Issue Details

Issue	#5
Published	November 1989
Cover Price	1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD
Pages	36
Editing	Craig Anderson; Renée Witterstaetter (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details - "What If... the Vision Had Destroyed the Avengers"

Characters	the Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; the Scarlet Witch; Thor; the Vision; Wonder Man]
Genre	superhero
Script	Jim Valentino
Pencils	Jim Valentino (signed)
Inks	Sam DeLaRosa (signed)

2 page The Avengers story "Prologue"

Characters	the Avengers [the Beast; the Black Panther; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Hawkeye; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver; the Scarlet Witch; Thor; the Vision; the Wasp] (flashback); Baron Zemo (flashback); Ultron (flashback); the Watcher (story host)
Genre	superhero
Script	Jim Valentino
Pencils	Jim Valentino
Inks	Sam DeLaRosa
Colors	Tom Vincent
Letters	Ken Lopez

10 page The Avengers story "What If Wonder Man Had Not Died? (part 1)"

Characters	the Avengers [the Black Panther; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Giant Man; Hawkeye; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver; the Scarlet Witch; Thor; Tigra (flashback); the Vision (flashback); the Wasp; Wonder Man]; Dr. Doom; the Grim Reaper; Hercules; Magneto; the Mandarin; the Masters of Evil [Baron Zemo; the Enchantress; the Executioner] (flashback); Spider-Man (robot); the Swordsman; the Watcher (story host); the X-Men [Angel; the Beast; Cyclops; Iceman; Marvel Girl]
Synopsis	Wonder Man helps the Avengers and does not "die".
Genre	superhero
Script	Jim Valentino
Pencils	Jim Valentino
Inks	Sam DeLaRosa
Colors	Tom Vincent
Letters	Ken Lopez
Notes	The story branches off from The Avengers #9 (October 1964).

16 page The Avengers story "What If the Vision Had Destroyed the Avengers (part 2)"

Characters	the Avengers [Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; the Black Panther; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye; Henry Pym; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; the Scarlet Witch; Thor; the Wasp; Wonder Man]; Ultron (also in the android body of the Vision); the Watcher (story host)
Synopsis	With Wonder Man alive, Ultron puts himself into the Vision.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jim Valentino
Pencils	Jim Valentino
Inks	Sam DeLaRosa
Colors	Tom Vincent
Letters	Ken Lopez
Notes	Based on Avengers #57-58 (October-November 1968).

1 page letters page "What Now?!"

Script	various
Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters on What If? #2.

Half page The Hulk story "What If the Incredible Hulk -- Instead of Becoming a Legbreaker in Las Vegas -- Had Become a High School Monitor?"

Characters	the Hulk
Genre	superhero; humor
Script	John Rozum
Pencils	Vince Mielcarek
Inks	Chris Ivy
Colors	Tom Vincent
Letters	Ken Lopez
Notes	Panel.