What If I Had Named This Set?
What If? 31
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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What If? 31 Modern
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Grade:
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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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0978569052
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Owner:
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bagofleas
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
I'm gonna have green ham steaks for the next two years!!
Published: 2/82
Although Hulk's temper stayed largely in check around the Defenders, his rampages continued when left on his own. It was only a matter of time before new heroes popped up to drive off the Hulk. Enter: Wolverine.
Their historic first encounter established that the Canadian hero was tough enough to keep fighting after Hulk tossed him around, and that Wolverine's claws were sharp enough to penetrate Hulk's gamma-tough skin (Incredible Hulk 180-181). There was a chance Wolverine might win.
Further, the battle was interrupted by the cannibalistic man-monster called Wendigo, then cut short when a villain's magic spell put Hulk and Wolverine to sleep. The set up was ripe to consider what might have happened if the heroes hadn't been forced into a mystical draw. More specifically, "What if Wolverine Had Killed the Hulk?"
Faced with murder charges after fatally wounding the green goliath in self-defense, the clawed Canadian in this storyline fled from authorities. Recruited by Magneto into the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Wolverine's first assignment was to infiltrate the X-Men.
Wolverine trained in the Danger Room with most of the original team, and proved himself against the Sentinels. So when time came to double-cross the mutant heroes, he instead turned on the master of magnetism. The story ended in a tragic draw, with Wolverine and Magneto killing each other.
This is THE SINGLE BIGGEST KEY of the entire series with number one being a close second in my opinion!
Retelling one of the biggest key moments of the Bronze Age with an alternate ending was and is still considered to be the crowning achievement of this series!
It's just too bad that the Hulk and Wolverine ultimately die in this alternate scenario. But so does Magneto, so it's not all bad.
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