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Eric Wimp (later Eric Twinge), a young schoolboy, originally lived at 29 Acacia Road, Nuttytown. Whenever he eats a banana he transforms into Bananaman, an adult superhero, and sports a distinctive blue and yellow outfit. His superpowers include the ability to fly, super human strength, and resistance to damage.

The overall tone of the strip, mostly drawn by John Geering until his death in 1999, is essentially a parody of Superman and similar superheroes, which combines usual comic slapstick with a heavy dose of eccentric British humour and, considering the medium, the occasional subversive element. 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 SolitudeFictional buildings The Fortress of Solitude is the occasional headquarters of Superman in DC Comics. Its predecessor, Superman's "Secret Citadel", first appeared in Superman #17, where it was said to be built into a mountain on the outskirts of Metropoli-style building at the North Pole, made out of a giant banana. This origin story, however, would later contradict the one seen in the 19911991 like 2002, is a palindromic year. It also has the same calendar as 2002, including Easter on March 31. It is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January January 2 Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first blac Dandy Annual. Here Eric was a normal Earth baby in a maternity hospital, and inherited his powers after unintentionally eating a Banana that the villain General Blight had hidden a stolen supply of Saturnium in, and accidentally left it next to Eric.

Bananaman is allied with Chief O'Reilly, a stereotyped Irish policeman, apparently a homage to BatmanFor other uses see Batman (disambiguation Batman more properly known as The Batman and occasionally as The Bat-Man is a fictional character, a comic book superhero, first appearing in Detective Comics #27 in 1939. Most accounts suggest that he was co-crea's James GordonJames Gordon (Batman), fictional character Jim Gordon (musician) James Gordon (Mississippi), U., or the equally stereotyped Chief O'Hara in the 1960sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around BatmanBatman was the title of an exceptionally popular TV series based on the comic-book character Batman that aired on ABC TV for three seasons from 12 January, 1966 to 14 March, 1968. The series The series was produced in America and debuted at 7:30, Wednesda TV series. He used to wear an Indian feather headdress as a visual pun on Chief. He also used to work in a police station shaped like a giant police helmet.

Villains include Appleman, Weatherman, Clayman and Doctor Gloom, who are clearly based on other super villains, and more imaginative villains such as The Heavy Mob, Auntie, Impossible Man (who performs impossible things such as hopping at 100mph) and Scotsman (who controls haggisHaggis is a traditional Scottish dish. It is basically a very large sausage. It is usually served with mashed swedes and mashed potatoes (perhaps confusingly known as "neeps and tatties"). Although there are many recipes, it is normally made with the foll with a set of bagpipes).

As the strip gained in popularity these elements were toned down, and Bananaman gained a talking crow sidekick called simply Crow. The strip was aimed at a younger audience (Bananaman was now so stupid he often forgot how to fly, and for some reason the adult Bananaman started to go to school). Many of the pastiche villains were replaced by General Blight, a generic criminal mastermind.

In 1983 the BBC made a cartoon series which included a catchy theme tune and featured the voices of The Goodies. Graeme Garden voiced the characters of Bananaman, General Blight and Maurice of The Heavy Mob, Bill Oddie voiced the characters of Crow, Chief O'Reilly, Doctor Gloom, Eric and the Weatherman and Tim Brooke-Taylor voiced the characters of Auntie and Appleman, as well as narrating the episodes. It lasted for forty episodes between 3 October 1983 and 15 April 1986. Some of these episodes would eventually re-appear in print form in The Dandy in 1998, coinciding with the BBC repeating the series in that year.