Board Thread:Policies/@comment-867021-20121204173530/@comment-3048593-20130113030259

Well one example that I can bring up (concerning LoveWaffle's question) is Magneto. It wasn't until late 2008 where it was revealed that his birth name was Max Eisenhardt. Before then it was just assumed his name was Erik Magnus Lehnsherr. So for the What If? comics that came out before that issue, it can only be assumed that the continuity of those realities would have their Magneto have the same name as the mainstream one.