History ComicBook / MillieTheModel

Millie herself has interacted with the wider Franchise/MarvelUniverse on occasion. She was on the guest list for the wedding of [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Reed Richards and Sue Storm]], and has occasionally turned up in other Marvel titles over the years. Most recently, Millie was the star of the 2009-2010 miniseries ''[[ComicBook/ModelsIncMarvelComics 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, ''[[ComicBook/FifteenLoveMarvelComics 15 Love]]'', in which she is recast as a teenage tennis player who also becomes a model. In 2015 an alternate-universe RobotGirl version of her appeared in ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' as "Mill-E the Model Citizen".

* BellyDancer: On the [[http://static4.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_small/5/54649/1048276-millie_the_model_170.jpg cover]] of issue #170.

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[[caption-width-right:350:A typical day for a couple of [[SublimeRhyme haughty hotties]].]]

!!''Millie the Model'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* FashionModel: Millie is a supermodel, and her co-workers are also models.

Millie appeared in the ''Millie the Model'' title as well as several spinoffs, including ''A Date with Millie'', ''Life with Millie'', ''Mad About Millie'' and ''Modelling with Millie'', from 1945 to 1973. Chili Storm also had her own title, ''Chili'', from 1969 to 1973.

Millie herself has interacted with the wider Franchise/MarvelUniverse on occasion. She was on the guest list for the wedding of [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Reed Richards and Sue Storm]], and has occasionally turned up in other Marvel titles over the years. Most recently, 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, ''[[ComicBook/FifteenLoveMarvelComics 15 Love]]'', in which she is recast as a teenage tennis player who also becomes a model. In 2015 an alternate-universe RobotGirl version of her appeared in ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' as "Mill-E the Model Citizen".

Millie herself has interacted with the wider Franchise/MarvelUniverse on occasion. She was on the guest list for the wedding of [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Reed Richards and Sue Storm]], and has occasionally turned up in other Marvel titles over the years. Most recently, 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. In 2015 an alternate-universe RobotGirl version of her appeared in ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' as "Mill-E the Model Citizen".

''Millie the Model'' was one of Creator/MarvelComics' [[PrintLongRunners 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 "[[TheProblemWithPenIsland Flicker]]"), and her "redheaded rival", Chili Storm. Other characters include Millie's boss, Mr. Hanover; FatGirl pal Daisy, and Daisy's [[{{Expy}} Jughead-esque]] boyfriend, Marvin.

* FatGirl: Millie's friend Daisy is a relatively happy and well-adjusted example of the type.

* SuddenlySexuality: Chili was made bisexual (mostly lesbian) in 2009's ''Models, Inc.''

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 ''Franchise/ArchieComics'' title, albeit one about young professionals instead of high-schoolers.

Very similar to the ''Franchise/ArchieComics'' series ''ComicBook/KatyKeene'', which even debuted in the same year. Compare ''ComicBook/PatsyWalker''.

* {{Expy}}: Marvin is quite similar to ''Franchise/ArchieComics''' Jughead in personality -- lazy, perpetually hungry, and while he has a girlfriend in Daisy (herself something of a Big Ethel Expy), he's remarkably inattentive to her needs.

* SuddenlySexuality: Chili was made bisexual in 2009's ''Models, Inc.''

* WhooshInFrontOfTheCamera: In the story "Millie, the adorable Astronaut", she went to a photosession in Cape Canaveral but was confused with a real astronaut when she was wearing an astronaut costume, being launched to space accompanied with a "whoosh" for the surprise of all (which is also the main image of this trope).

* CoolCrown: Some of Millie's modeling jobs would give her a tiara as part of the outfit, to fit the UpMarketing tone.

* CostumePorn: A lot from reader submissions, that were incorporated into the comic.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Jill Jerold, a TokenBlack character introduced near the end of the romance-adventure era, disappeared entirely after the GenreShift (though she did turn up in the brief 2009 ''Models, Inc.'' revival.)

* SuddenlySexuality: Chili was made a lesbian (or possibly bisexual) in 2009's ''Models, Inc.''

Millie herself has interacted with the wider Franchise/MarvelUniverse on occasion. She was on the guest list for the wedding of [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Reed Richards and Sue Storm]], and has occasionally turned up in other Marvel titles over the years. Most recently, 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.

[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/millie_94_4403.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:A typical day for a couple of [[SublimeRhyme haughty hotties]].]]

'''''Millie the Model''''' was one of Creator/MarvelComics' [[PrintLongRunners 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 "[[TheProblemWithPenIsland Flicker]]"), and her "redheaded rival", Chili Storm. Other characters include Millie's boss, Mr. Hanover; FatGirl pal Daisy, and Daisy's [[{{Expy}} Jughead-esque]] boyfriend, Marvin.

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/millie_94_4403.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:A typical day for a couple of [[SublimeRhyme haughty hotties]].]]

* FleetingDemographicRule: Many Millie stories would be reprinted (possibly with minor art changes to reflect current fashion trends) a few years later, under the assumption that the original audience had moved on.

** JackKirby, of all people, guest starred in a 1962 story. He never actually drew ''Millie'' in RealLife, but in the story, he needs a life model for the girl in one of his monster stories. See some of the highlights [[http://bullyscomics.blogspot.com/2009/08/24-hours-with-jack-kirby-hour-10.html on Bully's Comics blog]].

* LadyInRed: At least in the covers, Millie often wears red dresses, very tidily drawing attention to her and setting her up and someone who wants to draw attention with her looks.

* PimpedOutDress

* FashionShow

* LadyInRed: At least in the covers, Millie often wears red dresses.