Original sentence: However, Connors never appears or is even mentioned in the game, so how he wound up as a member of the Master of Evil is up to speculation
Edited sentence: Although it has never been publicly stated, some fans of the Spiderman franchise may feel that the monster lizard Leatherhead from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles francise may be an almost direct rip-off of "The Lizard".For example, Leatherhead is portrayed as being a former scientist turned into a giant alligator, just like the Lizard, although it isn't said if the Lizard is an alligator or other large reptile.However, Connors never appears or is even mentioned in the game (if Spider-Man is in the player's team, though a unique conversation is triggered, he treats the Lizard as just another "psycho"), so how he wound up as a member of the Master of Evil is up to speculation.The names are also very similar, being the Lizard and Leatherhead.The only minor difference is that Leatherhead is stuck in alligator form