Reply To: "What if …" – the Disney+ series … is kind of 'meh' ?

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Marvel What If was published from the late 70’s to the 90’s and basically took momentous Marvel decisions (eg. Daredevil vs. Bullseye) and took them in their alternate direction. Or put Conan in the middle of New York. (: Not surprisingly, the 90’s were 30-some years ago, and the television series doesn’t have much to do or require knowledge of the original comics. The original comics did indeed have more deaths, and endings were often depressing (needlessly so, at least from a then kid’s opinion!). Writer and artist teams varied, although I remember Pat Mills, whose comics I never bought, writing too many of the stories. 😛

Despite the MCU movies having more continuity than other movies, as well as focusing on major story arcs, I don’t think it has as much material to draw from vs. the comics. Also, the MCU movies can have the impactful deaths comics cannot, so that any media that draws from its source material — like the What If tv series — has, imo, to be even better to be worth watching. (BTW, The zombies ep was indeed based on the Marvel comics but not the What If stories, afaik. Many years ago, maybe as as inside joke referring to the Marvel comics fans self-adapted name of ‘Marvel zombies’, Marvel released a surprise hit mini-series called… Marvel Zombies)

Anyway, here’s a list of What If issues, if you’re familiar with the Marvel comics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_What_If_issues