What If?: Spider-Man #1
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| Writer | Gerry Conway |
| Artist | Diego Olortegui |
| Cover Price | $3.99 |
• What if Peter Parker wasn't the one bitten by the radioactive spider?
• What if the person who got bit was someone who didn't live by the mantra of "with great power comes great responsibility"?
• What if that person was an egotistical bully who was only interested in taking care of himself?
• What if...FLASH THOMPSON became Spider-Man?
Rated T+
CRITIC REVIEWS Back to Top
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8.0
Kabooooom - Matt Morrison
Oct 03, 2018Diego Olortegui does a great job of depicting this. Unfortunately, the inks are a little thin at times and Chris O'Halloran's colors are oddly muted, washing out moments that should be depicted in bold, vibrant colors. Still, there is far more good than bad about this book. It is a must-read for all fans of old-school Spider-Man stories. Read Full Review
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7.5
AIPT - David Brooke
Oct 03, 2018A good 'What If' that's very traditional to the series. Read Full Review
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7.3
Word Of The Nerd - Brent Jackson
Oct 04, 2018What If? Flash Thompson Became Spider-Man #1 is a solid What If? issue. It fits just about everything you want into a What If/alternate universe one-shot story, with little changeups and twist and turns. I guess it falls into the same problem of every What If? story in that it is easily forgettable after reading it. Yes, it was good and a fun read, but like most What If? stories, you probably won't remember much about it after you set the book down. Read Full Review
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7.2
Sequential Planet - Steven Martinez
Oct 04, 2018What If? Spider-Man #1 answers the question "What if Flash Thompson became Spider-Man?" with a great story, dark tone, and fantastic art. Read Full Review
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6.5
Multiversity Comics - Eric Goebelbecker
Oct 08, 2018"What-If" #1 has an interesting take on the Spider-Man mythos, but the execution falls short. Read Full Review
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6.0
Comics: The Gathering - Olivier Roth
Oct 03, 2018All in all, this issue is an okay entry into the What If? series of tales. Conway's overreliance on The Unseen made it that the actual story being told was often overshadowed throughout the issue. Read Full Review
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4.0
ComicBook.com - Chase Magnett
Oct 03, 2018Despite having a great idea, this is a comic that never has the confidence to actually tell its own story, which means readers should give this one a big "keep it." Read Full Review
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4.0
411Mania - RobF
Oct 11, 2018I have fond memories of the What If series. There were some hits or misses. This, in my opinion, was a miss. The emphasis is on the wrong character whichmakes for an uneven story. I think Conway could have done better. Read Full Review
USER REVIEWS Back to Top
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8.5
I thought this was a solid what if. I have a lot of old what ifs and this is very to the book. It's a little more narrative based but it works for me and worth the read. There are a lot of homage moments that are spectacular as well.
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8.5
A neat twist on the character, and I liked the ending a lot.
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7.0
Fairly disposable story, a bit brief and generic, but there was some value to be taken from it.
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6.5
First off, the story has already been done before in the first volume of What If-? And it was done better then, as well. If you want to see Flash Thompson acting like Batman, you will like this. On the positive side, the art is pretty good and there's enough in the story to entertain, but it wasn't worth the cover price.
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