Original comic script
Following a shocking death that dredges up memories of their father’s murder, Kinsey and Tyler Locke are thrown into choppy emotional waters, and turn to their new friend, Zack Wells, for support, little suspecting Zack’s dark secret.
Meanwhile, six-year-old Bode Locke tries to puzzle out the secret of the head key, and Uncle Duncan is jarred into the past by a disturbingly familiar face.
Open your mind – the head games are just getting started!
Author(s): Joe Hill
Art: Gabriel Rodriguez
Color: Jay Fotos
Letters: Robbie Robbins
Publisher: IDW
First release: 2009
Nomination(s): Yes
Movie: Yes
Other:
1· Welcome To Lovecraft
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 RI-A | #1 Jetpack | #1 Hundred Penny Press |
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| #2 | #2 RI | #3 | #3 RI |
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| #4 | #4 RI | #5 | #6 |
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| #1 Signed edition | #1-4 Slipcased series | ||
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The comic is collected in these edition(s):
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| 9781600104831 Hardcover IDW 2009 |
9781600107610 Paperback IDW 2010 |
978163140221 Hardcover IDW 2016 |
9781631404184 SDCC Hardcover IDW 2016 |
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| 9781596063143 Hardcover Subterranean Press 2010 |
9781596063143 S/L Hardcover Subterranean Press 2010 |
9781596063143 Lettered Subterranean Press 2010 |
9781613773970 Hardcover IDW 2013 |
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| Red Label Hardcover IDW 2014 |
Black Label Hardcover IDW 2014 |
Bleu Label Hardcover IDW 2014 |
Information about edition(s):
· Subterraneanpress made #1000 trade hardcovers, #250 signed in slipcase and #26 geletterde.
· Beside the ‘regular’ oversized hardcover from IDW they did three traycased editions: Red Label #250, Black Label #40 and Blue Label #12 stamped full with extra’s.
[ps2id id=’headnominations’ target=”/]Other information:
· The slipcased editions was printed in #100.
· The #1 jetpack comics variant had a print run of #1000.
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