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WHAT IF: Lawbreakers Always Lose! Vol. 1

Map by Chris Leazer: reprints Lawbreakers Always Lose! #1-10 (334 pages)

Spring/48: Lawbreakers Always Lose! #1 (40? pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Syd Shores (pencils); Syd Shores (inks)

  • "Adam and Eve, Crime Incorporated!" (8? pages)

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

  • "Unknown" (7? pages)

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

  • "Unknown" (10? pages)

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

  • text story

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

  • "Unknown" (7? pages)

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

  • "Unknown" (6? pages)

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

June/48: Lawbreakers Always Lose! #2 (40? pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Syd Shores (pencils); Syd Shores (inks)
  • "Unknown" (8? pages)

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

  • "Unknown" (7? pages)

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

  • "Unknown" (10? pages)

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

  • text story

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

  • "Unknown" (7? pages)

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

  • "Unknown" (6? pages)

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

August/48: Lawbreakers Always Lose! #3 (40? pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Syd Shores (pencils); Syd Shores (inks)
  • "Unknown" (8? pages)

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

  • "Unknown" (7? pages)

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

  • "Unknown" (10? pages)

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

  • text story

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

  • "Unknown" (7? pages)

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

  • "Unknown" (6? pages)

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

October/48: Lawbreakers Always Lose! #4 (46 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)
  • "Sold...A Life Sentence!" (8 pages)

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

  • "The Lair Of The Bat!" (13 pages)

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

  • "Wanted By The F.B.I." (1 page)

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

  • "Came The Dawn...And Sudden Death!" (7 pages)

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

  • text story

  • "Mud Can Talk" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "Double Identity!" (2 pages)

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

  • "The Student Who Failed!" (4 pages)

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

  • "Death Hits The Jackpot!" (9 pages)

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

December/48: Lawbreakers Always Lose! #5 (29 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Sol Brodsky (pencils); Sol Brodsky (inks)
  • "How Smart Can You Be?" (10 pages)

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

  • "The Double Double-Cross!" (5 pages)

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

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

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

  • text story

  • "Selling Spirits Short" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "A Penny for Your Life!" (3 pages)

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

  • "The Fury of the Phantom!" (8 pages)

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

February/49: Lawbreakers Always Lose! #6 (25 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: John Buscema (pencils); Unknown (inks)
  • "Dream Of Doom!" (6 pages)

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

  • "Nerve!" (5 pages)

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

  • text story

  • "Top Of The World" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "Wanted By The F.B.I." (1 page)

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

  • "The Scourge Of Paris" (10 pages)

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

  • "Hi, Friends" (1 page editorial)

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

April/49: Lawbreakers Always Lose! #7 (25? pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Syd Shores (pencils); Syd Shores (inks)
  • "Unknown" (6? pages)

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

  • "Unknown" (5? pages)

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

  • text story

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

  • "Wanted By The F.B.I." (1 page)

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

  • "Unknown" (10? pages)

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

  • "A Letter to Our Readers and their Parents!" (1 page editorial)

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

June/49: Lawbreakers Always Lose! #8 (26 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Syd Shores (pencils); Syd Shores (inks)
  • "The Case of the Cursed Sapphire!" (8 pages)

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

  • "The Imperfect Crime!" (10 pages)

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

  • text story

  • "A Book of Regulations" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "Wanted by the F.B.I." (1 page)

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

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

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

  • "Her Night of Peril!" (4 pages)

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

August/49: Lawbreakers Always Lose! #9 (26 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Photo Cover
  • "On the Prowl!" (8 pages)

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

  • "An Honest Man!" (8 pages)

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

  • "Wanted by the F.B.I." (1 page)

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

  • text story

  • "The Observant Killer" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "Marked for Death!" (7 pages)

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

October/49: Lawbreakers Always Lose! #10 (27 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Photo Cover
  • "The Secret of the Smiling Maiden!" (8 pages)

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

  • "I Am My Own Murderer!" (7 pages)

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

  • text story

  • "The Shivering Flame" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "Wanted by the F.B.I." (1 page)

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

  • "The Most Wonderful Dog in the World!" (1 page house ad)

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

  • "The Killer Who Walked Like a Man!" (8 pages)

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

Mockup image by: Steve Rogers

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