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Comic Description:
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What If? 33 Modern
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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3819469017
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Owner:
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ottodidact
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SET DETAILS
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Two stories for this issue: 1) What If the Dazzler Had Become the Herald of Galactus? and 2) What If Ironman Had Been Trapped in King Arthur's Time?
Diverging from Dazzler #11, Galactus decides against sparing Terrax for his rebellion and banishes him to the black hole, causing him to lose his axe in the process. Galactus makes Dazzler his new herald against her protests. She submits only for the sake that Earth will be spared from his hunger. As the cosmically-powered spaceways-skating Dazzler spends the ensuing centuries deliberately steering her master to worlds uninhabited by sentient life, she even manages to return a sense of sentimentality to him that comes out when he subtly rejects a world inhabited by sentient plants that she accidentally summoned him to.
When a group of aliens whose worlds were consumed by Galactus make use of the found axe of Terrax to make a cosmic weapon that nearly fatally injures Dazzler, Galactus reacts vengefully and wipes out the armada. When Dazzler recovers, she's furious that he didn't find a better way to resolve the conflict and refuses to help him any more. Still harboring a soft spot for her, Galactus grants her freedom from her bond. She immediately returns to Earth but finds it long-since desolated by some apocalyptic war. Realizing she has nowhere else to go after so much time, she decides to return to Galactus.
Diverging from Iron Man #150, Doctor Doom decides to betray Iron Man and strands him in Camelot while using their combined work to return to the present alone. Unable to create a time machine or any other complex technology with the tools available, Tony ekes out a living as a member of the Round Table, defending Camelot from the forces of Morgan le Fey and Mordred with his solar-charged armor. When King Arthur and Mordred fell each other in a critical battle, Arthur names Sir Anthony, the Man of Iron as his successor. (description by marvel.fandom.com)
Dazzler/Iron Man issue. First story: "What If... the Dazzler had become the Herald of Galactus?" Script by Danny Fingeroth. Pencils by Mike Vosburg. Inks by Jon D'Agostino. In Dazzler 10 & 11, Alison Blaire met Galactus, the devourer of worlds! At the time Galactus needed help tracking down his rogue herald: Terrax the Tamer. Dazzler did her job and Galactus sent her back to Earth after reinstating Terrax. But now the Watcher presents an alternate reality in which Galactus exiles Terrax and makes Dazzler his new herald! How will Alison rationalize delivering worlds to her master for destruction? Second story: "What If... Iron Man had been trapped in King Arthur's Time?" Script by Steven Grant. Pencils by Don Perlin. Inks by Bob Layton. In the classic story in Iron Man 149 & 150, both Tony Stark and Doctor Doom were transported back in time to Camelot. Once there the two work together to return to the 20th century. However now the Watcher reveals an alternate reality in which Dr. Doom tricks the golden avenger! And Shell-head is left behind in the Middle Age! After accepting his predicament, Sir Anthony Stark sides with King Arthur in his unending struggle vs. Morgan Le Fay! But the seductive sorceress has her own plans for the man of iron! (Notes: Cover art by John Romita Jr. and Bob Layton. This issue features a full-page ad for Marvel's first limited series: Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions (1982). This story was reprinted in 2009 in the trade paperback: What If? Classic 6.) 48 pages. Cover price $1.00. (description by mycomicshop.com)
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