COMICS: Cover Art And Solicitation Text For All Five Issues Of WHAT IF? AGE OF ULTRON
Featured in Marvel's April solicitations, that month will see the release of five What If? Age of Ultron issues, each of which will offer up an alternate take on the twisted timeline we saw in the critically panned event series. Will they be any better? Hit the jump to check them out!
• In Age of Ultron, a time- travelling Wolverine killed Hank Pym before he could create the world- conquering Ultron.
• What would the Marvel Universe look like if another founding Avenger had been killed instead?
• A world without the Wasp brings a world where Hank Pym created an Ultron even more heinous than the one we know!
WHAT IF: AGE OF ULTRON #1
Written by JOE KEATINGE
Pencils by RAFFAELE IENCO
Cover by CHRIS STEVENS
• In a world without Iron Man, the Armor Wars are fought without a victor, scorching the Earth!
• Years later, one of the last remaining superheroes, an aged Amazing Spider- Man, must form a Fantastic Four the likes of which our world has not seen in years!
• Teaming with Ghost Rider, the Incredible Hulk and Wolverine they are in pursuit of the one weapon that could unite the planet — The Forgotten Iron Man!
WHAT IF? AGE OF ULTRON #2
Written by JOE KEATINGE
Pencils by RAMON VILLALOBOS
Cover by CHRIS STEVENS
• In a world without Thor, the Norse end times of Ragnarök takes the lives of every super- powered being, leaving only the unpowered heroes of the Marvel Universe behind!
• Assembled under the leadership of Nick Fury, these powerless Defenders are all that remains to defend the planet from the Midgard Serpent!
WHAT IF? AGE OF ULTRON #3
Written by JOE KEATINGE
Pencils by MICO SUAYAN
Cover by CHRIS STEVENS
• In a world without Captain America, the United States has lost its spirit, its inspiration.
• A secret cabal unites to create a new Captain America in the nation’s most trying time.
• The war veteran Frank Castle is transformed into something far more than he ever imagined — but not everyone is Steve Rogers…
WHAT IF? AGE OF ULTRON #4
Written by JOE KEATINGE
Pencils by PIOTR KOWALSKI
Cover by CHRIS STEVENS
• What if Hank Pym never created Ultron at all?
• Could a world without Ultron survive a world without Ultron’s own weapon- turned- Avenger, the Vision?
• Can the very idea of the Avengers survive without each other?
• In the darkest of all realities, can the Avengers ever hope to Assemble?
WHAT IF? AGE OF ULTRON #5
Written by JOE KEATINGE
Pencils by MING DOYLE
Cover by CHRIS STEVENS