The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby

roseycarmen - The parents went to the hospital and gave the wrong information to the nurse. At delivery the doctor hit the baby out the window. Meanwhile a bad guy drained Captain Underpants' power and gave some to a dog. The rest of the formula is what the baby landed in. The bad guy insulted the baby and the baby beat him up. Then the police came and saw this situation. The bad guy went to jail. The nurse discovered the baby but the baby flew to his parents carrying the nurse. Then Super Diaper Baby picked up the doctor and spanked him. Then the mom and dad who named him Super Diaper Baby. The evil guy gave the parents a crib that will drain the baby's power. However, the baby needed changing and mom left the diaper full of poo in the crib and when the evil guy drained the power, he only drained poop. So on his way to make a new plan he got stepped on and put in the trash. He vowed revenge. He then built a machine insect he controlled from the inside to destroy Super Diaper Baby. Super Diaper Baby almost destroyed it until the insect grabbed him to drop the baby in a volcano but the dog saved him. The dog pushed the insect into the volcano. The evil poop got didn't die he only got bigger and meaner. He started stomping around. Diaper baby grabbed a giant toilet paper roll and wrapped the poo and took it to Mars. The baby and dog to a bar while they were in outer space. They bought a super power drink and gave it to Captain Underpants. Captain Underpants regained his strength. The baby and dog went home. The dog got a diaper too and he and the baby was matching. Everyone was happy. The end.

January 28, 2002
When the principal discovers incorrigible fourth graders George and Harold in the gym, running over ketchup packets with their skateboards, he punishes them with the assignment of writing a 100-page essay on good citizenship and cautions them against turning in another comic book about Captain Underpants. No problemo for this creative duo, who instead invent another—slightly younger—"super hero." The madcap misadventures of this diapered daredevil possess all the kid-tickling silliness that fans of his underwear-clad predecessor apparently can't get enough of—plus ample doses of bathroom humor. When the doctor gives him "the spank of life" at birth, he slaps the newborn too hard and the infant goes flying out the hospital window, landing in a container of "super power juice" that evil Deputy Dangerous has zapped from Captain Underpants. Then, trying to retrieve the powers from Baby, the villain inadvertently turns himself into the "piece of poo" that was in the young hero's diaper. "Deputy Doo-Doo" then seeks revenge—alas, to no avail, since in the end, his once-loyal pooch and Baby wrap him up mummy-like in (what else?) toilet paper. Visually similar to the Captain Underpants capers, Pilkey's latest is replete with misspellings, pleasingly bad puns and the "flip-o-rama" feature that slips some rudimentary animation into these preposterously good-humored pages. Novice graphic-novel creators will appreciate a concluding "How 2 Draw" section. Ages 7-10.

June 1, 2002
Gr 2-5-Another goofy, gross-out selection from a popular author. In this, their first graphic novel, Harold and George are caught in the act of skateboarding over ketchup packets in the gym and ordered by Principal Krupp to write an essay on good citizenship. After strict instructions against turning in another "Captain Underpants" comic book, the boys decide to create a new superhero. When super power juice is sucked out of Captain Underpants by the evil Deputy Dangerous, it appears that all is lost. However, the potent liquid is ingested by a newborn baby and "Super Diaper Baby" is born. In a plot to recapture the juice from the infant, Deputy Dangerous inadvertently becomes "Deputy Doo-Doo" when he is turned into a giant "poop" by his own invention. Where do the heroes take him? "Why Uranus, of course!" Puns, jokes about bodily functions, and ludicrous misspellings will keep children who enjoy this level of comedy suitably entertained. ("What's the difference between boogers and broccoli? Kids won't eat broccoli.") Any library with a "Captain Underpants" (Scholastic) following will want to own multiple copies of this title as well.-Piper L. Nyman, Fairfield Suisun Community Library, Fairfield, CA

Copyright 2002 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.