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Volume 1 - "Welcome to Lovecraft!" Collects Locke and Key (2008) #1-6. Written by Joe Hill. Art and cover by Gabriel Rodriguez. Acclaimed suspense novelist and New York Times best-selling author Joe Hill (Heart-Shaped Box) creates an all-new story of dark fantasy and wonder: Locke & Key.... read more

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  • Kinsey Locke: Daughter in the Locke family. She is trying to cope with the loss of her father after he was murdered.
  • Tyler Locke: The oldest son in the Locke family.
  • Bode Locke: The youngest son in the Locke family.(NOTE: Pronounced like "toady" by Joe Hill)
  • Nina Locke: The wife of the recently killed Rendell Locke. Mother to Tyler, Kinsey and Bode.
  • Sam Lesser: Add a description of this character.
  • Rendell Locke: Father of the Locke family. Guidance counselor that was killed by two kids.
  • Lucas Caravaggio
  • Duncan Locke: Rendell Locke's brother. After Renny was killed, Duncan took in the Locke family into the famliy estate in Lovecraft, Massachusetts.
  • Al Grubb: Associate of Sam Lesser and co-murderer of Rendell Locke.
  • Dodge: Creature at the bottom of the well. Befriends Bode by posing as his echo. It desires to find the key to get out of the wellhouse. It also communicates with Sam Lesser.
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

Lovecraft, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Chapter 1 (issue #1)
Chapter 2 (issue #2)
Chapter 3 (issue #3)
Chapter 4 (issue #4)
Chapter 5 (issue #5)
Chapter 6 (issue #6)

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 6 in Locke and Key. (standard series)

Followed by Head Games.

This is book 1 of 4 in Locke & Key. (standard series)

Followed by Head Games.

This is book 1 of 1 in Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft. (standard series)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Joe Hill (Author)
  2. Gabriel Rodriguez (Illustrator)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 1600102379
Page Count: 170

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Reading Level: Young Adults

Contains blood and swearing, but nothing too much more explicit. It would achieve a borderline PG-13 to R rating in theaters.


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