{"id":1412,"date":"2019-07-24T08:17:55","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T15:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/?p=1412"},"modified":"2019-03-07T23:40:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T07:40:37","slug":"182-poison-and-candy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/182-poison-and-candy\/","title":{"rendered":"182 &#8211; Poison and Candy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/doctor-poison-1024x685.png\" alt=\"A panel from Sensation Comics #2, December 1941\" class=\"wp-image-1413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/doctor-poison-1024x685.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/doctor-poison-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/doctor-poison-768x514.png 768w, https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/doctor-poison.png 1252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>A panel from Sensation Comics #2, December 1941<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the second issue of Sensation Comics (December 1941), <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wonder_Woman\">Wonder Woman<\/a> gets her first villain, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doctor_Poison\">Doctor Poison<\/a>, in this incarnation a Japanese princess named Maru who works for the Nazis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To help defeat Doctor Poison, Wonder Woman enlists another supporting character introduced in this issue of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Etta_Candy\">Etta Candy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"378\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/etta-candy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/etta-candy.png 378w, https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/etta-candy-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bad puns aside, I&#8217;m a bit fascinated by Etta.  While Wonder Woman is a super-powered ideal, she still pines after Steve in kind of pathetic ways.  On the other hand, Etta is un-apologetically, erm, big-boned in a medium where every other female character is consistently curvy and glamorous.  In addition, Etta has an infectious gung-ho attitude and is a natural leader of women.  It seems almost like they were going with comic relief, but they found something else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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