 "I thought, 'Hey, 25 bucks a week from Arnold is pretty good, but 57 bucks a week is better'.I decided to go freelance", and did so beginning April 1, 1941.Following that initial Timely story, DiPreta drew only sporadically for the company during the 1940s due to steady work from former Quality editor Cronin, who by then was at Hillman Periodicals.