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The fourth installment in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Adventure Zone graphic novel series, a hilarious meta-fictional D&D adventure story based on a smash hit podcast.

Homicide, the celebrated true crime-book from the creator of HBO's The Wire, is reenvisioned in this first volume of a gritty, cinematic graphic novel duology.In 1988, journalist David Simon was given unprecedented access to the Baltimore Police Department's homicide unit. Over the next twelve months, he shadowed detectives as they took on a slew of killings in a city where killings were common. Only the most heinous cases stood out-chief amongst them, the rape and murder of eleven-year-old Latonya Wallace. Originally published in 1991, Simon's Homicide became the basis for the acclaimed television show Homicide: Life on the Streets and inspired HBO's The Wire. Now, this true-crime classic is reimagined as a gritty two-part graphic novel series.

When a team of brilliant kids-turned-astronauts find themselves in serious trouble in outer space, they must work together to get back home in this incredible middle-grade graphic novel created by real life astronaut, Leland Melvin! Launch into action in T-Minus 3, 2, 1... When Tia Valor takes a test for an exclusive NASA program, she never thought she'd pass. After all, she's been skipping school to work at her brother's auto shop and her grades have taken a nosedive. But Leland Melvin, a famed astronaut, sees Tia's potential, and before she knows it she's part of an elite group of brilliant kids training to go to an advanced NASA space station orbiting the earth. But the perils of space are unpredictable and Tia finds herself with only half her crew and no adults around to help. Now she must rely on her instincts and the quick thinking of her fellow kid astronauts to save the space station and their lives! Created by real-life astronaut Leland Melvin, Eisner-Award nominated comic writer Joe Caramagna, and brought to brilliant life by Alison Acton, STEAM TEAM is a space adventure like no other.

In his latest graphic novel, Dragon Hoops, New York Times bestselling author Gene Luen Yang turns the spotlight on his life, his family, and the high school where he teaches.Gene understands stories-comic book stories, in particular. Big action. Bigger thrills. And the hero always wins.But Gene doesn't get sports. As a kid, his friends called him "Stick" and every basketball game he played ended in pain. He lost interest in basketball long ago, but at the high school where he now teaches, it's all anyone can talk about. The men's varsity team, the Dragons, is having a phenomenal season that's been decades in the making. Each victory brings them closer to their ultimate goal: the California State Championships.Once Gene gets to know these young all-stars, he realizes that their story is just as thrilling as anything he's seen on a comic book page. He knows he has to follow this epic to its end. What he doesn't know yet is that this season is not only going to change the Dragons's lives, but his own life as well.

In the first book of AGENTS OF S.U.I.T., the new volume in John Green's smash-hit INVESTIGATORS world, eager rookie agent Cilantro stepped into the spotlight-and rocketed into space! Now it's time for the B-Team to show why they're so un-B-lievably B-loved.That's right, Bongo and Marsha, the super-spy Badgers, are on the case...and way over-budget. When S.U.I.T. realizes just how much money the Badgers waste with their gadgets and spy vehicles and custom plush toys, they're sent to Bora Bora to investigate a case...the old-fashioned way. The bees-that's "bee-ee-ee," like the insect-that run the resort are hiding something under the tropical sands, and Marsha and Bongo are just the bumbling agents to crack this pineapple-flavored case wide open.