Bananaman

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Original strip

The original strip, written by Steve Bright and mostly drawn by John Geering until his death in 1999, is essentially a parody of Superman and occasionally other Silver Age characters, whilst also combining comic slapstick with a heavy dose of eccentric British humour similar to Alan Moore's contemporary work on Captain Britain. Eric Wimp, an ordinary schoolboy, living at 29 Acacia Road, Nuttytown, eats a banana to transform into Bananaman, a lantern-jawed adult superhero, sporting a distinctive cowled blue and yellow outfit complete with a yellow two-tailed cape resembling a banana skin. His superpowers include the ability to fly, superhuman strength (often quoted as "twenty men... twenty big men" but sometimes limitless), and seeming invulnerability.

Related Topics:
John Geering - 1999 - Superman - Silver Age - British humour - Alan Moore - Captain Britain - Schoolboy - Banana - Lantern-jawed - Superhero - Cape - Superpower - Invulnerability

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Eric was rocketed to Earth from the Moon as a baby, and gained his powers because the crescent moon resembles a banana. He has a kryptonite-style weakness to mouldy bananas, and at one point even a Fortress of Solitude-style building at the North Pole, made out of a giant banana.

Related Topics:
Moon - Kryptonite - Fortress of Solitude

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