Affiliations: Man-Beast, Rhino (Aleksei Sytsevich)

Enemies: High Evolutionary (Herbert Edgar Wyndham), Hulk (Bruce Banner), Porcunius and the New Men opposing the Man-Beast's New Men, US Air Force of the High-Evolutionary's Counter-Earth (notably including General Ross), Adam Warlock;
|   presumably Count Tagar, Knights of Wundagore (notably Sir Lepard, Sir Lyan, Sir Ossilot, Sir Ram, and other unidentified Knights), Thor Odinson;
    possibly the Beyonders, Prime Movers of Tarkus, Sphinxor, Thanos

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unrevealed;
    at least formerly various hidden base (including this one) on the High Evolutionary's Counter-Earth;
    presumably formerly Wundagore-3;
    presumably formerly somewhere in the galaxy Dromisana;
    presumably created in the High Evolutionary's Citadel of Science atop Mount Wundagore, Transia;

Powers/Abilities: A ranine humanoid, Phrogg likely possesses some degree of enhanced leaping ability...and/or enhanced speed...and/or enhanced strength.

    He may or may not have an extendable, sticky tongue that can be used to snare objects or beings.

    He may or may not have toxic secretions on his skin.

    He may or may not be able to hold his breath and survive underwater for extendable periods.

History:
(Thor I#135 - BTS / Quicksilver I#9 (fb) - BTS) - The Man-Beast used his evolutionary ray (presumably still powered by Isotope C) to create a number of his own New Men (presumably including Phrogg), who then engaged Thor and the Evolutionary. 

    Thor subdued the Man-Beast, and Count Tagar and the Knights forced the rest of the Man-Beast's New Men into the Evolutionary's Star Chamber, which then transported them to the "galaxy Dromisana" (see comments).

     The Man-Beast then used the High Evolutionary's machinery to guide the newly developed humanity on Counter-Earth to commit the violent crimes the High Evolutionary had sought to prevent.

    The High Evolutionary revived and attacked the Man-Beast, who summoned his armored New Men (possibly including Phrogg) to aid him. Though the High Evolutionary stopped them as well, the distraction allowed the Man-Beast to strike down the Evolutionary with a psychic blast.

    Before the Man-Beast could slay the Evolutionary, however, Him -- the creation of the Enclave whom the Evolutionary had rescued from space --  rushed to attack the New Men. The Man-Beast teleported himself and his followers down to Counter-Earth.

    The Evolutionary considered destroying his now-tainted world, but Him convinced the Evolutionary to allow him to track down the Man-Beast and to save humanity. The Evolutionary gave Him the Infinity Soul Gem and sent him to Counter-Earth with the new name of Adam Warlock.

(Marvel Premiere#2 (fb) - BTS) - The Man-Beast and his New Men established the base of Wundagore-3.

(Warlock I#1 - BTS) - The High Evolutionary altered Counter-Earth so that it vibrated on a different plane, a mere micro-second out of sync with the rest of the dimension, so that a rocket from Earth approaching Counter-Earth could neither see nor be seen by Counter-Earth.

(Incredible Hulk II#158 (fb) - BTS) - After the Man-Beast dissolved into mist to escape de-evolution by Adam Warlock (although he secretly possessed Rex Carpenter), Kohbra assumed leadership of the New Men and plotted to conquer Counter-Earth. Porcunius led a rebel group of New Men who sought only acceptance, not dominance.

(Incredible Hulk II#158 (fb) - BTS) - Presumably with Kohbra's instruction, Phrogg infiltrated Porcunius' group.

(Incredible Hulk II#158 - BTS) - Seeking to get rid of the Hulk and the Rhino, the Leader (Samuel Sterns) sent them on a craft to the opposite side of Earth's sun, at which point it would slow down; it was believed that either the orbit would decay and it would plunge into the sun or they would remain trapped in the craft until they would perish.

(Incredible Hulk II#158 (fb) - BTS) - Kohbra led his army of New Men in an assault on the base of the group of rebel New Men led by Porcunius.

(Incredible Hulk II#158 - BTS) - The Leader's craft instead reached Counter-Earth, after which point the two passengers were separated from each other and the craft.

(Incredible Hulk II#158) - Kohbra announced to Porcunius that he and his rebel band were surrounded and told him to surrender, to rejoin is fellow New Men, and to reclaim their collective destiny to rule this Earth. Before Porcunius could respond, however, the Hulk's fall caused him to crash through the base's ceiling. Porcunius initially suspected the giant green creature to have been sent by Kohbra, but Kohbra feared that Porcunius and his men had gained an ally, and so he led his forces to flee; he told his men to "let the fool think us frightened. We will have our day soon enough." Regardless, their flight convinced Porcunius and his men that the creature was not one of theirs.

(Incredible Hulk II#158 - BTS) - Porcunius convinced the Hulk to join them in him and his allies to take shelter in their catacombs to avoid the soldiers that would hunt them.

(Incredible Hulk II#158 (fb) - BTS) - Kohbra and/or other members of his New Men located and allied with the Rhino.

(Incredible Hulk II#158 (fb) - BTS) - After reporter Jason Anders released an article noting an alien ship to have been discovered by and brought to a local air force base ('scant hours after the ship's discovery), Porcunius read the article to the Hulk, who realized it was the ship on which he had arrived.

(Incredible Hulk II#158) - Phrogg was present as the Porcunius agreed to help the Hulk locate his ship and return to his world, at least in part to prevent Kohbra and his allies from gaining the ship.

(Incredible Hulk II#158 (fb) - BTS) - Phrogg reported this to Kohbra.

(Incredible Hulk II#158 - BTS) - Led by Kohbra, Rhino charged into the air force base and smashed the Hulk from behind.

    The two groups of New Men then fought each other, with Kohbra vowing that Porcunius' outnumbered forces would lose the struggle.

(Incredible Hulk II#158 - BTS) - Regardless, the Leader then recalled his ship, hoping to leave the Hulk and Rhino stranded there.

(Incredible Hulk II#158) - After the Hulk departed with the Rhino aboard the ship, Air Force base airmen rushed in, led by this world's General Ross, and both groups of New Men fled back to their subterranean lairs.

Comments: Created by Roy Thomas, Steve Gerber, Herb Trimpe and Sal Trapani.

    Phrogg has appeared in one issue, in two panels in Incredible Hulk II#158.

    However, as far as I know, there is not anything that indicates that the Man-Beast was able to create additional New Men on his own without the High Evolutionary's evolutionary ray.
    Therefore, Phrogg was likely created and present in Thor I#135.
    I am listing Phrogg as behind-the-scenes in the issues covered in Thor I#135 - Warlock I#1.

    And, assuming Phrogg did not perish at some point earlier, he was presumably present on Counter-Earth when Sphinxor and the Prime Movers took the world for the Beyonders' museum circa Marvel Two-In-One I#61-64 (1980)...and when Counter-Earth was apparently destroyed by the Infinity Gauntlet-possessing Thanos (as revealed circa Warlock and the Infinity Watch#4 (1992).
    I am not really certain what the deal is with the Counter-Earth that appeared circa Uncanny Avengers II#1 (2015), but I do not believe Phrogg was seen with them.

Profile by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Phrogg should be distinguished from:

• PHRAUG of the pre-Cataclysmic era - @ 18000  BC, Deviant, leader of Lemuria at the time of the Great Cataclysm--Marvel Team-Up I Annual#5
• FROG (    ) - New York University, roommate of Greg Willis (Gravity)--Gravity#1
  
• FROG (    ) - "Terrigen Marines"--Silent War#5
• The FROG - dwelled as a fisherman in unidentified extradimensional realm, possibly originally from Earth, followed Thunderbolts back to Earth where he was transformed into a conventional frog that was apparently crushed to death in a closing gate--Thunderbolts I#150
  
• FROGs of CENTRAL PARK (Bugeye, Dewlap, Glugwort(d), Greensong and her son, Gullywhump(d), Puddlegulp, briefly Thor ) - allied with Thor in frog form against the rats of Central Park--Thor I#364
• FROG BOY - see FROG MAN--Marvel Team-Up I#121
• FROG-FACE - see LEAP-FROG--Tangled Web of Spider-Man#12
• "FROGGY" - lover of Flavia, forced Technet to bring him honey to cure his acne--Excalibur Annual#1/2
• FROGGY - see LEAP-FROG--Spectacular Spider-Man II#185
• FROG-MAN (Zakkim) - former tyrant of Tyrannia circa 1000 years ago, transformed into frog-man by the sorcerer Ozaan, hid in a trance for 1000 years, returned to suspended animation after mistaking a couple in frog costumes for the active life form on earth; did not wish to live in a world of frogs--Strange Tales#104/3
  
• FROG-MAN (Francois LeBlanc) - Ani-Men, former navy frog-man, temporarily given superhuman powers by agents of Count Nefaria, killed by bomb set off by Spymaster in battle with Iron Man. leaping ability-aka CROAKER--Daredevil I#10
• FROG-MAN - see LEAP-FROG--Spectacular Spider-Man II#185
• FROG-MAN (Eugene Paul Patilio) - Son of Leap-Frog--Marvel Team-Up I#121
• FROG-MAN impersonator - Skrull, Action Pack--Avengers: The Initiative#7
• FROG-MAN (   ) - Ani-Men, acquired costume of LeBlanc--Code of Honor#3
• BRASS FROG(s) - King Solomon's Tomb, two items, one brings objects back in time, the other returns them - aka KING SOLOMON's FROG(s)--Black Panther I#1
• BULLFROG (Kelsey Riordan) - career criminal with past encounters with unspecified Captain America; circa 1947 used frog costume with springs on boots in crime spree, defeated by Captain America (Jeff Mace)--Captain America Comics#61/2
• CUTFROG - Sakaar species, produces powerful venom, venom used by shadow priests against Sakaar--Hulk Family#1/2
• GOLDEN FROGS - race of frog-men who developed when locals in Panama fled into subterranean caverns in 16^th century to escape Spanish Conquistadors, mutated by waters therein; encountered in 20^th century by explorers, possibly destroyed--Adventures into Terror#23
  
• GARKO the MAN-FROG - mutated by potion, progressed into real frog and run over, sent to Hell--Giant-Size Man-Thing#4/2
• LEAP-FROG (Vincent Patilio) - Electro’s Emissaries of Evil, former agent of Justin Hammer, father of Frogman, invented jumping suit due to frustration over lack of success as an inventor, wife died of cancer, retired, has periodically returned to activity--Daredevil I#25
• LEAPFROG (Buford Lange) - father of Timmy, abusive, electrocuted by Timmy to stop him from killing Daredevil, captured and possibly killed by Alyosha Kravinoff. Costume + abilities patterned after Vincent Patilio--[Daredevil II#16], 19
• LEAPFROG - underwater transport craft of Janet & Victor Stein, stolen by the Runaways--Runaways#15
• THROG (Simon Walterson) - transformed into the frog Puddlegulp, later gained power of Thor via sliver of Mjolnir--Mighty Thor#700
• BLACK TOAD (Chuck McArthur) - criminal circa 1941, used blow gun with poison darts--Captain America Comics#7/2
• BOAB the DEVIL-TOAD - "Shadow Earth" arch-demon--Strip#1 (or other toad-natives of this world)
• GENGHIS GRIMTOAD - "Shadow Earth" magic-user--Strip#1 (or other toad-natives of this world)
• RUBY TOAD - used to prevent entrance into the Toad God's crypt--Chamber of Chills#3
• TOAD - see BLACK TOAD--Captain America Comics#7/2
• TOAD (Mortimer Toynbee) - British mutant, Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Misfits, Brotherhood of Mutants, Brotherhood, former lackey of Magneto, subject of Alamogordo as an infant, powers enhanced on Stranger’s ship--X-Men I#4
  
• TOAD BOY (Tarquin) - District X, mutant, son of , powers removed by Mr. M. Secretions (Toad Juice) contain euphoric drug--[District X#1], 2
  
• TOAD GOD - giant ancient toad-like creature connected to Ruby Toad key--Chamber of Chills#3
• TOAD GOD - see TSATHOGGUA--Door to Saturn; Savage Sword of Conan I#40
  
• TOAD-IN-WAITING ( ) - bug-eyed mutant--X-Men II#132
• TOAD WHALES - hundred-foot-long undersea creatures domesticated by the Infra-Worlders--Incredible Hulk II#164
  
• TOADTHRAX the BLACK - "Shadow-Earth" sorcerer--Strip#1
  
• TOADIUS - Tribbitite, former king--Over the Edge#3
• TOAD JUICE - secretions of Toad Boy prior to his being cured--District X#1
  
• TOAD MEN - see TRIBBITITE race--Incredible Hulk I#2
• TOAD-THING of the Hyborian era - dwelled at the bottom of the Well of Skelos on unidentified island on which Belit stored her treasures, battled Conan--Conan the Barbarian I#73
• TOADY - robotic servant of Tyrant--Silver Surfer III#101
• AMPHIBIUS - Savage Land Mutates--X-Men I#62
• BUFO - Ani-Mates--New Mutants I#59
• BUFO - Tribbitite--Over the Edge#3
  
• GRUNT - malevolent aspect of Willie Evans' personality; looked kind of froggy--Iron Man Annual#8
• "RANINE race" - Atlantean aquatic frog-like race--Men's Adventures#27/3
• TRIBBITITE race - aka Toad Men; extraterrestrials, largely use technology stolen from other races--Incredible Hulk I#2
• other frog, toad, etc. characters, groups, items, events, races or places...

Appearances:
Thor I#135 (December, 1966) - Stan "The Man" Lee (writer/editor), Jack "King" Kirby (penciler), Vince "The Prince" Colletta (inker) - BTS; presumed
Marvel Premiere#1-2 (April-May, 1972) - Roy Thomas (writer), Gil Kane (pencils), Dan Adkins (inks), Stan Lee (editor) - BTS; presumed
Warlock I#1 (August, 1972) - Roy Thomas (plot), Mike Friedrich (script), Gil Kane (pencils), Tom Sutton (inker), Stan Lee (editor) - BTS; presumed
Warlock I#2 (October, 1972) - Roy Thomas (plot), Mike Friedrich (script), John Buscema, Tom Sutton & Gil Kane (pencils), Tom Sutton (inker), Stan Lee (editor) - BTS; presumed
Incredible Hulk II#158 (December, 1972) - Roy Thomas (plot/editor), Steve Gerber (writer), Herb Trimpe (penciler), Sal Trapani (inker)

First posted: 10/02/2024
Last updated: 10/10/2024

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