Cat Ninja: Welcome to the 'Burbs (Volume 4)

Cat Ninja trades Metro City for quiet streets, backyard barbecues, and a suspiciously watchful goldfish in the fourth full-color series collection. While Claude adjusts to life in Peaceful Valley and Marcie struggles to fit in, a fishy crime family is building an empire beneath the suburbs. Cat Ninja, Master Hamster, the kids, and robot dog Adonis must expose them before the neighborhood’s peaceful façade evaporates.

When Dad buys a new house outside the city, the kids are less than excited about new neighbors, backyard barbecues, and quiet, tree-lined streets. And they’re not alone—a summer in the suburbs is enough to make Cat Ninja miss the villains of Metro City! Our hero and his family feel like fish out of water when they arrive in Peaceful Valley, but it won’t be long before Dad’s new neighborhood reveals its sinister underbelly.

While Cat Ninja investigates, Marcie and Leon meet local skateboarders, Master Hamster struggles to preserve his criminal-mastermind dignity, and robot dog Adonis tries to prove that he can be a hero instead of a walking catastrophe. The team’s summer becomes a series of battles involving a fish-flakes factory, secret headquarters, superpowered animals, identity questions, toilets, missiles, robots, and one wildly misguided scheme involving Mount Rushmore.

Great for reluctant readers and fans of cat humor and superhero antics (ages 9-11), Welcome to the ’Burbs is a funny superhero graphic novel for young readers, pet lovers, and kids navigating change.

• Follow Claude, Master Hamster, Leon, Marcie, and Adonis into their fourth Cat Ninja book filled with six full-color adventures.
• Graphic novel fantasy storytelling that keeps young readers engaged
• A fun blend of comedy, mystery, friendship, and adventure
• Accessible reading for reluctant readers, independent readers, and graphic novel fans
• Perfect for classroom, school library, and homeschool collections

Pack the skateboard and join Cat Ninja for a summer in the suburbs where nothing—and no pet—is quite what it seems.

Matthew Cody is the author of several popular books, including the award-winning Supers of Noble’s Green trilogy: Powerless, Super, and Villainous. He is also the author of Will in Scarlet and The Dead Gentleman, as well as the graphic novels Zatanna and the House of Secrets from DC Comics and Bright Family from Epic/Andrews McMeel. He lives in Manhattan, New York, with his wife and son.

Chad Thomas is an illustrator and cartoonist living with his family in McKinney, Texas. He’s worked on books such as TMNT, Star Wars Adventures, and Mega Man and also illustrates activity and educational books. He loves his family, comic books, and Star Wars and will let his children beat him in checkers but never in Mario Kart.

Warren Wucinich is a comic book creator and part-time carny who has been lucky enough to work on projects such as Invader ZIM, Bright Family, and Courtney Crumrin. He is also the co-creator of the YA graphic novel Kriss: The Gift of Wrath. He currently resides in Dallas, Texas, where he spends his time making comics, rewatching '80s television shows, and eating all the tacos.