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!
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!
The new one-shots kick off in June with WHAT IF…? UNCANNY X-MEN #1, where Gerry Duggan and Jan Bazaldua put a spin on one of comics’ most tragic love stories, and WHAT IF…? THOR #1, which sees Torunn Grønbekk and Sergio Dávila shift symbiote history towards a mighty new destiny!
Check out the full lineup along with Lucas Werneck’s first two covers:
On Sale June 3, 2026
WHAT IF…? UNCANNY X-MEN #1
WHAT IF…CYCLOPS HAD STAYED WITH MADELYNE PRYOR?
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?
- Written by GERRY DUGGAN
- Art by JAN BAZALDUA
- Cover by LUCAS WERNECK
- Promo Variant Cover by MAHMUD ASRAR
On Sale June 17, 2026
WHAT IF…? THOR #1
WHAT IF…THOR GOT SPIDER-MAN’S SYMBIOTE SUIT?
Amid the chaos, there comes a costume – but not to the hero you know! Legend has it that bonding with the symbiote suit made Thor mightier still. But what shadows lurking in the Ten Realms would take interest in such a powerful pairing?
On Sale July 1, 2026
WHAT IF…? SECRET WARS #1
- Written by ALEX PAKNADEL
- Art by CAFU
- Cover by LUCAS WERNECK
On Sale July 15, 2026
WHAT IF…? JESSICA JONES #1
- Written by JUSTINA IRELAND
- Art by DAVID MESSINA
- Cover by LUCAS WERNECK
On Sale July 26, 2026
WHAT IF…? SPIDER-MAN #1
- Written by J.M. DEMATTEIS
- Art by YILDIRAY CINAR
- Cover by LUCAS WERNECK
On Sale August 5, 2026
WHAT IF…? CAPTAIN AMERICA #1
- Written by MARC GUGGENHEIM
- Art by RON LIM
- Cover by LUCAS WERNECK
On Sale August 12, 2026
WHAT IF…? RUNAWAYS #1
- Written by RAINBOW ROWELL
- Art by ZULEMA LAVINA
- Cover by LUCAS WERNECK
On Sale August 19, 2026
WHAT IF…? X-MEN #1
- Written by ASHLEY ALLEN
- Art by SUMIT KUMAR
- Cover by LUCAS WERNECK
Stay tuned for more details in the months ahead…
