Sardine and her uncle, Captain Yellow Shoulder, sail their ship, The Huckleberry, across the universe meeting up with monsters and aliens in order to confront Supermuscleman, who is trying to take over the galaxy.

These stories were originally published in the United States in the larger work: Sardine in outer space 2. New York : First Second, 2006. "Originally published in France in 2001 under the titles La machine à laver la cervelle and Les voleurs de yaourts"--P. preceding t.p.