Candy Southern

Candace 'Candy' Southern is a wealthy, ordinary human who became the longtime girlfriend of Warren Worthington III (Angel) and a trusted ally to the X-Men. A sharp businesswoman, she eventually rose to lead the Defenders and managed interests tied to Worthington Industries.

Candy Southern made her Marvel debut in the Silver Age pages of The X-Men #31 (1967), brought to life by Roy Thomas and Werner Roth amid one of comics' most beloved eras. Affiliated with the X-Men and a recurring presence alongside icons like Scott Summers, Bobby Drake, and Hank McCoy, she's woven into the fabric of mutantkind's earliest stories. What's remarkable is her staying power — spanning nearly six decades from 1967 to 2024, with appearances spread across The Defenders, X-Factor, and X-Men: The Hidden Years, she's proven herself a durable thread in the Marvel tapestry rather than a one-issue footnote. With five key-issue appearances to her name, any serious Silver Age or X-Men collector has every reason to seek her out.