For Want of a Nail Archives - Back to the Past Collectibles https://gobacktothepast.com/tag/for-want-of-a-nail/ Your Source for Everything Pop Culture Mon, 20 Jun 2022 13:28:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Strange Times & Places: What If? #32-33 https://gobacktothepast.com/strange-times-places-what-if-32-33/ https://gobacktothepast.com/strange-times-places-what-if-32-33/#respond Tue, 11 Jun 2019 12:00:28 +0000 https://gobacktothepast.com/?p=31241 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…

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]]> https://gobacktothepast.com/strange-times-places-what-if-32-33/feed/ 0 Strange Times & Place: What If The Avengers Lost Operation: Galactic Storm? https://gobacktothepast.com/strange-times-place-what-if-the-avengers-lost-operation-galactic-storm/ https://gobacktothepast.com/strange-times-place-what-if-the-avengers-lost-operation-galactic-storm/#respond Tue, 30 Apr 2019 12:00:25 +0000 https://gobacktothepast.com/?p=31081 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…

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]]> https://gobacktothepast.com/strange-times-place-what-if-the-avengers-lost-operation-galactic-storm/feed/ 0 Strange Times & Places: Infinity Countdown Captain Marvel https://gobacktothepast.com/strange-times-places-infinity-countdown-captain-marvel/ https://gobacktothepast.com/strange-times-places-infinity-countdown-captain-marvel/#respond Tue, 12 Mar 2019 11:57:08 +0000 https://gobacktothepast.com/?p=30968 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…

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]]> https://gobacktothepast.com/strange-times-places-infinity-countdown-captain-marvel/feed/ 0 Strange Times & Places: Flash Thompson as Spider-Man https://gobacktothepast.com/strange-times-places-flash-thompson-as-spider-man/ https://gobacktothepast.com/strange-times-places-flash-thompson-as-spider-man/#respond Tue, 13 Nov 2018 13:01:28 +0000 https://gobacktothepast.com/?p=30165 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…

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]]> https://gobacktothepast.com/strange-times-places-flash-thompson-as-spider-man/feed/ 0 Strange Times & Places: He-Man & The Masters of the Universe in “Lifetime” https://gobacktothepast.com/strange-times-places-he-man-the-masters-of-the-universe-in-lifetime/ https://gobacktothepast.com/strange-times-places-he-man-the-masters-of-the-universe-in-lifetime/#respond Tue, 06 Nov 2018 13:00:04 +0000 https://gobacktothepast.com/?p=30141 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…

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