Comic character, reckless and wild (9,3)

I believe the answer is:

desperate dan

'comic character' is the definition.
(Desperate Dan is a comic book character)

'reckless and wild' is the wordplay.
'reckless' becomes 'desperate' (I've seen this before).
'wild' indicates anagramming the letters.
'and' with letters rearranged gives 'dan'.
'desperate'+'dan'='DESPERATE DAN'

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Telegraph.

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