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Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space: (And the Subsequent Assault of the Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds)
157 pp.
| Scholastic |
January, 2015 |
TradeISBN 978-0-545-69470-4$9.99 New ed. (1999)
(3)
4-6
Color by Jose Garibaldi. In this installment in the popular series--"now in full color"--space aliens plot to take over the world. They begin by getting jobs as lunchroom ladies at Horwitz Elementary. Enter Captain Underpants (Principal Krupp), who, assisted by young cut-ups George and Harold, saves the day. This colorized version is admirably visually restrained (though hardly an inch of blank space remains).