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10 What If...? Stories That Completely Changed Major Marvel Characters

What If...? excelled at exploring new twists in established comic storylines, though the comic series also changed some characters completely.

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What If...? is Proof That the MCU Shouldn't Abandon the Multiverse

The success of the What If...? show is proof that the Marvel Cinematic Universe doesn't need to abandon the multiverse if it gives up on Kang.

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What If...? Gives MCU Fans the Original Avengers for Christmas

The holiday episode of What If...? Season 2 gives MCU fans the original Avengers team as a Christmas treat, and how it did it could be a blueprint.

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What If...? Season 2 Shows How Hank Pym Can Be a Hero

Despite how Hank Pym is portrayed in live-action and What If...?Season 1, Season 2 depicts his most heroic feats when assembling with 1988's Avengers.

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What If...? Season 2 Finale Ending, Explained

After a rapid-fire Season 2 of What If...?, the finale's ending leaves many multiversal doors open for what could come next. Here's what it all means.

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Marvel's What If...? Season 2 Sets Rotten Tomatoes Record for the MCU

Marvel's What If...? Season 2 has set a record at Rotten Tomatoes following its debut on Disney+.

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The Difference Between Loki and the Watcher, Explained

Fans have noted the increasing similarities between Loki and the Watcher, despite them having different roles as multiversal observers and protectors.

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Marvel's What If Proved Why One Hulk Is Too Powerful to Exist

One reality proved the Hulk may be fated to become a destructive force, elevating him to a cosmic level threat working at the behest of Galactus.

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The Venom Symbiote Bonds With Unlikely Hosts in New Marvel Series

A new series from Marvel explores what would happen if the Venom symbiote bonds with heroes such as Loki, She-Hulk and Doctor Strange.

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Spider-Man and Scarlet Witch Are Siblings in Marvel's What If...? Cover Reveal

Marvel reveals the cover of its upcoming What If...? young adult novel that features Spider-Man and Scarlet Witch as siblings.

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31 Days of Halloween: What If...#24

A variant of Wolverine became the Lord of the Vampires in one of best examples of how scary, compelling, and true-to-character What If...? can be.

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31 Days of Halloween: What If... #6

The horrifying timeline of What If...? #6 highlights how horrifying a demonically corrupted Marvel Universe could have really been.

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The Darkest Marvel Timeline Turned an X-Men Icon Into a Vicious Monster

The version of Wolverine who appears in What If...? #6 remains the scariest version of the character and confirms how horrifying he can be.

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Who Were Secret Wars’ Battleworld Avengers – And What Happened to Them?

What If...? made Marvel's Secret Wars last decades longer than they were supposed to, and a new generation of Avengers were born from it.

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Can Moon Knight's Ex Redeem Khonshu's Evil Counterpart?

Marvel Comics' latest trip into the Multiverse just reinvented one of Moon Knight's worst enemies, & it could give hope to their primary counterpart.

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10 Marvel Characters Who Bonded With Symbiotes In What If? Comics

Venom and other symbiotes have bonded with far more Marvel characters outside the main canon thanks to terrific entries in the What If? comic series.

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The Thing Becomes Venom in What If...? Dark

Marvel's What If...? Dark explores a haunting alternate reality where the Thing becomes the Venom symbiote's host.

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REVIEW: Marvel's What If...? Dark: Spider-Gwen #1

In Marvel's latest What If...? series, Gerry Conway and Jody Houser reinvent Peter Parker's darkest moment, switching his fate with Gwen Stacy's!

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Marvel's What If Introduced a Deadly Female Version of Ghost Rider

Sister of Danny Ketch, Barbara's run as the Ghost Rider in Marvel's What If? explored interesting pieces of lore that left readers hungry for more.

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Gwen Stacy Swaps Roles with Spider-Man in What If…? Dark

Gwen Stacy takes Spider-Man's place after his untimely death in Marvel's new series, What If...?: Dark.

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