Would U Buy It #13: "What If? Phoenix"

Posted by cbishop (2850 posts) - 2 years, 7 months ago - Show Bio

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We all have trade paperback (TPB) collections we'd like to see. Here's one of mine:

Proposed Title:	What If? Phoenix.
Alternate Title:	Phoenix: What If?.
TPB Cover:	Phoenix: The Untold Story (1984) or original cover.
Collecting 10 Issues:	What If (1977) #27; What If (1989) #32, 33, 79; Marvel and DC Present: The Uncanny X-Men and The New Teen Titans (1982); Phoenix: The Untold Story (1984); What If? X-Men: The Rise and Fall of the Shi'ar Empire (2008); Guardians of the Galaxy (1990) #9-11.

Covers (click to enlarge):

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Phoenix: The Untold Story is an alternate ending to The Dark Phoenix Saga, where Jean Grey lived, and includes interviews with the creative team. I'd love to see it included in this collection. The X-Men/ Titans crossover is just for kicks and giggles, because What If Darkseid and Dark Phoenix teamed up against the universe? What If? Rise... is there because it asks "What if Vulcan gained the power of the Phoenix?" Guardians #9-11 is the "World of Mutants" storyline, which ends with the birth of a new Phoenix, so I put that in there for kicks, and to round the TPB out to a nice 10 issues.

For the cover, I don't really like any of the What If? covers, so I'd make a rare departure here from my rule of not using one-shot covers for TPB covers, and go with the cover of Phoenix: The Untold Story. Better though: an original cover of Phoenix (preferably Dark Phoenix) with the Phoenix Effect around her.

Would you buy it? Let me know in the comments, and thanks for reading.

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Thanks again!

#1 Posted by THUNDERBOLT30 (7819 posts) - 2 years, 7 months ago - Show Bio

I would buy 'em (I actually have a few).

#2 Posted by cbishop (2850 posts) - 2 years, 7 months ago - Show Bio

@THUNDERBOLT30: Thanks! I have a bunch of What If's, but I'd like to see some character specific collections. Sometimes, I like the What If, Elseworlds and crossovers better than I do the in-continuity stuff. Sometimes. ;)

#3 Posted by wolfman_beast (21 posts) - 2 years, 6 months ago - Show Bio

I have about half of those but I didn't know about the untold story. I'd buy it if it was decently priced yeah. Nice set of issues

#4 Posted by cbishop (2850 posts) - 2 years, 6 months ago - Show Bio

@wolfman_beast: Untold Story was really cool when it came out, because it was one of the first times (outside of hard to get fanzines) that we were allowed a glimpse of the behind-the-scenes processes of comics. It was an alternate ending to Dark Phoenix Saga (Jean lives - shocker), but also interviews with the creators, and that was incredibly interesting to me then. Personally, I still like that kind of thing. I like old issues of Amazing Heroes for interviews about storylines as they were happening or just before - it's kind of cool to see what they were thinking then.

#5 Posted by Mercy_ (83366 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

YES

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#6 Posted by cbishop (2850 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

@The Dark Huntress said: "YES "

Thanks, DH. I've always wanted to make a woman scream "YES." ...I have no idea what that means. ;)

#7 Posted by Shoe (67 posts) - 11 months, 22 days ago - Show Bio

I'd throw up 15-20 bucks for a TPB of that, sounds cool! really want to check out the untold story issue now

#8 Posted by cbishop (2850 posts) - 11 months, 22 days ago - Show Bio

@Shoe: Thanks, Shoe. Phoenix: The Untold Story was awesome. In my area at least, it seems like the comic shops always manage to have one or two if you're looking for it, and usually for no more than $5. Of course, I haven't looked for one recently...

Dark Phoenix

The Dark Phoenix is all of the negative parts of the Phoenix Force in one entity. That entity enchants Jean Grey and her Omega leveled powers and they become one of the most powerful and feared beings in the universe.

Covers (click to enlarge):

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