The BEYOND #23 * 5.5 * Snake Gal's Revenge * Cracked as a Chick Tract

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Title: BEYOND No. 23
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Publisher:Ace [Indicia: Unity Publishing Corp.]
Date Published: November, 1953
Description: Fine- (5.5). A few spine ticks, spine ends nicked, tiny color chip, bit of light edgewear, bottom corner a bit soft, mild sun shadow to edges of back cover, lightly pencilled distributor's mark ("73/") to top corner. Clean, flat, bright copy. White to off-white pages.

Credits: Cover: Uncredited. Art: Jim McLaughlin, Lou Cameron, Sy Grudko, uncredited others.

GPAnalysis: A 5.5 sold for $410 in 12/19; a 5.0 sold for $384 in 1/23; a 4.5 sold for $505 in 12/22.Snake Gal Snuffs Suitor: Gaffer gives ghoul the go-around; proto-Princess Python crushes creep in her coils; sewer rats eat a guy alive; demons chuck sinner into the fiery pits of Hell in a panel that looks like something out of a Jack Chick tract.______________________________________________________________

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