Lizard (Earth-1610)
Lizard, birth name Doctor Curtis Conners, is an American former scientist and professor in New York City. Transformed into a large reptilian creature by a reckless scientific experiment, Conners was returned to his human form in a strange encounter with Man-Thing. He is the husband of Martha Conners, though he left her for fear of exposing her to his reptilian form.
Biography
After losing his right arm in an unspecified accident, Dr. Conners began researching the reptilian tendency to regrow their tails upon losing them. He firmly believed that this function was the key to humans regrowing their own limbs. When his funding was cut by the university, Conners desperately and dangerously accelerated the process, injecting himself with the serum they had crafted to that point. His arm indeed grew back, but soon his entire body became reptilian, until he retained almost none of his humanity and retreated to the New York sewers.
An urban legend began to form of "alligators" in the sewer, partly due to the Lizard—as he came to be known—but also due to the creature known as Man-Thing. This myth, combined with reports from students who reported witnessing Dr. Conners' transformation, led Spider-Man to investigate the sewers. There he was indeed met by a ravenous Lizard—Spider-Man attempted to get through to Lizard's human soul, but was unsuccessful. Their fight was interrupted by Man-Thing, who wrapped his large hand around Lizard's head and in a flash of blue flame, returned him to his human form—his right arm intact. Man-Thing mysteriously stalked away into the sewer, and Spider-Man took an amnesiac Conners to the hospital. Some time later, Conners' arm had again left his body, possibly having retreated back or simply fallen off after the effects of the serum wore off. He left a letter at his home for his wife Martha, regretfully saying that he couldn't risk being around her anymore if he should transform again, and assuring her of his undying love for her. He promised to return when he was a "whole man" again.[1]
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References
- ↑ Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #10: "Spider-Man & The Man-Thing." (January 2002) Bendis, Brian Michael (w), Totleben, John and Ron Randall (art), Transparency Digital (col), Sharpefont (let), Macchio, Ralph and Brian Smith (ed).