Learning comes to life with MC Comics. This skills-based comic book series helps students -- especially ESL, below-level, and reluctant readers -- boost reading and writing skills, build vocabulary, and best of all, think of reading as an adventure. The six sets, each containing four parts, are packed with adventure plots told in comic-book format, real-life dialogue, colorful pictures and dynamic, recurring, multi-cultural characters who seem to leap right off the page. A different, suspenseful cliff hanger at the end of Parts 1, 2, and 3 of each set motivates students to read on. The first book in each set provides an at-a-glance summary of how to read a comic to promote a successful learning experience.Let the games begin! Four teams of students from around the U.S. have come to the Space Center to compete in a science project -- Darryl, Chris, and Twig hope their camera wagon will win first prize. But when it appears aliens have invaded the Space Center, the members of the four teams learn the importance of teamwork.