Alf Tupper runs happily on the moors wall art Desperate Dan made his appearance

Desperate Dan made his appearance in the first issue of The Dandy – the sister comic to The Beano – which was dated 4 December 1937

I love the hair cuts – he looks like Dirk Bogarde and she resembles Jackie O

creatures created by Finnish author and illustrator Tove Jansson in 1945

There have also been a number of games based on the characters

Alf Tupper runs happily on the moors wall art Desperate Dan made his appearanceGritty. If there was one word to sum up Alf Tupper, it was that. And Alf enjoyed the contest, enjoyed pitting himself against the elements and other runners. He certainly looks happy here, perhaps somewhere on the Yorkshire moors? Alf Tupper, styled The Tough Of The Track, was the flagship character in The Victor comic, published from 1961 until the early 1990s. Alf started life in the all text comic The Rover in the late 1940s, but transferred to the