CATALOG RECORD

Locke & Key #1

IDW · Series began 2008 · February 2008

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Dates

Cover date: February 2008
On sale: February 2008
In stores: February 20, 2008
Pages: 36

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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.

Publisher’s description

After the death of their father Tyler, Kinsey, and Bode Locke are taken, along with their mother Nina, to the Locke family's ancestral home, Keyhouse, in Lovecraft, Massachusetts.

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)