IDW Publishing will release a limited quantity of the Locke & Key: Head Games Deluxe Hardcover--IDW Limited Red Label Edition to comic stores in April.  "We’re going to earmark 100 copies of the 250 copy limited-run for retailers," IDW Limited Marketing and Community Manager Nate Murray told ICv2.  "This is the first time we’ll earmark part of a run for retailers."  IDW has sold its IDW Limited products to the trade in the past;  this is the first time it has "earmarked" part of the run for retailers. 

The oversized (9" x 14") hardcover will include the entire series plus scripts for each issue.  It will be packaged in a tray case with an exclusive Head Games key and a photo portfolio of the Key House by Shane Leonard.

Signatures from Joe Hill, Gabe Rodriguez, Robbie Robbins, Jay Fotos and Shane Leonard will be included.
 
 
 







And a hidden compartment will contain pages from the Locke Family Journal.

The edition will carry a $175 retail price on the IDW site.

Head Games is actually the second deluxe hardcover in the Locke & Key oeuvre; the first volume, Welcome to Lovecraft, was released in January 2012, before IDW Limited was launched.  It was in the same size and cover style as this IDW Limited Volume 2 (although a different color), "so collectors will have continuity there," Murray said.  Assuming that this volume is successful, the format will continue for Volume 3.

IDW Limited was launched a little over a year ago, with its output originally planned for exclusively direct-to-consumer sales (see "ICv2 Exclusive--Ted Adams Interview").