764 – The Holliday Girls Resurface

Etta Candy and the Holliday Girls make their Silver Age reappearance in Wonder Woman #117 (August 1960), completely with a “Woo! Woo!” catchphrase. Etta is a little less chubby and a lot less bold. She is joined by three bland friends this time: Lita Little, Tina Toy, and Thelma Tall. It seems clear that Robert […]

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259 – Etta Solo

Joining Lois Lane and Alfred the Butler, Etta Candy makes her solo feature debut in Cavalcade Comics #7 (June 1944). Her three-page story features her joining a dude ranch capturing a cattle rustler.

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182 – Poison and Candy

In the second issue of Sensation Comics (December 1941), Wonder Woman gets her first villain, Doctor Poison, in this incarnation a Japanese princess named Maru who works for the Nazis. To help defeat Doctor Poison, Wonder Woman enlists another supporting character introduced in this issue of Etta Candy. Bad puns aside, I’m a bit fascinated […]

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