The Beano: Yorkshire Olympic hero immortalised on cover as ‘Ennis the Menace’

Olympic hero Jessica Ennis is being immortalised on the cover of The Beano as “Ennis the Menace”.

The heptathlon gold medal winner has become the star of a special edition of the famous comic celebrating the success of British athletes at London 2012.

Ennis is featured taking part in the “Menace Heptathlon”.

Publisher DC Thompson said in a statement: “Just when she thought her golden summer couldn’t get any better...”

The special issue will be available in shops from today.

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Ennis’s latest accolade comes days after she was welcomed back to her home city of Sheffield by more than 10,000 cheering fans and it underlines her status as Great Britain’s “poster girl” from the Olympic team.

She has already confirmed
she would be interested in appearing as a mentor on
Simon Cowell’s X Factor show following her gold medal success,
in a move which would bring massive prime television publicity in addition to her sporting achievements.

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