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    Buncombe Graphic Novel Review: Locke and Key-Clockworks

    While we continue in the Graphic Novel review of the Locke and Key series we come to an issue, Clockworks, that has a lot going on.  However, I will only focus on one section of the story, which is a flashback of a group of men who are fighting in the Revolutionary War.  We find among one of them, a Locke who was a smith, and we find a door and learn more about the origins of the keys and how they were made.   This issue moves the plot forward in a way that sets the stage for the final conflict and the Locke children are facing more serious…

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    Buncombe Graphic Novel Review: Locke and Key- Keys to the Kingdom

    This issue opens with a mixture of true events and imagination.  We see a darker side to Zack (Dodge) but also get a new key. This one allows anyone to open a small door and once they crawl through it, they become an animal.  Bode finds this and while talking with birds we see Zack go through the door, become a wolf and attempt to attack Kinsey and Tyler. However, Bode and his new bird friends swarm in to help and keep them from being overtaken by the animal Zack.  After that, an old friend of the Locke children’s father shows up and Kinsey finds the Mirror Key to transform…

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    Buncombe Graphic Novel Review: Locke and Key-Crown of Shadows

    In this collection, the third in the series of Locke and Key, we see Dodge visit the spirit of Sam Lesser, the boy he used to kill Rendell Locke, which kicked off the events of the Locke children moving to Keyhouse in the first place.  Sam, having been thrown through the Ghost Door, is understandably bitter at Dodge and the two have an altercation that ends with Sam giving a cryptic warning. Later, we see Kinsey exploring the a dangerous area near Keyhouse, which gives clues to some of the past surrounding the Locke family and their current residence.  However, we see Dodge take possession of the Crown of Shadows,…

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    Buncombe Graphic Novel Review: Locke and Key-Head Games

    In this issue we learn more about Zack Wells, also known as Lucas Caravaggio.  There is a long history for Lucas/Zack that extends beyond the Locke family and there are people still in Lovecraft that know Lucas/Zack.  However, Zack is hell-bent on keeping his past and identity a secret because decades before something happened that has impacted a group of friends tied to the Locke family. Also, Bode discovers another key with amazing powers.  For me, this was one of the more creative keys in the series and I wish it was in my possession.  The Head Key allows the possessor to open their mind or someone else’s and will…