Thor: Love & Thunder – 10 Things Only Comic Fans Know About The Kronans


Warning – This list contains spoilers for Thor: Love and Thunder!

In Thor: Love & ThunderKorg’s body gets destroyed when Zeus orders an attack on Thor and his friends in order to prevent them from exposing Omnipotence City’s location to Gorr The God Butcher, which is a sad moment because the Kronan is a fan favorite. Luckily, his body gets restored later in the movie, enabling him to start a family.

While Korg (Taika Waititi) has undergone proper character development in the MCU, little information is provided about his species as a whole. On the Marvel pages, things are much more different as various details are laid out about the rock-like humanoid beings that have a love-hate relationship with Thor.

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They Hail From The Saturn Moons

Oe of the Saturn moons as seen in Marvel comics

The Kronans first appear in Journey into Mystery #83 where they are introduced as The Stone Men From Saturn. They don’t live on the planet itself but on one of its unnamed moons. This makes them neighbors with Thanos, who hails from the Saturn moon, Titan. Later in the issue, they invade Earth and face off against one of the best doctors in Marvel comics, Donald Blake.

Marvel movies, TV shows, and comics have always maintained real-life locations for the most part but when it comes to Thor tales, there is always a little more creativity. The introduction of Planet Ria is an example of that since it only appears in the MCU. Making Ria the home of the Kronans makes sense since it’s described as one of the worlds that are protected by Asgard despite being outside the Nine Realms. The same can’t be said of Saturn, which is literally Thanos territory.


There Are No Female Kronans

Korg in an battling pose in Marvel Comics

According to World War Hulk Aftersmash: Warbound #4, Kronans are an all-male species. They reproduce by joining hands in a lava river for three days, then an offspring emerges.

The MCU has a major continuity error regarding the gender issue. When Korg and Thor first meet in Thor: Ragnarok, Korg tells Thor that only his mother and her annoying boyfriend came to visit him when he was jailed for starting a revolution. But in Thor: Love & Thunder, it’s implied that there are only male Kronans since Korg follows the all-male process that’s explained in the comics when starting his own family.

The Raid Of Babylon

An image of Babylon in Marvel comics

In Captain America Annual #11, the Kronans invade Earth in 3000 BC and stage an attack on Ancient Babylon. In order to ensure the evolution of civilization isn’t messed with, Captain America travels back in time to stop them.


As is the case in the MCU, Kronans mostly interact with Thor and Hulk in the comics. Their feud with Captain America is therefore a refreshing arc in the Marvel comics. Even better is that it’s set in medieval times so as not to interfere with the usual interactions with Thor in the present times.

The Atheists

Phyllis The Kronan issues a threat in Marvel comics

The Kronans from Earth-TRN855 are the main part of the story in Galacta: Daughter of Galactus #1. These Kronans are atheists and when they realize that gods such as Thor and Odin actually exist, many of them lose shape in life.

Ordinarily, the Kronans are known to be very competent in combat but the discovery weakens them because it nullifies everything they have ever believed in. As such it becomes easier for Thor to defeat them. Galacta hands them an even bigger victory when she wipes out the entire Saturn-like ring around Earth that they were residing in.


Changing Colors

Thor first encounter with The Kronans in Marvel comics

When the Kronans make their comic debut in Journey into Mystery #83, they are green in color. In later issues, their color is switched to green.

Few would argue that the body color of the Kronans in the MCU is more fitting. Thanks to the bluish-grey hue, Korg actually looks like he is made out of pieces of rocks since grey rocks are more common than orange or green ones. The first Kronians mildly resemble Hulk since they are as huge as him while the later Kronans resemble one of the most powerful Fantastic Four members, The Thing.

Mechano Monster And Mekkanoid

Split image showing Mechano Monster and Mekkaoid in Marvel comics

When they are first introduced, the Kronans rely on a robotic weapon known as the Mechano Monster to do some of their dirty work. This weapon is soon destroyed by Donald Blake’s version of Thor. In Mighty Thor #482, the Kronans unleash yet another robotic weapon known as Mekkanoid but it gets destroyed by Anak.


The reliance on robotic weapons seems unnecessary at times because the Kronans themselves are even stronger than the Mechano Monster or Mekkanoid. However, this development is meant to emphasize the fact that the species is intelligent and that their technological advancements are just as good as those of humans.

A Brief Stint Earth-6001

Hulk and Korg interact before the destruction of The Kronans in Marvel comics

As revealed in Hulked-Out Heroes #1, Kronans don’t get to last long in Earth-6001. That’s because the Hulkpool travels back in time and defeats them before they stage their attack on Norway.

It’s an interesting Earth because, in it, Thor doesn’t exist either. That’s because the lack of a threat in Norway means Donald Blake never gets to find the hammer that makes him Thor. As expected, nothing much happens in a universe where Thor and the Kronans don’t exist, so Earth-6001 gets very little focus in Marvel comics.

The Zombie Attack

In Marvel Zombies Return #4 Korg and many of his kind get attacked by a zombie version of one of the most powerful members of the Inhumans, Black Bolt, as they are on Hulk’s Warbound destined for Earth. The majority of the Kronan populace gets massacred during the attack.

The Kronans can take pride in the fact that they aren’t the only ones to be obliterated by zombies. During it, many popular Marvel characters either get killed or turn into zombies themselves. The Kronans never get the opportunity to reanimate as zombies since blood doesn’t run in their veins.

Five Kronans Are Named In The Comics

A group of Kronans in Marvel comics

In the MCU, a few Kronans appear briefly but Korg and Dwayne are the only ones that are ever mentioned by name. In the comics, there is Korg, Margus, Zardok, Ahna, and O-Korg.

Thanks to the presence of more fleshed-out Kronans in the comics, Korg gets to have a family as well as friends and foes. With the MCU-exclusive Kronan, Dwayne, now in the picture as Korg’s lover, fans can likely expect to see more individuals from the species. Hopefully, Korg will get to meet his parents and siblings.

A Similar Species

Split image showing the Lithodia Rexians in Marvel comics

The Lithodia Rexians are often mistaken for the more popular Kronans because they are also a stone-like race. As revealed in Tales to Astonish #5, they have also tried invading Earth a couple of times.

Though the Lithodia Rexians don’t get as much coverage as Kronans in Marvel media, they are actually more interesting. They are better strategists than Kronan, proven by the fact that they always send sleeper agents first to survey a region before attacking. They have also feuded with both Marvel villains and heroes including Deadpool, Loki, and Thor.


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