Candace "Candy" Southern was a childhood friend of Warren Worthington III.
She was reunited with Warren and first met the X-Men at Bobby Drake's 18th birthday party, where Worthington impressed her by cleverly opposing a biker gang bent to spoil the event. However, at that time Worthington was infatuated with his classmate Jean Grey and did not want to use Southern as a "second dish", so he initially refused to date her.
Candy and Warren later began dating and were out on a date the night that Warren's father was killed. During this time, Candy learned of Warren's superhero identity as the Angel and visited Professor Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, the X-Men's headquarters.
While helping Cyclops and Marvel Girl locate Warren, Candy pretended to be Marvel Girl by dressing in her costume to confuse Blob and Mastermind.
Abilities: --Candy was an experienced business leader.
Strength level: --Candy possessed the normal human strength of a woman of her age, height, and build who engaged in moderate regular exercise.
