 When the title was moved from its own series to a revamped, 68 page and ad-free version of "The Unexpected" (the stories were actually expanded from 17 to 22 pages with the move, part of the DC Implosion), she was shown to be friendly with Abel in the inside front covers, which may or may not have been in continuity.She never met Abel in an actual story until "DC Special Series" #21, when she and the Phantom Stranger arrive at the House of Mystery with Christmas presents.Madame Xanadu's origins were explored in the first few arcs of her Vertigo series.