What If...? Tales from the Spider-Verse

History of the Marvel Universe No. 271
Tales from the Spider-Verse

Sources:
What if...
Spider-Man Joines the Fantastic Four?
- Amazing Spider-Man 001-002 (1963)
- Fantastic Four 013-014 (1963)
- What If? 001 (1977)
- What If? 021 (1980)
- What If? 035 (1992)
- Superior Spider-Man 032 (2014)
Someone Else had been Bitten by the Radioactive Spider?
- Amazing Fantasy 015 (1962)
- Amazing Spider-Man 001 (1963)
- What If? 007 (1978)
- Amazing Spider-Man 009 (2014)
- Spider-Verse 002 (2015)
Spider-Man had Never Become a Crime Fighter?
- Amazing Fantasy 015 (1962)
- What If? 019 (1980)
Spider-Man had Rescued Gwen Stacy?
- Amazing Spider-Man 121-122 (1973)
- What If? 024 (1980)

Additional information from the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe.

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#Marvel #WhatIf #SpiderMan

[michaelturner]

I especially like the alternate story where Peter Parker forgets his lunch so Aunt May delivers it to him at the field trip, and she's the one who becomes bitten. Go Spider-Ma'am!

[danielwesley]

Random spider bites someone
Peter Parker: It’s free real estate.

[poria]

Roby Robertson quitting his job by punching Jonah is something I never knew I needed😂

[dfailsthemost]

"Selling spider girl photo" panel was funny to me.

[terynmallory]

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It may sound corny but this channel saved my life in a way.
Next week I will have a full year of complete sobriety.
Thank you merry marvelite 🖤

[AllyourBase]

Good to see Peter Parker is a nerd in all universes

[samwill]

I have never thought of Betty as being that...salacious.
But DAMN that costume looks good on her

[phillipwalters]

Hello there Merry Marvelite and fellow community members. I just wanted to say that I am very happy to be a part of this channel and hear the fantastic information about The Marvel Universe.
As for this video, I just wanted to say that it was absolutely awesome and I really enjoyed learning about the different Spider-folks in Marvel's strange and fun What If Multiverse. I will admit that I did know about some of these What If stories, but I really enjoyed finding the details more interesting.
Anyways, thank you so much for this wonderful and fantastic video. I hope that everyone in this community has a terrific day and a great weekend. Until till next time, please take care of yourselves.

[kali]

You know, there's a weird thing about the original What If. Early on, they did the famed What If Someone Else Had Become Spider-Man (which you noted), using Betty Brant, Flash Thompson, and John Jameson. The whole point of the Spider-Man story was that anyone in the right place at the wrong time (so to speak) could have been bitten by the radioactive spider and gained spider powers. But in the end, that mantra of "With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility" was always paramount, and demonstrated how these very different personalities took that mantra to heart.

A year later, they did a variant on the concept using Nova (Richard Rider), but it didn't work as well. In the Nova issue, the energy that turned Richard Rider into Nova seemed to be beamed all over the place. There was no consistency as to any of the stories - either its frame or how its protagonist gains the Nova power. One focused on a homeless man who for some reason lived in a world where none of the Marvel metahumans ever existed. Another focused on a young lady obsessed with revenge following the death of her husband and shows no mercy to her targets, even the Kingpin. One was an even more unlucky and morose Peter Parker, the only story with a recognizable protagonist. And the final story focused on an unnamed criminal who lucked onto the Nova powers AND the ship and tried to make himself the super criminal of all time with Doctor Doom and the Sphinx. It wasn't a case of being in the right place at the right time, and didn't do a good job of emphasizing Spider-Man's mantra. In short, it was as if Marvel had a manual on how to do the story(ies) but miffed the exam. Very weird.

[poria]

Betty Brant story is my favorite story, Peter gets to have his powers and a spider bae at home❤😎 with confidence boost like that he's gotta be the most op spider man out there
Thank you for all your hard work my friend and happy birthday🎂🎉🎁

[rubensalvador]

Lol. Loved that last Spider-Man story. Marvel could pick up thread for a continued What If story.
Also, I would have loved a story where J Jonah Jameson was bitten by the spider. What would that have looked like. Spider-Editor?

[commonsense]

5:44 Funny enough Marvel What if literally did What if Flash Thompson again in 2018 written by Gerry Duggan.
Happy birthday

[Megatron-mj]

I *desperately* need more of that last one. That honestly sounds like a great first season of a long-running show. A little much to use for just one movie as a jumping-off point for an entire series but you could probably cover it in like a first season. Might be pushing it to squeeze the entire season, but you would be rushing a lot of it to do you like a two or three part series opener.

[christopherulichney]

Great new topic for a video. I wouldn't mind returning to the worlds of What If...? again sometime. Maybe next time you could look at the alternate earth of the Fantastic Four.

May I recommend as the topic of a future video, the Alpha Flight member SASQUATCH


As always, MAKE MINE THE MERRY

[Ocelot]

8:00 - You know, in 2018 they did remake of Flash being Spider-Man concept! If anyone interested to read this modern interpretation, it was in "What If? Spider-Man (Vol. 2) #1"

[autdumb]

More What if stories pretty pls!!! ❤😭💕🙏🙏 (I preferably would love for you to cover “What if Jessica Jones had joined the Avengers?”)

[tehchikon]

Excuse me Mr. Marvelite, would you consider doing a video on the origins of Dr. Stephen Strange and by extension the many spells alliteratively allocated to him? I adore your content as you not only shine light on obscure or just plain old characters and stories that many wouldn't have heard of otherwise but you allow me to enjoy this universe and explore the lore without needing to use the awful, computer-slowing, ad-ridden wiki. I hope I speak for more than myself in saying that you are doing The One Above All's work and are infinitely appreciated, thank you. And a most Happy Birthday!

[tonypowell]

May your Birthday be very Bless & great story I had the comic book where sue storm married Namor I’m glad to know there was more to that story

[trexadvent]

13:39 to 18:17 Was the What If Story where Spider-Man never learned about using his powers responsibly and used to for fame the best story? What's the best thing about this story and what would happen if this Spider-Man met his Earth-616 counterpart?

[legoking]

Do you think somewhere in the infinite Marvel multiverse, there's a world where Spider-Man and his comrades are pirates?