Description: Rare Pre-Code Horror Comic: The Beyond This Auction Includes: LOT OF 1 VINTAGE COMIC BOOK: BEYOND #9 CGC 6.5 With Supple Off-White Pages, From The Start Of 1952. It Provides A Colorful Masquerade Party Cover By Ken Rice, With A Sexy Young Redhead In A Ballerina Costume Greeting An Unexpected Visitor, A REAL Vampire That Did Not Dress Up In A Costume. This Great Vampire Cover Is Perfect To Promote The Included Story, "The Vampire Of The Opera", Which Appears To Be The Work Of The Underrated Lou Cameron. The Lead Story, By The Masterful Ken Rice, Is "Horror Blown In Glass", About An Evil Hand-Blown Satyr, That Evokes Devilish Results. The Other Grisly Lurid Tales Include "The Other Side Of Death's Door" By The Respected Jim McLaughlin, And "Face In The Mirror" And More. It's Complete, Intact, Flat, Tight, And Brilliant, An Unrestored Example In Lovely "FINE PLUS" Condition With Bone-White Paper And Excellent Eye-Appeal. Most Issues Of This Cult-Classic Series Are Seldom Seen In Grades Above VG, So Don't Miss This Chance. (Besides The Bethlehem Pedigree, Just A Few Copies Have Shifted In Finer Condition Than This Beauty; These Ace Horror Comics Must Have Had Small Print-Runs Back Seven Decades Ago!) The Beyond Is An Increasingly-Popular Long-Running Fifties Horror Title Filled With The Work Of Highly-Collected Artists, Including In This Particular Issue Art By The Great Cover Artist Ken Rice, Along With The Highly-Skilled Lou Cameron. It Came Out During The Original Horror Craze So It Has The Ubiquitous Salacious Content Including Gore, Occult, Devils, Ghosts, Vampires, Undead Ghouls, Black Magic, Good Girl Art And Explicit Violence. This elusive issue is flat, bold and glossy; Please view all of our photos, this is a stunner! Most folks are happy to find a ratty reader copy, so this pretty copy is sure to be an upgrade for almost any serious investor or horror fan or collector of 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. RARE 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: 429.95 USD
Location: Mesa, Arizona
End Time: 2024-09-18T23:35:19.000Z
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, Ken Rice, Lou Cameron
Certification Number: 2024526001
Cover Artist: Ken Rice
Series Title: Beyond!
Grade: 6.5 Fine+
Publisher: Ace Periodicals
Scarce Antique Comic Book: Fifties Horror, Shock & Occult
Publication Year: 1952
Type: Comic Book
Format: Single Issue
Issue Number: 9
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
