WENDY CARSON
Real Name: Wendy Carson
Identity/Class: Normal human
Occupation: Unemployed;
formerly waitress
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Mack (full name unrevealed), Carl Powell, Tom (last name unrevealed, fiance)
Enemies: None
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Mobile in a truck in the
USA
First Appearance: My Love II#20/1 (November,
1972)
Powers/Abilities: Wendy Carson is an able diner waitress, but distracted by romantic ideals.
Height: 5'2" (by approximation)
Weight: 105 lbs. (by approximation)
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black
History:
(My Love II#20/1 (fb) - BTS) - Wendy Carson and Tom
were high school sweethearts whose romance continued after graduation.
Engaged to marry, they both worked six days each to save for marriage
and a future life, Tom as a big truck driver and Wendy as a waitress at
Joe's Diner in a small town. She discouraged overly friendly customers.
But spending only one day a week together strained the relationship for
Wendy, who wished to see him more.
(My Love II#20/1) - Disappointed after farewelling
Tom again, Wendy returned to work and placated her boss Mack for her
tardiness. She was surprised and flattered by new customer Carl Powell.
The two connected in deep conversation that continued with a moonlit
date, but Wendy stopped it before it went further, wanting to speak to
Tom first. She insisted that Tom drive and meet for a discussion,
challenging him to choose between her or trucking, despite it being
only a few months before he intended to change jobs. She made a
dramatic exit, declaring their relationship over. The next day, Carl
dropped by her house after work to talk and she saw him for the
swinging playboy he really was. She pulled away, wishing Tom were
there, when Tom actually appeared and punched the overeager Carl away.
Promising to take her on his truck run and get married, she quit her
job and they crossed the state line about to get married, confined for
the time being to a truck cabin, but together every night.
Comments: Created by Gary Friedrich (writer), Jim Starlin (pencils), Jack Abel (inks).
Thanks to comics.org
for
identifying this to be Jim Starlin's "first published professional
work". His dynamic visual storytelling style was already showing.
This story was later reprinted in Our Love Story#33 (April, 1975) and included in the Marvel Romance collection of 2006.
These romance stories often had the flavor of the time in which they were written, and nothing else to tie them into Marvel's sliding timescale. As such, it's likely that the stories took place at the time of publication rather than being part of the sliding timescale.
Thanos, Dreadstar, Wendy Carson; surely some reality snap could bring these Jim Starlin (co-)creations together?!
Profile by Grendel Prime.
CLARIFICATIONS
:
Wendy Carson has no known connections to:
Carl Powell was a swinging playboy in a nifty purple
cabriolet sportscar who was mutually attracted to Wendy Carson. He
first appeared as a customer at the diner where Wendy worked. The two
hit it off with deep conversation that continued to an intimate moonlit
date that Wendy stopped so that she could speak with her fiance, Tom.
Later, disappointed that her relationship with Tom was apparently over,
Wendy turned to Carl, who revealed his playboy nature, but was
violently knocked away by the sudden appearance of Tom.
--My Love II#20/1
Tom (last name unrevealed) was Wendy Carson's high
school sweetheart and the two were engaged. After graduation, he took
up trucking, working long shifts to save money to secure a future for
himself and Wendy, but this strained the relationship, and he was
baffled when she walked away from their relationship. He returned the
next day to find new local playboy Carl Powell forcing himself onto
Wendy and punched him away, then threatened further violence against
Carl. Tom took Wendy to live together in the truck cabin on the way to
get married.
--My Love II#20/1
images:
(without ads)
My Love II#20/1, p5, pan5 (main image)
p5, pan3 (headshot)
p2, pan4 (Carl)
p7, pan1 (Tom)
Appearances:
My Love II#20/1 (November, 1972) - Gary Friedrich (writer), Jim Starlin
(pencils), Jack Abel (inks), Roy Thomas (editor)
First posted: 07/22/18
Last updated: 07/22/18
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