Thought we’d forgotten, didn’t you?
It’s been too long since the last installment of the Locke & Key series from IDW Publishing. The problem with waiting months for a new installment is readers may forget the issue is out and still being printed. Fortunately, the Locke & Key series rocks, and it’s always going to be on someone’s radar.
My joy over the arrival of the latest issue of IDW Publishing’s Locke & Key had me giddy all weekend. And the holiday activities only heightened my desire to crack the cover and take a peek at what lies within. That’s quite an appropriate thought, as this issue featured a lot of cracked heads.
IDW Publishing has sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of American McGee’s Grimm #3, Angel: After the Fall #23, Doctor Who Classics: Series 2 #8, G.I. Joe Movie Adaptation #1, Classic G.I. Joe, Vol. 4, G.I. Joe Comic Book Picture Book: We Are G.I. Joe, Locke & Key: Head Games #6, The Art of Michael Parkes II, Star Trek Omnibus, Vol. 2: The Early Voyages, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan #3, Classic Transformers, Vol. 4 TPB, and Transformers Spotlight: Metroplex.
Face your fears, and put them in a bottle with that thing that makes you cry
IDW Publishing’s Locke & Key: Head Games continues to move at a brisk pace as the Locke kids continue to explore the powers each of the house’s magic keys bestow up on the wielder. But what happens when you remove your fears, and the thing you fear the most is right next to you?
The cat’s out of the bag, and it’s one ugly cat
The first rule of Fight Club is, “You don’t talk about Fight Club.â€Â The first rule about finding a key that unlocks your head and allows you to add or remove memories is, “You don’t talk about Fight Club (or the fact you have a key that unlocks your head).â€Â It’s only going to lead to trouble down the road.
IDW Publishing jumps on board the Major Spoilers Sneak Peek bandwagon by sending us previews of Locke & Key: Headgames #4, Star Trek: Missions End #2, Terminator Salvation #4, Transformers Spotlight, and Transformers Defiance #4.
Things get a bit trippy
Usually seeing a kid’s opened cranium would be enough raise the ire of the Major Spoilers crew, but in the case of Locke & Key: Head Games #3, Bode’s open head is enough to convince his siblings, that something strange is afoot in Lovecraft.
It’s so much more fun, when you just open your mind…
The first issue of Locke & Key: Head Games was a prologue meant to ease readers back into the groove of the weird happening in Lovecraft, Mass. Issue #1 featured Lucas Caravaggio (under the guise of Zack Wells) reveal his master plan – he plans to kill all those who did him wrong all those years ago. And while Joe Hill kept the Locke kids out of the picture last go around, they take center stage once again.
Welcome to Lovecraft was rated quite highly when the Major Spoilers crew gave it a look-see, and it was clear at the end of the series there was more story to tell. IDW Publishing and Joe Hill just released the first installment of the next chapter of this compelling story, in Locke & Key: Head Games #1.
Or – “I Always Liked His Dad’s Stuff…”
So, there are a lot of comics being printed these days, in a lot of different genres, and even I (with a pretty large budget and a tiny bit of discount) can’t afford to follow them all. This is one of the books that I regret not getting in on the ground floor of… I guess I had the same misconception here that I did about ‘The Umbrella Academy,’ that we were looking at a case of stunt-casting to sell books. Turns out that pigeonholing this book caused me to miss a story that, in retrospect, was worth my time and effort.