IDW Publishing
Joe Hill, writer
Gabriel Rodriguez, artist
I've previously talked about finally trying the first volume in this series and very much enjoying it. That first volume held a great deal of peril for the Locke family — dad Rendell, mom Nina, uncle Duncan and children Tyler, Kinsey and Bode. After a home invasion on the west coast, the family moved to Lovecraft, Maine, and the Locke family home, a mysterious old house with many mysterious doors, even more mysterious keys, and no small amount of secrets. The Locke children were just beginning to scratch the surface of the house's secrets when one of the home invaders followed them east to their new home.
The second volume in this excellent horror series opens where the first volume left off, but quickly expands the threat beyond the Locke family to many other residents of Lovecraft. Events in the first volume gave a restless spirit a great deal of freedom of movement about both the Locke household and the town of Lovecraft. But as someone who had roamed the town before, "Zack" runs into a few people who recognize him from his previous life as "Dodge." Then it's just a matter of turning them into pawns in his search for one particular key or eliminating the threat they possess in a more final manner.
While "Zack" makes friends with the Locke children in hopes of finding the elusive Omega Key, Bode stumbles across another key in the house that doesn't seem to fit into any of the door locks. This puzzles the youngster until a conversation with his Uncle Duncan reveals something strange — what appears to be a keyhole at the base of Duncan's head!
The discovery of the Head Key reveals a number of new surprises for the Locke family; unfortunately, they share that secret with their new friend, "Zack," who steals the Head Key and uses it for his own purposes, much as he does with the previously discovered Anywhere, Gender and Ghost keys.
Both volumes 2 and 3 of this series give insights into the history of "Zack" and his previous life as "Dodge," growing up alongside Rendell Locke and some of the now-adult residents of Lovecraft. And while the current Locke children do not know it yet, they are obviously in a race with "Zack" to see who will first find and unlock the secrets of the Omega Key.
After reading half of this series in borrowed hardcover volumes from the library, I am hooked enough that I again went in search of affordable copies to buy and own the series. As luck would have it, I came across a new, slipcase edition of all six Locke & Key volumes in trade paperback format, and decided to go ahead and order the series for myself. At $60, it carries a hefty price tag, but that's cheaper than buying each volume separately likely would have been. And based on what I've read so far, well worth the investment!
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