Marvel Announces WHAT IF...? Novel Series With Stories For Loki, Spider-Man, Moon Knight, and More
Marvel is looking to expand on its What If…? corner of the Marvel Universe with a new novel series. Marvel is teaming up with Penguin Random House's Random House Worlds publication and the new stories they will tell involve Spider-Man, Loki, Moon Knight, and more.
I enjoyed the What If…? comics and the animated series that was released on Disney+ was also a lot of fun. If you’re into these kinds of stories, then the novel series might be something worth checking out.
The What If...? novels will be released sometime in 2024 and will launch with What If... Loki Was Worthy? Here’s the press release for the upcoming What If...? novels:
"Random House Worlds, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House, announced today a collaboration with Marvel Entertainment for an adult novel series (World English) carrying on the classic Marvel tradition of What If…? storytelling. This officially licensed series reimagines the origins of iconic Marvel heroes and allows readers to discover what can happen when the fabric of reality is altered. Set in their own distinct universes in the Multiverse, each book focuses on a unique twist on an iconic Marvel origin story.
The series will launch in 2024 with three titles. The first book in the series is WHAT IF…LOKI WAS WORTHY? A LOKI AND VALKYRIE STORY by Madeleine Roux, publishing on March 12, 2024, followed by WHAT IF…WANDA MAXIMOFF AND PETER PARKER WERE SIBLINGS? A SCARLET WITCH AND SPIDER-MAN STORY by Seanan McGuire, publishing in July 2024, and WHAT IF…MARC SPECTOR WAS A HOST TO VENOM? A MOON KNIGHT AND VENOM STORY by Mike Chen, publishing in October 2024.
Audiobook editions for all novels will be published by Penguin Random House Audio.
About WHAT IF…LOKI WAS WORTHY? A LOKI AND VALKYRIE STORY by Madeleine Roux:
Loki and Valkyrie seek redemption in the first adventure of an epic new multiversal series that reimagines the origins of iconic Marvel heroes."
What If…? Season 2 is currently in development at Marvel Animation and it will feature several new stories. Some of those stories include an episode that revolves around Hela. Captain Carter will meet The Winter Soldier. We’ll see Odin face off with The Mandarin. Then Tony Stark will be on Sakaar with Valkyrie and Hulk and it will include a race scene.
Other characters involved include Gamora, Yondu, a young Peter Parker, Korg, Red Guardian, Ego, Shang-Chi, and The Grandmaster. We’re also going to see Thanos and Captain America face off again, and then there’s Bucky who will be helping Red Guardian.
Season 2 will also introduce a new Native American character named Kahhori, and the episode she appears in tells the story of the Tesseract and what might have happened had it shown up in America before its colonization.
