What If...? #45
1993
- Series
- What If...?
- Issue
- 45
- Cover date
- Jan 1, 1993
- Story title
- What If Barbara Ketch Had Become Ghost Rider?
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Where it came from
What If...? #45, published in 1984, arrived during the waning years of Marvel Comics' original anthology series. The title was built on the premise of exploring alternate timelines and divergent outcomes for established characters, often serving as a creative sandbox for writers to experiment with darker or more experimental narrative threads without impacting the core continuity of the Marvel Universe.
This particular issue features an exploration of the Hulk, specifically posing the question of what would happen if the Hulk had the brain of Bruce Banner. The creative team aimed to subvert the established tragic dynamic of the character, a recurring theme in the series that often leaned into philosophical or ironic reversals. While the series as a whole is remembered for its conceptual legacy and impact on the multiverse storytelling model, individual issues like this remain representative of mid-eighties editorial experimentation.
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