Millie the Model Comics by Timely and Atlas
Millie comes from a time when women were supposed to know their places, and have impossible bust-to-waist ratios.
Times have changed, and it's partly that social shift that makes this series seem somewhat charming again.
Millie ran for many years before falling out of favor. Some of her appearances are truly rare comics.
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Millie the Model #1 (1945)
Record Sale: $2,650
Minimum Value: $130
Millie the Model #4
Record Sale: $10,800
Minimum Value: $40
Millie the Model #9
Record Sale: $8,960
Minimum Value: $150
Millie the Model #12
Record Sale: $410
Minimum Value: $70
Millie the Model #15
Record Sale: $250
Minimum Value: $10
Millie the Model #18
Record Sale: $1,550
Minimum Value: $150
Millie the Model #23
Record Sale: $180
Minimum Value: $10
Millie the Model #26
Record Sale: $340
Minimum Value: $50
Millie the Model #29
Record Sale: $
Minimum Value: $
Millie the Model #34
Record Sale: $840
Minimum Value: $20
Millie the Model #37
Record Sale: $200
Minimum Value: $50
Millie the Model #40
Record Sale: $2,640
Minimum Value: $70
Millie the Model #45
Record Sale: $230
Minimum Value: $60
Millie the Model #48
Record Sale: $1,910
Minimum Value: $90
Joker Comics #28 (1947)
Record Sale: $4,450
Minimum Value: $70
Comedy Comics #1 (1948)
Record Sale: $9,600
Minimum Value: $80
Lana #1 (1948)
Record Sale: $900
Minimum Value: $100
Showgirls #1 (1957)
Record Sale: $9,600
Minimum Value: $80
Date With Millie #1 (1956)
Record Sale: $2,870
Minimum Value: $550
Date With Millie #1 (1959)
Record Sale: $3,360
Minimum Value: $100
Life With Millie #8
Record Sale: $190
Minimum Value: $20
Chili #1 (1969)
Millie's rival
Record Sale: $410
Minimum Value: $10
Millie the Model was a comedy series published by Timely Comics, a predecessor to Marvel, and then taken over by Atlas Comics.
It began in 1945 and ran through to 1973 for a total of 207 issues, making it the publisher's longest running and most successful humour title. The character of Millie the Model was so popular that it inspired several spin-off series such as A Date with Millie, Life with Millie, Modelling with Millie and Mad About Millie.
The character was created by writer and artist Ruth Atkinson, who is considered a pioneer of female cartoonists in the comic book industry.
Full name Millie Collins, the character is originally from Sleepy Gap, Kansas, but moves to New York City to become a model and is a very career-driven one at that. Eventually Millie goes on to open her own modelling agency in New York City.
Her nemesis is a red-headed model known as Chili. Dan Decarlo is responsible for the character's essential look and Stan Lee would subsequently take over the writing of the series, with the help of Stan Goldberg sitting in as the later artist. Goldberg kept the general look and feel of the character close to the original.
For a brief period the series left the humour realm, and focused more on the romance of Millie with her photographer boyfriend, Clicker Holbrook, whom she meets at the Hanover Modelling Agency.
The series would later return to its more comedic roots before ending in 1973.
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