The main protagonist and anti-heroine of the adult Italian comic series "Candida la Marchesa".
Overview
To many, Nadine is known as a wealthy noblewoman who lives at Castle Rambuillet with her maid Janette and her ape companion Phallus. However, in order to pay off the creditors of her late husband, she discreetly dons a skimpy outfit, eye mask and cape and becomes the master thief Candida.
Candida has little moral qualms about taking a life in order to achieve her goals, and will often even maim or murder innocent bystanders who just happen to have witnessed her crimes.
Maurice de Chevalier, a man who is deeply in love with Nadine, is also the police inspector assigned to track and capture Candida. Unknowingly, he has even aided the noblewoman by informing the her with outside details concerning her alter-ego.