Marvo the Wonder Chicken

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Marvo the Wonder Chicken
Comic strip character(s) from The Dandy

Publication information
Current/last artist	Nigel Parkinson
First appearance	Issue N/A (1990)
Last appearance	2010
Also appeared in	The Dandy Annual
Characters
Regular characters	Marvo, Henry Thrapplewhacker the Forty Ninth
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Marvo the Wonder Chicken is a character in the UK comic The Dandy. The strip first appeared in 1990, and continued in odd issues until 1999. He returned in 2008 to tie in with the planned DC Thomson TV series.^[1] The strip is "silent", with only words such like "Crash" and "Bang", and ending with Marvo saying "Ta-da". Marvo's sidekick and biggest fan, Henry Thrapplewhacker XLIX, also appears.

The strip was originally drawn by Syd Kitching, then by Jim Hansen; it took up half a page in the comic, and either one or two pages in the annuals. Jim Hansen was also drawing Jak and P5 for The Dandy, and Buster for his self-titled comic. When the strip returned in Dandy Xtreme 18 years later, it was drawn by Nigel Parkinson, who at the time was also drawing Dennis the Menace, Bea and Ivy the Terrible for The Beano, Dennis and Gnasher for BeanoMAX, and Cuddles and Dimples for the Dandy. It was dropped after Dandy Xtreme reverted to just The Dandy, with Marvo taking his final bow in issue 3507, dated 9 October 2010. He returned in issue 3515, dated 18 December 2010, but has not returned since.

An animated version of the comic strip appeared in 2010, with 51 episodes.^[2]

References

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^ "Red Kite Animation". www.redkite-animation.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2011.
^ "Amazon listing for Marvo the Wonder Chicken". Amazon UK.

v t e The Dandy
Final strips	Bananaman Blinky Desperate Dan Keyhole Kate The Numskulls Retro Active
Former strips	Addie and Hermy Bad Max Barney Boko Beryl the Peril Black Bob Blinky The Bogies Bully Beef and Chips Colonel Crackpot's Circus Corporal Clott Cuddles and Dimples Fiddle O Diddle Freddy the Fearless Fly Harry Hill's Real Life Adventures in TV Land Helpful Henry Hyde and Shriek Jak and Todd The Jocks and the Geordies Jonah Korky the Cat Marvo the Wonder Chicken Mr. Meecher, the Uncool Teacher My Own Genie Owen Goal Peter's Pocket Grandpa Potsworth & Co. Puss 'n' Boots The Smasher Strange Hill Winker Watson
Writers and Artists	Barrie Appleby Nigel Auchterlounie Leo Baxendale Gordon Bell Basil Blackaller Paddy Brennan Nick Brennan Sid Burgon Wilbur Dawbarn Karl Dixon Lorenzo Etherington Andy Fanton John Geering Ian Gray Denis Gifford Charles Grigg Ken H. Harrison Harry Hill Allan Morley David Mostyn Robert Nixon Gary Northfield David Parkins Nigel Parkinson Tom Paterson Jim Petrie Ken Reid Jon Rushby Duncan Scott Jamie Smart Ron Smith Lew Stringer David Sutherland Dudley D. Watkins Stevie White
Adaptations	Bananaman (1983–1986) Grandpa in My Pocket (2009–2014)
See also	The Dandy Annual The Desperate Dan Book Fun Size Dandy Hoot Nutty

v t e DC Thomson comics
Currently running comics	The Beano Commando Fun Section in The Sunday Post
Adventure comics	Adventure Bullet Buddy Champ Commando The Crunch The Hornet The Hotspur The Rover The Skipper Spike Starblazer The Vanguard The Victor Warlord The Wizard
Girls' comics	Bunty Judy Mandy Nikki
Humour comics	The Beano The Beezer Buzz Classics from the Comics Cracker The Dandy EPIC Magazine Fun Size Comics Hoot The Magic Comic Nutty Plug Sparky The Topper
Pre-school comics	Bimbo The Magic Comic Twinkle
Notable strips	Alf Tupper Baby Crockett Bananaman The Bash Street Kids Beryl the Peril Black Bob Biffo the Bear Big Eggo The Broons Calamity James Cuddles and Dimples Dennis the Menace Desperate Dan Ginger Gnasher Ivy the Terrible Jonah Keyhole Kate Korky the Cat Little Plum Lord Snooty Matt Braddock Mickey the Monkey Minnie the Minx Nero and Zero The Numskulls Oor Wullie Pansy Potter Send for Kelly Roger the Dodger Tricky Dicky Willy Nilly Winker Watson Wilson the Wonder Athlete Wolf of Kabul
Comic annuals	The Beano Annual The Beezer Book The Bimbo Book The Dandy Annual The Hotspur Book for Boys The Sparky Book The Topper Book The Victor Book for Boys Warlord Book for Boys
Character annuals	Bananaman Annual The Bash Street Kids Annual Beryl the Peril Annual Black Bob Book The Broons Annual Dennis the Menace Annual The Desperate Dan Book Oor Wullie Annual
Notable artists	Barrie Appleby Nigel Auchterlounie Leo Baxendale Gordon Bell Nick Brennan Paddy Brennan Sid Burgon Reg Carter Wilbur Dawbarn Karl Dixon The Etherington Brothers Hunt Emerson Andy Fanton John Geering Barry Glennard Charles Grigg Ken H. Harrison Laura Howell Diego Jourdan Malcolm Judge David Law Trevor Metcalfe Allan Morley David Mostyn Vic Neill Robert Nixon Gary Northfield Nigel Parkinson Tom Paterson Jim Petrie Ken Reid Bill Ritchie David Parkins Jon Rushby Jamie Smart Lew Stringer David Sutherland Kev F. Sutherland Dudley D. Watkins Stevie White
Notable writers	Mike Chinn Gilbert Lawford Dalton Alan Grant Ian Gray R. D. Low Grant Morrison John Radford Cavan Scott John Smith
See also	List of D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd publications List of AP, Fleetway and IPC Comics publications List of Beano comic strips List of Dandy comic strips List of Topper comic strips List of Beezer comic strips List of Beezer and Topper comic strips
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