Jean Smythe, wife of Hartlepool artist Reg Smythe, unmasked the 5ft high bronze sculpture in the town's Headland area on Thursday.
The statue, by Shropshire artist Jane Robbins, captures the working class hero in a typically relaxed pose, but minus his trademark cigarette.
The cartoon first appeared in editions of the Daily Mirror in 1957.
The £20,000 monument now has pride of place outside the Harbour of Refuge pub, in Croft Terrace.
With video of the unveiling ceremony.
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