The Adventures of Captain Underpants

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The Adventures of Captain Underpants

First edition cover
Author	Dav Pilkey
Illustrator	Dav Pilkey
Language	English
Series	Captain Underpants
Genre	Superhero Toilet humor Slapstick Science fiction
Publisher	Scholastic
Publication date	September 1, 1997 (black-and-white) September 1, 2005 (collectors edition) August 27, 2013 (color edition) March 7, 2023 (25½ anniversary edition)
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. It has spawned many sequels and subseries such as Super Diaper Baby, Dog Man, and The Adventures of Ook and Gluk: Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future.