How’s It Different? Like basically all issues of What If?, this story and is a for want of a nail tale. Specifically, it starts from Chris Claremont’s original plan for how the Dark Phoenix Saga would end – namely, with Jean Grey losing her powers – before moving on to incorporate some of the plots…
Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where today, in honor of Avengers: Endgame, we are talking about What If? #55-56: “What If the Avengers lost Operation: Galactic Storm”. How’s It Different? This is a For Want of a Nail story, spinning out of the Avengers crossover “Operation: Galactic Storm”. Named for the then-recent first…
Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where I’m repeating myself two weeks in a row because I straight up forgot that I was sitting on Infinity Countdown: Captain Marvel, waiting for the movie to come out. How’s It Different? It’s a series of For Want of Nail universes that Captain Marvel visits using the…
Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where we’re looking at three different stories with the same basic premise this week. They are What If? #7 (1978), What If? #76 (1995), and What If? Spider-Man #1 (2018) and they all tackle the question of “What if Flash Thompson Became Spider-Man?” Where is the best place…
Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where I’m warning you ahead of time that you’re getting two of these in a row (I’m going on vacation and these are easy to find time for). I misspent my teen years moderating THE He-Man & The Masters of the Universe fan forum, so I’m looking to…
Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where today we’re looking thirty years into the future of the Marvel Universe to the year 20XX – the time of the A.V.E.N.G.E.R.S. Initiative! How’s It Different? Like most possible futures, this one is a For Want of a Nail story. Interestingly, the point of divergence had not…