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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
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 ''[[
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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.
* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]: The Hanover Agency's three top models: Millie, Toni and Chili.
* [[Britain Is Only London]]: Millie and her pals visited Swinging London several times in 1966-67. As seen [http://bullyscomics.blogspot.com/2011/03/millie-model-in-london-night-3.html here], Toni seemed to think taking a bus to Liverpool (to visit the birthplace of [[The Beatles]], natch), then coming back to London to see Big Ben ''on the same day'' was an eminently reasonable plan.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: As a girl-oriented feature in an overwhelmingly boy-oriented line, the series itself was often the butt of jokes in Marvel's own hype pages. Even when Marvel occasionally tried to push the series to its [[Periphery Demographic]], the hype had a certain grudging quality, as in this "Bullpen Bulletin":
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* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Jill Jerold, a [[Token Black]] character introduced near the end of the romance-adventure era, disappeared entirely after the [[Genre Shift]] (though she did turn up in the brief 2009 ''Models, Inc.'' revival.)
* [[Costume Porn]]: A lot from reader submissions, that were incorporated into the comic.
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* [[Curtain Clothing]]: Improvised by Millie's friend after Chili swipes Millie's dress for a fashion contest.
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Millie's best friend, Toni, barely appears in post-1967 stories, except for the occasional [[Side-Story Bonus Art]] "fashion pin-up" page. Presumably much of this is due to the nasty, scheming Chili offering better story hooks for short humor stories than nice, supportive Toni.
* [[Distracted
* [[Expy]]: Marvin is quite similar to [[Archie Comics]]' Jughead in personality -- lazy, perpetually hungry, and while he has a girlfriend in Daisy, he's remarkably inattentive to her needs.
* [[Everyone Loves Blondes]]: Millie is often the center of attention where she goes.
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* [[Glory Seeker]]: The Marvel Adventures version of Chili, who fights crime as "The Lynx" only to publicize herself and the Lynx comic that runs in ''Poser'', a fashion magazine. She [[An Aesop|learns a lesson]] by the end of the story.<ref>''Marvel Adventures Spider-Man (Vol. 2) #10''</ref>
* [[Hair of Gold]]: Millie herself.
* [[Impossible Hourglass Figure]]: [[Depending
* [[Jerkass]]: Chili, usually.
* [[Lady in Red]]: At least in the covers, Millie often wears red dresses.
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* [[Passive-Aggressive Kombat]]: Millie and Chili
* [[Pimped-Out Dress]]
* [[The Problem
* [[Pretty in Mink]]: Millie and Chili own a few fur wraps, and have modeled several furs.
** One issue showed Millie was hired to model a coat in the middle of summer.
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