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With Thor quickly running out of options to avert his disastrous prophecies of the future, he puts his faith in the pint-sized Throg, Frog of Thunder.
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Thor #18, on sale now from Marvel Comics.
With Thor receiving increasingly dark visions of a Marvel Universe future brutally controlled by Thanos and facing challenges to the throne on all sides, the God of Thunder is growing desperate in finding a way to avert the prophesied crisis. Initially turning to help from the Avengers by having his teammates among Earth’s Mightiest Heroes watch over his trusty hammer Mjolnir, predicted to play a role in Thanos’ genocidal rise to power, the team failed to prevent Mjolnir from going missing. Running out of options, Thor decides to turn to the unlikeliest hero linked to Asgard of them all: Throg, the mighty Frog of Thunder.
In 1986’s Thor #364 by Walt Simonson, Loki used his usual magic tricks to transform Thor into a frog so he could continue his mischief unabated. While acclimating to his new, amphibian form in Central Park, Thor befriend a fellow frog named Puddlegulp who similarly was once a man magically transformed into a frog. After helping Puddlegulp defend Central Park’s frog community against attacking rats, Thor forced Loki to restore him to his humanoid form and, as a thank you to Puddlegulp, the frog received a fraction of the Odin-Force to become something of an amphibian superhero bearing the moniker Throg. And more desperate for help than ever, Thor reunites with Throg in Thor #18 by Donny Cates, Pasqual Ferry, Bob Quinn, Matt Wilson and VC’s Joe Sabino.
After Mjolnir is stolen right from under the Avengers’ assembled noses at their own headquarters of Avengers Mountain, Thor is intent on discovering its whereabouts, hoping Thanos has not attained it to make Thor’s dark prophecy take one major step towards coming true. After Loki rejects Thor’s request that his adopted brother become something of a spy and keep his ear to the ground of the more unsavory parts of the Marvel Universe, Thor instead approaches Throg to fill a similar role, hoping that his old friend’s unassuming appearance as a frog could help as the search for Mjolnir decisively kicks into high gear.
This is certainly not the first time Throg has come to Asgard’s aid. When Donald Blake broke free and went on a murderous rampage targeting anyone that possessed the Odin-Force as part of a bloody vendetta against his creator, Throg was among Blake’s intended victims. Fortunately, Throg survived the experience and put up a surprisingly resilient stand against his pursuer before joining the heroes that fought Blake in a heated rematch, leading to the villainous persona’s eventual defeat back in Asgard.
If Thor’s visions are to be believed, the likely fate of the Marvel Universe now rests in the hands of Throg as the amphibian reforms the Pet Avengers to locate the magical hammer. The animal ensemble has only just begun their epic search but, given Throg’s past valiance, Thor could not have picked a more surprisingly effective superhero to help him where the Avengers came up woefully short. And with time rapidly running out until Thanos makes good on Thor’s prophecy, Throg and the latest incarnation of the Pet Avengers certainly have their work cut out for them as they serve as the unlikeliest superhero spy network of them all.
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