The Lollipop Dancer Gets Her Own Superhero Figure And Comic Strip Drawn By A Marvel Artist

A dancing woman who enjoys a ‘boogie’ has been given her own action figure and comic strip designed by a Marvel artist.

Sandy Cox, 56, from Doncaster, West Yorkshire, known as ‘Mrs Lollipop’ at her school, was given her very own action figure by Marvel artist Will Sliney as part of a celebration of ‘everyday heroes’.

She said: ‘The action figure is just amazing, it’s great. It’s like having a Madame Tussauds wax figure shrunken of myself.

Marvel artist Will Sliney used advanced 3D printing technology to design the model and made the comic strip to show how Ms. Cox did her job.

In the comic strip, she is shown leaping into action saying, “My name is Sandy, and I’m one of many everyday action heroes.”

And in the comic strip, she is shown leaping into action saying, “My name is Sandy and I’m one of many everyday action heroes.”

Marvel artist Will Sliney used advanced 3D printing technology to design the model and made the comic strip to show how Ms. Cox did her job.

Mrs Cox was working as a waitress at Maltby Lilly Hall Academy, Rotherham, when the crossing headmaster of the original school fell ill.

But she stepped in and eventually took the full-time job, and was known to schoolchildren as ‘Mrs Lollipop’.

Ms Cox, a mother of three, added her own touches and even plays music to dance to every Friday with the schoolchildren.

She added: “I was already working at the school as a dinner lady and I thought, ‘that could be fun.’

‘It just evolved from there, I got a permanent contract and I love it. I love watching children and have made many friends with parents, grandparents and carers.’

Mrs Cox stepped in and eventually took the job full-time, becoming known to schoolchildren as ‘Mrs. Lollipop’.

Ms Cox is one of four local government ‘superheroes’ who have been given their own action figure as part of an initiative by the UK’s biggest union, Unison.

Collectibles were made for residential care worker Denise King, librarian Emma Braker, and garbage worker Richard Brace.

Unison described the ‘superhero figures’ as intended to raise awareness of the role local council workers play in delivering essential services.

Ms Cox added: ‘I don’t think people fully realize all the valuable work councils do. It’s like when you see swans gliding by, but underneath there’s a furious splash to keep things moving.

‘I really love my job and am very proud to do what I do. I am very passionate about road safety and I think there is a lack of understanding about it among many young people.

‘There is no longer a focus on the green cross code, which is why we are so essential. And I’m not just helping kids cross the street. I am also helping parents, caregivers and grandparents.’

Around 1.3 million people work in local government in England and Wales, according to Unison.

Ms Cox is one of four local government ‘superheroes’ who have been given their own action figure as part of an initiative by the UK’s biggest union, Unison.

Collectibles have also been made for residential care worker Denise King, librarian Emma Braker, and garbage worker Richard Brace.