Millie the Model Annual #8

This Queen-Size Special from 1969 promises "Twice as Many Pages, Twice as Many Laughs," and Stan Goldberg and Sol Brodsky's cover delivers the fun immediately — Millie herself floats above the title in a groovy outfit while below, two bikini-clad gals (one gleefully water-skiing, the other a redhead towed along for the ride) glide across the waves pulled by a pair of boys who are decidedly more in the water than on it. The speech bubbles capture the comic's breezy wit perfectly: "I never knew water skiing was such a groove!" answered with "And just wait till the boys can afford a BOAT!" With Stan Lee writing and Stan Goldberg illustrating, this oversized issue of Millie the Model is a cheerful slice of late-'60s Marvel charm built around "Groovy Gals and Goofy Gags.