Today's Fact
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In Walt Simonson's celebrated run, Loki reached for the throne of Asgard with the strangest weapon in his arsenal: while he schemed at home, he used the mystical sword of Surtur and Asgardian engines to reach across worlds and rewrite his brother's body. Thor, standing on Earth, shrank, greened, and hopped.
Frog Thor kept every scrap of the god inside the amphibian — his mind, his courage, and eventually his hammer. Stranded in Central Park, he fell in with a pond community led by a frog named Puddlegulp, and promptly went to war, leading the frogs against an invading army of rats like a very small, very damp field commander.
When Thor at last forced his restoration, he left something behind for his ally: a sliver chipped from Mjolnir itself. Puddlegulp — once a human named Simon Walterson — lifted the fragment, gained a miniature hammer of his own, and became Throg, the Frog of Thunder. The whole improbable episode runs through Thor #364–366 (1986).
Why It's Obscure
A coup attempt measured in inches — Loki's pettiest victory accidentally created a second thunder god.
Gallery
Comic art of the character — no AI imagery, nothing mislabeled.
Sources
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Bullpen Bulletins
- Thor Left Asgard's Future to Marvel's Strangest Thunder God — CBRRecounts Thor #364 (1986): Loki transformed Thor into a frog, Thor befriended Puddlegulp in Central Park, helped defend the frogs, and Puddlegulp later gained a fraction of the Odin-Force as Throg.
- 5 Greatest Thor/Loki Fights — Marvel.comMarvel's own list remembers the frog incident from Walt Simonson's Thor run and cites Thor (1966) #364, published February 1986.
- Frog Thor Leaps Back Into Comic Books — GamesRadar+Confirms Thor was turned into a frog by Loki in Thor #364, met the cursed former human Puddlegulp in Central Park, and helped him against the rats.