Locke & Key (2010 series) (IDW) #1 - Welcome to Lovecraft

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Title Welcome to Lovecraft Welcome to Lovecraft
No Title False False
Volume 1 1
No Volume No No
Volume Not Printed False False
Display Volume With Number No No
Indicia Publisher IDW Publishing IDW Publishing
Indicia Publisher Not Printed Printed Printed
Brand IDW IDW
No Brand No No
Publication Date September 2010 September 2010
Year On Sale 2009 2009
Month On Sale 8 8
Day On Sale 5 5
On Sale Date Uncertain No No
Key Date 2010-09-00 2010-09-00
Price 19.99 USD 19.99 USD
Page Count 172 (note: total sum of story page counts is 172) 172 (note: total sum of story page counts is 172)
Page Count Uncertain No No
Editing Justin Eisinger (collection); Chris Ryall (series) Justin Eisinger (collection); Chris Ryall (series)
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Indicia Printer
No Indicia Printer No No
ISBN 978-1-60010-384-1 (note: valid ISBN) 978-1-60010-384-1 (note: valid ISBN)
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Barcode 9781600103841 51999 (note: valid UPC/EAN part)
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Rating Suggested for Mature Readers
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0. [cover] (Locke & Key) cover, 1p [S P I C L E]

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Feature Locke & Key Locke & Key
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Page Count 1 1
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Pencils Gabriel Rodriguez Gabriel Rodriguez
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Inks Gabriel Rodriguez Gabriel Rodriguez
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Colors Jay Fotos Jay Fotos
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2. [title page] (Locke & Key) credits, title page, 1p [S P I C L E]

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Feature Locke & Key Locke & Key
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3. [credits and indicia] (Locke & Key) credits, title page, 2p [S P I C L E]

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Pencils Gabriel Rodriguez Gabriel Rodriguez
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Notes Also includes dedications by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez. Also includes dedications by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez.
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4. Welcome to Hill's House (Locke & Key) foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 2p [S P I C L E]

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Title Welcome to Hill's House Welcome to Hill's House
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Feature Locke & Key Locke & Key
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Page Count 2 2
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Script Robert Crais Robert Crais
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5. [Bode Locke] (Locke & Key) illustration, 1p [S P I C L E]

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Title Bode Locke Bode Locke
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Feature Locke & Key Locke & Key
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Pencils Gabriel Rodriguez Gabriel Rodriguez
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Notes Reprint and enlargement of an interior panel from issue #2. Reprint and enlargement of an interior panel from issue #2.
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6. Welcome to Lovecraft: Chapter One (Locke & Key) comic story, 32p [S P I C L E]

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Title Welcome to Lovecraft: Chapter One Welcome to Lovecraft: Chapter One
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Type comic story comic story
Feature Locke & Key Locke & Key
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Page Count 32 32
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Script Joe Hill Joe Hill
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Pencils Gabriel Rodriguez Gabriel Rodriguez
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Inks Gabriel Rodriguez Gabriel Rodriguez
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Colors Jay Fotos Jay Fotos
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Letters Robbie Robbins Robbie Robbins
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Characters Bode Locke; Kinsey Locke; Tyler Locke; Rendell Locke; Mrs. Locke; Duncan Locke; Sam Lesser; Al Grub Bode Locke; Kinsey Locke; Tyler Locke; Rendell Locke; Mrs. Locke; Duncan Locke; Sam Lesser; Al Grub
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Synopsis 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. 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.
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7. Welcome to Lovecraft: Chapter Two (Locke & Key) comic story, 22p [S P I C L E]

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Title Welcome to Lovecraft: Chapter Two Welcome to Lovecraft: Chapter Two
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Feature Locke & Key Locke & Key
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Page Count 22 22
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Script Joe Hill Joe Hill
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Pencils Gabriel Rodriguez Gabriel Rodriguez
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Characters Bode Locke; Kinsey Locke; Tyler Locke; Mrs. Locke; Sam Lesser Bode Locke; Kinsey Locke; Tyler Locke; Mrs. Locke; Sam Lesser
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Synopsis Bode discovers a door that separates his spirit from his body. He can travel around the house in spirit form and see his family. Bode also discovers a female entity in the old well house. The entity explains that Keyhouse contains many doors with magical properties like the spirit door, such as a gender changing door. She also describes the Anywhere Key that gives the bearer the ability to open any door and transport to any location. The entity asks Bode for a mirror and scissors, which he provides. Bode discovers a door that separates his spirit from his body. He can travel around the house in spirit form and see his family. Bode also discovers a female entity in the old well house. The entity explains that Keyhouse contains many doors with magical properties like the spirit door, such as a gender changing door. She also describes the Anywhere Key that gives the bearer the ability to open any door and transport to any location. The entity asks Bode for a mirror and scissors, which he provides.
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8. Welcome to Lovecraft: Chapter Three (Locke & Key) comic story, 22p [S P I C L E]

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Title Welcome to Lovecraft: Chapter Three Welcome to Lovecraft: Chapter Three
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Feature Locke & Key Locke & Key
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Page Count 22 22
Page Count Uncertain No No
Script Joe Hill Joe Hill
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Characters Bode Locke; Kinsey Locke; Tyler Locke; Mrs. Locke; Duncan Locke; Sam Lesser Bode Locke; Kinsey Locke; Tyler Locke; Mrs. Locke; Duncan Locke; Sam Lesser
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Synopsis Kinsey struggles with keeping things in perspective at school -- she keeps having flashbacks to the day that Sam and Al killed her father. Sam uses the scissors and mirror transported by the entity to escape from prison. The police post a protective guard outside Keyhouse. Kinsey decides that she can't keep all her troubles bottled up and becomes friends with Jackie, a girl she met at high school track practice. Kinsey struggles with keeping things in perspective at school -- she keeps having flashbacks to the day that Sam and Al killed her father. Sam uses the scissors and mirror transported by the entity to escape from prison. The police post a protective guard outside Keyhouse. Kinsey decides that she can't keep all her troubles bottled up and becomes friends with Jackie, a girl she met at high school track practice.
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9. Welcome to Lovecraft: Chapter Four (Locke & Key) comic story, 22p [S P I C L E]

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Title Welcome to Lovecraft: Chapter Four Welcome to Lovecraft: Chapter Four
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Feature Locke & Key Locke & Key
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Page Count 22 22
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Script Joe Hill Joe Hill
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Pencils Gabriel Rodriguez Gabriel Rodriguez
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Inks Gabriel Rodriguez Gabriel Rodriguez
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Colors Jay Fotos Jay Fotos
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Letters Robbie Robbins Robbie Robbins
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Characters Bode Locke; Kinsey Locke; Tyler Locke; Sam Lesser; Duncan Locke; Rendell Locke Bode Locke; Kinsey Locke; Tyler Locke; Sam Lesser; Duncan Locke; Rendell Locke
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Synopsis Sam makes his way across the country. He tells his story to a truck driver. Sam's father beat him regularly, his mother ignored his accomplishments, and the school jocks tormented him. Sam also recalls that Duncan Locke tried very hard to help Sam with college applications, and he remembers Tyler being so mad at his father that Tyler says offhandedly that if Sam ever kills his own dad that he should kill Tyler's dad too. In Lovecraft, Tyler struggles with having to maintain a macho outer image for Bode and his true feelings of overwhelming grief. Bode tries to answers a knock-knock joke. Sam makes his way across the country. He tells his story to a truck driver. Sam's father beat him regularly, his mother ignored his accomplishments, and the school jocks tormented him. Sam also recalls that Duncan Locke tried very hard to help Sam with college applications, and he remembers Tyler being so mad at his father that Tyler says offhandedly that if Sam ever kills his own dad that he should kill Tyler's dad too. In Lovecraft, Tyler struggles with having to maintain a macho outer image for Bode and his true feelings of overwhelming grief. Bode tries to answers a knock-knock joke.
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10. Welcome to Lovecraft: Chapter Five (Locke & Key) comic story, 22p [S P I C L E]

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Title Welcome to Lovecraft: Chapter Five Welcome to Lovecraft: Chapter Five
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Feature Locke & Key Locke & Key
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Page Count 22 22
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Script Joe Hill Joe Hill
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Pencils Gabriel Rodriguez Gabriel Rodriguez
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Colors Jay Fotos Jay Fotos
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Characters Bode Locke; Kinsey Locke; Tyler Locke; Sam Lesser; Duncan Locke; Nina Locke Bode Locke; Kinsey Locke; Tyler Locke; Sam Lesser; Duncan Locke; Nina Locke
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Synopsis Sam arrives in Lovecraft. He locks Nina and Duncan in the wine cellar and threatens to kill Tyler and the other children if Nina doesn't give him the Anywhere key. The entity in the well tells Bode that Sam has taken his family hostage, and it promises to save the family if Bode brings her the key. Sam arrives in Lovecraft. He locks Nina and Duncan in the wine cellar and threatens to kill Tyler and the other children if Nina doesn't give him the Anywhere key. The entity in the well tells Bode that Sam has taken his family hostage, and it promises to save the family if Bode brings her the key.
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11. Welcome to Lovecraft: Chapter Six (Locke & Key) comic story, 32p [S P I C L E]

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Title Welcome to Lovecraft: Chapter Six Welcome to Lovecraft: Chapter Six
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Feature Locke & Key Locke & Key
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Page Count 32 32
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Script Joe Hill Joe Hill
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Pencils Gabriel Rodriguez Gabriel Rodriguez
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Characters Bode Locke; Kinsey Locke; Tyler Locke; Sam Lesser; Duncan Locke; Nina Locke; Zack Bode Locke; Kinsey Locke; Tyler Locke; Sam Lesser; Duncan Locke; Nina Locke; Zack
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Synopsis Bode discovers the Anywhere key in Kinsey's bracelet. He delivers the key to the entity, and the entity uses the key to leave the well house. After a scuffle in the basement, Kinsey shoots Sam. The entity returns to Lovecraft as a teenage boy named Zack. Bode discovers the Anywhere key in Kinsey's bracelet. He delivers the key to the entity, and the entity uses the key to leave the well house. After a scuffle in the basement, Kinsey shoots Sam. The entity returns to Lovecraft as a teenage boy named Zack.
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12. Art Gallery (Locke & Key) illustration, 9p [S P I C L E]

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Page Count 9 9
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Pencils Gabriel Rodriguez Gabriel Rodriguez
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Notes Character sketches, sketches of Lovecraft and Keyhouse, enlarged scenes from individual pages, and cover art reprints without any lettering. Character sketches, sketches of Lovecraft and Keyhouse, enlarged scenes from individual pages, and cover art reprints without any lettering.
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Page Count 1 1
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Notes Short biographies of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez with an illustration of Bode Locke's brain. Short biographies of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez with an illustration of Bode Locke's brain.
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15. [back cover] (Locke & Key) promo (ad from the publisher), 1p [S P I C L E]

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Page Count 1 1
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Pencils Gabriel Rodriguez Gabriel Rodriguez
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