Candace Southern
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Candace "Candy" Southern is a fictional character most often appearing in X-Men and Defenders stories in the Marvel Comics universe. She was the long-term girlfriend of Warren Worthington III when he went by the superhero alias Angel.
[edit] Fictional character biography
Candy was a childhood friend of Warren Worthington III. She reunited with Warren and first met the X-Men at Bobby Drake's 18th birthday party. Candy and Warren then began dating. During this time, Candy learned of Warren's superhero identity. After Warren's second superhero team, the Champions of Los Angeles disbanded, Candy and Warren began living together.
Warren later joined the Defenders, and Candy began working for the team in a supporting role. She was subsequently named the leader of the Defenders in non-combat contexts. After Warren joined X-Factor, his relationship with Candy became strained. Candy broke up with Warren and left her job with Worthington Industries because she mistakenly believed Warren was having an affair with his teammate Jean Grey.
Candy was later kidnapped and killed by Cameron Hodge, a former friend of Warren and Candy who had betrayed X-Factor as part of an anti-mutant plot. Later, the Phalanx produced a cybernetic duplicate of Candy Southern. The duplicate fought alongside Archangel and Jean Grey against Cameron Hodge, who had joind the Phalanx. She died during the fight.
[edit] Trivia
Candy was typically addressed by her nickname rather than her first name. Writer Roy Thomas created her name by combining the last name of author Terry Southern with the first name of the title character of Southern's novel Candy. Unlike many comic book characters, Candy did not have a consistent appearance because her hairstyle changed drastically on several occasions.
When she originally appeared in the X-Men her name was actually spelt Candy Sothern, not Candy Southern as she appeared in later issues.
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