Bananaman is a British comic book fictional character. Bananaman is a parody of traditional superheroes, being portrayed as a schoolboy who is transformed into a muscled, caped figure when he eats a banana. The character originally appeared in
Nutty as the backpage strip in
Issue 1, dated 16 February 1980 drawn by
John Geering. He has since appeared in
The Dandy and
The Beano.