INTERLUDE: Modeling with Millie #44

Whom Can I Turn To?/Millie Accused!/A Time for Crying!

Featuring: Millie the Model
Release: October 5, 1965
Cover: December 1965
12 cents
18 pages

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Someday I’m gonna marry this adorable gal… but I’ve got to wait until she gets this career idea out of her system!

No credits are given. This was a production error as the title usually includes credits. Pencils are by Stan Goldberg with inks by Frank Giacoia and Joe Giella. The script is by a young man named Roy Thomas.

It seems like Millie’s dreams have come true when she, Tony, and Chili are sent to Paris by Mr. Hanover to model for Jacques D’eau, the most famous fashion designer in the world.

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Detective Comics #341

The Joker’s Comedy Capers!

Featuring: Batman and Robin
Release: May 27, 1965
Cover: July 1965
Price: 12 cents
15.33333… pages

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No credits are given. The story is by John Broome, Carmine Infantino, and Joe Giella.

The cover is another cover in sequential art panel format. We’ve seen very few of those. Amazing Spider-Man #4 a rare exception.

Joker’s plot is to pretend to be a movie producer making movies about fake crimes that are actually real crimes being filmed. Mr. Fear had a basically identical plan in Daredevil #6, released 5 months earlier. I pointed out then that filming your crimes is a bad idea.

Joker is writing, directing, producing, and starring in all these films. His first role is as the Tramp robbing a bank.

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