronos, Grandfather of Thanos
1st appearance of Mentor, father of Thanos
1st appearance of Drax the Destroyer, created by Kronus to kill Thanos
1st appearance of the Blood Brothers
Marvel Jul 2018 Vol 3

Exiles #3

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Exiles #3
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1st appearance of Agent Peggy Carter as Captain America
WWII homage cover inspired by Rosie the Riveter
Marvel Feb 1977

What If…? #1

What If…? #1
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What if…Spider-Man Joined The Fantastic Four?
Premiere issue of the series that began in 1977 and told stories set in alternate universes outside of the Marvel mainstream where anything was possible
Marvel Oct 1993

Guardians of the Galaxy #41

Guardians of the Galaxy #41
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1st appearance of an overweight Thor although no direct link to what Marvel calls 'Bro Thor' this issue is the earliest known out-of-shape Thor
[May 2021 - details of the What If...? Disney+ episode featuring Thor has leaked and it will be about a party thrown by the god that threatens to end the world]

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