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Comic Books: Marvel: What If? [Series 2]

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About This Series:

    This is Marvel's second "What If?" series.  It follows the same principle as the first: What if already-established superhero sagas were given a special twist?  This series was great for two reasons.  One, each issue was a stand-alone story.  Two, the series spawned some really neat concepts.  Personally, I think this was just a way for Marvel to test out new story ideas on audiences.  If readers liked a certain story, the same basic story could be used, with different character names, for new ongoing series'.

Issues:

#113October 1998.  What if, instead of Doctor Strange, Tony Stark became the Master of the Mystic Arts?

    This is cool.  Tony Stark uses his powers of sorcery and armor technology to fight the evil Dormammu.  It's like a cross between Iron Man and Doctor Strange.

    It's a great story that doesn't end in tragedy, which is always good.  Doctor Strange stays in the Dark Dimension with mate Clea, while Tony Stark returns to Earth.  Dormammu was defeated, but anticipated to return to the Dark Dimension in months or years.

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