Description: Scarce Pre-Code Comic: The Beyond! This Auction Includes: LOT OF 1 VINTAGE COMIC BOOK: BEYOND #19 CGC 6.0 With Cream To Off-White Pages, The Second Runner-Up Behind The Single 8.0 That Tops The Census And The Sole 7.0 Just Below It! It Boasts A Haunting Cover By Jim McLaughlin With Dracula's Bride Rising From The Crypt To Greet Her Unexpected Visitor, A Hapless Grave-Robber, Whom Will Provide Blood For Her Meal. This Great Vampire Cover Is Perfect To Promote The Related Story, "The Vampire Of Montmartre", By The Underrated Jim McLaughlin, Featuring A Bloodsucking Vampiress And Her Dwarf Side-Kick. The Other Ghastly Shocking Tales Star A Mysterious Gypsy Phantom, Demons From Hell, Some Magical Evil Voodoo Dolls, And Of Course Some Ghosts! It's Complete, Intact, Flat, Tight, And Brilliant, An Unrestored Example In Lovely "FINE" Condition With Excellent Eye-Appeal. Most Issues Of This Cult-Classic Series Are Seldom Seen In Grades Above VG, So Don't Miss This Chance. (A Paltry Sixteen Total Copies Have Ever Been Seen At CGC, In All Grades Combined, And This Is One Of The Top Few 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 Cover Artist In A Couple Memorable Stories, Along With Charles Nicholas In The Thought-Provoking Finale With The Haunted Murderous Voodoo Doll. It's From The Start Of 1953 As The March, 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, Vampires, Ghosts, Undead Ghouls, Devils, Black Magic, Good Girl Art And Explicit Violence. This issue features terrific art, and is a must-have for any fan of Vampires or Demons, or Voodoo, or Ghosts. This elusive issue is flat, bold and glossy; Please view all of our photos, this is a stunner! Only TWO total copies have ever graded above this beauty per the CGC census, and those two anomalies were the vaunted Black Cat Collection copy and the Forbidden Collection copy so this lovely specimen is in good company indeed, and it will surely be the best example that most fans will happen across... 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 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. Which means this is a good opportunity for an astute fan to acquire multiple scarce items in one fell swoop, and save on shipping to boot. 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: 399.95 USD
Location: Mesa, Arizona
End Time: 2024-11-20T04:07:29.000Z
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: Charles Nicholas, Jim McLaughlin
Certification Number: 4400249003
Cover Artist: Jim McLaughlin
Series Title: Beyond!
Grade: 6.0 Fine
Publisher: Ace Periodicals
Scarce Antique Comic Book: Fifties Horror, Shock & Occult
Publication Year: 1953
Type: Comic Book
Issue Number: 19
Era: Golden Age (1938-55)
Professional Grader: Certified Guaranty Company (CGC)
Genre: 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
