THE LOCKSMITH
NOIR MEETS SCI-FI IN THIS SIX VOLUME SERIES
STORY • LETTERING • DESIGN
TERRANCE GRACE
ART
SILVIO DB [1-6]
SEB VALENCIA [6]
COLOR
ANDERSON CABRAL [1-5]
SILVIO DB [1,6]
ADRIANO AUGUSTO [6]
There is a room inside an old tenement building in the Bronx. Inside the room is a doorway that leads to another dimension where past, present and future exist simultaneously.
This gateway must remain protected — by the Locksmith. The problem: Santiago, the Locksmith, has died. The power is unleashed. What was once dead, seeks life. And that is just the beginning… And possibly end of the world — And the universe.
While investigating the sudden and inexplicable murder of his own brother, Detective Mick Fagan uncovers a strange series of events, all leading back to the Bronx apartment.
He soon becomes convinced that he too is somehow part of this mystery, and joins forces with Santiago’s daughter, Jocetta in trying to contain what lurks beyond the doorway.
A secret organization manages the hundreds of doorways around the world. But this one is different. What was once just the spirit of the undead seeking life, is now a power growing beyond what they have seen before.
The room is now at the center of an ever-growing black hole of time, sweeping all that has ever existed, away.
Fagan now knows that he alone holds the key to the doorway… And that key is something that happened to him as a child: His mother’s suicide.
In an amazing journey back through a jungle of pre-history – Fagan is witness to his own death and rebirth within the evolution of the universe.
He revisits the guilty demon inside, unlocking himself from the past… Saving the universe from certain destruction – And becoming the new Locksmith.
But like all journeys, the Detective discovers that this one is just the beginning of a long road trip — One that will ultimately take him back in time to the 17th century and our collective heart of darkness, deep within the African Congo.
• • •
SOMETIMES DEAD JUST ISN’T DEAD ENOUGH
Issue #1 introduces all the main characters… And kills off a few. But alas, in this universe, one must be prepared for, the dead, just not being dead enough.
Lest you are one to run away from zombies, let me assure you; there are no zombies in this story. Just the beginnings of a noir mystery with a hint of the fantasy and sci-fi, yet to come.
Detective Mick Fagan is tough as nails, but there appears to be a deep-seeded pain that continues to haunt him. Could this be the key?
The Detective KNEW he had to come back. That afternoon, a strange sensation had crept up his spine. It was a familiar feeling — But it was a feeling he hadn’t FELT, for many years…
And it TERRIFIED him.
THE VOICE IN YOUR HEAD IS JUST YOU WHEN YOU’RE DEAD
Issue #2 (48 beautifully printed pages including cover and end sheets) finds Detective Mick Fagan trying to come to terms with all the bodies that are beginning to pile up around him.
There is no doubt in his mind now, that whatever, or whomever this Lucero is, he is in It’s crosshairs.
Plus, with the introduction of a storyline that takes place in 17th century Italy, the past, present and future begin to converge. Who really is The Locksmith — Could it be the man known as Ricardo Fabbro of Venezia?
Lucero: He who keeps the road and guards the door. Trickster spirit who heals.
Child who plays in the sun. Enter my heart and dance with me.
Now, open the door so that I may enter the temple. On my way back, I shall thank you for this favor.
CRY ME A RIVER OF BLOOD
Our intrepid detective, Mick Fagan, returns for the third issue in this four-part series: THE LOCKSMITH: Cry Me a River of Blood.
It’s another 44 pages of Neo-Noir mystery, fantasy and science fiction. Bodies continue to pile up in issue 3. Fagan knows that death is nothing more than a subway token with unlimited transfers between the past, present and future…
As such, trouble’s brewing back in 17th century Italy and he’s going to have to hop aboard the express. But nothing is certain as Lucero returns in the form of a meteorite, hell-bent on earth’s destruction.
What once was… Is, again. What will be, has already happened.
And whatever IT is… I’m going to find it.
And then, I’m shutting it down.
SOME THINGS ARE BETTER LEFT UNDEAD
Detective Mick Fagan returns for the fourth issue in this epic mini-series: Imagine if Raymond Chandler wrote 2001: A Space Odyssey… And you just might have something like The Locksmith!
In the conclusion to the first, four issue story arc, the Detective finds himself caught between time as a massive energy field engulfs the planet, wiping away all that has ever existed. He holds the power to restore what once was, but he first must wrestle his own personal demons to the ground and let go of the past… Once and for all.
I am The Locksmith – Working to keep us safe.
Safe, from what we don’t know…
What we don’t understand.
Safe, from what we fear the most.
A DREAM FOR THE DYING
At the conclusion of Issue 4, Some Things Are Better Left Undead; A new character was introduced. Nikiki hails from Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo… About 130 years from NOW. This is her DREAM. She is the last child, descended from the lost children of Nkuyu. And her connection to The Detective is, about to be revealed in the fifth issue of this epic mini-series.
The Detective thought that the end of it all had finally come. But it brought him no sense of relief.
There had to be something more…
Is it a DREAM?
Or am I already DEAD?
Is there a difference?
REFLECTIONS OF A DEAD MEMORY
Detective Mick Fagan is about to come face to face with his worst enemy: Himself. Being the Last Man on Earth doesn’t have many perks… Especially when The Detective discovers The Demon he has been battling for the past thousand or so years (um Eternity?), may in fact be, his own guilt-ridden soul.
Every action has a connection. A connection to the past… And future.
There it is creeping up inside of me. I can see it. Feel it.
And it’s DEAD.
Just another DEAD MEMORY.
SILVIO DB 1977-2025
