The Mad Mod Witch is a DC Comics

DC Comics

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 character created by Dave Wood

Dave Wood

Dave Wood is an Australian calligrapher born in Manchester, England. Among his teachers was Donald Jackson. In 1983, he became the first calligrapher ever to be exhibited individually in New Zealand. He published The Painted Word, which includes many of his works.-External links:**-References:...

 and Jack Sparling. She starred as host in the feature "Tales of the Mad Mod Witch" in The Unexpected

The Unexpected

The Unexpected was a DC Comics horror comic book, a continuation of Tales of the Unexpected. It ran 117 issues, #105-222, from 1968 to 1982.-Publication history:...

, beginning in issue #108. She was not allowed to take over the book the way many of DC's other horror hosts had been, though she was a consistent presence from 1968–1974. Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman

Neil Richard Gaiman born 10 November 1960)is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book...

 used her in The Sandman where he gave her different names, the overarching one being "Fashion Thing." It was implied that she was the principal clothing designer of The Dreaming

The Dreaming (comics)

The Dreaming is a fictional place, a comic book location published by DC Comics. The Dreaming first appeared in the Sandman vol. 2 #1, , and was created by Neil Gaiman and Sam Kieth. The Dreaming is the domain of Dream of the Endless....

 in Vertigo Jam #1.

In spite of being a witch, she glorified the Mod lifestyle, was very proud of her fishnet

Fishnet (material)

In the field of textiles, fishnet is hosiery with an open, diamond shaped knit; it is most often used as a material for stockings, tights or bodystockings. Fishnet is available in a multitude of colors, although it is most often sported in traditional matte black...

 stockings and electric cauldron

Cauldron

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 that heats automatically. She wore a patch over one eye like the original Wicked Witch of the West

Wicked Witch of the West

The Wicked Witch of the West is a fictional character and the most significant antagonist in L. Frank Baum's children's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz...

. She appeared to be very old, with short white hair. In The Sandman #42, she appeared topless with long dark hair. when she appeared in The Sandman #2, she looked like her usual self, but had taken on the fashion of the yuppie

Yuppie

Yuppie is a term that refers to a member of the upper middle class or upper class in their 20s or 30s. It first came into use in the early-1980s and largely faded from American popular culture in the late-1980s, due to the 1987 stock market crash and the early 1990s recession...

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Appearances

• The Unexpected
  The Unexpected
  The Unexpected was a DC Comics horror comic book, a continuation of Tales of the Unexpected. It ran 117 issues, #105-222, from 1968 to 1982.-Publication history:...
  
  108-112 (August 1968-May 1969)
• DC Special 4 (July–September 1969)
• The Unexpected 114-116 (August 1969-January 1970)
• The Witching Hour
  The Witching Hour (DC Comics)
  The Witching Hour was a DC comic book horror anthology that ran from 1969 to 1978. Its tagline was "It's 12 o'clock... The Witching Hour!"...
  
  13 (February–March 1971)
• The Unexpected 140 (October 1972)
• The Unexpected 162 (March–April 1974)
• The Witching Hour 80 (May 1978)
• The Sandman (vol. 2) 2 (February 1989) (as The Mad Yuppie Witch and identified as Fashion Thing)
• The Sandman (vol. 2) 22 (January 1991)
• The Sandman (vol. 2) 27 (June 1991) (behind the scenes)
• The Sandman (vol. 2) 42 (October 1992)
• Vertigo Jam 1 (August 1993) (behind the scenes)
• The Sandman (vol. 2) 71 (September 1995)
• The Dreaming
  The Dreaming (comics)
  The Dreaming is a fictional place, a comic book location published by DC Comics. The Dreaming first appeared in the Sandman vol. 2 #1, , and was created by Neil Gaiman and Sam Kieth. The Dreaming is the domain of Dream of the Endless....
  
  23 (April 1998)
• The Dreaming Special 1 (July 1998)