The Keep

    (IDW, 2005-2006, 2011)
™ and © Idea + Design Works LLC

In fiction, Nazis and the supernatural seem to go together like chocolate and peanut butter. Maybe it’s because dark and scary elements seem to fit in with the dark period of history that was World War II. Or perhaps it’s scary to think that there’s something even creepier and more evil than Nazis. The combination worked in the Indiana Jones movies and in Hellboy comics. Set in 1941, The Keep finds a group of SS soldiers stationed at a mysterious castle that has scared off past visitors. Writer F. Paul Wilson and artist Matthew Smith adapt Wilson’s book to create a comic that is creepy and strange like an old, silent German horror film.

— Colin Chan
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  • 1
    #1
    Sep 2005
    Cover: $3.99
    W: F. Paul Wilson  ·  A: Matt Smith
    3 copies from $9.50
  • 2
    #2
    Oct 2005
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    W: F. Paul Wilson  ·  A: Matt Smith
    1 copy for $4.00
  • 3
    #3
    Dec 2005
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    W: F. Paul Wilson  ·  A: Matt Smith
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    #4
    Feb 2006
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    W: F. Paul Wilson  ·  A: Matt Smith
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  • 5
    #5
    Mar 2006
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    W: F. Paul Wilson  ·  A: Matt Smith
    Final issue
    1 copy for $4.50
  • Bk 1
    Book #1
    Jun 2006
    Cover: $19.99
    W: F. Paul Wilson  ·  A: Matt Smith
    Collects The Keep #1–5
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  • Bk 1/A
    Book #1 Variation A
    Cover: $24.99
    W: F. Paul Wilson  ·  A: Matthew Dow Smith
    Published by Heavy Metal
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  • Bk 1/HC
    Book #1 Hardcover
    Hardcover Edition with cover by Matt Smith
    Cover: $24.99
    W: F. Paul Wilson  ·  A: Matt Smith
    Collects The Keep #1–5; ca. 2011
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