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MadGenius
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I have extra CGC 9.8 copies of Locke & Key (1st print) #1 and Signed Edition #1. I'm trying to complete my Locke & Key / Joe Hill CGC collection, so I'm willing to trade one or both of these for some of the books on my want list.
Based on the value of these two books, I'm not looking to make any 1 for 1 trades, but I will entertain trade offers for combinations of the following (listed in order of preference):
Locke & Key Crown of Shadows #5 (variant cover) CGC 9.8+
Locke & Key Crown of Shadows #6 (variant cover) CGC 9.8+
Locke & Key Head Games #3 (regular cover) CGC 9.8+
The Cape #1 (Signed Edition) Qualified CGC 9.8+
The Cape #1 (cover A) CGC 9.8+
The Cape #1 (cover B) CGC 9.8+
Grave Tales #6 CGC 9.8+
Kodiak #1 (variant cover) CGC 9.8+
Kodiak #1 (regular cover) CGC 9.8+
PM with any offers. Thanks!
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wouldn't that suck if the pilot didn't make it ...
Always a possibility, but with the mainstream hype the pilot is receiving I would be very surprised if Fox didn't pick it up for the Fall season.
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I wonder if this will be a 30 min show or 1 hour show ... & how many episodes per season ?.. 6 like the books ?.. That does seem pretty short!
It's a good bet to be an hour long show. I think it's standard for network shows to get 12 episodes right out of the gate with the option for more if the show proves successful. Most established shows get 18-22 episodes a year.
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I remember reading something to that affect before they started filming the pilot, so I'm glad that hasn't changed. As I recall, someone got ahold of the pilot -script and said it contained most of the entire Welcome to Lovecraft arc. They are bound to deviate from the source material sooner rather than later because they'll run out of comics to adapt, but as long as the spirit is close to Joe's comics it shouldn't be a problem.
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I think they're including Clockworks and the final mini series as the final 12 issues.
Pure speculation on my part, but perhaps Gabe will be doing a quick sketch on each of those 1:100 variants.
yes that makes sense looking at it again it just says "12 books left" but does not say anything about titles ! When I first looked I just assumed they meant 1-12
. DCBS has the autographed #1 up for around $12 & the 1:100 cover up for $50 (ouch) 
I ordered a autograph one from them just to be safe! I wonder if this 1:100 cover will be the next hard to find item ... I wonder how many of them they will make/print & how many LCS will actually order! Does anyone know any shop that actually orders in 100 locke & key books ?.. 
The series is starting to get hot now but not quite tv series /walking dead hot yet L/K won't explode like Walking Dead until the TV show comes out (and if it's good). Since Clockworks #1 comes out in June, I'm thinking orders won't be abnormally high. That should mean there won't be a ton of 1:100 variants out there. Of course, IDW will no doubt stash a bunch away and let them trickle out on eBay a few months after it comes out. Still, that 1:100 variant will likely be as rare as the Welcome to Lovecraft Special Edition variant when all is said and done.
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I think they're including Clockworks and the final mini series as the final 12 issues.
Pure speculation on my part, but perhaps Gabe will be doing a quick sketch on each of those 1:100 variants.
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In addition to the previously announced 1:25 signed variant for Locke & Key Clockworks #1, there is also a 1:100 variant. Below is a solicitation for Clockworks #1:
Locke : Key: Clockworks #1 (of 6)
Joe Hill (w) • Gabriel Rodriguez (a & c)
Colonel Adam Crais's minutemen are literally trapped between a rock and a hard place; in the first days of the Revolutionary War, they find themselves hiding beneath 120 feet of New England stone, with a full regiment of redcoats waiting for them in the daylight... and a door into hell in the cavern below. The black door is open, and it's up to a 16-year-old smith named Ben Locke to find a way to close it. The biggest mysteries of the Locke & Key series are resolved as Clockworks opens, not with a bang, but with the thunderous crash of English cannons.
FC • $3.99 • 32 Pages
Sales Points:
Only 12 issues of Locke & Key left!
Ask your retailer how to get a variant cover signed by Joe Hill or an original character drawing by Gabriel Rodriguez!
Based on this copy, I'm thinking the 1:100 variant will have a sketch by G-Rod. Pretty cool if that's the case!
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I agree with Cheryl on #4 & #5 too. Unless you mean the SS CGC 10 of the Signed Head Games Variant(which is a different animal altogether=how many more Signed Editions in SS are there gonna be with the new rules?).So I was thinking: what are the top 5 Locke & Key books? Put another way, what are the top 5 hottest L/K books at this moment in time?My thoughts:
1. Locke & Key #1 Signed Edition
2. Locke & Key Welcome to Lovecraft Special Edition Variant
3. Locke & Key #1 (1st print)
4. Locke & Key Head Games #1 Signed Edition
5. Locke & Key Keys to the Kingdom #1 Signed Edition
Thoughts? Agree? Disagree?
Based on recent eBay sales only (I don't have access to GPA), I would have to say a Locke & Key #1 first print SS would be top dog (selling for $425 recently in 9.8). NOW put a Lovecraft GRADED 9.8 special edition variant up for sale, and that statement may be bumped to #2.
To reiterate:
1. L&K #1 first print SS
2. Lovecraft special edition variant
3. L&K #1 signed edition
and I really don't have an opinion of #4 and #5.
I would say(based on gut)...
1. L&K #1 Signed Edition in Qualified 9.8
2. L&K Lovecraft Special Edition in Universal 9.8
3. L&K #1 first print in Universal 9.8
4. IDW: First 10 Years Sampler(unknown Locke kids appearance) in 9.8-Unproven though
5. Doctor Who Classics #2 Variant(first preview-the only one that matters, IMHO) in 9.8-Unproven though
Honorable mentions in High Grade only
6. L&K: Head Games Signed Edition in SS CGC 10(there are plenty out there-I got two)
7. L&K: Head Games #4 Variant in Universal 9.9
8. L&K #4(classic Modern cover) in Universal CGC 10(plenty out there- I got two)
I don't include my fairly limited in numbers CGC 10's because they really aren't up for sale much. I shutter to think what I would get for my one of a kind Manufacturing Error copy of COS #5. People go gaga over TWD Error books.
Good choices. My list assumed an equity of grades across the board. Obviously 9.9s and 10s would inflate the price of any book on the list.
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So I was thinking: what are the top 5 Locke & Key books? Put another way, what are the top 5 hottest L/K books at this moment in time?
My thoughts:
1. Locke & Key #1 Signed Edition
2. Locke & Key Welcome to Lovecraft Special Edition Variant
3. Locke & Key #1 (1st print)
4. Locke & Key Head Games #1 Signed Edition
5. Locke & Key Keys to the Kingdom #1 Signed Edition
Thoughts? Agree? Disagree?
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What is a good price for a 9.8 special edition?
$30-40 for the regular cover. Variant cover is another story entirely. Considering a raw copy sold for over $200 on eBay not too long ago, I would think the price for a 9.8 should be in the $200-$250 range.
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I would be amazed if it did. Cheryl is a strict grader, so this book would have had to be perfect if this hooked a ride with her Alpha Flights to Sarasota.Every now and then we have insane moments, here's mine...L&K #1 first print starting bid $0.99
Good Luck! This includes you Mike
No way this sells for less than $100. Right?
Haha ... i lost.
Guess someone really wanted it ...
The final price was a bargain. I'm shocked this didn't go over $100.
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I'm looking for 9.8 Umbrella Academy SS books. PM if you have any that you'd like to trade for cash money.
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Every now and then we have insane moments, here's mine...
L&K #1 first print starting bid $0.99
Good Luck! This includes you Mike
No way this sells for less than $100. Right?
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Fresh from CGC:
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Doctor Who Classics #2 = 1st Locke & Key preview
Which reminds me, Found this at my LCS the other day
Looks like a nice, gradable copy.
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Really awesome to see so many people happy about the Legacy Edition Shadow Key, and sorry if I've created some confusion. Legacy Edition is going to be the header whenever a key isn't confined to a limited run: the updated Ghost, the Shadow, the upcoming Hercules Key (formerly known as the Beast Key; Joe recently renamed it.)
But, definitely, I still plan to release limited, numbered keys in the mix. I'm leaning toward making the key that the squirrels were playing with in "February" as a Maine Comic Arts Festival exclusive in May. Considering doing the owl key from "February" after that. What would people think of those keys?
I would have to look up pictures of what these look like ... Odds are I will simply just buy anything you guys put out though
I know I would like toe see the sword key, giant key ( a tiny version of it, not life sized), I also like the key with the wings on it & a omega key though may be you are saving that one for last ? so many random keys lately its hard to keep track of them and what they all do
& you already know I simply can not wait for the beast key! Or as I like to call it paw key
Was it really called the Hercules Key ?.. I'd think that would have made more sense for the giant key or the key that makes you strong ! Long overdue presentation and public thank you to Jerel who makes my L&K set totally awesome. Thank you JEREL!!!!! You are the best!
nice what is the one on the far left about ? Or have to do with joe ?.. I know why you have the other two...
Doctor Who Classics #2 = 1st Locke & Key preview
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I think it would be fitting to save the Omega Key for last. I don't think anyone has mentioned the Gender Key yet. Highly underrated.
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Long overdue presentation and public thank you to Jerel who makes my L&K set totally awesome. Thank you JEREL!!!!! You are the best!
Sweet looking books!
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On the Skelton site, why does the Shadow key say Legacy Edition? I'm not aware of a previous make of it.
My theory...
All of the other keys (SDCC Ghost Key, Head Key, Echo Key, and Anywhere Key) are all limited editions. The original Ghost Key was limited to 200 pieces, the others were limited to 500 pieces. The Legacy Edition Ghost Key and now the Legacy Shadow Key are NOT limited, so theoretically they will always be in stock.
The SDCC ghost key was also limited to 500 pieces...
And I'm confused because the Shadow key states, "This officially licensed replica measures approx. 3-inches long" - where was the original distributed? I have an inquiry in to Israel.
You're right. The SDCC Ghost Key was limited to 500 pieces. Is it that only the first 200 are signed by Joe Hill? That number is stuck in my head regarding the Ghost Key for some reason.
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FFS! It went up when I was at work
probably the last person here to order one hello high numbered key 
I was in class when the news hit, so I just bought my key. Perhaps mine will be in the 20s.
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Longbox diving in my own longboxes today and found 2 more #1 first prints!! I don't need to go to any LCS's. I found all sorts of goodies today!
Where does he get those wonderful toys??
Thought of you. Found an Umbrella Academy Dallas Jim Lee that's headed to CGC!
Yes, I think I know somebody who's looking for that one.
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Longbox diving in my own longboxes today and found 2 more #1 first prints!! I don't need to go to any LCS's. I found all sorts of goodies today!
Where does he get those wonderful toys??
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On the Skelton site, why does the Shadow key say Legacy Edition? I'm not aware of a previous make of it.
My theory...
All of the other keys (SDCC Ghost Key, Head Key, Echo Key, and Anywhere Key) are all limited editions. The original Ghost Key was limited to 200 pieces, the others were limited to 500 pieces. The Legacy Edition Ghost Key and now the Legacy Shadow Key are NOT limited, so theoretically they will always be in stock.
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On the way from CGC as we speak....
L/K #1 Signed Edition - 9.8
L/K Welcome to Lovecraft Special Edition Variant - 9.8
L/K Crown of Shadows #1 Jetpack Variant - 9.8
L/K Head Games #1 Jetpack Variant - 9.8
IDW 10 Year Anniversary Comic - 9.8
Pretty nice haul. I thought the Welcome to Lovecraft Special Edition and the 10 Year Anniversary comic were borderline 9.6/9.8. Good to know my pre-screening turned out to be conservative.
. DCBS has the autographed #1 up for around $12 & the 1:100 cover up for $50 (ouch) 
I ordered a autograph one from them just to be safe! I wonder if this 1:100 cover will be the next hard to find item ... I wonder how many of them they will make/print & how many LCS will actually order! Does anyone know any shop that actually orders in 100 locke & key books ?.. 
The series is starting to get hot now but not quite tv series /walking dead hot yet 
probably the last person here to order one 
Locke & Key appreciation thread
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I have a CGC 9.6 Spider-man Unlimited and a *maybe* raw 9.8 copy. I'll add the Grave Tales to my list too since I know high grade copies are hard to come by.