What If...?, #28 Newsstand

Published: August 1991

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What If...? #28

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Issue Contents:
What If... Captain America Had Led an Army of Super Soldiers in World War II
1 page superhero
Credits
Story Notes

Artwork is an homage to Joe Rosenthal's Pulitzer-winning photograph, ["Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima."](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima,_larger_-_edit1.jpg)

What If Captain America Were Not the Only Super Soldier in World War II?
Story 1 27 pages superhero
Storyline

Captain America leads a WWII regiment of super soldiers but is replaced by an imposter who leads a semi-fascist America.

Characters
  • Ted Koppel
  • Captain America [Steve Rogers]
  • Dr. Abraham Erskine
  • Heinz Kruger (flashback)
  • Watcher
  • Bucky Barnes
  • Nick Fury
  • Dum Dum Dugan
  • Gabriel Jones
  • General Phillips
  • Howard Stark
  • Red Skull
  • Adolph Hitler
  • Sgt. Duffy (cameo)
  • Human Torch [Jim Hammond] (cameo)
  • Toro (cameo)
  • Sub-Mariner [Namor]
  • Betty Prentiss (cameo)
  • Magneto [Magnus]
  • President Steven Rogers
  • President Franklin Roosevelt (cameo)
  • SHIELD
  • Reed Richards (cameo)
  • Johnny Storm (cameo)
  • Sue Storm (cameo)
  • Ben Grimm (cameo)
  • Bruce Banner
  • Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
  • Aunt May Parker (cameo)
  • Clint Barton (cameo)
  • Frank Castle (cameo)
Story Notes

Continued in #29.

Story 2 1 page

"Dear Ultimate Possibility People, ..."

Story Notes

Letters of comment from readers Ian Aheuger, Bruce Paong, John (Fish) Weaver, John Cummins, Larry L. King Jr., and Richard Scott. Also: a miniature preview of next issue's cover art.