Lizard

Doctor Curtis "Curt" Connors is an amputee scientist who became known as the Lizard after injecting himself with an experimental serum to grow his arm back. With the desire to turn the rest of the human race into lizards, he was challenged by Spider-Man, and ultimately defeated. However, Lizard found himself dragged through the Multiverse by Doctor Strange's failed spell, where he was swiftly captured. Lizard was then convinced by the other multiverse travellers to allow Spider-Man to try and cure them, only for Green Goblin to destroy these plans. Lizard then joined Green Goblin in a final battle against the three Spider-Man, until he was defeated and turned human, before being sent back to his own universe.

## Contents

* Biography
* Early Life
* Spider-Man Confrontation
* Spider-Man Multiversal Crisis
* Brought to Another Universe
* Attack on Damage Control
* Battle at Liberty Island
* Personality
* Powers and Abilities
* Former Powers
* Abilities
* Equipment
* Weapons
* Other Equipment
* Vehicles
* Facilities
* Prisons
* Relationships
* Allies
* Enemies
* Trivia
* Behind the Scenes
* References
* External Links

## Biography

### Early Life

#### Spider-Man Confrontation

Curt Connors was a scientist at Oscorp who developed a serum replicating the self-healing processes of lizards with the intent of regaining his lost right arm. However, while he regained his arm, the serum had several side-effects causing him to transform into a mutant Lizard, a dangerously manic alter-ego. While in Lizard form, he believed that he had achieved the next stage of human evolution and attempted to release his serum throughout New York City, effectively transforming everyone in it, but he was stopped, defeated, and cured by Spider-Man.

### Spider-Man Multiversal Crisis

#### Brought to Another Universe

In 2024 in another universe, Doctor Strange tried to cast the Runes of Kof-Kol to make everyone forget his Peter Parker was Spider-Man. However, when the spell failed, it connected to other realities in the Multiverse and brought people who were aware of any Parker's true identity, one of them being Lizard.

Lizard initially hid in the sewers under New York City, but he was almost immediately found by Doctor Strange, whom he attacked before Strange contained him in a cell underneath the New York Sanctum. Shortly after, the Peter Parker of this universe, along with Doctor Octopus, were transported by Strange there. Lizard immediately tried to leap at Parker through his cell, frightening and startling him.

Later, Lizard witnessed Parker return with his friends Ned Leeds and Michelle Jones. When Electro was transported to the Sanctum's prison, he was surprised to see Lizard, who was his former co-worker at Oscorp. Lizard reveals to the teenagers that he could talk before Electro described Lizard to them.

Lizard then witnessed when Sandman and Norman Osborn were also brought there. Upon the revelation that most of the universe displaced villains had died in their respective universes fighting Spider-Man, Lizard became openly concerned if he had died in his universe, and got worried when Doctor Strange returned to send him to his universe.

#### Attack on Damage Control

In an attempt to save them from their destined fates, Peter Parker and his aunt brought them in a F.E.A.S.T. truck to Happy Hogan's condominium to work on cures for their conditions, though Lizard believed the plan was doomed to failure and elected to stay outside in the truck.

When J. Jonah Jameson and his Daily Bugle crew arrived, Lizard observed from inside the truck and remarked how things were beginning to go wrong. After Green Goblin attacked Spider-Man, allowing Electro and Sandman to escape, Lizard broke out of the truck, startling Jameson and Department of Damage Control agents who were nearby.

Lizard then jumped up onto the condominium and found Parker, stating that he warned him this would happen, before attacking him and throwing him into a window.

#### Battle at Liberty Island

Hours later, Lizard, alongside Sandman and Electro, arrived at the Statue of Liberty to confront Peter Parker, who was joined by Lizard's universe's Spider-Man and Sandman's Spider-Man. After they charged at each other, Lizard was kicked by his Spider-Man and the two resumed their scuffle below. Lizard managed to pin him down, however, Spider-Man managed to fight back and trapped Lizard in his Synthetic Webbing.

As Lizard worked to break himself free, he heard Ned Leeds and Michelle Jones and looked up to the next level of scaffolding, seeing an Inter-Dimensional Portal opened. Knowing that they had the Macchina di Kadavus, Lizard tore himself free and jumped up onto the scaffolding.

Lizard surprised them and jumped through the portal leading into Midtown School of Science and Technology and found himself in one of Midtown's laboratory rooms. He chased Leeds and Jones through the room, but was temporarily stopped when Leeds' Spider-Man jumped into the portal and fought him. Lizard quickly tossed Spider-Man across the room, destroying lab tables and chairs in the process before following Leeds and Jones through another portal leaving Midtown. After nearly catching up with them again, Leeds opened another portal and a burst of water came through right into Lizard's path, causing him to be stalled.

As Leeds' Spider-Man returned and tried to hold Lizard at bay, Jones threw Lizard's cure in their direction. When Lizard rushed to bite Spider-Man, he held up the cure, causing Lizard to sink his teeth in it and was promptly hit by a gas cloud causing him to be knocked backwards. Parker, Leeds, Jones, and the newly arrived Doctor Strange watched as Lizard was reverted back to Connors, who looked around and became emotional due to the loss of his right arm. When Green Goblin arrived and attacked them, he planted a Pumpkin Bomb inside the Machina. It exploded, creating a dimensional rift that caused the scaffolding to collapse. Connors was saved by Sandman’s Spider-Man and brought to safety on the ground.

When Strange casted the Runes of Kof-Kol to make everyone in that universe forget their Peter Parker, Connors, Dillon and their universe's Spider-Man were successfully sent back to their universe.

## Personality

One of Oscorp's leading scientific minds, Curt Connors was a bright and ambitious scientist who attempted to engineer a revolutionary regeneration serum to help re-grow limbs and human tissue with a desire to help change mankind for the better. However, when pressured to come up with results, he elects to become the first human test subject. While initially it works, however, it quickly changes and he mutates into a powerful man-lizard creature.

As Lizard, Connors seems to displays traits similar to a certain type of being known; although he displays an animalistic cunning and viciousness, however, he still displays Connor's intelligence, albeit somewhat twisted, to create a new breed of beings to inherit the world.

## Powers and Abilities

### Former Powers

* **Artificially Enhanced Physiology**: Connors transformed himself into a giant mutant lizard after experimenting with cross-species genetics; he harnessed the DNA of a lizard and transferred its capabilities to himself, granting him enhanced reptilian physical attributes.
	+ **Superhuman Strength**: Connors has remarkable superhuman strength, able to lift weight that no human ever could. He is able to tear through steel and metals effortlessly, and overpower multiple men with ease.
	+ **Superhuman Durability**: Connors' skin, bone, and muscle tissue are denser and tougher than ordinary humans.
	+ **Superhuman Speed**: Connors has the ability to travel at great speeds.
	+ **Superhuman Agility**: In his Lizard form, Connors possess a level of agility superior to humans.
	+ **Superhuman Stamina**: Connors can do intense physical activity for long periods of time without being fatigued.
	+ **Superhuman Reflexes**: Connors can coordinate his body with unnatural equilibrium, dexterity, and flexibility and his reflexes is capable of reacting much better than ordinary human beings.
	+ **Enhanced Senses**: Connors has superhuman senses. He is able to see farther than ordinary, and can smell humans scent from great distances.
	+ **Regenerative Healing Factor**: Connors can heal much quicker than even Spider-Man. He could heal from multiple gunshot wounds within a few seconds,
	+ **Wall-Crawling**: Connors uses his sharp claws to penetrate walls and crawl on them.

### Abilities

* **Genius-Level Intellect**: Connors has a genius-level intelligence. In his universe, he was a renowned herpetologist.
* **Master Scientist**: Connors is a master scientist on his universe as a herpetologist. Even as the monstrous Lizard, he still retains a warped intelligence.
* **Combatant**: Despite having no formal combat training, in his Lizard form, due to his powers that combined with his natural savergy, casued him to become a fierce hand to hand combatant.
* **Master Acrobat**: Connors' acrobatic feats are enhanced as Lizard.

## Equipment

### Vehicles

* **F.E.A.S.T. Truck**: Lizard was transported to Happy Hogan's condominium from the New York Sanctum in the truck, but he chose to remain outside the complex. When the Green Goblin and Electro began to attack Spider-Man and Otto Octavius respectively, Lizard busted his way out of the truck and ran away from the scene.

## Facilities

* **Midtown School of Science and Technology**: Lizard jumped through an Inter-Dimensional Portal and entered Midtown's laboratory room to attack Michelle Jones and Ned Leeds, who were in possession of the Macchina di Kadavus.

### Prisons

* **New York Sanctum**: After being defeated by Doctor Strange, Lizard was transported to the Sanctum's prison, where he was contained until Spider-Man freed him to cure the multiversal visitors.

## Relationships

	+ Max Dillon/Electro - Former Colleague
* Peter Parker/Spider-Man - Former Enemy and Curer
* Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus
* Peter Parker/Spider-Man - Temporary Enemy and Curer
* Michelle Jones - Former Enemy
* Ned Leeds - Former Enemy
* Flint Marko/Sandman
* Norman Osborn/Green Goblin
* May Parker †
* Peter Parker/Spider-Man - Temporary Enemy and Savior
* Stephen Strange/Doctor Strange - Situational Enemy and Former Captor
* Damage Control
* The Daily Bugle
	+ J. Jonah Jameson

## Trivia

* In the comics, Curt Connors was a military surgeon who had his right arm amputated due to an injury. In an attempt to get his arm back, Connors tried to use a serum of lizard DNA to gain regeneration powers, but due to a failure, he was turned into a reptilian monster.
* In *The Amazing Spider-Man*, Lizard's right claw has four fingers instead of five, since his right hand was artificially regrown. This continuity detail was kept for *Spider-Man: No Way Home*.

## Behind the Scenes

* Curt Connors in the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues the live-action incarnation of the character from Marc Webb's *The Amazing Spider-Man* duology from Sony Pictures Studios, who was also portrayed by Rhys Ifans; he is the second live-action incarnation of the character, following an incarnation portrayed by Dylan Baker in Sam Raimi's *Spider-Man* trilogy.
* Lizard is slightly redesigned, altering his previous design from *The Amazing Spider-Man* in favor of one with a slightly more reptilian face, lizard-like groves and a more pronounced snout.
* When Lizard transforms back into his human form as Curt Connors, footage from *The Amazing Spider-Man* of Rhys Ifans as the character was superimposed into the scene.
* Prior to appearing in Marvel Cinematic Universe, he and Sandman are the only two Spider-Man's rogues who survived the events of their respective universes.

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## External Links

* Lizard on Marvel Database
* Curtis Connors (Earth-120703) on Marvel Database
* Lizard on Wikipedia