The Adventures of Captain Underpants
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| Author | Dav Pilkey |
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| Illustrator | Dav Pilkey |
| Language | English |
| Series | Captain Underpants |
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| Publisher | Scholastic |
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| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Paperback, Hardcover) |
| Pages | 125 |
| ISBN | 978-0-590-84628-8 0-590-84628-0 |
| Followed by | Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets |
The Adventures of Captain Underpants is an American children's novel by Dav Pilkey, and the inaugural novel of the Captain Underpants series. It was published in September 1997, becoming a hit with children around the world. In the novel, George Beard and Harold Hutchins turn their principal, Mr. Krupp, into the "greatest superhero of all time", The Amazing Captain Underpants. The Adventures of Captain Underpants spawned a multimedia franchise, including eleven sequels, four spinoff novel series, a CGI-animated film adaptation, a flash-animated TV series, and a CGI-animated spinoff film.