Created by writer Peter David, she first appeared in The Incredible Hulk 2nd Volume (September 1988) and became an ongoing supporting character,[1] first in the above mentioned book and later in the Captain Marvel series published between 1999 – 2004.

The fictional character Marlo first appears as an aerobics and swimming instructor and as a love interest for the casino security enforcer "Joe Fixit", who was in reality the believed-dead Hulk living incognito.

[2] She leaves him after seeing him appearing to have committed a brutal murder[3] but, after the Hulk reaches out to her in a rare display of emotion, their relationship ends in a more amicable way.

[9] She does not come back all the way at first, and spends some time in a near vegetative state, only snapping out of it and regaining some form of consciousness when her brothers try to issue a court order to take her into care.

[13] Marlo and Rick separate for a time, and she occupies herself with running the couple's Los Angeles-area comic book store.

[volume & issue needed] She and Rick reunite shortly after he is bonded with Genis-Vell, the son of the original Captain Marvel.

The large amount of cosmic powers leave her with a literal death wish, which manifests itself as reality changing to suit her desires.

[volume & issue needed] The comic store itself often had stories featuring real-life incidents happening to Marlo and Rick.

[14] During the World War Hulks storyline, she as Harpy helps A-Bomb fight Ulik after averting a disaster on the train tracks he destroyed.

[16] Marlo uses her connection to Death to bring Doc Samson, Jarella, Hiroim, and Rebecca Banner back from the dead to help the Hulks in their fight against a resurrected Abomination, a Zom-possessed Doctor Strange, and the forces of Amatsu-Mikaboshi.

[volume & issue needed] The Ultimate Universe version of Marlo Chandler makes a brief appearance as the hostess at a Kansas diner that is visited by the Hulk and Power Princess.