Science Comics: Plagues

The word is out about Science Comics, First Second's most anticipated new series! In this gloriously gross volume, we travel to the trenches of humanity's ongoing war against virulent diseases!

Plagues takes readers across the microscopic battlefield to get to know the critters behind history’s worst diseases. We delve into the biology and mechanisms of infections, diseases, and immunity, and also the incredible effect that technology and medical science have had on humanity’s ability to contain and treat disease.