Mike Tindall guest-edits Beano for 45th anniversary of character Bananaman

Former rugby subordinate Mike Tindall has guest-edited an variation of Beano celebrating the 45th day of the hapless superhero quality Bananaman.

The 46-year-old, who is joined to Zara Tindall, girl of the Princess Royal, tin beryllium seen wearing an identical bluish and yellowish suit to the fictional quality connected the comic’s beforehand cover.

Tindall reflects connected his rugby vocation successful the editor’s missive and features successful a communicative wherever helium teams up with Bananaman to prevention Beanotown from a rampaging troll.

He said: “It’s been superb to measurement into the satellite of Beano and articulation Bananaman connected this epic adventure.

“I loved reading Beano growing up, and present being capable to stock that with my ain kids is truly cool.

“Bananaman’s 45th day is simply a reminder that fun, laughter, and a spot of mischief ne'er spell retired of style, and sharing laughter with kids is timeless.”

Tindall’s editor’s missive reads: “Hi everybody! When the Editor asked maine to articulation the naughtiest, astir mischievous squad successful the world, I thought helium meant a rugby team. But nary – helium was talking astir you Beano readers! Gulp!

“When I was your age, I lived successful the country. I was extracurricular each day, riding bikes, jumping disconnected hay bales, exploring the woods – thing to annoy farmers! I was ever getting chased!

“My heroes were sportspeople – Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan. But I didn’t privation to beryllium similar them. I wanted to bushed them! I’m VERY competitive!

“I wasn’t superb astatine 1 sport, but I was strong, determined and willing. I recovered a manager who believed successful maine and took each accidental I got. Then 1 time I had the Rugby World Cup successful my hands!

“My occupation present is being a dada and I emotion it. It’s important to acceptable a bully example, truthful I play pranks connected the kids and their mum.”

His missive besides encourages children to instrumentality connected a sport, if they person the chance.

Bananaman archetypal appeared successful Nutty comic successful 1980 and has starred successful Beano since 2012.

He was primitively conceived arsenic a playful parody of accepted superheroes, super-strong and capable to fly, but comically clueless.

Mike Stirling, manager of mischief, Beano Studios, said: “Mike Tindall and Bananaman are the eventual imagination team!

“A rugby fable and a superhero celebrated for epic failure… what could perchance spell wrong?

“Beano brings families unneurotic done shared laughs, truthful this day variation celebrates that, with astir apt the funniest Bananaman communicative of all-time!”

The peculiar 45th Bananaman Anniversary contented of Beano, guest-edited by Tindall, is disposable successful selected supermarkets and newsagents, and online connected magsdirect from Wednesday February 12 2025.