WHAT IF...? 303 “What If the Red Guardian Stopped the Winter Soldier?” and 304 “What If Howard the Duck Got Hitched?”

The Watcher witnesses perhaps the wildest pair of episodes in the series run so far. Matt and Pete marvel at episode 303, “What If the Red Guardian Stopped the Winter Soldier?” and 304, “What If Howard the Duck Got Hitched?”

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