I started working with Timely in 1946. Stan Lee hired me.

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• Dan DeCarlo:

  I brought samples in, because I didn't have any comic book samples, and I brought all these illustr

• Dan DeCarlo:

  The first book that they gave me was Jeannie, a young teenager. I went on with her maybe ten books.

• Dan DeCarlo:

  Then he took me off Jeannie and he gave me Millie the Model. That was a big break for me. It wasn't

• Dan DeCarlo:

  What made me want to go into doing comics was I was working as a laborer with my father, a gardener

• Dan DeCarlo:

  When I found this opportunity to answer the ad, I got the job and I've been there ever since.

• Dan DeCarlo:

  There were eleven publishers in New York City, and when it was all over, I think it went down to fo

• Dan DeCarlo:

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• Dan DeCarlo:

  Then is when I decided to take it to Archie to see if they could do it as a comic book. I showed it

• Dan DeCarlo:

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• Dan DeCarlo:

  After about twenty issues of Josie, they decided to pay me.