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WHAT IF: Police Action Vol. 1

Map by Chris Leazer: reprints Police Action #1-7, Casey: Crime Photographer #1-4 (353 pages)

January/54: Police Action #1 (25? pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Joe Maneely (pencils); Joe Maneely (inks)

  • "Riot Squad!" (7? pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • text story

  • "Unknown" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "Homicide!" (6? pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "The First Day!" (5? pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "Perfect Crime!" (5? pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

March/54: Police Action #2 (25 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Carl Burgos? (pencils); Carl Burgos? (inks)
  • "The Fugitive!" (6 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); John Forte (pencils); John Forte (inks)

  • "Over the Wall" (6 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Werner Roth? (pencils); Werner Roth? (inks)

  • text story

  • "For the Defense" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "Hired Hood!" (6 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Mannie Banks (pencils); Mannie Banks (inks)

  • "No Escape!" (5 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Manny Stallman? (pencils); Manny Stallman? (inks)

May/54: Police Action #3 (25? pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)
  • "Road Block!" (6? pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • text story

  • "Unknown" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "Unknown" (6? pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "Unknown" (6? pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "Unknown" (5? pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

July/54: Police Action #4 (25? pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)
  • "Unknown" (6? pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • text story

  • "Unknown" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "Unknown" (6? pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "Unknown" (6? pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "Unknown" (5? pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

September/54: Police Action #5 (25 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Joe Maneely (pencils); Joe Maneely (inks)
  • "Trapped!" (6 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Dick Ayers (pencils); Ernie Bache (inks)

  • "The Specialists" (6 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Ed Robbins (pencils); Ed Robbins (inks)

  • text story

  • "Perfect Timing" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "How?" (5 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Christopher Rule (inks)

  • "The Hostage!" (6 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Mort Lawrence (pencils); Mort Lawrence (inks)

October/54: Police Action #6 (25? pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Sol Brodsky (pencils); Sol Brodsky (inks)
  • "The Rat-Hole!" (6 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Vic Carrabotta (pencils); Vic Carrabotta (inks)

  • "Unknown" (6? pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); John Forte (pencils); John Forte (inks)

  • text story

  • "Unknown" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "Unknown" (5? pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Chuck Miller? (pencils); Chuck Miller? (inks)

  • "Unknown" (6? pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Mannie Banks (pencils); Mannie Banks (inks)

November/54: Police Action #7 (25? pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)
  • "Unknown" (6? pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "Unknown" (6? pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • text story

  • "Unknown" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "Unknown" (5? pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "Unknown" (6? pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

August/49: Casey: Crime Photographer #1 (43 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Photo Cover
  • "Introducing: Casey Crime Photographer" (1 page)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "The Monkey Murder Mystery!" (9 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Vernon Henkel (pencils); Vernon Henkel (inks)

  • text story

  • "Too Many Mistakes!" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "Tune In - Crime Photographer" (1 page house ad)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "The Girl on the Docks!" (9 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Vernon Henkel (pencils); Vernon Henkel (inks)

  • "Death and the Daredevils!" (14 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Vernon Henkel? (pencils); Vernon Henkel? (inks)

  • "Justice Has a Heart!" (7 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); George Tuska (pencils); George Tuska (inks)

October/49: Casey: Crime Photographer #2 (41 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Photo Cover
  • "Face-to-Face with the Strangler!" (8 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Vernon Henkel (pencils); Vernon Henkel (inks)

  • "The Sinister Carnival!" (12 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Vernon Henkel (pencils); Vernon Henkel (inks)

  • "Blaze the Wonder Collie 2" (1 page house ad)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "Buy Magazines with the Circular Seal that Says...Marvel Comic" (1 page house ad)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • text story

  • "Fatal Alibi!" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "The Crimes of Vicky Roberts!" (8 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "Trapped by the Penny Plunderers!" (9 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Vernon Henkel (pencils); Vernon Henkel (inks)

December/49: Casey: Crime Photographer #3 (42 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Photo Cover
  • "The Mystery of the Glowing Ghost!" (12 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Vernon Henkel (pencils); Vernon Henkel (inks)

  • "Buy Magazines with the Circular Seal that Says...Marvel Comic" (1 page house ad)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • text story

  • "A Murder a Day" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "Damsel in Distress!" (8 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Vernon Henkel (pencils); Vernon Henkel (inks)

  • "They Walked with Danger!" (7 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Pierce Rice (pencils); Chu Hing (inks)

  • "The Machine that Predicted Murder!" (12 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Vernon Henkel (pencils); Vernon Henkel (inks)

February/50: Casey: Crime Photographer #4 (41 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Photo Cover
  • "Lend Me Your Life!" (10 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Vernon Henkel (pencils); Vernon Henkel (inks)

  • "'Ma' Jenkins, Gang Boss!" (9 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Vernon Henkel (pencils); Vernon Henkel (inks)

  • text story

  • "Black Horror" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "Three Were Strangers!" (7 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • ""You Asked for It!" Man Comics 1" (1 page house ad)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "The Mystery of the Dead Man's Hands!" (12 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Vernon Henkel (pencils); Vernon Henkel (inks)

Mockup image by: Steve Rogers

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