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.
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 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 …
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 …
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
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 …
Firestorm, The Nuclear Man – Volume 02 Issue 24
1984Action & AdventureDC ComicsFirestorm, The Nuclear ManFive Star ReviewsMinor Key IssueModern Age (1985–present)
My Rating ★★★★★ “Terminal Velocity” Some need silence to meditate. Others, a mixtape blaring from their Toshiba boombox. For young Ronald Raymond, riding on the back of the Coney Island …
DC Super-Stars – Volume 01 Issue 11
1977Action & AdventureBronze Age (1970–1985)DC ComicsDC Super-StarsFantasyFour Star ReviewsMinor Key Issue
My Rating ★★★★ “Zatanna the Magician!” Sometimes you hurt the ones you love. Zatanna and her talent agent, Jeffery Sloane, had just returned to her father’s mansion after a grueling …