Peter B. Gillis was a truly underappreciated comic book writer who was behind some of the most unique and interesting stories including Marvel's What If…?, The New Defenders, Doctor Strange, and Strikeforce: Morituri. He had also co-created 'Shatter', along with Mike Saenz back in 1985, which was the first commercially published comic book to be entirely drawn on a computer.
Among his many noteworthy contributions is "What If...? #44 - What If Captain America Were Not Revived Until Today?", published in 1984, with art by Sal Buscema, Dave Simons, and George Roussos, and lettering by John Morelli. The story deals with an alternative history where Captain America remained frozen for longer, while the US slowly sunk into far-right regime reminiscent of Nazi Germany, with a clear racist sentiment on the rise, corrupt politicians that demonised and restricted the civil liberties of minorities, and with a fake Captain America supporting this status quo.
