Fission Chicken


Fission Chicken is a comic book and webcomic character created by John Patrick Morgan. Fission Chicken is a short-tempered superhero chicken with the ability to fly, possesses supernatural strength, bulletproof durability, and can project power bolts from his hands.
Starting in 1987, Fission Chicken appeared in numerous stories published in the comic book Critters, published by Fantagraphics Books, as well as his own 4-issue series from the same publisher. This was originally intended to be an 8-issue series, with a fifth cover having been already prepared, but was ended due to low sales.
Other appearances over the years include Plan Nine from Vortox, as well as in Furrlough, Valiant Varmints and SFA Spotlight #14. Varmints was a 1998 anthology comic in which Fission Chicken teamed up with other creators' anthropomorphic characters. Many of these were associated with the furry fandom, such as Beatrix Farmer, created by Steve Gallacci and Taral Wayne.
Pages by J.P. Morgan can also be read on the Fission Chicken website.
Fission Chicken fights a continuing battle against weird monsters and cultural brain death. Notably, he has battled the mind control attempts of Vortoxians, the Ditsy entertainment empire, and Video Zombies. Some unusual opponents he has fought include the Ether Bunny, Percival Ulmer "P.U." Evolcraft, ambulatory living toilets, the movie monster Ferdie Cruller, the Dero, an army of incompetent and dull-witted invaders from the planet "Ineptune", and his own evil duplicate. Other characters in the series include Monica Fether, Skip Squirrelhard, Dr. Lawrence Livergut and Crouton, and Norman Gnu.
Unlike most superhero characters, Fission Chicken does not use an alias to hide his identity, and simply goes by the name "Fission Chicken". Several episodes reveal that his base of operations is an apartment in an unnamed city in New Jersey, and his friend Skip Squirrelhard is his upstairs neighbor.
"Fission Chicken" creator John Patrick Morgan died December 30, 2010, at the age of 53. His final online strip, the conclusion of a story arc, had appeared on Christmas Eve that year.

Characters

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  • Fuzzy Cutekins : Hated by Fission Chicken, a celebrity who makes a living from vapid and bottomless cuteness.
  • Boogog : A giant spider monster bent on eating Fission Chicken and Fuzzy Cutekins.
  • Vortoxians : Evil marketing geniuses from space, the PlanetCorp Vortox. They have made themselves into plastic robots in order to better conquer other worlds.
  • Lomax Lizard : An acquaintance of Fission Chicken who attempts to convince him to monetize himself through toys, comic books, and cartoons, all of which Fission Chicken rejects violently.
  • Destructo Dog : A B-List superhero who is targeted for Lomax Lizard's cash grabs after Lizard was rejected by Fission Chicken.
  • Skip Squirrelhard : Fission Chicken's upstairs neighbor, private investigator and aspiring children's book author. Frequently assists in fighting evil, mainly the Vortoxians.
  • Selmor-99
  • Kikbak-72
  • P.U. Evolcraft
  • Dr. Frankenstang
  • "Strep" O'Coccus
  • Walt Ditsy
  • Steven Spielbird
  • Michael Jukeson
  • Dickey Mouse
  • Dr. Livergurt
  • Crouton
  • Nuke Rooster
  • The Dero
  • Ayn Rant
  • Livergut Labs Toilet
  • Middle-Aged Generic Mutant Tortoises
  • Ether Bunny
  • Nathrax, Lepsyro, and Flatucelen
  • K'CelBoo
  • Stu Dinerdud
  • Ferdie Cruller
  • Russ Cavern
  • Vid-Citizens
  • President Kingoff
  • Cyber-Republicans