Lizard (Marvel Comics)

**Dr. Curtis "Curt" Connors**, also known as **Lizard**, was a highly educated physician who earned twin doctorates in herpetology and biochemistry after completing medical school. He became a gifted surgeon who enlisted in the United States Army where he performed emergency battlefield surgery on wounded soldiers. However, his right arm was terribly injured in a wartime blast, resulting in its amputation. After returning to civilian life, Curt devoted his life to creating a serum to regenerate lost limbs. Using DNA from reptiles, who naturally re-grow lost limbs, Curt created a serum he was sure would work.

Using himself as the first test subject, Curt injected himself with a dose of his formula and was ecstatic when his arm began to regenerate. However, the reptilian DNA his serum was based on mixed with, and altered, his own DNA and turned him into a vicious creature.

## Powers

**Lizard Physiology:** While transformed into the Lizard, he possesses a variety of superhuman attributes, including:

* ***Superhuman Strength:*** While Connors himself has the normal physical strength of a human male of his age, height, and build who engages in little regular exercise, the Lizard possesses sufficient superhuman strength to lift about 12 tons.
	+ ***Superhuman Leaping:***His physical strength has extended into the muscles of his legs allowing him to leap about 18 feet into the air.
* ***Superhuman Speed:*** While transformed, he can run and move at speeds greater than that of the finest human athlete and can reach a top speed of about 45 miles per hour.
* ***Superhuman Stamina:*** While transformed, the Lizard's advanced musculature produces considerably less fatigue toxins during physical activity than the musculature of an ordinary human. He can physically exert himself at peak capacity for about 24 hours before fatigue begins to impair him.
* ***Superhuman Durability:*** While transformed, the Lizard's scaly skin and superhumanly enhanced bodily tissue provide him with much greater resistance to physical injury than an ordinary human. He can withstand great impact forces, falls from great heights, and small caliber bullets without sustaining injury.
* ***Superhuman Agility:*** In his transformed state, his agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural physical limits of even the finest human athlete.
* ***Superhuman Reflexes:*** Lizard's reflexes are similarly enhanced while transformed and are superior to those of the finest human athlete.
* ***Regenerative Healing Factor:*** Despite the Lizard's physical durability, he can sustain physical injury. However, if injured, his body is able to rapidly regenerate damaged or destroyed tissue with much greater speed and efficiency than an ordinary human. While transformed, his healing powers are developed to the point where he can fully regenerate missing limbs, just like many known reptile species.
* ***Tail:*** While transformed, the Lizard has a long, reptilian-like tail that he can use to help balance himself or as an offensive weapon. He is capable of whipping his tail at speeds of at least 70 miles per hour. Considering his strength and physical durability, he can generate enough force to shatter concrete. Like some geckos, the Lizard can rip off his tail and grow a new one.
* ***Fangs and Claws:*** While transformed, the Lizard's fingers and toes are each tipped with razor-sharp claws that, combined with his natural strength, are able to cut most conventional materials including flesh, bone, wood, stone, and some metals. His mouth is also filled with rows of razor-sharp teeth that he can use as offensive weapons in close combat situations.
* ***Wall Crawling:*** As the Lizard, he has the same adhesive properties that a gecko has, allowing him to scale walls.
* ***Psionics:*** The Lizard can telepathically communicate with and control all forms of reptilian life within a two-mile radius of himself. After his transformation, he gained the ability to activate the "lizard part" in the human brain, causing them to act on basic reptilian instincts.

## Abilities

**Genius Intelligence:** The Lizard has a genius-level intellect and is a world renowned herpetologist.

## Weaknesses

**Cold:** The Lizard's strength and agility are reduced when exposed to intense cold for more than a few minutes.