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Frog-Man (Eugene Patilio) is a minor comedic superhero created by writer J. M. DeMatteis and artist Kerry Gammill for Marvel Comics. His first appearance was in ''Marvel Team-Up'' #121. ==Fictional character biography== Eugene Patilio was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Vincent Patilio (the minor Daredevil supervillain Leap-Frog). After several defeats by Daredevil, Iron Man, and Spider-Man, which eventually landed him in jail, Vincent eventually decided to retire and go straight. His son Eugene donned his father's costume as the Fabulous Frog-Man in an attempt to be a crime-fighter.〔''Marvel Team-Up'' #131 (July 1983)〕 However, his crime-fighting career became essentially a joke. His two major enemy villains are the White Rabbit, a comedic villainess inspired by the ''Alice in Wonderland'' character,〔''Marvel Team-Up'' #131 (July 1983)〕 and the Walrus, a dimwitted character who essentially had the proportionate abilities of a walrus (tough skin and super-strength, though well below Spider-Man's class).〔''New Defenders'' #131 (May 1984); ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #185 (February 1992)〕 Frog-Man had a tendency to capture villains simply by dumb luck. Eugene's inability to fully pilot his automated Frog-Man costume caused him to wildly bounce around, scoring sure wins against villains by crashing into them. This questionable method of fighting supervillains accounts for his luck in dealing with the Yellow Claw,〔''Marvel Fanfare'' #31 & #32 (March & May 1987)〕 and Speed Demon.〔''Marvel Team-Up'' #121 (September 1982)〕 (Captain America assisted in the battle against the Claw). Both villains were later contacted by the White Rabbit with proposals for an alliance against him. She later complained to Walrus that both men laughed her off as soon as they heard her codename. When Rabbit and Walrus went on a rampage shortly after that revelation, they not only lured Eugene to them, as the Rabbit had hoped, but also his father and Spider-Man (who was visiting the Patilios) and suffered another crushing defeat, with Eugene clumsily bouncing into the Rabbit once again.〔''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #185 (February 1992)〕 He also participated, along with Spider-Kid and The Toad, in a short-lived super-team called the Misfits.〔''Amazing Spider-Man'' #266 (July 1985)〕 Vincent Patilio was very proud of his son, yet at the same time very worried about him risking his life. He even prevented his son from joining the Defenders, even when it meant publicly humiliating him by literally dragging him home in front of the team and the media.〔''New Defenders'' #131 (May 1984)〕 When Alyosha Kraven, the son of Kraven the Hunter, began collecting a zoo of animal-themed superhumans, Frog-Man was amongst his captives.〔''Punisher War Journal'' vol. 2 #15 (2008)〕 Eugene Patilio was later recruited by the US government as part of the Fifty-State-Initiative program, as a member of the Kentucky based team, Action Pack.〔''Avengers: The Initiative'' #7〕 During the ''Secret Invasion'' storyline, he was revealed to be a Skrull infiltrator.〔''Avengers: The Initiative'' #19〕 After the invasion is over, the real Frog-Man is shown in a support group meeting with the others that had been replaced by Skrulls.〔''Avengers: The Initiative'' #20〕 During the ''Fear Itself'' storyline, Frog-Man appears at a meeting held by Prodigy regarding magical hammers that have crashed into the earth.〔''Fear Itself: Youth In Revolt'' #1〕 He is part of Gravity's team and helps battle Crossbones.〔''Fear Itself: Youth In Revolt'' #2〕 During the ''Spider-Island'' storyline, Frog-Man witnesses terrorists with spider powers attacking the United Nations and springs into action, teaming up with Ms. Marvel, Hawkeye, and Jessica Jones against a spider-empowered Flag-Smasher. After the battle, Frog-Man gains the grudging respect of Ms. Marvel, Hawkeye, and Jessica Jones.〔''Spider-Island: Avengers'' #1〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frog-Man」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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