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WHAT IF: Complete Mystery Vol. 1

Map by Chris Leazer: reprints Complete Mystery #1-4, True Complete Mystery #5-8, and Amazing Mysteries #34-35 (285 pages)

August/48: Complete Mystery #1 (31? pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "Seven Dead Men" (25 pages)

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

  • text story

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

  • Tommy Tyme

  • "unknown" (4? pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Dan Barry (pencils); Dan Barry (inks)

October/48: Complete Mystery #2 (29 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Sol Brodsky? (pencils); Sol Brodsky? (inks)
  • "Fate's Fearful Jigsaw!" (25 pages)

  • Credits: Stan Lee (script); Syd Shores (pencils); Syd Shores (inks)

  • "unknown" (1 page)

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

  • text story

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

  • "unknown" (1 page)

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

December/48: Complete Mystery #3 (31 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Carl Burgos? (pencils); Carl Burgos? (inks)
  • "Fear In the Night!" (25 pages)

  • Credits: Stan Lee (script); Carl Burgos (pencils); Carl Burgos (inks)

  • text story

  • "unknown" (2 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (script)

  • Let's Play Detective

  • "unknown" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "Masked For Murder" (2?? pages)

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

February/49: Complete Mystery #4 (25 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)
  • "Squealers Die Fast!" (18 pages)

  • Credits: Stan Lee (script); Carl Burgos (pencils); Carl Burgos (inks)

  • "A Letter To Our Readers and Their Parents!" (1 page editorial)

  • Credits: Unknown (script)

  • text story

  • "unknown" (2 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (script)

  • "unknown" (4? pages)

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

April/49: True Complete Mystery #5 (29 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)
  • "Rico Mancini The Deadly Dude!" (13 pages)

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

  • Are You a Detective?

  • "The Farmer In the Well!" (1 page)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Al Bellman (pencils); Al Bellman (inks)

  • "A Letter To Our Readers and Their Parents!" (1 page editorial)

  • Credits: Unknown (script)

  • text story

  • "Prison Break" (2 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (script)

  • "The Fatal Partnership!" (5 pages)

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

  • "Wanted By the F.B.I." (1 page)

  • Credits: Public Service Announcement

  • "Murder Will Out!" (6 pages)

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

June/49: True Complete Mystery #6 (26 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Photo Cover
  • "The Frame-Up That Failed!" (7 pages)

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

  • "A Letter To Our Readers and Their Parents!" (1 page editorial)

  • Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "Triangle of Terror!" (6 pages)

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

  • Are You a Detective?

  • "The Imperfect Alibi!" (1 page)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Al Bellman (pencils); Al Bellman (inks)

  • text story

  • "Murder Is No Joke" (2 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (script)

  • "Wanted By the F.B.I." (1 page)

  • Credits: Public Service Announcement

  • "The Corpse In the Cellar!" (8 pages)

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

June/49: True Complete Mystery #7 (26 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Photo Cover
  • "Caught!" (7? pages)

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

  • "A Letter To Our Readers and Their Parents!" (1 page editorial)

  • Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "unknown" (6? pages)

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

  • Are You a Detective?

  • "unknown" (1? page)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Al Bellman? (pencils); Al Bellman? (inks)

  • text story

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

  • "Wanted By the F.B.I." (1? page)

  • Credits: Public Service Announcement

  • "unknown" (8? pages)

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

October/49: True Complete Mystery #8 (26 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Photo Cover
  • "The Strange Downfall of Mr. Anderson!" (10 pages)

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

  • "The Man From Nowhere!" (7 pages)

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

  • text story

  • "The Prosecutor Defends" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "Can a Con Go Straight?" (7 pages)

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

October/49: Amazing Mysteries #34 (27 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Photo Cover
  • "Poppy Chavez, the Strange Woman!" (9 pages)

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

  • "Wanted By the F.B.I." (1 page)

  • Credits: Public Service Announcement

  • "The Kissing Buccaneer!" (7 pages)

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

  • text story

  • "The Rivals" (2 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (script)

  • "My Fatal Mistake!" (8 pages)

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

January/50: Amazing Mysteries #35 (25 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Photo Cover
  • "Danny Guild--The Hood From Hell's Kitchen!" (7 pages)

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

  • "Wanted By the F.B.I." (1 page)

  • Credits: Public Service Announcement

  • "The Highway of Doom!" (7 pages)

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

  • text story

  • "Decoy For the Hot Seat" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "Professor M. Vargas--The Terror of Budapest!" (8 pages)

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

Mockup image by: David Spofforth

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