I am called the Watcher...

and I observe the activities on and around the blue sphere known as the Earth. But unknown to all save a priveleged few, the Earth operates on an axis of time. Slight shifts in that axis result in parallel timelines, in which events may differ from the others..

It is in one such timeline that there are no actual heroes such as the Avengers or Fantastic Four or X-Men. There are however companies -- giant conglomerates who publish the adventures of characters that are identical to those from the timeline where these heroes actually exist and live out their lives in a manner identical to their depictions. And it is in this timeline in which the heroes exist only as concepts and drawings that eventually are released to the people of that Earth in the form known as the comic book that a certain fan fiction writer asked the question

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What If Marvel Didn't Always Have To Hype Up Its New "Flavor of the Month" Team In Their Debut or What If Writers Weren't Neurotic?
You've seen it time and time again. A writer wants to make his or her new creation impressive so they have them trample the established veterans, totally defying logic and common sense for the sake of a splashy debut, but 80% of the time, those awesome, impressive new creations fall into complete obsecurity within a couple of years or so. This is a five-part series that will take five separate instances where two teams tangle, and the outcome is absolutely ridiculous. Mostly, the series will feature mutant teams, but the Avengers will make an appearance here and there.
What If Sue Richard's Second Child Had Made It To The NM Reality?
This may or may not continue the events of What If v.2#30, in which we witnessed an alternate reality in which Valerie Meghan Richards had survived childbirth. See what happens, and how she makes the leap. This issues also serves as the launching point for the Heroes of Youth crossover.

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#115:What If The Upstarts Didn't Seem Like Bloated Menaces in their Debut?
Dealing with events originally presented in Uncanny X-Men #281 told from the perspective of the White Queen

#116: What If X-Force Didn't Have to Be The Terrible Vigilantes Liefeld Made Them Out To Be?
A new take on things that happened in X-Force #5-7 - Coming Soon!
#117: Coming Soon!
#118: Coming Before the Year 2010!
#119: Coming Before the 22nd Century!

What If #120:Heroes of Youth Part 1 featuring Mary Richards - Coming Soon!
#121: - Coming Soon!

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