Locke & Key: The Golden Age
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Ratings10
Average rating4.7
The beloved graphic novel series turned Netflix hit continues! Take a trip through the past and unlock moments from Keyhouse's long history that expand the saga of the Locke family in this collection of stories including the crossover with Neil Gaiman's Sandman Universe! Contains three prequel short stories, "Small World," "Open the Moon," and, collected for the first time, "Face the Music," leading into the gut-wrenching tour de force that begins with ...In Pale Battalions Go... and culminates with the Sandman Universe crossover Hell & Gone. Each of these individual stories takes a glimpse into the lives of the Locke family ancestors from the early 20th century as they use the keys to fight battles big and small. From the killing fields of Europe during WWI to the depths of Hell, the Lockes struggle desperately to keep the dark forces of their world at bay.
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6 primary books7 released booksLocke & Key is a 10-book series with 4 primary works first released in 26 with contributions by Joe Hill, Óscar Estefanía, and Péter Holló-Vaskó.
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Here, we follow another generation of Locke that came before Tyler, Kinsey and Bode.
First story “Small World” is a mix of adventure and gore that we like in the Locke and Key serie.
Second is “Open the Moon” (which was also in Heaven and Earth). Still like it, very beautiful, heartwarming and sad.
“Face the music” is nice, cute, but maybe the weekest from the anthology. Of course, it's only 5 pages long, it wasn't meant to be something super big!
“In Pale Battalions” is a three-issue story and it's... hard. I know it's the story that officially begins the World War Key serie and the characters are all on point, even John (although I hate his choices). But it's quite dark. I understand and appreciate the importance of this story, but it's not my favorite.
“Hell and Gone” however, oh I like this one! Mary Locke, now grown up, wants to save her brother's soul by going into hell. But before, she has to meet up with a certain... creature, trapped in the Burgess' basement...
Like many, I've watched the Sandman serie recently (and read the comics before). I know I've read before about this crossover but I kinda... forget it? I was very happy to see so many Sandman characters (and with Neil Gaiman's blessing!). It's a wonderful crossover, the two universes blend well together.
Oh and Mary Locke is a badass, as a child and as an adult. Love her!
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