meet George And Harold, A Couple Of Wise Guys. The Only Thing They Enjoy More Than Playing Practical Jokes Is Creating Their Own Comic Books. And Together They Have Created The Greatest Comic-book Superhero In The History Of The Elementary School -- captain Underpants!
But George And Harold's Principal, Mean Old Mr. Krupp, Doesn't Like Their Pranks Or Their Comic Books. And He's Cooked Up A Plan To Catch George And Harold And Stop Their Shenanigans -- Once And For All! Here's The Story Of What Happened When The Plan Back-fired, And Captain Underpants Leaped Off The Page To Save The Day!
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few Things Command Disrespect Like The Sight Of A Man Wearing Whitie-tighties. However, The Bald And Barefoot Captain Underpants Happens To Be A Superhero. As One Character Notes, Most Superheroes Look Like They're Flying Around In Their Underwear....well, This Guy Actually Is Flying Around In His Underwear! The Captain, Defender Of Truth, Justice, And All That Is Pre-shrunk And Cottony, Is The Comic-book Invention Of Two Troublemaking Fourth-graders, George And Harold. He Comes To Life After The Boys Use A Mail-order Device To Hypnotize Their Diabolical School Principal, Who Sheds His Outergarments And Battles Crime In Only A Cape And Y-fronts. As His Creators Try To Snap Him Out Of The Trance, Captain Underpants Threatens Bank Robbers With Wedgie Power And Foils The Villainous Dr. Diaper ( `you Know,' Said George, `up Until Now This Story Was Almost Believable' ). Pilkey (dog Breath) Uses A Sitcom-like Formula To Set Up The Rivalry Between The Boys And The Principal, And To Strip The Authority Figure Of Dignity. After A Tepid Exposition, He Falls Back On The Notion That Undies And Mild Bathroom Humor Are Funny In Themselves And, Given His Intended Audience, He's Probably Right. Line Drawings Of The Slapstick Action Appear On Every Page, And Flip-o-rama Climactic Sequences Create An Agreeably Corny Motion-picture Effect. But The Lowbrow Jokes (the Captain Uses An Elastic Waistband To Apprehend An Evildoer) Chiefly Constitute This Tale's Harmless, Non-gross Appeal. Ages 8-12. (sept.)
Categories:
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Science Fiction
Publisher : Scholastic
Author : Dav Pilkey
Language : English
Edition : Reissue
Published :1997-09-30
Number Of Pages : 121
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 0590846280
ISBN-13 : 9780590846288
Item weight : 0.25 lb
Dimensions : 0.5 in x 5.2 in x 7.4 in
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