Marvel Reveals New Look at What If...? Dark Series

What if Marvel's What If...? stories were darker? On Wednesday, Marvel Comics revealed the first look at What If...? Dark, a new line of one-shots featuring Spider-Man, Spider-Gwen, Venom, Loki, and the Thing of the Fantastic Four. With a lineup of rising stars and legendary creators, including Walter Simonson (Thor) and Gerry Conway (The Amazing Spider-Man), the all-seeing Uatu the Watcher will peer into the dark side of the multiverse as What If...? Dark revisits iconic Marvel stories to ask the question: What if the events took a darker turn?

According to a press release, the new line of What If...? comics will "explore alternate possibilities in unexpected ways" with "uncanny variants" of Marvel's most iconic heroes and villains. Dark will ask the questions: What if Asgard's God of Mischief was worthy of wielding the mighty Mjolnir? What if the night Gwen Stacy died was the night Gwen lived — and Spider-Man died? What if a symbiote bonded with Ben Grimm instead of Peter Parker? What if Marc Spector did not live to become the avatar of Khonshu?

What If...? Dark begins July 5th, with the first wave of new one-shots rolling out bi-weekly. See the official solicits below.