The newest issue of Lock and Key came out last Wednesday and it did not disappoint. After flipping their heads open in the last issue of Bode and Kinsey spend a fair amount of this issue looking at their bad thoughts trapped inside a Coke bottle. Probably the most important aspect of this issue is that Zach is finally starting to kick things into gear. After many issues of sitting back and letting things unfold, Zach has determined it is time to really start getting his hand’s dirty. No one in the Locke family seems safe from this powerful evil. Zach utilizes the keys he has obtained access to and, with the utmost of skill, begins removing old memories of himself form Uncle Duncan’s head. He then does something truly evil by seducing Kinsey. This guy is the worst of the worst. Once again we have crisp writing from Joe Hill and some super eerie images courtesy of Gabriel Rodriguez. IDW has become the new home of great horror. I can’t wait to see how this arc all wraps up with next month’s issue six.

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Joe Hill is following in his father’s footsteps. The son of Stephen King, Hill has won numerous awards for the horror tales found in his short story collection “20^th Century Ghosts”. His first novel “Heart Shaped Box” made it all the way to number eight on the New York Times Bestseller list. In my humble opinion the best work that he has done so far is on his comic book “Locke and Key”. The tale follows the exploits of the Locke family after the vicious murder of the family’s patriarch in the first story “Welcome to Lovecraft”. Now in its second story arc “Head Games”, “Locke and Key” has not dropped a beat.

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