CATALOG RECORD

Locke & Key #1

IDW · Series began 2008 · February 2008

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Dates

Cover date: February 2008
On sale: February 2008
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition

Barcode 82771412111700111
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Dynamic Forces Negative Variant
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Dynamic Forces Variant
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Creators

pencils: Gabriel Rodriguezinks: Gabriel Rodriguezcolors: Jay Fotosscript: Joe Hillletters: Robbie Robbins

Stories

Welcome To LoveCraft - Chapter One · 32 pages
Al and Sam murder Rendell Locke. Tyler stuns Sam, and Sam ends up in Juvenile Detention. After the funeral, the Locke family moves to Lovecraft, Massachusetts -- into the family mansion, Keyhouse. While exploring the house, Bode finds a key. He uses the key to unlock a door. When he passes the threshold, his spirit leaves his body.

Characters

Bode LockeTyler LockeKinsey LockeNina LockeSam LesserDuncan LockeRendell LockeAl Grubb

Reprinted in

Locke & Key (2008), Locke & Key (2008), Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft Special Edition (2009), Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft, Legacy Edition (2010), Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft #1: Hundred Penny Press (2013), Locke & Key #1: Comics Giveaway Day Edition (2026)