Desperate Dan is a wild west character in the now-defunct British comic magazine The Dandy, and became its mascot. He made his appearance in the first issue which was dated 4 December 1937. He is apparently the world's strongest man, able to lift a cow with one hand. The pillow of his bed is filled with building rubble and his beard is so tough he shaves with a blowtorch. His favourite food is Cow Pie
Here a little passerby is giving the dog some attention.
Partly hidden by the boy is a small statue of Minnie the Minx firing a catapult. Minnie was a character in the Beano a sister comic of the Dandy.
The statues are in the centre of Dundee, where the comics were published by D C Thomson and Co
