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''Millie the Model'' was one of [[Marvel Comics]]' [[Print Long Runners|longest-running]] features. It showcased Millie Collins, a young model for the Hanover Agency, along with her best friend, Toni Turner; her photographer and boyfriend, "Clicker" (originally "[[The Problem with Pen Island|Flicker]]"), and her "redheaded rival", Chili Storm. Other characters include Millie's boss, Mr. Hanover; [[Fat Girl]] pal Daisy, and Daisy's [[Expy|Jughead-esque]] boyfriend, Marvin.
Millie appeared in the ''Millie the Model'' title as well as several
Originally a humor feature, ''Millie the Model'' became a romance-adventure series between 1963 and 1967, before shifting back to humor for the remainder of its run. As a humor feature (and particularly in the 1967-1973 incarnation, which closely mimicked the Archie house style), ''Millie'' read something like a slightly more sophisticated [[Archie Comics]] title, albeit one about young professionals instead of high schoolers.
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While hardly what one now thinks of as "typical" Marvel Comics, Millie's were quite successful for many years. Many of Millie's writers are better known for other comics. Denny O'Neil, Roy Thomas and Gary Friedrich are among her writers in the "romance-adventure" years. And the writer for the vast majority of her humor stories? None other than [[Stan Lee]] himself! Indeed, Stan has often said in interviews that humor writing is his first love, and even as he gradually cut back his direct involvement with Marvel's superhero titles, he kept writing ''Millie''.
Millie herself has interacted with the wider [[Marvel Universe]] on occasion. She was on the guest list for the wedding of [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Reed Richards and Sue Storm]], and has occasionally turned up in other Marvel titles over the years. Most recently,{{when}} Millie was the star of the 2009-2010 miniseries ''Models, Inc.'' Rather surprisingly, Chili Storm has also turned up (''sans'' Millie) in several stories in the "Marvel Adventures" line. In 2011, Millie starred in ''another'' miniseries, ''15 Love'', in which she is recast as a teenage tennis player.
She also crossed over with ''[[Sherry The Showgirl]]'', and she and Chili co-starred with Sherry in the comic ''[[Comic Book/Showgirls|Showgirls]]''.
Very similar to the [[Archie Comics]] series ''[[Katy Keene]]'', which even debuted in the same year.
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* [[Alliterative Name]]: ''Millie the Model'' was one of several similar "career girl" titles launched around the same time: ''Nellie the Nurse'', ''Sherry the Showgirl'', and ''Tessie the Typist'' were others.
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