Covie's the baddest of the baddies. Trained by evil masterminds at The Germ Academy, he won't stop causing havoc until he's the World's Best Infection and nothing's coming in his way! ...or so he thinks. Enter The Soap Squad. This bottled brigade takes pride in keeping the planet squeaky clean, even if it means squashing a few hopes and dreams along the way. What happens when their two worlds collide? Come find out in this very timely story that's a little bit creepy, a little bit bubbly, and a whole lot of fun!

Pox, a young germ on his first assignment, not only refuses to infect a girl with chicken pox, he also helps defend her from other germs and, for his heroism, is made Honorary Chief of the Immune System.

When one young germ finds itself in the germ academy, he finds out that infecting is not for him! Try as he might, he just can't work up the enthusiasm for sickness that his classmates so obviously feel for the task. And when the little germ is sent to ruin Myrtle's birthday, things don't work out as planned for Myrtle, the germ or his classmates.

An in-depth look at microbes and diseases.

Vols. 1-49 are Proceedings of the 1st-57th annual meetings.