Who appeared on the front cover of the first issue of the British comic 'The Dandy' in 1937?

The Dandy was a long-running British children's comic published by DC Thomson. The first issue was printed in December 1937, making it the world's third-longest running comic, after Detective Comics (cover dated March 1937) and Il Giornalino (cover dated 1 October 1924). It was one of the best selling comics in British popular culture, along with The Beano, sales of The Dandy reached two million a week in the 1950s. The final printed edition was issued on 4 December 2012, the comic's 75th anniversary, after sales slumped to 8,000 a week.

The comic has had a number of different cover stars (comic strips appearing on the front cover). The first was Korky the Cat, who was on the cover from 1937–1984. Then Desperate Dan, long since the comic's most popular character, took over the cover. He retained this position until 1999 when he was replaced as cover star by Cuddles and Dimples. However, they were not on the cover for very long and Desperate Dan had been restored to the cover by the end of 2000. Desperate Dan was replaced on the front cover by Jak, a character created for the cover.