A key issue noted for First appearance of Benjamin Parker. What If...? #88 was published by Marvel Comics on August 1, 1996, as part of a series that began in 1989. Ben Raab writes, and art comes from Agostin Comoto, Ariel Olivetti and Malibu Coloring. This 36-page issue features Spider-Man, Flash Thompson, Ben Parker and Peter Parker (A.I.).