DESPERATE DAN 1997

Comic strip character Desperate Dan checks in his "Cow-pie" at Heathrow Airport, before being whisked off by British Midland to The Dandy headquarters in Dundee, where the legendary cowpoke will be return to his hallowed front cover slot, after his dramatic resignation last week. The Dandy, Britain's longest running comic, is celebrating its 60th anniversary, with British Midland launching its very own Desperate Dan Day on December 4.