Abadazad #1
In *Abadazad* #1, writer J. M. DeMatteis and artist Michael Ploog launch a surreal journey when Kate, haunted by her brother Matt’s mysterious disappearance five years prior, receives a strange visit from an eccentric neighbor. The woman claims Matt wasn’t taken from this world—but pulled into Abadazad, the fantastical realm that once lived in Matt’s imagination. With only a cryptic clue and a tea-stained map, Kate must step into a world where stories breathe and legends move. The interior art by Michael Ploog and Nick Bell’s colors bring this dreamlike realm to life, while the cover by Michael Ploog captures the eerie wonder of the threshold between worlds.
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Five years ago, Kate's little brother, Matt, has gone missing and there is mystery beneath Matt's disappearance. An odd, elderly neighbor makes some fanciful claims to Kate over cookies and tea. Matt’s been abducted in the world of Abadazad, a fictional fantasy realm that featured in Matt's favorite stories, and Kate needs to go save him.
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