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Issue Details

Issue #20
Published April 1980
Cover Price 0.75 USD
Pages 52
Editing Dennis O'Neil; Mark Gruenwald (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details - "What If the Avengers Fought the Kree-Skrull War Without Rick Jones?"

Characters the Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; the Scarlet Witch; Thor; the Vision]; Rick Jones; Ronan
Genre superhero; science fiction
Pencils Al Milgrom (signed)
Inks Joe Sinnott (signed)
Letters John Costanza?

35 page The Avengers story "What If the Avengers Had Fought the Kree-Skrull War Without Rick Jones?"

Characters the Angel [Thomas Halloway] (simulacrum, flashback); the Avengers [the Black Panther; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver; the Scarlet Witch; Thor; the Vision]; Balder; the Black Widow; the Blazing Skull (simulacrum, flashback); Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Daredevil; Dr. Doom; Dr. Strange; Dum Dum Dugan; Emperor Dorrek VII (Skrull); the Fantastic Four [the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Mr. Fantastic; the Thing]; the Fin (simulacrum, flashback); the Hulk; the Human Torch [Jim Hammond] (simulacrum, flashback); Inhumans [Black Bolt; Gorgon; Karnak; Medusa; Triton]; Kree; Nick Fury; Odin; Princess Anelle (Skrull); Rick Jones; Ronan the Accuser; Sif; Skrulls; Spider-Man; the Sub-Mariner; the Super-Skrull; the Supreme Intelligence; the Vision [Aarkus] (simulacrum, flashback); the Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; the Watcher; the X-Men [Angel; the Beast; Cyclops; Iceman; Marvel Girl; Professor X]
Genre superhero; science fiction
Script Tom DeFalco
Pencils Sal Buscema (pages 1-3, uncredited); Alan Kupperberg (layouts, pages 4-35)
Inks Bruce Patterson
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters Gaspar Saladino (page 1, uncredited); Tom Orzechowski (pages 2-35)
Notes Based on the Kree-Skrull War in The Avengers #89-91. Art credits from Alan Kupperberg through Daniel Best via the GCD Error List (January 3rd, 2007).

1 page The Human Torch; Hostess Twinkies advertisement "A Hot Time In the Old Town"

Characters Flame Thrower; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]
Genre superhero
Pencils Sal Buscema
Letters Irving Watanabe
Notes Comics ad for Hostess Twinkies from ITT Continental Baking Company.

Half page Marvel Comics promo (ad from the publisher) "What's Wrong With This Picture?"

Genre humor
Pencils Ron Zalme (signed)
Inks Ron Zalme (signed)
Notes Comics promo for the Marvel Comics subscription service.

Half page letters page "Why Not?"

Script various; Kevin Dooley [as Kevin J. Dooley]
Letters typeset
Notes Letters on What If? #16 and 17.

Half page text article "U.S. Postal Service Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Required By 39 U.S.C. 3685)"

Script Ed Shukin
Letters typeset
Notes Average number of copies of each issue during the previous year: 135,381. Single issue nearest to filing date: 146,653.