Shazam!
The popularity ofShazamhas long been established in DC Comics , sparking an entire family of similar characters built up around the hero . However , there is one similar hero who is definitely not a crime - fighting equal but is instead the British version of Shazam . This version is more of a parody than an adequate , though he has bear witness to be a powerful hero , one who father his business leader from eating bananas .
Bananaman made his first show in the amusing strip issue calledNuttyin February of 1980 . The hero was make by Steve Bright , Dave Donaldson , and John Geering and has appear in a act of other publications since his initial debut . Bananaman became so popular that there was even a sketch based on the comic that ran from 1983 to 1986 on the BBC . Whilethe airtime for this version of Shazamwas short lived , Bananaman was still published as a amusing well into the 2010s and remains relevant to this day .
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The similarities between Bananaman and Shazam are striking , especially when regard the heroes ’ alter egos . Much like how Billy Batson becomes the reverent Italian sandwich after uttering the give-and-take " Shazam " , Bananaman ’s alter ego , Eric Wimp , becomes his rendering of Shazam whenever he eats a banana . Once in his most perdurable form , the law of similarity retain between Bananaman and Shazam . Bananaman has super strength , flight of steps , impregnability , and the power to breathe in space . One of the differences between the characters , which is where the put-on seems to lie , is that Bananaman is incredibly unintelligent . The comic strip pronounce Bananaman has the muscles of twenty mankind and the brains of twenty muscularity . While the comedian prettyobviously make a jab at Shazam , he is n’t the only amusing book character on the chopping block .
TheBananamanseries mocks a mickle of preexisting comic characters , including one of the most nefarious character in Marvel Comics , Doctor Doom . In the Bananaman Universe , there is no Doctor Doom , there is only Doctor Gloom . While having almost nothing in vulgar with the Marvel villain aside from the name similarities , Doctor Gloom is a parody of not just Doctor Doom but all nefarious Dr. in comics who exude villainy seemingly for its own interest .
The British translation ofShazam contract his worshipful powersfrom banana , which itself is n’t a special parody of anything rather it is just a ridiculous source of staggering great power . The comedy really uprise once Wimp becomes Bananaman and break on countless misadventures depict him doing his best to relieve the daytime . While Bananaman does blench in comparability toShazam , he is an fantastically fun fiber who call out funny comic book tropes and pushes the importance of potassium inspiration .
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