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Comic book series

Millie the Model was Marvel Comics' longest running humor title, first published by the company's 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, and continuing through its 1950s forerunner, Atlas Comics, to 1970s Marvel. The comic book series deals with Millie Collins, an aspiring model working for the Hanover Modeling Agency.

The Millie the Model series ran 207 issues (cover dated Winter 1945 to December 1973), and spin offs including A Date with Millie, Life with Millie, Mad About Millie and Modeling with Millie. At first a funny career gal book about New York City model Millie Collins, it very quickly changed into a wider, more slapstick comedy, although for a time becoming a romantic adventure series with all the same characters (#113–153, March 1963 – August 1967), before returning to humor. Both the trademarked cover title and the copyrighted title as per its postal indicia are Millie the Model Comics through issue #94. The cover title then becomes simply Millie the Model, although the copyrighted title did not change to match until issue #144. Following this first issue, subsequent early stories were drawn mostly by Timely staffer Mike Sekowsky. Millie has also appeared in the superhero comics The Defenders #65 (November 1978), Dazzler #34 (October 1985), The Sensational She Hulk #60 (February 1994), and in the kitschy flashback series The Age of the Sentry #3 (January 2009). Millie starred alongside Patsy Walker and Mary Jane Watson in a 23 page story "Un enchanted Evening". by writer Paul Tobin and artist Colleen Coover, in King Size Spider Man Summer Special #1 (October 2008). Millie stars in the four issue miniseries Models, Inc. (October 2009 – January 2010). She appeared in the 2019 Fearless anthology series.

Aspiring model Millicent "Millie" Collins of Sleepy Gap, Kansas, moves to New York. She meets photographer Clicker (originally Flicker) Holbrook who arranges an introduction at the Hanover Modelling Agency. She is hired as a model by the agency. At the start of the series her best friend was regular character Toni Turner; later on Toni became a recurring character, and her role as best friend and confidant was Daisy, the agency's wardrobe assistant. She becomes romantically involved with Clicker Holbrook. At one point, she shares an apartment on the East Side of Manhattan with Toni Turner. Near the end of the series, Millie and Daisy shared an apartment. Throughout the series, redheaded model Chili Storm was Millie's friendly nemesis (Millie: "Sorry I'm late! I just got back from the salon!" Chili: "Too bad they didn't have time to take you!" Millie [ringing phone drawn in foreground]: "Oh, there's the phone". Chili: "Wow! I'll bet you can also identify doorbells and auto horns!"). When Millie wasn't around, however, Chili would sometimes speak up for her colleague. Chili starred in her own 1969–1973 spin off series. In addition to regular appearances by Millie, Chili, Clicker and Daisy, there were occasional appearances by Howard Hanover, Toni Turner, Marvin, Agnes Ames (in charge of Wardrobe at the modeling agency) and a colleague who helped with agency sets and maintenance, Chili's wealthy boyfriend Reginald Goldmine, and Miss Scrubbley. Very late in the series, Mr. Hanover had a daffy platinum blonde assistant, Dolly. Millie's parents are Nancy and Henry Collins. She has one younger brother, Henry Collins Jr.

Millie Collins has no superpowers. She is a talented model, actress, and businesswoman. Across the Millie the Model comic book series, Millie's beauty allows her to attract everyone's attention.

Mark Seifert of Bleeding Cool called Millie Collins "Marvel's most famous character outside its superhero universe," describing her as an "iconic character and one of the most important in Marvel's history." Jenna Anderson of ComicBook. com included Millie Collins in their "10 Marvel Studios Special Presentations We Still Want to See" list, while writing, "Beyond the narrative repercussions of telling the story of the MCU's Millie Collins, introducing her could further expand what the franchise is capable of. After years of complicated, male gaze friendly depictions of female heroines, Phase 4 of the MCU is gradually beginning to get more feminine. Not only is it putting more female characters in the spotlight, but it is giving them distinct approaches to their day to day life that go beyond half hearted quips and inexplicably perfect hairstyles — something that a modern take on characters like Millie and Chili could take that even further." Megan Nicole O'Brien of Comic Book Resources ranked Millie Collins 6th in their "Marvel: 10 Best Golden Age Heroines" list.

In 1968, the Millie the Model comic book series won an Alley Award for "Best Romance Comic" at the New York Comic Art Convention. Jonathan Bagamery of Comic Book Resources ranked the Millie the Model comic book series 1st in their "10 Best Romance Comics From Marvel Comics" list, saying, "Despite what her rivals might think, the true reigning queen of romance at Marvel is Millie the Model. Ruth Atkinson, co creator of Patsy Walker, designed Millie for Timely Comics in 1945. For nearly 30 years, Millie's long running search for romance crossed multiple genres. The popular title spawned several spin offs, including Life with Millie and Modeling with Millie. Iconic Archie artist Dan DeCarlo had an influential ten year run on Millie the Model, and the series also featured art from Al Hartley and Stan Goldberg. When Millie ended in December 1973, her finale signaled the end of Marvel's romance boom. Millie and other beloved characters from the Golden Age occasionally make memorable appearances in Marvel's superhero titles. But the House of Ideas has never repeated its early success with tales of true love." of Screen Rant called the comic book series "one of the most successful comedy series Marvel Comics ever published," writing, "The content was typically harmless fun: aside from the strictly humorous stories, a number of adventure stories were published throughout the years. They weren't necessarily revolutionary, but Marvel was clearly doing something right it's no accident that the series stuck around for as long as it did."

A 1986 Off Broadway musical, Dial "M" For Model by John Epperson, inspired by Millie but not a direct adaptation, was staged at LaMaMa E. T. C. It featured the female impersonator Lypsinka as Mannequin St. Claire, a character based on Chili.