What If? No. 13: Museum Object and Cultural History
What If? No. 13: date made: 1979. maker: Marvel Comics. Object Name: comic book.
The object in the museum catalogue
Marvel Comics' What If? is an anthology series that posits alternative histories to the mainstream continuity of the company's comic universe. This issue features author Robert E. Howard's pulp character Conan the Barbarian, asking what would happen if the progenitor of "sword and sorcery" fantasy found himself in the contemporary world. The story was written by Roy Thomas, with pencils by John Buscema. The cover is by Buscema and Ernie Chan.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1979
- maker: Marvel Comics
- Object Name: comic book
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 6 3/4 in x 10 1/4 in; x 17.145 cm x 26.035 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York City
- Subject: Comics
- Subject: Star Wars
- ID Number: 2013.3039.347
- nonaccession number: 2013.3039
- catalog number: 2013.3039.347
- Credit Line: Gift of George R. Zug
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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