The BEYOND #7 * 4.5 * Gallows in the Sky * "Creditable

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Title: The BEYOND No. 7
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Publisher:Ace [Indicia: Ace Magazines, Inc.]
Date Published: November, 1951
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VG+ (4.5). Spine stress, staples pulled, cover bound a bit askew so that the page edges show at the bottom edge, a few short tears, ghost crease to bottom right corner of front cover, faint remnants of center crease, soil spot to margin of first few pages. Off-white pages. Cleaned and pressed by Comics In A Flash. Potential to slab at 5.0. Cover: Uncredited. Art: Mike Sekowsky, Jim McLaughlin, Richard Case, uncredited others. GPAnalysis: No recorded sales in this grade. A 3.5 sold for $200 in December 2020.

Deep sea diver skeletonized by seafaring ghosts; man forced into gladiatorial combat wearing spiked gloves; handsy pirate grabs another man's "booty"; etc.

"Ace's 'The Beyond' also debuted in 1951, and delivered similar material to that in Ace's other horror titles. The first few issues had a number of creditable terror tales." — William Schoell, The Horror Comics: Fiends, Freaks and Fantastic Creatures, 1940s-1980s. McFarland & Co.: 2014, p. 95.

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