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Locke & Key, Vol. 2

Locke & Key, Vol. 2

Graphic NovelsComics
Pages
160
Published
2009

Synopsis

Locke & Key, Vol. 2: Head Games collects issues of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodríguez's acclaimed horror comic series, published by IDW Publishing in 2009. Following the death of a classmate that dredges up painful memories of their father's murder, siblings Kinsey and Tyler Locke turn to their new friend Zack Wells for support, unaware of the dark secret he's hiding.

Meanwhile, the youngest Locke sibling, Bode, discovers the mysterious Head Key at Keyhouse, the family's ancestral home in Lovecraft, Massachusetts — a key that can unlock a person's mind and let its user see, and manipulate, everything inside. As the family probes the key's powers, a menace already inside their circle moves closer to what it truly wants.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

DarkMysteriousTenseCreepy
Secret Identity

Genres

Graphic Novels Comics Horror Mystery Paranormal Fantasy

About the author

J
Joe Hill

Hill is the second child of authors Stephen and Tabitha King. He grew up in Bangor, Maine. His younger brother Owen is also a writer. Hill has three sons. Hill chose to use an abbreviated form of his given name (a reference to executed labor leader Joe Hill, for whom he was named) in 1997, out of a desire to succeed based solely on his own merits instead of as the son of Stephen King. After achieving a degree of independent success, Hill publicly confirmed his identity in 2007 after an articl...

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