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ITEM SPECIFICS
Publisher: Marvel · Series Title: What If? · Issue Number: 31 · Publication Year: 1982 · Cover Artist: Bob Budiansky · Character: Wolverine, Hulk, X-Men, Fantastic Four · Variant Type: Newsstand Edition · Grade: 5.0 Very Good/Fine · Certification: Uncertified · Era: Bronze Age · Signed: No
DESCRIPTION
🐺 WHAT IF? #31 — \"WHAT IF WOLVERINE HAD KILLED THE HULK?\" NEWSSTAND (MARVEL 1982) 💚
Comp basis: priced against recent raw sales of What If? #31, adjusted for condition.
One of the most famous \"What If?\" covers ever! Marvel revisits Wolverine\'s legendary debut battle with the Hulk, and this time Logan doesn\'t hold back. Bob Budiansky\'s iconic cover shows Wolverine standing over a fallen Hulk, guest-starring the Uncanny X-Men. Plus: \"What If the Fantastic Four Had Never Been?\" This copy is the newsstand edition.
📖 THE BOOK
✅ What If? #31 (Marvel, Feb 1982), newsstand edition
✅ \"What If Wolverine Had Killed the Hulk?\" guest-starring the Uncanny X-Men
✅ Backup: \"What If the Fantastic Four Had Never Been?\"
✅ Cover by Bob Budiansky & Bob Wiacek
✅ Vintage Columbia ten-speed bike contest banner on the front
✅ Retro 1981 LEGO Expert Builder #8859 back cover ad
🔍 CONDITION — RAW, VG/FN 5.0 (GRADED CONSERVATIVELY, PLEASE VIEW ALL PHOTOS)
✅ Bright, glossy cover art from arm\'s length
⚠️ Edge wear and brown chipping at the top-left corner and spine top
⚠️ Creases with color breaks in the black corner box art (see close-up)
⚠️ Spine stress lines and small edge chips
⚠️ Back cover has wear and small chips along the spine edge, with light toning at the edges
✅ Complete, solid reading copy with good display appeal
✅ Bagged and boarded
📦 SHIPPING & HANDLING
✅ Ships for free
✅ Bagged, boarded, and shipped between rigid cardboard
✅ Combined shipping available. I have a big run of Wolverine keys listed, including Wolverine #2 (1982, 1st Yukio), Marvel Comics Presents #1 & #72 (Weapon X), and Wolverine #1–2 (1988)!
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