Wendy and Marvin

Wendy and Marvin
Marvin, Wonder Dog, and Wendy on the cover of Teen Titans vol. 3 #62.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Historical: Super Friends #1 (1976) Modern: Teen Titans vol. 3 #34 (May 2006)
Created by	(TV) E. Nelson Bridwell (Comics) Geoff Johns Tony S. Daniel
In-story information
Full name	Wendy Harris Marvin White
Supporting character of	Super Friends Teen Titans Oracle Batgirl
Notable aliases	Marvin and Wendy Kuttler

Wendy Harris and Marvin White are fictional characters, two teen-aged sidekicks of the Super Friends. Along with Marvin's pet dog Wonder Dog, they first appeared in the 1973 animated series Super Friends. Because of the success of the Super Friends cartoon, a Super Friends comic book was also created, in which Wendy and Marvin made their first comics appearance.

The duo has been re-introduced in the Teen Titans comic book as the caretakers of Titans Tower. Wendy would eventually become the protege of Barbara Gordon while the latter was operating as Oracle, and adopt the codename Proxy.

Wendy Harris and Marvin White are two sidekicks who were created in an era in which many cartoons featured main characters with sidekicks who were supposed to serve viewer identification. In the cartoon, the reason for Wendy and Marvin hanging around with the Super Friends was never really explained. In the comics, some additional information was given. Wendy is the niece of Harvey Harris, a detective who once trained Batman when he was still a teenager. It was postulated in an editorial column that she may have been the Earth-One version of Wendi Harris Tyler, wife of the first Hourman. Marvin (who was given the last name of White in the comics) was the son of Diana Prince, the nurse whose name Wonder Woman took when she came to Man's World, and her husband Dan White. Thus, Marvin had a sort of familial connection to the Super Friends. The Super Friends were designed to help teach young crimefighters how to be superheroes. While Wendy never wore any special costume, Marvin was always dressed with a cape and a big letter "M" on his chest.

E. Nelson Bridwell, the writer on Super Friends, shed some light on the characters' origins in Super Friends #1 (Nov. 1976):

"Wendy Harris, I decided, was the young lady's full name. She is a niece, not of the Batman, but of a detective named Harvey Harris. This man gave young Bruce Wayne his first crack at real detecting when Bruce was in his teens. Years later, when Harris dies, he left a sealed letter to be delivered to Bruce, revealing that he had indeed known who he was — for Harris was certainly one of the all-time greats in the field.