The O.D.D. Squad: Captain Bad Vs Captain Worse

Discover the newest book in this brilliant full-colour, illustrated series. Perfect for reluctant readers aged 6+, and for fans of Bunny vs Monkey, Dog Man and The Investigators. 
 
"Great read, beautifully illustrated" - Joe Brumm, creator of Bluey 
 
"Wonderfully funny, completely bonkers" -Jessica Dettmann, author of There's No Such Book. 
 
The O.D.D. Squad are here for another epic (or maybe just epically silly) ADVENTURE! Quack Attack, Detective Octopus and Invisidog are the most feared crime-fighters ever to roam Justice CIty. They're a bit of a strange gang, but by heck they get the job done. Most of the time. 
 
Their old enemy Captain Bad is also BACK! He is determined to beat the O.D.D Squad once and for all and decides the best plan is to clone himself. What could possibly go wrong? Errm, maybe the whole plan? He accidentally creates Captain Worse, an even more evil version of himself. Now Captain Bad is forced to work with the O.D.D Squad to stop Captain Worse from carrying out his terrible plans to destroy, well, everything... 
 
Read more hilarious O.D.D. Squad stories! 
 
The O.D.D. Squad: Rise of Invisidog 
The O.D.D. Squad: Attack of Aunty Enchanty

Praise for The O.D.D. Squad: Rise of Invisidog: "Great read, beautifully illustrated"

Jessica Dettmann, author of There's No Such Book

Stuart Heritage (Author) 
Stuart Heritage has written for the Guardian since 2009. His weekly column about his young son 'Man With a Pram' ran in the paper's Family section between 2015-16. Earlier in his career he founded a website that was named as both Metro's Best British Blog and one of the Observer top 50 most powerful blogs in the world. He has also written for Vanity Fair, Esquire, The Times, Men's Health, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Red, Marie Clare and the NME. He is also the author of picture books Jonathan the Magic Pony, and Don't Say Elephant!, and has credits on popular TV shows including Bluey. He lives in Ashford, Kent. 
 
Vincent Batignole (Illustrator) 
Born in the southwest of France, Vincent Batignole grew up surrounded by French comics, colourful anime on TV and his grandparents' collection of true crime books. No wonder he quickly developed a passion for anything cute, scary and geeky! 
 
Trained at the Ecole Pivaut in Nantes, his professional journey started with the comic series 'Gloom Cookie' created by Serena Valentino (Disney's 'Villains' book series) and Ted Naifeh (Courtney Crumrin). Since then, he's been illustrating and writing for various international clients, including EPIC!, Capstone and Andrews McMeel, while earning a Master's Degree in cinema history and film analysis. 
 
Vincent now resides near Paris with his dog, Kero, and what's easily one of the biggest collections of manga drawn by CLAMP.

The O.D.D. Squad are here for another epic (or maybe just epically silly) ADVENTURE! Quack Attack, Detective Octopus and Invisidog are the most feared crime-fighters ever to roam Justice CIty. They're a bit of a strange gang, but by heck they get the job done. Most of the time. 
 
Their old enemy Captain Bad is also BACK! He is determined to beat the O.D.D Squad once and for all and decides the best plan is to clone himself. What could possibly go wrong? Errm, maybe the whole plan? He accidentally creates Captain Worse, an even more evil version of himself. Now Captain Bad is forced to work with the O.D.D Squad to stop Captain Worse from carrying out his terrible plans to destroy, well, everything...

The O.D.D. Squad: Attack of Aunty Enchanty

Discover the second book in this brilliant full-colour, illustrated series. Perfect for reluctant readers aged 6+, and for fans of Bunny vs Monkey, Dog Man and The Investigators. 
 
"Great read, beautifully illustrated" - Joe Brumm, creator of Bluey 
 
"Wonderfully funny, completely bonkers" -Jessica Dettmann, author of There's No Such Book. 
 
The O.D.D. Squad are BACK! And this time, they're even more amazing (well, amazingly rubbish) than ever. Quack Attack, Detective Octopus and Invisidog are the most feared crime-fighters ever to roam Justice CIty. They're a bit of a strange gang, but by heck they get the job done. Most of the time. And only so long as the criminals they're facing are useless. 
 
But unfortunately for them, their nemesis in this adventure really ISN'T useless. In fact, she's kind of an all-powerful sorceress, who goes by the name of Aunty Enchanty. And what's worse than an all-powerful sorceress? How about an all-powerful sorceress determined to wipe Justice City from the face of the Earth, using mega-monsters . . . One of which looks suspiciously familiar. 
 
Can the gang unite to defeat Aunty Enchanty, or is this the end of the O.D.D. Squad? 
 
Read more hilarious O.D.D. Squad stories! 
 
The O.D.D. Squad: Rise of Invisidog 
The O.D.D. Squad: Captain Bad Vs Captain Worse (coming May 2025)

Hilarious and anarchic, this series taps perfectly into the child brain.

Louie Stowell, bestselling author of Loki

With Heritage’s lively, comedy-soaked story and Batignole’s eye-catching, bold and colourful gallery of pictures, this high-octane graphic series is guaranteed to tickle every young reader’s funny bone!

Stuart Heritage (Author) 
Stuart Heritage has written for the Guardian since 2009. Earlier in his career he founded a website that was named as both Metro's Best British Blog and one of the Observer top 50 most powerful blogs in the world. He lives in Ashford, Kent. 
Vincent Batignole (Illustrator) 
Born in the southwest of France, and trained at the Ecole Pivaut in Nantes, Vincent has written and illustrated for many international clients, including EPIC!, Capstone and Andrews McMeel, and owns what's easily one of the biggest collections of manga drawn by CLAMP.

The O.D.D. Squad are BACK! And this time, they're even more amazing (well, amazingly rubbish) than ever. Quack Attack, Detective Octopus and Invisidog are the most feared crime-fighters ever to roam Justice CIty. They're a bit of a strange gang, but by heck they get the job done. Most of the time. And only so long as the criminals they're facing are useless. 
 
But unfortunately for them, their nemesis in this adventure really ISN'T useless. In fact, she's kind of an all-powerful sorceress, who goes by the name of Aunty Enchanty. And what's worse than an all-powerful sorceress? How about an all-powerful sorceress determined to wipe Justice City from the face of the Earth, using mega-monsters . . . One of which looks suspiciously familiar. 
 
Can the gang unite to defeat Aunty Enchanty, or is this the end of the road for the O.D.D. Squad?

The O.D.D. Squad: Rise of Invisidog

Discover the first book in this brilliant full-colour, illustrated series. Perfect for reluctant readers aged 6+, and for fans of Bunny vs Monkey, Dog Man and The Investigators. 
 
"Great read, beautifully illustrated" - Joe Brumm, creator of Bluey 
 
"Wonderfully funny, completely bonkers" -Jessica Dettmann, author of There's No Such Book. 
 
Do you want to laugh your pants off? Of course you do. In which case - come on into the world of the O.D.D. Squad - a team of (sort of) heroic animal crime-fighters you'll never forget. Though maybe not for the right reasons . . . 
 
Justice City. Rain soaks its streets. Crime soaks it more. The fate of the entire city has been left in the hands (well, paws) of one brave superhero. 
 
That's right - dun dun dunnnnnn - INVISIDOG! 
 
Invisidog hunts for danger wherever he finds it. There is no job too big, and no criminal too tough for the mighty Invisidog. He is the shadows!! And actually, that's kind of the problem. Because Invisidog's amazing superpowers . . . are kind of rubbish. 
 
Turns out being invisible isn't all that helpful when you're trying to rid a city of terrible criminals. They tend to have a habit of ignoring you for one thing. So Invisidog's going to have to think BIG. Can he convince the most amazing superheroes of all time - adorable-but-mighty Quack Attack, and the world's greatest thinker, Detective Octopus - to join forces? 
 
(What does O.D.D. Squad stand for? Well you'll have to read and find out, won't you?) 
 
Read more hilarious O.D.D. Squad stories! 
 
The O.D.D. Squad: Attack of Aunty Enchanty 
The O.D.D. Squad: Captain Bad Vs Captain Worse (coming May 2025)

Jessica Dettmann, author of There's No Such Book.

Justice City. Rain soaks its streets. Crime soaks it more. The fate of the entire city has been left in the hands (well, paws) of one brave superhero. 
 
That's right - dun dun dunnnnnn - INVISIDOG! 
 
Invisidog hunts for danger wherever he finds it. There is no job too big, and no criminal too tough for the mighty Invisidog. He is the shadows!! And actually, that's kind of the problem. Because Invisidog's amazing superpowers . . . are kind of rubbish. 
 
Turns out being invisible isn't all that helpful when you're trying to rid a city of terrible criminals. They tend to have a habit of ignoring you for one thing. So Invisidog's going to have to think BIG. Can he convince the most amazing superheroes of all time - adorable-but-mighty Quack Attack, and the world's greatest thinker, Detective Octopus - to join forces? 
 
(What does O.D.D. Squad stand for? Well you'll have to read and find out, won't you?)

Discover the hilariously silly picture book

Don't Say Elephant!

Discover the brand new story from Stuart Heritage! 
 
 Introducing brothers, Pancakes and Cha-Cha. 
 
 Pancakes and Cha-Cha are set for a perfect day of pizza and playing in the park... when they are surprised by a genie granting wishes! 
 
 What in the whole wide world will they wish for? Treasure or magical powers? Or a pizza the size of a paddling pool? Or maybe - just maybe - they'll be surprised by something unexpected. 
 
 Stuart Heritage and Nicola Slater, creators of the laugh-out-loud Jonathan the Magic Pony, are back with a warm-hearted, bedtime story about brotherly love, the art of compromise and an elephant covered in cheese.

Stuart Heritage (Author) 
Stuart Heritage has written for the Guardian since 2009. His weekly column about his young son 'Man With a Pram' ran in the paper's Family section between 2015-16. Earlier in his career he founded a website that was named as both Metro's Best British Blog and one of the Observer top 50 most powerful blogs in the world. He has also written for Vanity Fair, Esquire, The Times, Men's Health, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Red, Marie Clare and the NME. He is also the author of picture books Jonathan the Magic Pony, and Don't Say Elephant!, and has credits on popular TV shows including Bluey. He lives in Ashford, Kent. 
 
Nicola Slater (Illustrator) 
Nicola Slater is a children's book illustrator and popcorn aficionado. She was born in the windy north of England and later moved to Buckinghamshire, where she went to school. Nicola lives with her family in Cheshire, England, close to the local cinema, which she visits very often.

Jonathan the Magic Pony

Jonathan the Magic Pony is a brilliant magician. With one wave of his magic wand he can make anything disappear. Boomf! And because he's such a brilliant magician, with one more wave he can make things come back too. It's foolproof. Failsafe. Always works. 
Or does it? 
When Jonathan magics away Sarah's bear... it doesn't come back! And with each, increasingly desperate, wave of his wand, Jonathan sets off an anarchic chain of events that builds to a swirl of hilarious chaos. There are sharks chasing ducks, baboons with giant wooden spoons, chimpanzees covered in fleas... but where is Sarah's bear? Will it ever come back? 
Is Jonathan even a real magician?! Find out in this silly, playful and very, very funny picture book, perfect for fans of Supertato and Grumpycorn. 
Jonathan's tricks may be rubbish but this book is definitely magic!

Stuart Heritage (Author) Stuart Heritage has written for the Guardian since 2009. His weekly column about his young son 'Man With a Pram' ran in the paper's Family section between 2015-16. Earlier in his career he founded a website that was named as both Metro's Best British Blog and one of the Observer top 50 most powerful blogs in the world. He has also written for Vanity Fair, Esquire, The Times, Men's Health, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Red, Marie Clare and the NME. He is also the author of picture books Jonathan the Magic Pony, and Don't Say Elephant!, and has credits on popular TV shows including Bluey. He lives in Ashford, Kent. Nicola Slater (Illustrator) Nicola Slater is a children's book illustrator and popcorn aficionado. She was born in the windy north of England and later moved to Buckinghamshire, where she went to school. Nicola lives with her family in Cheshire, England, close to the local cinema, which she visits very often.

Jonathan the Magic Pony is a brilliant magician. With one wave of his magic wand he can make anything disappear. Boomf! And because he's such a brilliant magician, with one more wave he can make things come back too. It's foolproof. Failsafe. Always works. 
 
Or does it? 
 
When Jonathan magics away Sarah's bear... it doesn't come back! And with each, increasingly desperate, wave of his wand, Jonathan sets off an anarchic chain of events that builds to a swirl of hilarious chaos. There are sharks chasing ducks, baboons with giant wooden spoons, chimpanzees covered in fleas... but where is Sarah's bear? Will it ever come back? Is Jonathan even a real magician?! 
 
Find out in this silly, playful and very, very funny picture book, perfect for fans of Supertato and Grumpycorn. 
 
Jonathan's tricks may be rubbish but this book is definitely magic!

Stuart Heritage

Vincent Batignole

Quack Attack, Detective Octopus and Invisidog have a new recruit: Hyperkitty. She’s cute! She’s unbelievably fast! She also . . . spends a lot of time on her phone? And actually, isn’t very good at being part of a team. Or catching bad guys. It’s almost like she doesn’t want to be part of the world’s best (kind of) superhero team. 
 
Everyone needs time to learn to be a superhero, but disasters keep striking. After a particularly wonky incident involving a pig in a hat at a power station (don't ask, OK?), Justice City decides it’s had enough: no more O.D.D. Squad! Can the gang save the day – and themselves – before it’s too late?

Stuart Heritage

Praise for The O.D.D. Squad: Operation Hyperkitty

Praise for The O.D.D. Squad: Rise of Invisidog: "Great read, beautifully illustrated"

Books by Stuart Heritage

Series by Stuart Heritage

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