The BEYOND #s 14 & 28 * Nightmare Nuptials * Gorilla Goes Ape * Sapphic Subtext

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Title: BEYOND Nos. 14 and 28 * Lot of Two Comics
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Publisher:Ace [Indicia: Unity Publishing Corp.]
Date Published: August, 1952-September, 1954
Description: #14: VG (4.0). Moderate spine stress, 1/2" tear to top edge of front cover, top right corner ot covers and pages creased, tiny dogear, tiny pinpoint dimples to back cover, faint pencilled distributor's mark ("N/2/27") to "B" in "BEYOND". Cream to off-white pages. GPAnalysis: A 4.0 sold for $175 in 5/21.

#28: VG- (3.5). Spine stressed and creased, corner creases, a few nicks and handling marks, small corrugated spot to back cover, 3/4" pencil stroke to back cover, two reseller's rubberstamps to back cover and one to 1st page ("For Cheap Reads / Trade This At / MILES 2nd HAND STORE / Tools, Furniture, Etc. / 512 Brady St. / DAVENPORT, IOWA"). GPAnalysis: A 3.5 sold for $83 in 3/21.

Credits: Covers: Jim McLaughlin? Art: Mike Sekowsky?, Mario Rizzi?, Bill Molno, Robert S. Pious, Ken Rice, Sy Grudko, Louis Zansky, Jim McLaughlin, Frank Giusto.Sapphic Satana: Werewolf tries to eat his wife on their wedding day (not that there's anything wrong with that); black and white shrunken heads coexist happily in progressive trophy case; evil sexpot Satana bewitches a brunette in a tale with Sapphic subtexts; suicidal gorilla snuffs self; undead hillbillies read about their misdeeds in the daily paper over drinks and snacks ("The paper says it was the work of fiends! Haw haw! That's us, fellers!").______________________________________________________________

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