Marvel has shown us What If…? Donald Duck Became Wolverine, Thor, and Iron Man along with What If…? Minnie Became Captain Marvel. We witnessed Mickey and Friends as the Fantastic Four and the Avengers. Now we will have the question answered What If…? Goofy Became Spider-Man.

The story in this issue is written by Steve Behling (plot) and Riccardo Secchi (script) and illustrated by Francesco D’Ippolito. The colors are by Lucio Ruvidotti, and the comic is lettered by Laura Tartaglia. The covers are done by artists Francesco D’Ippolito, Phil Noto, Ron Lim, Israel Silva, and Skottie Young.

What If…? Goofy Became Spider-Man by draws its inspiration from Amazing Fantasy #15 (1962) by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee.

The classic Disney characters in this issue include Goofy as Goofy Parker/Spider-man, Gyro Gearloose, Mortimer Mouse, and the Beagle Boys.

Here is the part of my review that I must urge you to stop reading if you haven’t read the issue yet to avoid all spoilers. The spoiler filled review will continue after this picture of Phil Noto’s variant cover.

*STOP READING HERE IF YOU WANT TO AVOID ALL SPOILERS*

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Goofy Parker lives with his Aunt Tessie and Uncle Ben. Aunt Tessie looks a lot like Goofy she made her debut in a one shot comic in 1957. The role of Uncle Ben is played by Aunt Tessie’s sidecar. Aunt Tessie puts Uncle Ben up for sale as she is having trouble paying the mortgage. Goofy Parker is an insect enthusiast, and Professor Gyro is his Entomology teacher. Goofy fills Aunt Tessie’s house with his insect collection. Goofy saves Aunt Tessie from a spider in the attic. Goofy thinks the spider is unique so he takes it to Professor Gyro. A ray that can transfer atomic properties from one object to another hits the spider. The spider bites Goofy Parker giving Goofy the powers of a spider. Goofy Parker decides to enter Mortimer’s Talent Show contest to try and earn money to pay for Aunt Tessie’s mortgage. Goofy Parker creates his costume from some clothes that Aunt Tessie threw in the trash after some of Goofy’s moths chewed holes in them. He names himself Spider-Goofy. Spider-Goofy wins the $100,000 prize at the talent show thanks to his super strength and web slinging abilities. The Beagle Boys run on stage and steal the prize money. Spider-Goofy could have easily stopped them, but he thought the security guard wanted a picture with him instead of stopping the thieves. Goofy Parker heads home and finds out that the Beagle Boys stole and trashed Uncle Ben in their escape. Spider-Goofy tracks down the Beagle Boys and webs them up for the Calisota police. An art dealer offers Aunt Tessie $100,000 for what is left of the Uncle Ben sidecar for his Relationship Between People and Machines exhibit. Goofy Parker learns the lesson that with great power comes great responsibility. This was a really fun retelling of Spider-man’s origin story. Goofy was a great choice for Spider-man. The Marvel team did an amazing job with the Marvel & Disney: What If…? comic book series.

“What If…? Goofy Became Spider-Man” retails for $4.99 and the story is twenty five pages in length. There is also some bonus content at the back of the book. We get a letter from the Senior Editor, Mark Paniccia, about Goofy as Spider-man! Mark confirms that this is the final Marvel & Disney: What If…? issue. We are treated to some of the illustrator’s initial sketches. The final page in the issue is an ad for the next title featuring everyone’s favorite rich uncle, “Uncle Scrooge Earth’s Mightiest Duck”.

It was recently revealed by a preorder listing on Amazon that all seven of the Marvel & Disney What If…? comic mashups will be collected in a trade paperback collection. The collection is tentatively scheduled to be released on October 28th, 2025. You can preorder the collection at the link below:

Marvel & Disney: What If…? TPB

A big thanks to Marvel for sending me a copy of the issue for this review. I am really looking forward to the trade paperback collection and the new Uncle Scrooge Earth’s Mightiest Duck series.