 His first confirmable credit is a similar filler in the company's "Doll Man" #2 (Spring 1942).In 1941, DiPreta visited New York City's Timely Comics, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics.Going on a Saturday, DiPreta recalled, he nonetheless met editor-in-chief Stan Lee, who had DiPreta ink a story for the humor feature "Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal".