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Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom
Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #2
On a bitter winter day, Kinsey Locke encounters a madwoman who just might be able to unlock the darkest secrets of Keyhouse. But forcing the truth out of her won't be easy, and besides... Dodge has no intention of ever giving Erin Voss a chance to tell what she knows.
23 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 13, 2010
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About the author
Joe Hill
499 books29.1k followersJoe Hill's debut, Heart-Shaped Box, won the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel. His second, Horns, was made into a film freakfest starring Daniel Radcliffe. His other novels include NOS4A2, and his #1 New York Times Best-Seller, The Fireman... which was also the winner of a 2016 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Horror Novel.
He writes short stories too. Some of them were gathered together in his prize-winning collection, 20th Century Ghosts.
He won the Eisner Award for Best Writer for his long running comic book series, Locke & Key, co-created with illustrator and art wizard Gabriel Rodriguez.
He lives in New Hampshire with a corgi named McMurtry after a certain beloved writer of cowboy tales. His next book, Strange Weather, a collection of novellas, storms into bookstores in October of 2017.
He writes short stories too. Some of them were gathered together in his prize-winning collection, 20th Century Ghosts.
He won the Eisner Award for Best Writer for his long running comic book series, Locke & Key, co-created with illustrator and art wizard Gabriel Rodriguez.
He lives in New Hampshire with a corgi named McMurtry after a certain beloved writer of cowboy tales. His next book, Strange Weather, a collection of novellas, storms into bookstores in October of 2017.
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January 1, 2022
Bode my boy does it again and finds the mirror key which changes ethnicity.
Looks like dodge fucked up erin voss she is in a mental hospital because of him he took every thing out of her mind.
The issue also highlighted problems black people go through in America, its a sad thing really and this comic is really new so that is a point of view from just a few years ago.
Looks like dodge fucked up erin voss she is in a mental hospital because of him he took every thing out of her mind.
The issue also highlighted problems black people go through in America, its a sad thing really and this comic is really new so that is a point of view from just a few years ago.
August 15, 2021
A new difference between the show and the comics. Indeed a magic mirror who can turn you into someone else.
October 20, 2020
This is a review of the entire series.
The story follows the Locke siblings; the curious young Bode, his rebellious sister Kinsey and his mature brother Tyler. After their father is tragically murdered in a mysterious home invasion, they move to their ancestral home in Lovecraft (a very suitable name for the hellish place they're moving into) with their alcoholic mother. The Locke house holds many strange secrets, keys that unlock forbidden powers and ancient evils never meant to be released. It turns out that the murder of the Locke family's father may not have been a coincidence. There are higher forces at play, manipulating the living from the shadows and orchestrating the downfall of the entire world.
This was a great surprise. I've been reading manga my entire life, but I confess that I never got into American comics and graphic novels (until now that is.) This series managed to win me over and open up an entire new medium of fiction to me. I was impressed by how realistic and human the characters are, there are so many unique people that are developed with utmost respect and is an example of diversity done extremely well. It really does rival the best of Stephen King and other big horror writers of the same ilk. It's got body swapping, spirit battles, mind-bending powers, ghosts and demons, heavy metal culture, blood and guts, tears and trauma, it's a thrilling ride all the way through.
Every volume packed a handful of punches. Volume 4 was the weakest of the series but even that one had a strong finish that eventually led to an even stronger ending. Suffering and grief is portrayed with rich emotion. The character development is moving. The villain is merciless and is actively involved with the plot at all times. All the side characters play a big role in the climactic finale and they all get the satisfying resolutions they deserve. Great series.
***
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The story follows the Locke siblings; the curious young Bode, his rebellious sister Kinsey and his mature brother Tyler. After their father is tragically murdered in a mysterious home invasion, they move to their ancestral home in Lovecraft (a very suitable name for the hellish place they're moving into) with their alcoholic mother. The Locke house holds many strange secrets, keys that unlock forbidden powers and ancient evils never meant to be released. It turns out that the murder of the Locke family's father may not have been a coincidence. There are higher forces at play, manipulating the living from the shadows and orchestrating the downfall of the entire world.
This was a great surprise. I've been reading manga my entire life, but I confess that I never got into American comics and graphic novels (until now that is.) This series managed to win me over and open up an entire new medium of fiction to me. I was impressed by how realistic and human the characters are, there are so many unique people that are developed with utmost respect and is an example of diversity done extremely well. It really does rival the best of Stephen King and other big horror writers of the same ilk. It's got body swapping, spirit battles, mind-bending powers, ghosts and demons, heavy metal culture, blood and guts, tears and trauma, it's a thrilling ride all the way through.
Every volume packed a handful of punches. Volume 4 was the weakest of the series but even that one had a strong finish that eventually led to an even stronger ending. Suffering and grief is portrayed with rich emotion. The character development is moving. The villain is merciless and is actively involved with the plot at all times. All the side characters play a big role in the climactic finale and they all get the satisfying resolutions they deserve. Great series.
***
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October 26, 2021
Critical race theory.
January 23, 2022
It sheds a little light on racism and shows how much of a scumbag Dodge really is
October 21, 2025
Tyler, Kinsey, Zack (Dodge) and Jordon are walking down the street when a lady in a wheelchair recognizes Dodge. Erin Voss was just wheeled out of a psychiatric hospital though. Kinsey wants to investigate. Tyler wants to ignore her.
Kinsey tells Scot and Jamal she remembers Erin Voss’s name on the wall in the drowning cave.
At a bar Dodge (in female form) talks to two of the workers from the McClellan hospital. She uses her wiles (tits) to convince them to take a picture of Erin Voss’s door in the hospital.
Kinsey talks to Bode who has a key that can change their skin color to black. They go to the hospital.
But since the janitor took a picture of the door to Voss’s room, Dodge gets there first, killing both the janitors.
Kinsey gets to the room and does see Erin. Alive. Kinsey tries to use the head key on her. But in her head is mostly empty. And white.
A nurse comes into the room but Kinsey runs. Then the nurse finds a janitor’s body.
At home she tells Tyler that Erin never saw Dodge face so in her head it was blank.
Kinsey tells Scot and Jamal she remembers Erin Voss’s name on the wall in the drowning cave.
At a bar Dodge (in female form) talks to two of the workers from the McClellan hospital. She uses her wiles (tits) to convince them to take a picture of Erin Voss’s door in the hospital.
Kinsey talks to Bode who has a key that can change their skin color to black. They go to the hospital.
But since the janitor took a picture of the door to Voss’s room, Dodge gets there first, killing both the janitors.
Kinsey gets to the room and does see Erin. Alive. Kinsey tries to use the head key on her. But in her head is mostly empty. And white.
A nurse comes into the room but Kinsey runs. Then the nurse finds a janitor’s body.
At home she tells Tyler that Erin never saw Dodge face so in her head it was blank.
Hard to call this book ‘fun’ when it gets my heart rate up to impending stroke range! But it is. 5 stars and only two deaths!
July 5, 2022
So Kinsey finds a friend of their father's who is in a mental institute and the old lady seems to hate white people so once more wonderful Bode comes to the rescue and finds another key this time a mirror key that can change your appearance but freaking Dodge is also trying to reach her to silence her and Dodge is as dangerous as ever and I hope that the kids learn the truth about Dodge sooner than later at least they know the name now.
I have always loved comics, and I hope to always love them. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics, Diamond Comics, or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on the international and classic comics and Graphic novels. I am on my quest to read as many comics as I can. I love comics to bits, may the comics never leave my side. I loved reading this and love reading more, you should also read what you love and then just Keep on Reading.
I have always loved comics, and I hope to always love them. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics, Diamond Comics, or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on the international and classic comics and Graphic novels. I am on my quest to read as many comics as I can. I love comics to bits, may the comics never leave my side. I loved reading this and love reading more, you should also read what you love and then just Keep on Reading.
March 17, 2024
3.5 stars
I read this issue in the graphic novel volume, Locke & Key, Vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom. See my review for it here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read this issue in the graphic novel volume, Locke & Key, Vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom. See my review for it here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 9, 2015
Στενάχωρο.
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