The First Cat in Space and the Baby Pirate’s Revenge
A Graphic Novel
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · November 4, 2025
In the fourth installment of Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris’s New York Times-bestselling series our heroes—First Cat, LOZ 4000, and the Moon Queen— encounter Captain Babybeard and his crew of swashbuckling pirates.
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- Who it’s for
- A cat, a moon queen, and a baby pirate make for an enjoyably oddball graphic-novel adventure.
- Themes
- Pirate mutiny and betrayal, Treasure-map recovery, Revenge
- Pacing
- Fast
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In the fourth installment of Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris’s New York Times-bestselling series our heroes—First Cat, LOZ 4000, and the Moon Queen— encounter Captain Babybeard and his crew of swashbuckling pirates. After Captain Babybeard steals a treasure map from the Queen of the Moon, the notorious pirate sees nothing but piles of gold in his future. But a mutiny, led by his first mate, the Martian Pirate James Plantain, leaves Babybeard marooned on a deserted island.
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Betrayed by his crew, the little captain seeks an unlikely alliance... Will Captain Babybeard get revenge? Will First Cat, the Moon Queen, and LOZ 4000 recover their treasure map? Or will the moon fall into the hands of a nefarious banana?
Space-Pirate Mischief
A cat, a moon queen, and a baby pirate make for an enjoyably oddball graphic-novel adventure.
Come here for
- Spacefaring cats and swashbuckling pirates
- The series’ playful collision of sci-fi and silliness
Expect
- A graphic novel adventure with mutiny, treasure, and an unlikely alliance
- A lively cast, including a nefarious banana
Where it sits
| Pirate Adventures | 52% |
|---|---|
| Cat Stories | 51% |
| Funny Comics | 40% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Cat Stories
- Action Comics
- Animal Comics
- Funny Comics
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- Sci-Fi Comics
- Authors
- Mac Barnett
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- November 4, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Pirate mutiny and betrayal · Treasure-map recovery · Revenge
- Reading lane
- Cat Stories