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# Stunning, cinematic artwork Iconic New England Keyhouse setting Magical transformative keys Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft

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## Key Features

- • **Unlock a world of dark fantasy:** Dive into a gripping tale by bestselling author Joe Hill, blending magic, mystery, and family legacy.
- • **Experience the Keyhouse mystery:** Explore the eerie New England mansion where every door holds a secret that changes everything.
- • **Award-winning art that captivates:** Gabriel Rodriguez’s clean lines and cinematic style bring every suspenseful moment to life.
- • **Critically acclaimed and fan-loved:** Join thousands of readers rating it 4.5 stars, hailed as a modern masterpiece in horror graphic novels.
- • **Binge-worthy Netflix original source:** Own the graphic novel that inspired the hit Netflix series and join the cultural conversation.

## Overview

Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft is a bestselling graphic novel by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez, featuring a suspenseful dark fantasy story set in a mysterious New England mansion. Praised for its cinematic artwork and compelling narrative, it serves as the foundation for the popular Netflix series and has earned critical acclaim and a devoted fanbase.

## Description

Now a Netflix original series! The graphic novel The A.V. Club named a "modern masterpiece," Locke & Key tells a sprawling tale of magic and family, legacy and grief, good and evil. Acclaimed suspense novelist and New York Times- bestselling author Joe Hill ( The Fireman , Heart-Shaped Box ) has created a gripping story of dark fantasy and wonder—with astounding artwork from Gabriel Rodriguez —that, like the doors of Keyhouse, will transform all who open it. The epic begins here: Welcome to Lovecraft . Following their father's gruesome murder in a violent home invasion, the Locke children return to his childhood home of Keyhouse in secluded Lovecraft, Massachusetts. Their mother, Nina, is too trapped in her grief—and a wine bottle—to notice that all in Keyhouse is not what it seems: too many locked doors, too many unanswered questions. Older kids Tyler and Kinsey aren't much better. But not youngest son Bode, who quickly finds a new friend living in an empty well and a new toy, a key, that offers hours of spirited entertainment. But again, all at Keyhouse is not what it seems, and not all doors are meant to be opened. Soon, horrors old and new, real and imagined, will come ravening after the Lockes and the secrets their family holds. Locke & Key, Vol. 1 features an introduction by Robert Crais , author of the bestselling Elvis Cole series of crime novels.

Review: Really really good - Really really good. From the first couple of pages I was hooked. The story is captivating and unique. It's not like the majority of comics that I've read. The art work is really good too. Clean lines and interesting perspective points. Can't wait to read the next one.
Review: Volumes One, Two and Three - I will review all three volumes as a group here, as I would guess most people who may consider this series would go to Volume One first. I will avoid Spoilers. The hardcovers and beautiful, with glossy graphics on a matt background. Volume 3 had a ribbon. (some people say their 1 and 2 did as well). Upon opening the first volume, I paused to examine the beautiful illustrations inside the covers and on the pages leading into the story. The author dedicates the book to his mother. I had never heard of Joe Hill before, but I did know of only one person named Tabitha King, so guessed who he was, 'Hill' or no 'Hill'. No matter, I can understand why he started out with a nom de plume. BTW, some character names interest me in this book. The coach (vol 2) is Elsie Whedon. One of Rendell's old schoolmates (vol 2) was Lucas Caravaggio, and the admissions director (vol 3) is Calliope Ridgeway. Some of these may have meaning to the story, maybe some just to the author. For instance, I could see how Calliope could be seen as a muse to her drama teacher husband. Hill excells in many areas. His characters are real, well rounded, and sympathetic. The story line is suspenseful, and as certain mysteries get cleared up, new information creates new questions for the reader (and the characters) to ponder. This series is just plain creepy - in a good way. He also drops in ...idk...language hints? to the text, relating to the key/theme at hand. Word jokes, puns. The Joe Ridgeway story, which opens vol. 2, bounces back and forth in time. The opening and the ending `bookend' the story nicely, and Hill manages to put a spin on the end which lightens some of the sadness therein. Gabriel Rodriguez contributes wonderful artwork. I admit that I can have a hard time enjoying even a well written series if I hate the artwork (some arcs of Sandman come to mind). This series has the best of both worlds! The lines are clean, the facial expressions clear, and the colors are appealing yet somber in tone, as suits the series. Violence is not portrayed in too graphic a manner. Some is not shown at all. Rodriguez also uses a technique for which I do not know the name, where he repeats a setting several times with just necessary changes. Look at the preview pages for Vol. 3, Crown of Shadows, to see this technique. I feel as though this grounds parts of the story better than if he kept changing perspective. It is also almost cinematic. Hill also injects a good does of humor into the story (which is necessary, I think, to keep it from becoming oppressive), which Rodriguez translates nicely. I really liked the bit in vol. 3 where Bode tells his mother how to cook the alfredo sauce. The `nameless technique' works nicely there. Volume 1 is taken up with the Locke family tragedy and their subsequent move to the family home in Lovecraft. Volumes 2 and 3 move briskly along, introducing many new and interesting characters and situations, which keeps the story fresh. After reading Vol. 1, I took out Heart Shaped Box, Hill's first novel, from the library and read it in two nights. (I could not wait for an desertcart delivery!) Hill's work is gripping and intense and I plan to read more of it! Highly recommended series!

## Features

- Locke & Key, Volume One: Welcome to Lovecraft
- Joe Hill
- Gabriel Rodriguez
- H.P. Lovecraft
- Keyhouse, an unlikely New England mansion, with fantastic doors that transform all who dare to walk through them

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #125,707 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #59 in Horror Graphic Novels (Books) #169 in Literary Graphic Novels (Books) #357 in Mystery Graphic Novels |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,674 Reviews |

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Really really good
*by Z***H on September 2, 2026*

Really really good. From the first couple of pages I was hooked. The story is captivating and unique. It's not like the majority of comics that I've read. The art work is really good too. Clean lines and interesting perspective points. Can't wait to read the next one.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Volumes One, Two and Three
*by R***R on June 20, 2011*

I will review all three volumes as a group here, as I would guess most people who may consider this series would go to Volume One first. I will avoid Spoilers. The hardcovers and beautiful, with glossy graphics on a matt background. Volume 3 had a ribbon. (some people say their 1 and 2 did as well). Upon opening the first volume, I paused to examine the beautiful illustrations inside the covers and on the pages leading into the story. The author dedicates the book to his mother. I had never heard of Joe Hill before, but I did know of only one person named Tabitha King, so guessed who he was, 'Hill' or no 'Hill'. No matter, I can understand why he started out with a nom de plume. BTW, some character names interest me in this book. The coach (vol 2) is Elsie Whedon. One of Rendell's old schoolmates (vol 2) was Lucas Caravaggio, and the admissions director (vol 3) is Calliope Ridgeway. Some of these may have meaning to the story, maybe some just to the author. For instance, I could see how Calliope could be seen as a muse to her drama teacher husband. Hill excells in many areas. His characters are real, well rounded, and sympathetic. The story line is suspenseful, and as certain mysteries get cleared up, new information creates new questions for the reader (and the characters) to ponder. This series is just plain creepy - in a good way. He also drops in ...idk...language hints? to the text, relating to the key/theme at hand. Word jokes, puns. The Joe Ridgeway story, which opens vol. 2, bounces back and forth in time. The opening and the ending `bookend' the story nicely, and Hill manages to put a spin on the end which lightens some of the sadness therein. Gabriel Rodriguez contributes wonderful artwork. I admit that I can have a hard time enjoying even a well written series if I hate the artwork (some arcs of Sandman come to mind). This series has the best of both worlds! The lines are clean, the facial expressions clear, and the colors are appealing yet somber in tone, as suits the series. Violence is not portrayed in too graphic a manner. Some is not shown at all. Rodriguez also uses a technique for which I do not know the name, where he repeats a setting several times with just necessary changes. Look at the preview pages for Vol. 3, Crown of Shadows, to see this technique. I feel as though this grounds parts of the story better than if he kept changing perspective. It is also almost cinematic. Hill also injects a good does of humor into the story (which is necessary, I think, to keep it from becoming oppressive), which Rodriguez translates nicely. I really liked the bit in vol. 3 where Bode tells his mother how to cook the alfredo sauce. The `nameless technique' works nicely there. Volume 1 is taken up with the Locke family tragedy and their subsequent move to the family home in Lovecraft. Volumes 2 and 3 move briskly along, introducing many new and interesting characters and situations, which keeps the story fresh. After reading Vol. 1, I took out Heart Shaped Box, Hill's first novel, from the library and read it in two nights. (I could not wait for an Amazon delivery!) Hill's work is gripping and intense and I plan to read more of it! Highly recommended series!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A little too scary for me but very well done!
*by K***T on September 27, 2010*

This is the first full length graphic novel which contains the first six issues of the Welcome to Lovecraft story arc. It was a really good collection. The drawings are beautiful and in full color and the story is creepy and intricate. There are two more full length graphic novels out already; Locke & Key: Head Games and Locke & Key: Crown of Shadows . The fourth is being released issue to issue this year and is called Keys to the Kingdom. After the murder of their father Tyler, Kinsey, and Bode Locke relocate to the Keyhouse with their mother. Bode finds that certain keys lead through certain doors that do things; the one he finds turns him into corporeal form for as long as he wants. Meanwhile the kid that murdered the Lockes' dad is trying to escape from juvenile detention to come back and finish what he started. Also Bode meets someone mysterious in a well outside the house. This book is very creepy in a number of ways. You have a brutal murderer on the loose at one point, a house with doors that lead you to mysterious place and do mysterious things, and a strange creepy person in a well. It was a great story and the illustrations are just wonderful. It was very engaging and very hard to put down. The characters are well done and you are really rooting for them throughout the book. This is definitely a horror novel. Overall a great graphic novel. It is on the borderline of being a bit too creepy for me. I am super curious about what else the Locke's will find in the house though, so I will definitely pick up the next full length graphic novel " Locke & Key: Head Games ".

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