Locke & Key Vol. 6: Alpha & Omega Author: Joe Hill | Language: English | ISBN:
B00HQRA1U4 | Format: PDF
Locke & Key Vol. 6: Alpha & Omega Description
The shadows have never been darker and the end has never been closer. Turn the key and open the last door; it's time to say goodbye. Omega and Alpha, the final two storylines of the New York Times bestselling series, are collected together to offer a thunderous and compelling conclusion to Locke & Key. An event not to be missed!
- File Size: 273066 KB
- Print Length: 212 pages
- Publisher: IDW Publishing (March 5, 2014)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00HQRA1U4
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- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,928 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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With volume six, Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez have closed the book on their nearly six year long journey through Lovecraft, Massachusetts with the Locke family. At the conclusion of volume five, things were about as dark as you could imagine. Dodge had gained possession of the Omega key and was ready to unleash his dark forces upon Lovecraft. Will he ultimately succeed or will the Locke family prove too much to overcome?
When a series, be it comics, books, television or otherwise, announces that it’s closing up shop, there’s always a worry that they’ll leave things on a sour note. Rather than let the story seemingly run on forever, Hill and Rodriguez made the difficult decision to end things while they were still on top. Honestly, they could’ve continued the series for a number of years, running the story until the creative juices stopped flowing. However, the creators had an endgame and no level of critical praise was going to keep them from finishing it the way they wanted.
It’s hard to really say anything about the series at this point that I haven’t already said. I know, I know, as a reviewer, that line is such a cop out but it’s true. Rodriguez’s art continues to blow me away and Hill’s writing is pure perfection. In simple terms, they knocked it out of the park; which is impressive considering both Hill and Rodriguez knew that expectations were at a fever pitch. In fact, I’ll be shocked if I find anyone who’s disappointed in the direction the co-creators went to end the series. To steal a cliche, it’s an emotional roller coaster that readers will not soon forget.
Along with DC’s Gotham Central, I feel that Locke & Key is one of the strongest series I've ever read. At no point in the entirety of this story did I feel like the creators were just mailing it in.
I was fortunate enough to get an eARC of Locke & Key, volume 6 via Netgalley a while back, but I was reluctant to start reading because I was a bit apprehensive about the series ending. On the one hand, Locke & Key has been one of the most consistently well written and well drawn comics, so I knew it would be a helluva finale. On the other hand, Hill and Rodriguez have never shied away from pain, horror, violence, and sadness in this story, so I knew I was in for trouble. And this volume met and exceeded both expectations: a mix of terrible and wonderful, volume 6 will cement Lock & Key’s reputation as a classic.
WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR VOLUMES 1-5.
Volume 6 picks up shortly after where volume 5 left off: Dodge has taken over Bode’s body, collected all the keys, and is dead set on releasing his fellow demons. And it’s prom in Lovecraft, where the traditional after party is down in the caves. Everything’s set for a showdown.
For the most part, Hill and Rodriguez focus on two set-pieces: the caves and Keyhouse. And between these two locales, every character–monster, person, and otherwise–from volumes 1 through 5 come out to play. All the characters readers have come to know and love are put in jeopardy and given a chance to rise or fall in dramatic fashion. I was very happy to see all the threads woven together for the finale.
I was especially happy to see the involvement of the adult characters in this book, especially Nina, the Locke matriarch. In the previous volumes, she had faded into the background a bit (which is fitting, given that the magic fades as kids grow up), but in this volume she returns to the foreground and takes on a more active role.
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