Tessie the Typist was an ongoing romance/humor anthology published by Marvel in the forties, from 1944-1949 for twenty-three issues. It was the first of its class. The numbering was then continued in Tiny Tessie for a single issue and Real Experiences for another issue.Tessie the Typist starred the typist of the same name, a temperamental and eccentric character that appeared in Joker Comics before, being the more popular character in the magazine. She was accompained by her boyfriend Skidsy, who had to suffer her antics.Despite her early popularity, Tessie was one of the less-successful books of its kind, longer running comics featuring other girls included: Millie the Model, Hedy De Vine/Hedy of Hollywood, Nellie the Nurse and Patsy Walker. All of them followed the formula and convention