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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2016 12:41:28 GMT -5
Golden Age Version of Etta Candy  From WikipediaIn her 1940s introduction, Etta Candy is a sickly malnourished woman Wonder Woman discovers at a local hospital. When next she is seen Etta is transformed into a spirited, rotund young woman who has a great love of candy. When Wonder Woman asks her what caused her sudden health and rather large size Etta tells her that she was rejuvenated by eating lots of sweets. With her newfound confidence Etta Candy soon after leads the fictional Beeta Lambda sorority at Holiday College and aids Wonder Woman in her adventures, first with a hundred other girls she helps Wonder Woman to take over the Nazi base of Doctor Poison without endangering Steve.On a Personal NoteThis is the version that I'm quite familiar with and having said that she was fun, loved her chocolate, and most of all she was very appreciative of Wonder Woman of which the 2nd Picture says it all. I always chuckle when I read Wonder Woman in the Golden Age of Comics because of one reason alone - Etta Candy! Silver Age Version - Lieutenant Etta Candy  From WikipediaEtta Candy was revived twenty years later in 1980 (Wonder Woman #272), along with Steve Trevor and General Phil Darnell. In the years since her last appearance, Candy had not only graduated from Holiday College, but had become a Lieutenant and was on hand to welcome Wonder Woman back to her old job as Air Force officer Diana Prince something she hadn't done since 1968. Lieutenant Candy was featured as a secretary to Darnell and as Diana's roommate. Despite having been Wonder Woman's friend years previous, Candy had never met Diana Prince or learned her secret identity. Thus, from Candy's point of view, she and Prince met for the first time when Prince returned to the Air Force. On a Personal NoteThis was Surprise #1 - However, she was more modernized and took me into a new dimension of her character and having said that I was very pleased with this and that's alone made me smile about it and that's put her into a more responsible character.
Bronze Age Version of Etta Candy  From WikipediaWriter Gail Simone later reintroduced Etta Candy as an intelligence officer requested by Sarge Steel to report on Diana Prince and her associations.[3] This takes place following the Infinite Crisis which altered Diana's origins and to an extent the origins of her supporting cast. Etta remains married to Steve Trevor and is a close friend of Diana and is also aware of Diana's dual identity. The full extent of her history with Diana following the new DCU continuity has not been fully developed yet.On a Personal NoteThis was Surprise #2 and sad to say this is my weakest area of knowledge of Etta Candy and I was surprised to see her in this capacity and knowing this a tough and determined intelligent agent that taken me by storm and I have read one of these stories and I was impressed by it. Etta Candy has so many incarnations of this character and I was surprised to see that. These three incarnations that I'm most familiar with and that's why she deserved to be included in my 50 of the Best Supporting List.
10 Down and 40 to go!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2016 12:54:28 GMT -5
Always liked Etta. I remember just before the Crisis, she was even Wonder Woman for an issue or 2. Woo woo, Etta! haha!
Regarding Batwoman and Bat-Girl, I do recall reading about them being added to diminish homosexual accusations towards the Batman comics. It seems like I remember reading that Aunt Harriet served the same purpose for the tv show. Keep in mind I remember reading this many, many years ago so I may not be remembering this correctly.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 8, 2016 13:57:33 GMT -5
Golden Age Etta Candy is the best! And the more BONKERS, the better I like it.
Also, yeah, love Batwoman and Bat-Girl. I think of Batwoman as the first Silver Age super-heroine because her first appearance is so close to that of Barry Allen Flash.
I'm amazed that Bat-Girl is so great and so well-remembered despite only appearing six or seven times in the Silver Age. For one thing, all those stories are great!
And I can't help but notice that Bat-Girl was considered such an awful awful idea in 1964! Get rid of her! So outdated! And yet they didn't hesitate to bring back the Batgirl concept less than three years later!
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Post by MDG on Jan 8, 2016 14:08:15 GMT -5
I believe it was Detective rather than the Batman title that was possibly endangered by cancellation. Further proof might be that The Martian Manhunter got booted out to be replaced by Elongated Man to help stimulate sales as well as a Batman make-over. And since House Of Mystery was even lower sales wise, the Manhunter series could have been thought to be of more help there Ish Kabbible I summon ever-lasting longings for dear old Zook I think MM left because Schiff wanted to keep him. I recall Schwartz saying that Detective sold much less than Batman 'cause if kids only saw the top of the book in a rack, they didn't realize it was a Batman book. But I'm surprised it took him two years to move the Batman logo to the top of 'Tec (#353) |
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Post by Cei-U! on Jan 8, 2016 14:40:32 GMT -5
Mech, you should not rely too heavily on Wikipedia. Its articles on comics are riddled with inaccuracies and misrepresentations. The Silver Age Etta Candy appeared in four issues of Wonder Woman between #117 (Oct 60) and 127 (Jan 62). In those stories, she was virtually indistinguishable from her Golden Age predecessor and was accompanied by three other Holliday Girls. The Earth-Two Etta, featured in those 1970s WW stories tied to the TV series (#228-243, plus World's Finest #244-249 et al), is the first one seen in uniform and it is this version whose history Wiki cites as the Silver Age version's. The Bronze Age Etta is the one introduced in #272 (Oct 80). Nowhere is she explicitly tied to the earlier Earth-One incarnation or to Holliday and she is clearly patterned after the Earth-Two/TV Etta. She and the rest of Wonder Woman's supporting cast re erased from existence in the aftermath of the Crisis on Infinite Earths. The post-Crisis Etta is the one from the Perez reboot, which you have labeled as the Bronze Age version. I'm unfamiliar with her history after '88.
Wonder Woman's history is confusing enough without Wiki muddying the waters,
Cei-U!
I summon comics' answer to the Gordian Knot!
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Post by Cei-U! on Jan 8, 2016 14:53:57 GMT -5
And I can't help but notice that Bat-Girl was considered such an awful awful idea in 1964! Get rid of her! So outdated! And yet they didn't hesitate to bring back the Batgirl concept less than three years later! Schwartz had no choice. The character was imposed on him by the front office at the request of the TV series' producers or he never would have done it. Cei-U! Money talks... and Batman was their loudest cash cow! |
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 8, 2016 15:12:40 GMT -5
The Silver Age Etta Candy appeared in four issues of Wonder Woman between #117 (Oct 60) and 127 (Jan 62). In those stories, she was virtually indistinguishable from her Golden Age predecessor ... I read those issues (in a Showcase Presents: Wonder Woman volume I borrowed from the library) a few months ago and she is quite a bit different from the Golden Age version. She has a few of the same characteristics but she is very subdued. Her appearance is very different as well. Saying she was "virtually indistinguishable" is very misleading. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2016 15:26:09 GMT -5
Mech, you should not rely too heavily on Wikipedia. Its articles on comics are riddled with inaccuracies and misrepresentations. The Silver Age Etta Candy appeared in four issues of Wonder Woman between #117 (Oct 60) and 127 (Jan 62). In those stories, she was virtually indistinguishable from her Golden Age predecessor and was accompanied by three other Holliday Girls. The Earth-Two Etta, featured in those 1970s WW stories tied to the TV series (#228-243, plus World's Finest #244-249 et al), is the first one seen in uniform and it is this version whose history Wiki cites as the Silver Age version's. The Bronze Age Etta is the one introduced in #272 (Oct 80). Nowhere is she explicitly tied to the earlier Earth-One incarnation or to Holliday and she is clearly patterned after the Earth-Two/TV Etta. She and the rest of Wonder Woman's supporting cast re erased from existence in the aftermath of the Crisis on Infinite Earths. The post-Crisis Etta is the one from the Perez reboot, which you have labeled as the Bronze Age version. I'm unfamiliar with her history after '88. Wonder Woman's history is confusing enough without Wiki muddying the waters, Cei-U! I summon comics' answer to the Gordian Knot! Okay, I understand ... I try to do better next time. I just hate to write ...
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Post by Cei-U! on Jan 8, 2016 15:27:41 GMT -5
The Silver Age Etta Candy appeared in four issues of Wonder Woman between #117 (Oct 60) and 127 (Jan 62). In those stories, she was virtually indistinguishable from her Golden Age predecessor ... I read those issues (in a Showcase Presents: Wonder Woman volume I borrowed from the library) a few months ago and she is quite a bit different from the Golden Age version. She has a few of the same characteristics but she is very subdued. Her appearance is very different as well. Saying she was "virtually indistinguishable" is very misleading. True, she doesn't say "Woo-woo!" or obsess over candy but the variances in her appearance can be attributable to the difference in styles between H. G. Peter and Andru/Esposito. She's still a chubby co-ed from Holliday College who acts as Wonder Woman's sidekick. "Virtually indistinguishable" may have been a tad hyperbolic but I still say it's essentially the same character. Cei-U! I summon the clarification! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2016 15:28:16 GMT -5
And I can't help but notice that Bat-Girl was considered such an awful awful idea in 1964! Get rid of her! So outdated! And yet they didn't hesitate to bring back the Batgirl concept less than three years later! Schwartz had no choice. The character was imposed on him by the front office at the request of the TV series' producers or he never would have done it. Cei-U! Money talks... and Batman was their loudest cash cow! Excellent Observation Here and I was aware of this and I wished I had share this earlier. My Bad!  |
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 8, 2016 16:24:06 GMT -5
And I can't help but notice that Bat-Girl was considered such an awful awful idea in 1964! Get rid of her! So outdated! And yet they didn't hesitate to bring back the Batgirl concept less than three years later! Schwartz had no choice. The character was imposed on him by the front office at the request of the TV series' producers or he never would have done it. I certainly wasn't suggesting that Schwartz jumped at the chance to create a new Batgirl. (I have no idea about that.) I'm saying the front office that put him in charge (when they were getting rid of the old characters that were considered baggage, including Bat-Girl) had absolutely no problem with a new Batgirl a mere three years later. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 8, 2016 16:52:41 GMT -5
 The Holliday Girls in the Silver Age. Etta Candy is on the far left. The others are (I think, I'm doing this from memory after trying to find it on the InterTubes) Tina Toy, Lila Little and Thelma Tall.  And here's Golden Age Etta Candy. I'm not sure who she's attacking. The god Mars? Golden Age Etta wouldn't hesitate. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2016 18:31:29 GMT -5
Let's Review the Past 10 in Order1. Abigail Holland (Swamp Thing) A woman that cares about Swamp Thing and her friendship with him will always endures. 2. Ace the Bat-Hound - Batman's Dog A loyal, dependable, and faithful pet of Batman and Robin in the latter part of Golden Age of Comics. 3. Alfred the Butler - Batman's faithful Aide A man with many talents and he chose to use those talents to serve Batman, the Caped Crusader! 4. Alicia Masters (Thing) - Member of the Fantastic Four A blind sculptor that has a soft thing for Ben Grimm, The Thing with a gentleness that warms your heart! 5. Aunt May, Aunt to Peter Parker - Spider-Man A woman that cares about Peter Parker, that nurture him, comfort him, and these two care so much it's makes Peter Parker - Spider-Man more believable than ever.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2016 18:55:28 GMT -5
Past Ten Continues with Number 66. Betty Kane (Batgirl) - Aid the Caped Crusader on many Occasions  A young girl name Betty Kane that aid the Dynamic Duo so often that they wished that she stopped being crime-fighter after all! 7. Bibbo Bibbowski (Superman) - A friend of Superman, The Man of Steel A pal of Superman that has a sincere fondness for the Man of Steel! 8. Carol Ferris (Star Sapphire) - Supporting character for Hal Jordan / Green Lantern  A beautiful boss of Hal Jordan with a heart longing for the affection of the Emerald Crusader himself - The Green Lantern! 9. Cat Grant - Supporting Character for both Superman and Supergirl A woman who works as a gossip columnist that has a thing for Clark Kent who is secretly the Man of Steel, Superman! ... I hope that the current Supergirl Show will have a 2nd and 3rd Season because Calista Flockhart is becoming a quite a good Cat Grant on that Show. 10. Etta Candy, Supporting Character for Wonder Woman A woman that's surprises me time and time again of the many incarnations that she appeared in DC Comics and her loyal assistance to Diana Prince, the one and only Wonder Woman!
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jan 8, 2016 19:25:52 GMT -5
This review- Is there going to be a test at the end of the thread? Multiple choice or essay? Bell curve grading?  |
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