To be fair, I don't think Lockjaw's connection to the Inhuman inner caste is well-known. And as for how he looks, it's the Marvel universe. Even if it is Jersey City there's gotta be weirder things around nearly all the time.
"Hey that dog's kinda big. And I think it's got cutlery stuck to its head?"
"WHO CARES, DAREDEVIL AND WHITE TIGER ARE OVER THERE HAVING A FIGHT WITH STILT-MAN II AND A GUY DRIVING A MOTORIZED HEAVILY-ARMED FERRIS WHEEL!!"
"COOL!"
It's not a huge suspension of disbelief.
And #9 was lovely. A little bummed that Kamala's person-to-person shapeshifting seems to be getting phased out (permanently?) though I concede it works w/r/t the character becoming more confident in who she is, and thus has no need to hide behind the face of Captain Marvel or anyone else.