Tuesday, October 06, 2009

365 Days with Ben Grimm, Day 279: What If? Week, Day 3

What If? Week

What If? v.1 #36
Panels from What If? v.1 #36 (December 1982), script and art by John Byrne, colors by Bob Sharen, letters by Joe Rosen


Cast your peepers on Earth-8212, a world where Reed Richards apparently thought it wasn't such a good idea to steal a rocketship and carry his girlfriend and her kid brother into a cosmic ray storm. Minimum safety requirement equals no superpower equals no Fantastic Four...but it does give birth to The Richards Rocket Group, a quartet of adventurers (including Ben Grimm) who battle evil despite having no superpowers. Also, they got cool hats 'n' guns. Wonder how well those will help against Galactus, huh?


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4 comments:

  1. Brian Smith10/06/2009 7:09 PM

    I'm going to wait 24 hours and see if funnier people than me make a good Team Rocket reference.

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  2. Erin Palette10/06/2009 10:15 PM

    So basically, this version of the FF is Marvel's version of "Challengers of the Unknown."

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  3. Bill D.10/07/2009 5:02 PM

    Erin - Yes, with a dash of Quatermass on the side.

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  4. Brian Smith10/08/2009 1:10 AM

    They're protecting the world from devastation and uniting all peoples within our nation!

    I had to get that out my system. Of course, that still leaves room for a good Team Rocket reference.

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