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Durham, Dauntless. Dauntless Durham was created by Harry Hershfield (Desperate Desmond) and appeared in the comic strip “Dauntless Durham of the U.S.A.” (1913-1914).

Dauntless Durham is “the ideal of the young American.” He is a college boy, clean-cut, well-dressed, always smoking a pipe (even while playing polo), and is a sportsman. Unfortunately, his girlfriend, Katrina, is always being abducted, or threatened with abduction, by the delightful scoundrel Desperate Desmond, and Durham is forced to chase Desmond and Katrina around the world. Ultimately Desmond rescues Katrina and marries her while Desmond is forced to return home to his wife and three children.

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