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Nightmare Hunter #1 by Brady Smith

Nightmare Hunter #1

A Graphic Novel

Brady Smith

Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · April 1, 2025

Maxwell Dark is on a mission to help kids hunt down and defeat the nightmares haunting them in this chilling horror graphic novel filled with monsters and mayhem.

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Who it’s for
Readers drawn to chilling, monster-filled horror graphic novels
Themes
Nightmares, Confronting fears
Genres
Horror Comics, Fantasy Comics, Action Comics

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Maxwell Dark is on a mission to help kids hunt down and defeat the nightmares haunting them in this chilling horror graphic novel filled with monsters and mayhem. A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR I'm Maxwell. Please don't call me Max. I have a gift that I was born with, although most of the time it feels like a curse. That gift—or curse—allows twelve-year-old Maxwell to sense, experience, and enter other kids' nightmares.

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He drifts from town to town, drawn by the darkest dreams, till he can help people defeat whatever is truly haunting them. With seventy-three clients and counting, he's seen every monster there is to face. Or so he thinks, until he meets Sid. Sid's dreams start off as typical nightmare fare, but soon they get weirder. Creepier. Impossible to ignore. As Maxwell goes deeper and deeper into Sid's nightmares, he starts to realize he may be trapped in one of his very own…

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Action Comics31%
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Publisher categories

  • Horror Comics
  • Funny Comics
  • Paranormal Comics
Authors
Brady Smith
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Published
April 1, 2025
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Nightmares · Confronting fears
Reading lane
Horror Comics