<p> I suppose you could say that I&#39;m cheating a little bit here, insofar as <em>Locke &amp; Key</em> is a comic book. But at this point it&#39;s finished—36 issues from beginning to end—and I read it through in its entirety.</p> <p> I&#39;m definitely going to recommend this book; I only picked up the first volume a few months ago, and I&#39;ve been waiting for the conclusion to be collected ever since.</p> <p> The story builds methodically from page one. In re-reading the earlier collections, I was impressed with how dense it actually is—in this era of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decompression_(comics)">decompressed storytelling</a>, there is no filler here. I suspect that on future re-readings, I will continue to notice more subtle details from the beginning and middle that have ramifications for—or are referenced in—the end.</p>