Editing Dan DeCarlo

{{short description|American cartoonist}}
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| notable works = *[[Archie Comics]]:<br>[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]<br>[[Josie and the Pussycats (comics)|Josie and the Pussycats]]<br>[[Cheryl Blossom]]<br />
* [[Marvel Comics]]:<br>[[Millie the Model]]
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'''Daniel S. DeCarlo''' (December 12, 1919 – December 18, 2001)<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Daniel DeCarlo - Obituary |url=https://obits.lohud.com/obituaries/lohud/obituary.aspx?n=daniel-s-decarlo&pid=149048683 |work=[[The Journal News]]|location=Lower Hudson Valley, New York |date=December 20, 2001 | access-date=September 1, 2020|archive-date=September 2, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200902234053/https://obits.lohud.com/obituaries/lohud/obituary.aspx?n=daniel-s-decarlo&pid=149048683|url-status=live}}</ref> was an American [[cartoonist]] best known for having developed the look of [[Archie Comics]] in the late 1950s and early 1960s, modernizing the characters to their contemporary appearance and establishing the publisher's house style up until his death. As well, he is the generally recognized co-creator of the characters [[Sabrina the Teenage Witch]], [[Josie and the Pussycats (comics)|Josie and the Pussycats]] (the title character of which was named for his wife), and [[Cheryl Blossom]].

==Early life and career==
Dan DeCarlo was born in [[New Rochelle]], New York,<ref name=nytimes /> the son of a gardener.<ref name=trades>DeCarlo in {{cite web|last=Carter |first=B. J. |url=http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=1645 |title=Interview: Dan DeCarlo: Archie, Josie and Dan |publisher=TheTrades.com |date=January 1, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527004200/http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=1645 |archive-date=May 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy}}</ref> He attended [[New Rochelle High School]], followed by [[Manhattan]]'s [[Art Students League of New York|Art Students League]] from 1938 to 1941, when he was [[conscription|drafted]] into the [[U.S. Army]]. Stationed in Great Britain, he worked in the motor pool and as a draftsman, and painted company [[Nose art|mascots on the noses of airplanes]]. He also drew a weekly military [[comic strip]], ''418th Scandal Sheet''.<ref name=uk>{{cite news |last=Woollcombe |first=Alan |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dan-decarlo-729621.html |title=Dan DeCarlo |work=[[The Independent]] |location=UK |date=January 1, 2002 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20100103040813/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dan-decarlo-729621.html |archive-date=January 3, 2010 |url-status=dead |df=mdy}}</ref> He met his wife, French citizen [[Josie DeCarlo|Josie Dumont]], on a [[dating|blind date]] in Belgium not long after the [[Battle of the Bulge]].<ref name=nytimes>{{cite news | last = Nash | first= Eric | url =https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/23/nyregion/dan-decarlo-archie-artist-and-creator-of-josie-and-the-pussycats-is-dead-at-82.html | title = Dan DeCarlo, Archie Artist and Creator of Josie and the Pussycats, Is Dead at 82 | work = [[The New York Times]] | date = December 23, 2001}}</ref>

==Atlas and Archie==
[[File:SherryShowgirl1.jpg|thumb|left|''Sherry the Showgirl'' #2 (Sept. 1956). Cover art by DeCarlo.]]
DeCarlo was married, with a pregnant wife, and working as a laborer for his father when he began to pursue a professional art career.<ref name=trades /> Circa 1947, answering an ad, he broke into the comic book industry at [[Timely Comics]], the 1940s iteration of [[Marvel Comics]]. Under editor-in-chief [[Stan Lee]], his first assignment was the teen-humor series ''Jeanie''.<!--spelled with one "n" as per covers shown at Grand Comics Database entry at http://www.comics.org/series/505/--> DeCarlo went uncredited, as was typical for most comic-book writers and artists of the era, and he recalled in 2001, "I went on with her maybe ten books. They used to call me 'The Jeanie Machine' because that was all Stan used to give me, was ''Jeanie''.... Then he took me off ''Jeanie'' and he gave me ''[[Millie the Model]]''. That was a big break for me. It wasn't doing too well and somehow when I got on it became quite successful."<ref name=trades />

He went on to an atypically long, 10-year run on that humor series, from issues #18–93 (June 1949 – Nov. 1959), most of them published by Marvel's 1950s predecessor, [[Atlas Comics (1950s)|Atlas Comics]].<ref name=millie>[http://www.comics.org/series/417/ ''Millie the Model''] at the [[Grand Comics Database]]</ref> DeCarlo and Lee also took over the ''[[My Friend Irma]]'' comic strip, spun off from the hit Marie Wilson radio comedy.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://cartoonician.com/everybodys-friend-remembering-stan-lee-and-dan-decarlos-my-friend-irma/ |title=Everybody's Friend: Remembering Stan Lee and Dan DeCarlo's 'My Friend Irma' |first=Tom |last=Heintjes |work=[[Hogan's Alley (magazine)|Hogan's Alley]] |issue=16 |year=2009 |access-date=March 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130319184704/http://cartoonician.com/everybodys-friend-remembering-stan-lee-and-dan-decarlos-my-friend-irma/ |archive-date=March 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy}}</ref> For a decade, DeCarlo wrote and drew the [[slapstick]]y adventures of Millie Collins, her redheaded friendly nemesis Chili Storm and the rest of the cast. He also contributed the short-lived ''Sherry the Showgirl'' and ''Showgirls'' for Atlas.<ref name=gcd>{{gcdb|type=credit|search=Dan+DeCarlo|title=Dan DeCarlo}}</ref> In 1960, he and Atlas editor-in-chief [[Stan Lee]] co-created the short-lived [[print syndication|syndicated]] [[comic strip]] ''[[Willie Lumpkin]]'', about a suburban [[mail carrier]],<ref>[http://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/de-carlo_dan.htm Dan DeCarlo] at the [[Lambiek]] Comiclopedia</ref> for the [[Chicago]]-based [[Publishers Syndicate]].<ref name=trades /> A version of the character later appeared as a long-running minor supporting character in Lee's later co-creation, the [[Marvel Comics]] series ''[[Fantastic Four]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/comic-book-legends-revealed-184/2/ |title=Comic Book Legends Revealed #184 |last=Cronin |first=Brian |date=December 4, 2008 |website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |access-date=March 19, 2013}}</ref>

As well during this period, DeCarlo created and drew [[Standard Comics]]' futuristic teen-humor comic book ''Jetta of the 21st Century''. Running three issues, #5–7 (Dec. 1952 - April 1953), it featured red-haired Jetta Raye and her friends at Neutron High School.<ref name="toonopedia-jetta">[http://toonopedia.com/jetta.htm ''Jetta of the 21st Century''] at [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]]. [https://archive.today/20240527234957/https://www.webcitation.org/6l6FCViT7?url=http://toonopedia.com/jetta.htm Archived] from the original on October 8, 2016.</ref>

In addition to his comic-book work, DeCarlo drew freelance pieces for the magazines ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]'' and ''[[Argosy Magazine|Argosy]]'', as well as Timely/Atlas publisher [[Martin Goodman (publisher)|Martin Goodman]]'s [[Humorama]] line of [[pin-up girl]] cartoon digests.<ref name=nytimes />

DeCarlo first freelanced for [[Archie Comics]], the company with which he became most closely associated, in the late 1950s while still freelancing for Atlas. He said in 2001,
{{Blockquote|I was looking for extra work. I went down to see [[Harry Shorten]] [at Archie] and he gave me a job. The pay wasn't too good, but I did it and he liked it – but I didn't go back right away. Finally after two or three weeks go, he called me up and wanted to know what happened, why I wasn't around. I said, 'Well, you know I'm very busy.' ... I had ''Millie the Model'', I had ''[[My Friend Irma (radio-TV)|My Friend Irma]]'', [and] ''[[Big Boy Restaurants#Adventures of the Big Boy comic book|Big Boy]]''. ... I told him, 'The people that I'm working for now let me do my own thing. But when I do work for you, it's "Draw like [[Bob Montana]]." And it's hard to look at your reference, and then back at your own page. It's very slow, and very tedious and I didn't like it too much.' He said, 'Come on in, and you can draw any way you like.' That made me go back with him.<ref name=trades />}}

DeCarlo is tentatively identified with Archie as early as the Jughead story "The Big Shot" in ''Archie Comics'' #48 (Feb. 1951),<ref name=gcd /> with his earliest confirmed credit the 3 3/4-page story "No Picnic" in ''Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica'' #4 (published in September 1951).<ref>[http://www.comics.org/issue/222065/ ''Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica'' #4] at the Grand Comics Database.</ref> His art soon established the publisher's house style.<ref name="cbr-defined">{{cite web | url = http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=688 | title = Dan DeCarlo Dead at Age of 82: Artist Defined Archie Comics Style for Decades | website= Comic Book Resources | date= December 20, 2001 | access-date = March 19, 2013 | archive-date = October 10, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121010073114/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=688 | url-status = live}}</ref> As well, he is the generally recognized creator of the teen-humor characters [[Sabrina the Teenage Witch]], [[Josie and the Pussycats (comics)|Josie and the Pussycats]], and [[Cheryl Blossom]].<ref name=uk />

===Josie===
DeCarlo created Josie on his own in the late 1950s; his wife, named Josie, said in an interview quoted in a DeCarlo obituary, "We went on a [[Caribbean]] cruise, and I had a [cat] costume for the cruise, and that's the way it started."<ref name=nytimes /> DeCarlo first tried to sell the character as a syndicated comic strip called ''Here's Josie'', recalling in 2001:
{{quote|text=When Publishers Syndicate in Chicago got interested in ''[[Willie Lumpkin]]'' ... I was also hustling my own strip and trying to get it published. Before we got to Publishers Syndicate, I went to [[United Feature]] in New York City with two strips — ''Barney's Beat'' and ''Josie''. [United Feature] told me they liked them both, and they'd like to see more samples, because I didn't bring much. I brought maybe six dailies of ''Barney's Beat'' and six dailies of ''Josie''. That posed a problem for me. I knew I couldn't handle both strips and still keep up with the comic book work, because a syndicated bit was very risky. So, I decided to shelve ''Josie'', and concentrated on ''Willie Lumpkin''. [When that strip ended after] a year, maybe a year and a half[,] I quickly submitted the Josie strip back to the publishers and Harold Anderson, and he sent it back and said, 'It's not what we're looking for, Dan, but keep up the good work,' or words of that kind. Then is when I decided to take it to Archie to see if they could do it as a comic book. I showed it to [[Richard Goldwater]], and he showed it to his father, and a day or two later I got the OK to do it as a comic book.<ref name=trades />}}
[[File:Lapick inking decarlo archie.png|left|400px|thumb|Original art panels from "The Reformer" in ''[[Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica]]'' No. 157 (Jan. 1969), featuring (l. to r.) [[Veronica Lodge]] and [[Archie Andrews (comics)|Archie Andrews]]. [[Penciler|Penciled]] by DeCarlo, [[inker|inked]] by [[Rudy Lapick]].]]
Josie was introduced in ''[[Archie's Pals and Gals|Archie's Pals 'n' Gals]]'' #23. The first issue of ''She's Josie'' followed, cover-dated February 1963.<ref>[http://www.comics.org/series/12919/ ''She's Josie''] at the [[Grand Comics Database]]</ref> The series featured levelheaded, sweet-natured Josie, her [[Blonde bombshell (stereotype)|blonde bombshell]] friend Melody, and [[bookworm]]ish brunette Pepper. These early years also featured the characters of Josie and Pepper's boyfriends Albert and Sock (real name Socrates); Albert's rival Alexander Cabot III; and Alex's twin sister Alexandra. Occasionally Josie and her friends appeared in "[[fictional crossover|crossover]]" issues with the main Archie characters. ''She's Josie'' was renamed ''Josie'' with issue #17 (Dec. 1965),<ref>[http://www.comics.org/series/12920/ ''Josie''] at the Grand Comics Database</ref> and again renamed, to ''Josie and the Pussycats'', with issue #45 (Dec. 1969), whereby Pepper was replaced by Valerie and Albert was replaced by Alan M. Under this title, the series finished its run with issue #106 (Oct. 1982).<ref>[http://www.comics.org/series/12921/ ''Josie and the Pussycats''] at the Grand Comics Database</ref> Josie and her gang also made irregular appearances in ''[[Pep Comics]]'' and ''[[Laugh Comics]]'' during the 1960s.
[[File:Dandecarlomens.png|thumb|right|300px|1956 example of DeCarlo's cartoon work for men's magazines. "Allan, are you trying to pull the wool over my eyes?"]]
When [[Universal Pictures]] was preparing the live-action movie adaptation ''[[Josie and the Pussycats (film)|Josie and the Pussycats]]'' in 2001, DeCarlo and Archie Comics became involved in a lawsuit over the character's creation, leading the publisher to terminate its 43-year relationship with him. A federal district court ruled in 2001 that Archie Comics owned the [[copyright]] to the Josie characters; this decision was affirmed by the [[Second Circuit Court of Appeals]].<ref name=supreme>Dean, Mike.{{cite web|url=http://www.tcj.com/aa02ws/n_decarlo.html |title=Supreme Court Rejects DeCarlo Appeal |access-date=December 19, 2005 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004155455/http://www.tcj.com/aa02ws/n_decarlo.html |archive-date=October 4, 2009 |work=[[The Comics Journal]]|issue=240|date=January 2002}}</ref> On December 11, 2001, the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] rejected an appeal filed by DeCarlo's attorney, Whitney Seymour Jr., who had argued that the issue was a matter of state [[property law]] and not federal copyright law.<ref name=supreme />

DeCarlo was listed as a creator in the end credits of the film ''[[Josie and the Pussycats (film)|Josie and the Pussycats]]''. He received credit as co-creator of the live-action television show ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Oliver |first=Myrna |date=December 25, 2001 |title=Dan DeCarlo, 82; Cartoonist Drew Archie, Josie and the Pussycat Comics |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-dec-25-me-17888-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=March 19, 2013}}</ref>

Among DeCarlo's final works were a story for [[Paul Dini]]'s independent comics series ''[[Jingle Belle]]'', and stories for [[Bongo Comics]]' ''[[The Simpsons]]'' TV tie-in comic, ''[[Bart Simpson]]''.<ref name="cbr-defined" />

===Death===
DeCarlo died in [[New Rochelle, New York]], of [[pneumonia]].<ref name=nytimes /> Comics creator [[Paul Dini]] said upon DeCarlo's death, "It was tragic that when he was at an age when many cartoonists are revered as treasures by more beneficent publishers, Dan felt spurned and slighted by the owners of properties that prospered greatly from his contributions."<ref name="cbr-defined" />

==Personal life==
His twin sons, [[Dan DeCarlo Jr.|Dan Jr.]] and [[Jim DeCarlo|James "Jim" DeCarlo]] (born January 27, 1948)<ref>{{cite web |last=Miller |first=John Jackson |author-link=John Jackson Miller |url=http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays |title=Comics Industry Birthdays |work=[[Comics Buyer's Guide]] |date=June 10, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218031356/http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays |archive-date=February 18, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.dandecarlo.com/biography/james-big-jim.html | title = James (Big Jim) | publisher = Dan DeCarlo (official site) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110129000626/http://www.dandecarlo.com/biography/james-big-jim.html | archive-date = January 29, 2011}}</ref> were also prolific Archie artists, penciling and inking respectively.<ref name="lam-sons">[http://lambiek.net/artists/d/de-carlo_danjames.htm Dan & James DeCarlo Jr.] at the [[Lambiek Comiclopedia]]. Accessed March 18, 2008</ref> The two predeceased their father. Dan Jr. died in October 1990<ref name="lam-sons" /> of stomach cancer,<ref name=sonsdeaths /> and James died in August 1991<ref name="lam-sons" /> from complications from a stroke.<ref name=sonsdeaths>{{cite web | url = http://comicsworthreading.com/2012/03/26/more-on-the-decarlo-family/ | title = More on the DeCarlo Family: Dan's Sons and Their Pinups| first = K.C. | last = Carlson | work = Comics Worth Reading| publisher= ComicsWorthReading.com | date = March 26, 2012 | access-date = March 19, 2013| archive-date=April 3, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120403151946/http://comicsworthreading.com/2012/03/26/more-on-the-decarlo-family/}}</ref> Josie DeCarlo, the inspiration for the Archie character [[Josie and the Pussycats (comics)|Josie]], died in her sleep on March 14, 2012.<ref name="cartoon">{{cite web | url = http://www.newsfromme.com/2012/03/14/josie-decarlo-r-i-p/ | title = Josie DeCarlo, R.I.P. | first = Mark | last = Evanier | author-link = Mark Evanier | publisher = News From Me | date=March 14, 2012 | access-date=March 19, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120319025322/http://www.newsfromme.com/2012/03/14/josie-decarlo-r-i-p/ | archive-date = March 19, 2012 | url-status = live}}</ref>

==Josie DeCarlo==
'''Josette Marie "Josie" DeCarlo''' (née Dumont; September 8, 1923 – March 14, 2012) was a French-born model who became the inspiration and [[namesake]] for Josie McCoy of ''[[Josie and the Pussycats (comics)|Josie and the Pussycats]]'' comics and the 1970 [[Hanna-Barbera]] [[Josie and the Pussycats (TV series)|Saturday morning cartoon series]].<ref name=wrap>{{cite news|first=Todd |last=Cunningham |title='Josie and the Pussycats' Inspiration Josie DeCarlo Dies |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-rt-archie-cartoonmt1thewrap36344-20120318,0,6742034.story |agency=[[Reuters]] and [[The Wrap]] |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=2012-03-18 |access-date=2012-04-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321210335/http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-rt-archie-cartoonmt1thewrap36344-20120318%2C0%2C6742034.story |archive-date=March 21, 2012}}</ref><ref name=bc>{{cite news|first=Ethan|last=Minovitz|title='Josie and the Pussycats' model Josie DeCarlo dies|url=http://blog.bcdb.com/josie-pussycats-model-josie-decarlo-dies-3471|work=[[Big Cartoon DataBase]]|publisher=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=2012-03-16|access-date=2012-04-11|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121203154800/http://blog.bcdb.com/josie-pussycats-model-josie-decarlo-dies-3471/|archive-date=December 3, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=cp>{{cite news|first=Clara|last=Morris|title=Josie DeCarlo, Woman Who Inspired 'Josie and the Pussycats', Dies|url=http://global.christianpost.com/news/josie-decarlo-woman-who-inspired-josie-and-the-pussycats-dies-71655|work=[[The Christian Post]]|date=2012-03-16|access-date=2012-04-11}}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

She met future husband Dan DeCarlo on a [[blind date]] in Belgium in 1945, Shortly after the [[Battle of the Bulge]].<ref name=wrap/> At the time, Dumont did not speak English, while DeCarlo, a member of the [[U.S. Army]] during World War II, spoke very little French.<ref name=wrap/>

Unable to have a conversation due to their [[language barrier]], the two communicated through his cartoons. She later explained, "We communicated with drawing.... He would draw things for me to make me understand what he had in mind. He was really so amusing. Instead of just using words, he would use cartoons to express himself. Right away, we knew that we were meant for each other."<ref name=wrap/> The couple married in 1946.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sergi |first=Joe |date=2015 |title=The Law for Comic Book Creators: Essential Concepts and Applications |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k42oBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA126 |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |page=126 |isbn=978-0-7864-7360-1}}</ref>

She became the inspiration for ''Josie and the Pussycats'' while the couple were on a [[Cruise ship|cruise]].<ref name=wrap/> Josie DeCarlo wore a [[catsuit]] costume during the cruise, which became the basis for the fictional ''Josie and the Pussycats'' trademark outfits.<ref name=wrap/>

Later, when she got a new hairdo, Dan DeCarlo incorporated it into the Josie character as well, "The [[hairdo]] came after... One day, I came in with a new hairdo with a little bow in my hair, and he said, 'That's it!'"<ref name=wrap/> Dan DeCarlo drew his wife with the cat costume as Josie McCoy and naming the starring character Josie.<ref name=wrap/> Josie first appeared in Archie Comics in 1962.<ref name=cp/> The character was voiced by actress [[Janet Waldo]] in the [[Josie and the Pussycats (TV series)|television series]].<ref name=bc/>

After her husband's death in 2001, Josie DeCarlo remained active in the comics and animation industries, promoting his work.<ref name=wrap/>

Josie DeCarlo died in her sleep on March 14, 2012, aged 88. Her funeral was held in [[Scarsdale, New York]].<ref name=wrap/>

==Awards==
DeCarlo won the [[National Cartoonists Society]] Award for Best Comic Book in 2000 for ''[[Betty and Veronica Magazine|Betty & Veronica]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/reubensum.php |title=National Cartoonists Society Awards |website=Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac |access-date=February 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414175606/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/reubensum.php |archive-date=April 14, 2008 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref> He was nominated for the [[Academy of Comic Book Arts]]' [[Shazam Award]] for Best Penciller (Humor Division) in 1974.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/shazam71.php |title=1971 Academy of Comic Book Arts Awards |website=Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac |access-date=February 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627191906/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/shazam71.php |archive-date=June 27, 2008 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

==Legacy==
''[[Love and Rockets (comics)|Love and Rockets]]'' co-creators [[Jaime Hernandez]] and [[Gilbert Hernandez]] cite DeCarlo as an artistic influence.<ref>{{cite book| last=Hatfield|first= Charles|title=Alternative Comics: An Emerging Literature|location=Jackson, Mississippi| publisher=[[University Press of Mississippi]] | year=2005| page= 72|isbn=978-1578067190}}</ref>

Artist/animator [[Bruce Timm]], best known for his contributions to the [[DC animated universe|DC Animated Universe]], has cited Dan DeCarlo as one of his influences.<ref>{{cite book| last=Timm|first= Bruce|chapter=Interlude: Under the Influence|title=Modern Masters Volume Three: Bruce Timm|publisher=[[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|year=2004|page= 17|isbn=978-1893905306}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
* "Jetta Raye" in ''The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen: Awesome Female Characters from Comic Book History'' by Hope Nicholson, Quirk Books (2017)

==External links==
* {{cite web | url = http://www.dandecarlo.com | title = Dan DeCarlo | publisher = (Official site) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110201145620/http://dandecarlo.com/ | archive-date = February 1, 2011}}
* {{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=5318|title=Dan DeCarlo}}
* [https://archive.today/20240525140133/https://www.webcitation.org/62rIFYNMF?url=http://www.toonopedia.com/archie.htm Archie] at [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]]. at [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]]. October 31, 2011.
* {{cite journal|last=Dean|first=Mike| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509091912/http://www.tcj.com/3_online/n_030800.html |title=Girl Trouble at Archie|journal=[[The Comics Journal]]|number=221|archive-date=May 9, 2008|date= March 8, 2000 |url=http://www.tcj.com/3_online/n_030800.html |url-status=dead}}

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