Curtis Connors (Earth-92131)

Lizard
Name	Dr. Curtis "Curt" Connors
Current Alias	Lizard
Aliases	Editorial Names: Curtis Conners
Affiliation and Relationships
Relatives	Spouses: Margaret Connors (wife) Children: Billy Connors (son)
Marital Status	Married
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Eyeballs: Red (as Lizard) Irises: Blue (as Connors) Black (as Lizard)
Hair	Brown (as Connors), No Hair At All (as Lizard)
Skin	Green (as the Lizard)
Unusual Features	One Arm, As Lizard: scales, claws, long prehensile tail, fangs
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human mutated by the Lizard Formula
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-92131
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Doctor, genetic scientist, teacher
Base of Operations	New York City, New York
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Gerry Conway, Stan Berkowitz, John Semper
First	Spider-Man S1E01 (November 19, 1994)
First	Spider-Man S1E01 (November 19, 1994)

History

Doctor Curtis Connors was a scientist, and also a teacher at Empire State University, New York City.

Curt had lost an arm in an accident, and decided to experiment with reptilian cells and a device called the "Neogenic Recombinator" in order to attempt to re-grow the arm. The operation was initially successful, but a side effect meant that Curt transformed into a humanoid reptile himself. He then planned to use the recombinator to create a new race, which would make all humans similar to him. Spider-Man stopped him and used the recombinator to transform the Lizard back into Curt. Despite this, in future, Curt would continue to transform into the Lizard with a reptilian mind if he was subject to stress.

Curt helped Spider-Man when the wall-crawler bonded with an alien symbiote, and Curt explained to him that the symbiote had chosen him as a host and would eventually replace him. He also later helped Eddie Brock unbind from the symbiote and helped Spider-Man through his mutation disease.

At one point, some of the serum which originally resulted in Curt becoming the Lizard leaked into the sewer where small reptile species drank it, resulting in them growing in size and intelligence. They thought of Curt as their "father" but eventually turned against him, although Spider-Man helped him stop them.

When the Beyonder wanted to see who would prevail in a battle between "good" and "evil," he chose the Lizard as one of the evil characters. However, during the battle, on Spider-Man's behalf, Reed Richards made it so that Curt could fight on the good team with his own mind but in the reptile body.

Attributes

Powers

• Lizard Physiology:
  • Superhuman Strength
  • Superhuman Durability
  • Superhuman Speed
  • Regenerative Healing Factor
  • Tail
  • Claws

Abilities

Skilled Geneticist

Weaknesses

• High stress can turn Connors into the Lizard.
• As the Lizard, Connors often couldn't control himself and will go out of control.

Notes

• Curtis Connors was voiced by the late Joseph Campanella.
• In Night of the Lizard, his office door plaque, the plaque of his family home and the actor's credit at the end of the episode are nicknamed as "Conners", due to a possible visual typo. However, every episode credit after this that the character appears in has since been corrected and his office door plaque is correctly nicknamed in The Lizard King.

See Also

• 23 appearance(s) of Curtis Connors (Earth-92131)
• 1 minor appearance(s) of Curtis Connors (Earth-92131)
• 5 mention(s) of Curtis Connors (Earth-92131)
• 20 image(s) of Curtis Connors (Earth-92131)
• 1 item(s) used/owned by Curtis Connors (Earth-92131)