Description: Scarce Pre-Code Comic: The Beyond! This Auction Includes: LOT OF 1 VINTAGE COMIC BOOK: BEYOND #18 CGC 7.5 With Exceptional Off-White To White Pages, From Ace Periodicals. This Gem Tops The Current CGC Census, And GPA Tops Out At Just 7.0 With The Last Sale At $2100 Back Three Years Ago. They'll Have To Add An All-New Rung At The Top Of The Chart At GPA, Once This Unrivalled Example Finds A New Home! It Boasts A Haunting Cover By The Legendary Marvel Comics Artist, Gene Colan, With Flaming Ground Around The Running Man Carrying His Injured Girlfriend, As The Demonic Giant Phoenix Fire Bird Taunts Them From Above. This Colorful Cover Is Perfect To Promote The Related Lead Story, "The Curse Of The Fire-Bird", By The Underrated Lin Streeter. Due To The Lurid Material Inside, This Comic Was Referenced In The Anti-Comics Tome, "Parade Of Pleasure". It's Flat, Tight, And Brilliant, An Unrestored Example In Unsurpassed "VF-" Condition With Unbelievable Eye-Appeal. Most Issues Of This Cult-Classic Series Are Seldom Seen In Grades Above VG, So Don't Miss This Unique Chance. (A Paltry Nineteen Total Unrestored Copies Have Ever Been Seen At CGC, In All Grades Combined, And This Is The Finest Extant; These Ace Horror Comics Must Have Had Small Print-Runs Back Seven Decades Ago!) The Beyond Is An Increasingly Popular Quirky Long-Running Fifties Horror Title Filled With The Work Of Highly-Collected Artists, Including In This Particular Issue Art By The Great Jim McLaughlin In The Thought-Provoking Finale With The Gruesome Zombie, Titled "The Scourge Of The Undead". It's From The End Of 1952 As The January, 1953, Supernatural Issue From Ace Magazines, Not A Reprint; It Came Out During The Original Horror Craze So It Has The Ubiquitous Salacious Content Including Gore, Occult, Zombies, Ghosts, Undead Ghouls, Devils, Black Magic, Good Girl Art And Explicit Violence. This elusive issue is flat, bold and glossy; This is sure to be an upgrade for any fan. Please view all of our photos, this is a stunner! Crucial fare for any discriminating horror collector, or investor in American pop culture from the middle of the twentieth century. MATERIAL LIKE THIS SPOTLIGHTING ICONIC THEMES OF FILM, PULP FICTION, CINEMA AND LITERATURE NEVER LOSES APPEAL. This will be carefully packaged very well to ensure safe delivery. Please inspect the images as you get the exact copy shown. COLLECTOR'S ITEM HIGH-GRADE PRE-CODE HORROR COMIC. We are now selling many pre-code horror comic-books, plus sci-fi and crime, and even rare artwork, with more to come in the coming weeks. KEY COMICS is a long-term top rated ebay Seller and CBM Market Report contributor and CGC Member Dealer that has specialized in Mail-Order Comics & Art for well over three decades.WE LIST SCARCE & OUT-OF-PRINT COLLECTABLE COMICS FREQUENTLY, SO PLEASE CHECK BACK OFTEN! We accept PayPal; checks/MO. * * SATISFACTION GUARANTEED * * International Customers Welcome. Please add $16 for fast Priority-Mail shipping with Tracking within USA. Please contact us for details regarding International Shipping Rates as the ebay shipping calculator is usually inaccurate. Buy additional item(s) and save: just add 20-cents for each additional UN-slabbed comic-book. KEY COMICS IS ALWAYS DEALING IN COMICS & ART! ('30's to '70's) Add keycomics to your Favorite Sellers list if you buy/sell/trade back-issues or artwork! For more samples from our diverse inventory, including CGC-Graded Back-Issue Comics, plus more hot horror comics, and rare Comic Line Art, and DC COVER ART from the historic Jack Adler Collection that we listed in assorted categories, please see our ebay store.
Price: 1799.95 USD
Location: Mesa, Arizona
End Time: 2024-11-20T03:55:55.000Z
Shipping Cost: 16 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Artist/Writer: Jim McLaughlin, Lin Streeter, Sy Grudko
Certification Number: 4185301010
Cover Artist: Gene Colan
Series Title: Beyond!
Grade: 7.5 Very Fine-
Publisher: Ace Periodicals
Scarce Antique Comic Book: Fifties Horror, Shock & Occult
Publication Year: 1953
Type: Comic Book
Issue Number: 18
Era: Golden Age (1938-55)
Professional Grader: Certified Guaranty Company (CGC)
Genre: Fantasy, Folklore, Good Girl, Gothic, Historical & Mythological, Horror & Sci-Fi, Monster, Mystery, Noir, Occult, Post Apocalypse, Propaganda, Psychodrama, Science Fiction, Supernatural, Suspense, Vampire, Weird
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
