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Garth Hale, a normal boy, accidentally gets zapped into the ghost world by ghost wrangler Frank Gallows. He teams up with his grandfather, Cecil, who is a ghost. They must save their grandfather from the evil ruler of Ghostopolis and return him to the real world.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels/Graphic Fiction
Authors: Doug TenNapel
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