(CNN) -- Here's what you need to know about Captain Underpants, in brief: He's a pudgy comic superhero in a red cape and white undies, who flies through the pages of a series of children's books ...

Captain Underpants, the star of a series of bestselling children's books by author and illustrator Dav Pilkey. Dav Pilkey/Scholastic His mom and dad, however, encouraged his ...

Captain Underpants: The straight poop on a grossly entertaining series of children's books ... The books encourage children to not only read words, but to play with them, like toys.