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Three early Goosebumps titles--The Werewolf of Fever Swamp, The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight, and The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena--are revived as graphic novellas, their economic plots enhanced by the illustrations' textured backgrounds and irregular paneling. The undemanding stories still lack character development, but their twist endings and well-executed graphic revival may attract new readers.