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by Dav Pilkey · 1997

Book 1 of Captain Underpants

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  • Comics (Graphic works)
  • Children's stories
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Novel

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  • Children's

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George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking he is the superhero Captain Underpants, and he leads them to Dr. Diaper's lair. (condensed from its Library of Congress summary) It is book 1 of the Captain Underpants series and listed for an audience of children.

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The Adventures of Captain Underpants: the facts, checked

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First published
First published on September 1, 1997. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
Edition checked
The edition checked here is a 170-page hardcover from Scholastic Inc. Source: Library of Congress, checked November 6, 2026. 9781338865394 ... hardcover ... 170 pages ... Scholastic Inc

How The Adventures of Captain Underpants came to be

  1. As a boy, Pilkey was made to sit out in the school hallway day after day. Source: pilkey.com, checked November 6, 2026. his teachers made him sit out in the hallway every day
  2. He used that time to make his own comic books, which held the first Captain Underpants adventures. Source: pilkey.com, checked November 6, 2026. creating his own original comic books—the very first adventures of Dog Man and Captain Underpants

About Dav Pilkey

Born
Born in 1966; Wikidata lists Cleveland, United States, as the place of birth. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own and the place's own entry, checked November 6, 2026.
Also writes as
Wikidata lists Jano as a pen name of Dav Pilkey. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own, checked November 6, 2026.
Also writes as
Wikidata lists Tymoffi dom as a pen name of Dav Pilkey. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own, checked November 6, 2026.

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