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Attributes

Height: Unknown out of costume, 6" with costume

Weight: Unknown

Eyes: Sometimes green, others blue, and others still light brown. Surprised? Common trait in Marvel characters.

Hair: Red, curly

Features: Fat young boy

Summary

Created By: Unknown

Real Name: Eugene Paul Colorito Patilio

Current Aliases: None

Former Aliases: None

Dual Identity: Not known to general public

Current Occupation: Would-be Super-Hero alternating with College student

Former Occupation: None

Citizenship: U.S.A. citizen

Legal Status: No Criminal Record

Place of Birth: Unknown

Marital Status: Single

Known Relatives: Vincent, father (Leapfrog I); Rose, mother (deceased); Marie, aunt

Known Confidants: Vincent and Marie Patilio, Jerome (friend)

Known Allies: Reluctantly: Defenders and Spider-Man. Not so Reluctant: Leapfrog I, Spider-Kid and Toad

Major Enemies: The White Rabbit, Speed Demon, Yellow Claw and the Walrus. (Impressive gallery, huh?)

Usual Bases: Brooklyn, especially near Kwikkee Burger

Former Bases: None

Current Groups: None

Former Groups: Misfits. He tried to enter the Defenders, but they didn't want him. I wonder why?

Education: Currently a College Student

Powers & Paraphenalia

Strength Level: Normal human level for his age and size

Powers: None, but he probably has some unknown, unrevealed mutant 'luck' power that kept him alive and unharmed, gaining him his victories.

Abilities: Complete inability to pilot his fully automated Frog-Man suit. Very lucky - if he wasn't, he'd be dead.

Equipment: A frog suit equipped with electric leaping coils, as well as an internal computer to pilot the suit.

Weapons: His body. Not that he's a good fighter, just that he jumps so clumsily that he usually rams his opponents inadvertedly.

Limitations: His random bouncing is often useless (unless he crashes against the villain, which scores him a sure win)

Background

Eugene Patilio, a young boy with a ridiculous name, decides to use an even more ridiculous name, The Fabulous Frog-Man, to fight crime. He uses one of his father's costumes and goes out to find some crime to fight. He sees Spider-Man and the Human Torch having minor trouble dealing with Speed Demon. He attacks and defeats Speed Demon in a clumsy move. Call it illusions of grandeur, but Eugene actually sees some merit in his victory, so, the Fabulous Frog-Man has come to stay. Vincent doesn't like the idea of his son getting in danger, though.

A few months later, he hears that the the White Rabbit is busting fast- food chains, so he waits for her in Kwikkee Burger. He clumsily attacks her gang when they come in, and Spidey saves his sorry... hide. The Rabbit flees, but eventually it all winds up in a 3-way fight between Spidey, the Rabbit and the Frog, ending with the Rabbit crashing down.

His future spotlights feature being denied membership in Defenders right before they're attacked by the Walrus. He watches the Walrus collapse by indegestion (too many Kwikkee Burgers...) and gets the credit for the win. He also drops in when Spidey was fighting Thunderball and 4 thugs, allowing them to escape. Later, Spidey joins him with Spider-Kid and Toad, and the three form the Misfits. But the Misfits didn't last long, and Frog-Man was solo again, this time "helping" Captain America against Yellow Claw and his mutations (some of them were giant frogs...).

During the Acts of Vengeance, Frog-Man received repairs on his left boot from Gene Strausser at Damage Control. It is not known who if anyone he was battling when he sustained the damage. Knowing him, he might have just damaged his own suit by accident.

During a dinner at his house, with his father, his aunt and Spider-Man (Spectacular Spider-Man #185), they see on the News Bulletin that the White Rabbit and the Walrus are on a rampage, trying to attract Frog-Man to get even with him (Speed Demon and Yellow Claw felt that a team-up with the White Rabbit was disprestigious, but at least they got a good laugh before refusing). Spidey leaves, Vince prohibits Eugene from leaving, and leaves as Leap-Frog, but Eugene follows him as soon as his father's back is turned.

The Walrus knocks down Peter with his laugh attack (he says dumb things, others laugh, and he strikes while they're distracted), Vince arrives and announces himself as Frog-Man, the Walrus attacks, Vince knocks him down, the White Rabbit moves in to kill Vince, and the real Frog-Man arrives, at his own image, bouncing clumsily and falling on the Rabbit's back. Spidey takes care of an enraged Walrus, and Vince finally approves his son's crime fighting activity. He should. Eugene is luckier than Longshot (lucky mutant from the x- titles). Well, he's even luckier than that pesky Donald's cousin, Gladstone Gander (Lucky Duck from the Disney titles).

Well, okay, he isnt that lucky. He was captured by Alyosha Kravinoff and used like an ordinary animal, for Kraven's hunting pleasure. He was held on a boat with other animal-themed super criminals, such as Rhino, Vulture, Kangaroo (Hibbs), Swarm and others. Kraven would drug them and fight them to prove his superiority. He was stopped by the Punisher, but Kraven got away.

Thanks To:

The assistance of the Marvel Chronology Project is gratefully acknowledged.

This profile was completed with information used with permission from the Appendix of Marvel Universe website, mantained by Jeff Christiansen (Snood). If you want to find out about that odd-ball character you've only seen once, or even about that character you haven't ever seen, that's the site you're looking for. An impressive amount of obscure characters await you there!

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