Bananaman Annual

A gleefully absurd British institution, Bananaman Annual collected the daft adventures of the bumbling schoolboy Eric who transforms into a caped, banana-powered superhero. Published by D.C. Thomson from 1984 to 1987, these four annuals compiled the strip’s signature slapstick from The Beano, where artist John Geering and writer Steve Bright defined the character’s cheerful, low-stakes world. While never a serious contender, the annuals cemented Bananaman’s place as a beloved staple of British children’s comics, offering a pure, silly antidote to more earnest superhero fare.