Chad Burdette
For 50 years, Marvel Comics has dared to ask WHAT IF?, putting bold twists on major Marvel moments and opening the floodgates to the multiverse!
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To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the original What If? series, Marvel will publish eight all-new WHAT IF…? one-shots this summer.
Crafted by some of today’s biggest talents, the new one-shots shake the foundations of every corner of the Marvel mythos beginning with startling stories starring the X-Men and Thor and continuing with epic reimaginings of pivotal storylines like Secret Wars and Kraven’s Last Hunt.
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- Storm: Earth’s Mightiest Mutant #5
The celebratory series of one-shots kicks off this week when readers are asked to imagine a world where Madelyne Pryor, the Goblin Queen, had survived the Inferno in What If…? Uncanny X-Men #1
Germán Peralta Variant Cover:
Mahmud Asrar Promo Variant Cover:
Stefano Caselli Promo Variant Cover:
Mark Buckingham Homage Variant Cover:
Michele Bandini 1:25 Incentive Variant Cover:
What If…? Uncanny X-Men #1
Imagine a world where Madelyne Pryor, the Goblin Queen, had survived the Inferno.
What would have happened if Cyclops had saved her soul?
What would have happened if he and Maddie had raised their son, Nathan Summers?
What would that world look like?
And why would that be the most terrible thing to happen to mutantdom and Earth itself?
Creative Team
- Writer: Gerry Duggan
- Artist: Jan Bazaldua
- Colorist: Arthur Helsi
- Letterer: Clayton Cowles
- Standard Cover Artist(s): Lucas Werneck
- Variant Cover Artist(s): Germán Peralta; Mahmud Asrar: Mark Buckingham: Stefano Caselli; Michele Bandini
- Editor: Darren Shan
- Format: Oneshot
- Page Count/Cover Price: 32 pages/$3.99
imagine a world where Madelyne Pryor, the Goblin Queen, had survived the Inferno in What If…? Uncanny X-Men #1 on shelves and digital platforms June 3, 2026, from Marvel Comics
I never thought about Madelyne surviving the Inferno. It would have added so much depth to her character. What kind of storylines do you think could have unfolded?