TITLE: Locke & Key Volume 5: Clockworks
PUBLISHER: IDW Publishing
RELEASE DATE: July 24, 2012
ISBN: 9781613772270
WRITER: Joe Hill
ARTIST: Gabriel Rodriguez
IDW Publishing and NetGalley have kindly let me review the upcoming Lock & Key Volume 5 graphic novel which consist of six issues. Only the first issue, Chapter One - The Locksmith's Son, was available for me to review, which is set in the year 1775 at Lovecraft, Massachusetts Bay. Sixteen year-old Ben Locke and his younger sister Miranda watch helplessly as their parents are hanged by the redcoats. Ben promises to settle his father's debts which leads them 120 feet below ground, where they meet Colonel Adam Crais and what is left of his minutemen. The Colonel and his army had dug up a strange door, and when it was opened, it unleashed bloody thirsty demons. Ben Locke is a son of a locksmith and he is determined to create a lock strong enough to hold the door shut forever.
I have known about Lock & Key series for quite sometime, and I am greatly honored that I got a chance to review one of the issues. Joe Hill has wonderfully crafted a dark Lovecraft like tale surrounded by blood and horror. The series is intended for adult readers and collectors who enjoy a well written tale of mayhem will enjoy reading it. The fifth volume will be released this summer and I recommend it to graphic novel fans and horror fans alike.
Great review! I really can't wait to read this one, it sounds like my kind of read. Thank you for sharing! :)
ReplyDeleteI usually do not read graphic novels, but as a growing fan of Author Joe Hill's other novels, I decided to give this series a try. It is a wonderful tale of horror that I have thoroughly enjoyed and I anxiously await the publication of the 5th novel of the series. Thanks so much for your tantalizing review!
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