Golden Age

Golden Age is a series of stand-alone stories exploring the history of the Keyhouse and the Locke Family. The first issue was originally published on November 23, 2011, and will end with the DC Comics/Vertigo series The Sandman crossover in 2021. It is considered the prelude volume to World War Key.

Issue List

Note: All the issues have been placed in chronological order story wise as stated by Joe Hill. However, this is not the same order that they were released in.

Locke & Key: Small World

Locke & Key: Open the Moon / Guide to the Known Keys

Face The Music

Locke & Key: In Pale Battalions Go #1

Locke & Key: In Pale Battalions Go #2

Locke & Key: In Pale Battalions Go #3

Hell & Gone #0

Hell & Gone #1

Hell & Gone #2

First Appearances

Characters

• Chamberlin Locke
• Ian Locke
• Harland Locke
• Fiona Locke
• Mary Locke
• Jean Locke
• John Locke
• Clint Locke
• Delacorte Locke
• Phillipe Dassin
• Michael Dassin
• Louis Dassin
• Willem Veidt
• Henrik Veidt
• Eric Murnau

Keys

• Moon Key
• Bitey Key
• Small World Key
• Keyhouse Key
• Stamp Key
• Matchstick Key
• Mirror Key
• Tempus Fugit Key
• Hell Key
• Orchestra Key

Notes

• This arc will be the first time the series has collaborated and co-printed with another comic book publisher.
• Joe Hill mentioned in a tweet that he included a single detail in "In Pale Battalions Go" that is a part of a bigger Locke & Key story which he says that at this pace he won't get to until he's in his mid-fifties (Joe Hill was 48 when he made the tweet).
  • Gabriel Rodriguez replied to the tweet saying:

“	(Let others live the life of dull iron structure office buildings makers. We're trying to live the life of stonemasons builders of cathedrals) ;P	”
–Gabriel Rodriguez

• Due to the release schedule for some issues, it was initially assumed that Locke & Key: Grindhouse and Locke & Key: Dog Days were a part of the Golden Age arc. But Joe Hill stated via Twitter that those issues were standalones that didn't belong to any of the arcs.