Alterniverse

The Marvel Comics anthology series What If? tells alternate reality stories outside the mainstream Marvel Universe continuity, which the company sets on what it calls Earth-616. A number of these stories have been set on alternate Earths in the Marvel Comics Multiverse (i.e., multiple universes) for which Marvel has given official numerical designations.

Issue number "-1", What if... Starring Bishop (based on Uncanny X-Men #282), was published as a part of the "Flashback" event, in which most of Marvel's series published issues numbered "-1" that were set in the past.

The Alterniverse was what Marvel briefly labeled their What If stories from 1995–1996. The stories told under the Alterniverse label are typically one-shots and limited series, such as Ruins, Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe, and The Last Avengers Story.

A series of What If one-shot issues was released cover-dated February 2005.

The series, including the "Wha-- Huh?" humor issue, was later collected into a trade paperback entitled "What If: Why Not".

The February 2006 one-shots took place in a single fictional universe, dubbed Earth-717 in previews, with four of the six stories more like DC's Elseworlds with various heroes in historical periods.

The series was later collected into a trade paperback entitled "What If: Mirror Mirror".

The November 2006 one-shots were based on major storylines or crossovers:

The series was later collected into a trade paperback entitled "What If: Event Horizon" featuring the cover from the Spider-Man one-shot.

The sixth series of What If? continued the theme of the previous series of examining possible alternatives for major storylines.

The series was also due to feature What If?: The New Fantastic Four, which featured the "original" New Fantastic Four with Spider-Man, Wolverine, Ghost Rider, and Hulk teaming up, as seen in Fantastic Four #347-349 and 374. This story was halted due to the passing of artist Mike Wieringo, and was released as a 48-Page Special as a tribute in June 2008. All the issues of this run, aside from the New Fantastic Four, were later collected into a trade paperback simply entitled "What If? Civil War". The version of the "New" Fantastic Four is also erroneous, as the Ghost Rider of that time period had been Danny Ketch, not Johnny Blaze, who appears in the issue instead for unexplained reasons (in reality, Wieringo had drawn the wrong Ghost Rider in his initial pages by mistake and it was not noticed until after his death).

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