Welcome to the Relic Keep comic book review page for my Minor Key Issue Reviews. Here you will find reviews for both vintage and new release comic books.
Savage Sword Of Conan – Volume 01 Issue 01
1974Action & AdventureBantam BooksBronze Age (1970–1985)Curtis Magazines (Marvel)FantasyFive Star ReviewsGraphic NovelMagazine SizedMinor Key IssueSavage Sword Of Conan – Vol.01Science Fiction
My Rating ★★★★★ “Curse Of The Undead-Man” The cut-purse thugs had swarmed Conan in a darkened alleyway by chance, but what the Cimmerian had found on the cobblestone moments ago …
Fantastic Four – Volume 01 Issue 02
19612025Action & AdventureFantastic Four – Vol.01Four Star ReviewsMarvel ComicsMinor Key IssueSilver Age (1956–1970)
My Rating ★★★★ “The Fantastic Four Meet The Skrulls From Outer Space!” It had been a great vacation so far as Reed, Sue, Johnny, and Ben made their way upstate …
Detective Comics – Volume 01 Issue 400
19702024Action & AdventureBronze Age (1970–1985)CrimeDC ComicsDetective ComicsFour Star ReviewsMinor Key Issue
My Rating ★★★★ “Challenge Of The Man-bat” Next week the Gotham Museum of Natural History will premiere a new exhibit on night-creatures, but Curator Wilkins is worried about the upcoming …
The Witching Hour – Volume 01 Issue 01
My Rating ★★★★ “Save The Last Dance” Thurgood Trapley, a millionaire philanthropist, and all around nasty old man, has just hit the jackpot. Or, shall we say, his money paid …
Fantastic Four – Volume 01 Issue 01
19612025Action & AdventureFantastic Four – Vol.01Four Star ReviewsMajor Key IssueMarvel ComicsMinor Key IssueSilver Age (1956–1970)
My Rating ★★★★ “The Fantastic Four!” The Central City Police are on high alert as four mysterious people race through the city. Are they Martians? Maybe Monsters? One thing is …
Fantastic Four – Volume 01 Issue 348
1991Action & AdventureFantastic Four – Vol.01Five Star ReviewsMarvel ComicsMinor Key IssueModern Age (1985–present)
My Rating ★★★★★ Where Monsters Dwell The Fantastic Four have been killed and “Susan Storm” wants revenge! Equipped with a Sub-Photonic Spectro-Analyzer, and riding Reed Richards’ experimental Gravity Wave Rider, …
Fantastic Four – Volume 01 Issue 347
1990Action & AdventureFantastic Four – Vol.01Four Star ReviewsMarvel ComicsMinor Key IssueModern Age (1985–present)
My Rating ★★★★ Big Trouble On Little Earth! It’s December 1990 in New York City – Midtown, high above the foot traffic in Four Freedoms Plaza, Reed and Sue take …
Fantastic Four – Volume 01 Issue 33
1964Action & AdventureFantastic Four – Vol.01Four Star ReviewsMarvel ComicsMinor Key IssueScience FictionSilver Age (1956–1970)
My Rating ★★★★ “Side-By-Side With The Sub-Mariner!” Civil War! A large army has just struck the underwater city nation of Atlantis. Its leader, the notorious Lemurian warlord Attuma, is more …
Hell-Rider – Volume 01 Issue 01
1971Action & AdventureBronze Age (1970–1985)Four Star ReviewsHell-RiderMagazine SizedMinor Key IssueSkywald Comics
My Rating ★★★★ “Introducing… The Hell Rider” Brick Reese was not your typical California rich kid waiting around to inherit his father’s fortune. After graduating from Harvard Law School, he …
Werewolf By Night – Volume 01 Issue 10
1973Action & AdventureBronze Age (1970–1985)Five Star ReviewsHorrorMarvel ComicsMinor Key IssueWerewolf By Night – Vol.01
My Rating ★★★★★ “The Sinister Secret Of Sarnak!” Trapped in the sewers underneath Century City, a mind-controlled werewolf waits for Sarnak to give him his next command. Standing over the …
Tomb Of Dracula – Volume 01 Issue 12
1973Action & AdventureBronze Age (1970–1985)HorrorMarvel ComicsMinor Key IssueThree Star ReviewsTomb Of Dracula
My Rating ★★★ “Night Of The Screaming House!” Dracula has kidnapped the daughter of vampire hunter, Quincy Harker. Now Frank Drake and his team of motley slayers must infiltrate the …
Conan The Barbarian – Volume 01 Issue 02
1970Action & AdventureBronze Age (1970–1985)Conan The BarbarianFantasyMarvel ComicsMinor Key IssueThree Star Reviews
My Rating ★★★ “Lair Of The Beast-men!” Conan awoke in the underground realm of the rapacious beastmen. His last memory was that of giving chase to a frightened young woman …