Original comic script
After the murder of their father, Tyler, Kinsey, and Bode Locke relocate with their mother to the family estate of Keyhouse, located in Lovecraft, Massachusetts. Sam Lesser, one of the teens who murdered Mr. Locke, is in a juvenile detention center and, by gazing in water, communicates with a supernatural force that promises to free him. Bode Locke, the youngest of the family, uncovers The Ghost Door, which separates his spirit from his body.
Author(s): Joe Hill
Art: Gabriel Rodriguez
Color: Jay Fotos
Letters: Robbie Robbins
Publisher: IDW
First release: 2008
Nomination(s): Yes
Movie: Yes
Other:
2· Head Games
3· Crown Of Shadows
4· Keys To The Kingdom
5· Clockworks
6· Alpha & Omega
The Golden Age (one-shots)
The single issues were published with these cover(s):
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| #1 | #1, 2nd print | #2 | #2, 2nd print |
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| #3 | #3, 2nd print | #4 | #5 |
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| #6 | #1 DF excl. | #1 DF excl. negative | #1 Hundred Penny Press |
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| #1 Special edition | #1 Special edition RI | #1 2014 CON excl. | #1 Signed edition |
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| #1 Legacy edition | #1 RE 2020 CON excl. | #1-3 Slipcase series | #4-6 Slipcase series |
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The comic is collected in these edition(s):
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| 9781600103841 Hardcover IDW 2008 |
9781600103841 Paperback IDW 2009 |
9781631402241 Hardcover IDW 2015 |
9781631404184 SDCC Hardcover IDW 2015 |
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| 9781596062566 Hardcover Subterranean Press 2009 |
9781596062566 S/L Hardcover Subterranean Press 2009 |
9781596062566 Lettered Subterranean Press 2009 |
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| 9781613770764 Hardcover IDW 2012 |
9781631409462 Hardcover IDW 2017 |
Information about edition(s):
• SubterranaeanPress made #1000 trade hardcovers, #250 signed in slipcase and #26 lettered editions.
• IDW came in 2012 with a special edition in a slipcase with in 2017 a reprint.
• The #1 special edition has as extra a collored in version of Freddy Wertham Goes To Hell and a look behind the scenes with scripting.
Other information:
· The SDCC (San Diego Comic Con) slipcase editions had a print run of #100.
· The DF (Dynamic Forces) variant had a printrun of #3000, the DF negative was #1999.
· The black and white convention variant from 2014 had #900 prints.
· The RI cover of the #1 Special edition has a run of #400
Nomination(s):
• Eisner Awards for Best Limited Series 2009
• Eisner Awards for Best Writer 2009
• British Fantasy Award for Best Comic or Graphic Novel 2009
• Eisner Awards for Best Writer 2011
• Nominated for Best Single Issue, Best Continuing Series, and Best Penciller 2011
• British Fantasy Award for Best Comic or Graphic Novel 2012
Movie:
• Locke & Key (TV-series)
