Marvel's new What If? Solicitations are annoying me again...

[SteveFlack]

They still aren't following the "What If?" formula, of having the title pose an exact question, like "What if Captain America Survived World War II?" or "What if Spider-Man Joined the Fantastic Four?", not generalities like "What If? Civil War"

When I started collecting comics, my favorite books to dig out of back issue bins were "Marvel Team-Up" and "What If?", and Marvel's lack of proper titling on these titles annoy me.

Stupid Marvel.

-Steve!

[Maestro]

Those are horrible titles though. Maybe they could include something on the cover.

[MAK15]

They still aren't following the "What If?" formula, of having the title pose an exact question, like "What if Captain America Survived World War II?" or "What if Spider-Man Joined the Fantastic Four?", not generalities like "What If? Civil War"

When I started collecting comics, my favorite books to dig out of back issue bins were "Marvel Team-Up" and "What If?", and Marvel's lack of proper titling on these titles annoy me.

Stupid Marvel.

-Steve!

feel better now?
the problem with 'What if?' now a days is that Marvel has so many arcs or books that venture into 'what if spidey went into door b?' that a old-school 'what if?' seems superflous.
also, a lotta the major company crossover books have certain fans asking how could this or that be different? and that's what the new what if does.
...you really dont care, do you?

[Taxman]

They still aren't following the "What If?" formula, of having the title pose an exact question, like "What if Captain America Survived World War II?" or "What if Spider-Man Joined the Fantastic Four?", not generalities like "What If? Civil War"

When I started collecting comics, my favorite books to dig out of back issue bins were "Marvel Team-Up" and "What If?", and Marvel's lack of proper titling on these titles annoy me.

Stupid Marvel.

-Steve!My son did not understand why The Watcher was absent from the Bendis penned volumes.

[NickT]

What If Civil War has two What Ifs though.

[Patton]

What If Civil War has two What Ifs though.

Where is this info at?

[NickT]

Where is this info at?
Theres about five sets of Marvel solicitation previews on various sites.


WHAT IF? CIVIL WAR
Written by ED BRUBAKER, KEVIN GREVIOUX & CHRISTOS GAGE
Penciled by MARKO DJURDJEVIC, GUSTAVO & HARVEY TOLIBAO
Cover by MARC SILVESTRI
Wraparound Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC

When a stranger appears in front of Iron Man, visiting Captain America's symbolic grave at Arlington, he is told of two diverse ways CIVIL WAR could've concluded. The first: What If CAPTAIN AMERICA led all the heroes against the Registration Act? The second: What if IRON MAN lost the Civil War?

Join writers Ed Brubaker (Captain America, Daredevil), Kevin Grevioux (New Warriors, the movie-Underworld) and Christos Gage (Civil War: Casualties of War, World War Hulk: X-Men, TV's Law & Order: SVU) in a giant-size issue that answers the questions Iron Man never wanted to ask!

With interior art by superstar cover painter Marko Djurdjevic, artist Gustavo (Marvel Age Spider-Man, Green Lantern, TMNT and The Amory Wars) and newcomer Harvey Tolibao (Iron Man Annual, Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic), this issue will fulfill your Civil War withdrawal!
56 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
http://uk.comics.ign.com/articles/820/820423p1.html

[Patton]

Theres about five sets of Marvel solicitation previews on various sites.


http://uk.comics.ign.com/articles/820/820423p1.html

Oh cool. I was only looking on Newsarama. Thanks. That sounds cool.

[Simps]

and newcomer Harvey Tolibao (Iron Man Annual, Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic)
Oh goddamnit, I hope they're not stealing him away from KOTOR. He's the best artist working on any of the SW books I've seen in ages.

[C.B.Cebulski]

My son did not understand why The Watcher was absent from the Bendis penned volumes.

But he was there. In the form of Bendis. :)

[Pat Loika]

But he was there. In the form of Bendis. :)

He should've been drawn wearing the Watcher's toga.

P.

[C.B.Cebulski]

They still aren't following the "What If?" formula, of having the title pose an exact question, like "What if Captain America Survived World War II?" or "What if Spider-Man Joined the Fantastic Four?", not generalities like "What If? Civil War"

When I started collecting comics, my favorite books to dig out of back issue bins were "Marvel Team-Up" and "What If?", and Marvel's lack of proper titling on these titles annoy me.

Stupid Marvel.

-Steve!

Fortunately, while not evident from the titles and cover treatments, each of these new What If stories will have titles that are questions, Steve. Ralph and I have tried our best to steer them back in that direction these past couple years after a few experiments. What If stories have always been about a divergence in continuity. What if a character made a different choice at a key point in a story? What if they zigged instead of zagged? It's about finding a pivotal moment and taking it in another direction. For a while there, that core concept was lost and What If stories were being made up whole cloth or being set in different universes, which some of us felt was fundamentally opposite of what the book was supposed to be about. They were good stories with cool premises, sure, but these are What If stories, not Elseworlds tales. Hopefully, from what I see, that's all been rectified and we should be getting some kick ass What If stories again!

Take care,
C.B.

[Patton]

Fortunately, while not evident from the titles and cover treatments, each of these new What If stories will have titles that are questions, Steve. Ralph and I have tried our best to steer them back in that direction these past couple years after a few experiments. What If stories have always been about a divergence in continuity. What if a character made a different choice at a key point in a story? What if they zigged instead of zagged? It's about finding a pivotal moment and taking it in another direction. For a while there, that core concept was lost and What If stories were being made up whole cloth or being set in different universes, which some of us felt was fundamentally opposite of what the book was supposed to be about. They were good stories with cool premises, sure, but these are What If stories, not Elseworlds tales. Hopefully, from what I see, that's all been rectified and we should be getting some kick ass What If stories again!

Take care,
C.B.


Sweet.

[MAK15]

Sweet.

totally.

[SteveFlack]

Fortunately, while not evident from the titles and cover treatments, each of these new What If stories will have titles that are questions, Steve. Ralph and I have tried our best to steer them back in that direction these past couple years after a few experiments. What If stories have always been about a divergence in continuity. What if a character made a different choice at a key point in a story? What if they zigged instead of zagged? It's about finding a pivotal moment and taking it in another direction. For a while there, that core concept was lost and What If stories were being made up whole cloth or being set in different universes, which some of us felt was fundamentally opposite of what the book was supposed to be about. They were good stories with cool premises, sure, but these are What If stories, not Elseworlds tales. Hopefully, from what I see, that's all been rectified and we should be getting some kick ass What If stories again!

Take care,
C.B.

Thank you, CB.

Although, I do prefer the questions on the covers.

With speech bubbles!

Like this one...

http://image.milehighcomics.com/istore/images/fullsize/95076770084.8.GIF

-Steve!

[majorjoe23]

My son did not understand why The Watcher was absent from the Bendis penned volumes.

Wasn't there a bald guy who introduced each of those stories?

Edit: This is what I get for not refreshing before responding.

[Lemonade Lady]

I prefer the titles on the covers too, they provide a good hook to draw in the casual reader.

[mike black]

Fortunately, while not evident from the titles and cover treatments, each of these new What If stories will have titles that are questions, Steve. Ralph and I have tried our best to steer them back in that direction these past couple years after a few experiments. What If stories have always been about a divergence in continuity. What if a character made a different choice at a key point in a story? What if they zigged instead of zagged? It's about finding a pivotal moment and taking it in another direction. For a while there, that core concept was lost and What If stories were being made up whole cloth or being set in different universes, which some of us felt was fundamentally opposite of what the book was supposed to be about. They were good stories with cool premises, sure, but these are What If stories, not Elseworlds tales. Hopefully, from what I see, that's all been rectified and we should be getting some kick ass What If stories again!

Take care,
C.B.

I sympathize, CB, but that's part of the fun of those What If's.

I spent a summer re-boxing and cataloging the Read More Comics' back stock. I found ass loads of old What If's that were just so stupid, they had to be awesome...

"What If? .... Conan The Barbarian was stranded in the 20th Century?"
"What If? .... Thor battled Conan The Barbarian?"
"What If? .... The Avengers Defeated Everybody?"
"What If? .... Professor X of the X-Men had become Juggernaut?"
"What If? .... The Vision of the Avengers Had Conquered the World?"
"What If? .... Wolverine Was Lord of All Vampires?"
"What If? .... Wolverine had been Lord of the Vampires ....During The Inferno?"
"What If? .... The Gamma Bomb Spawned A Thousand Hulks?"

I mean....just awesome!

[Silver Surfer's Scrotum]

"What If? .... Conan The Barbarian was stranded in the 20th Century?"

is about the greatest comic I've ever read. At one point, Conan becomes a pimp.

[Taxman]

But he was there. In the form of Bendis. :)He doesn't get it.

[Taxman]

"What If? .... The Avengers Defeated Everybody?"A great companion piece to Avengers Annual #2 and I believe the first appearance of Underwear Man.

[David Price]

Thank you, CB.

Although, I do prefer the questions on the covers.

With speech bubbles!

Like this one...

http://image.milehighcomics.com/istore/images/fullsize/95076770084.8.GIF

-Steve!
I just wanna say thanks for throwing some Gil Kane out there for your example.