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|image=lizardLizard (Curt Connors).jpg
|caption=Textless cover of ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' #690 (July 2012).<br>Art by [[Shane Davis]].
|character_name=The crocdocLizard
|real_name=Curtis "Curt" Connors
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
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|powers=
*Genius-level intellect
As the crocdocLizard:
*Ferocious hand to hand combatant
*Superhuman strength, speed, agility, stamina, and durability
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A short time later, while investigating kidnappings in New York, the [[X-Men]] found themselves working with Spider-Man after they discovered that the abductor is the Lizard, who had been turning the victims into lizard people, while maintaining his control over the city's reptile population.<ref>''X-Men'' vol. 3 #8. Marvel Comics.</ref> The X-Men and Spider-Man discovered that the Lizard was being used by the [[Dark Beast (Marvel Comics)|Dark Beast]], who had given the Lizard his 'reptilian shift' abilities by using a machine.<ref>''X-Men'' vol. 3 #9. Marvel Comics.</ref> During the battle, the Lizard shifted [[Gambit (Marvel Comics)|Gambit]], [[Storm (Marvel Comics)|Storm]], and [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]] into lizard people. [[Emma Frost]] and Spider-Man escaped the machine's effects, released the Lizard and used him to defeat the Dark Beast, who was arrested while the Lizard escaped.<ref>''X-Men'' vol. 3 #10. Marvel Comics.</ref>
 
Sometime later, Dr. [[Morbius, the Living Vampire|Michael Morbius]] discovered that the Lizard<ref>''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #679. Marvel Comics.</ref> had used DNA samples from Billy Connors' corpse to restore Curt Connors to humanity. Unfortunately, the Lizard's psyche was still present<ref>''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #688. Marvel Comics.</ref> and was pretending to be Connors so that he would be left alone. The Lizard/Connors released blood into the air supply to provoke Morbius into attacking the other lab workers. The Lizard/Connors then tried to recreate his original Lizard formula so that he could change again, but Morbius' cure instead only allowed him to regrow his missing arm. The Lizard/Connors then injected [[Max Modell]] and other Horizon Lab personnel with his formula to discover how to "cure" himself.<ref>''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #689. Marvel Comics.</ref> Attempting to appear to be the "normal" Connors, the Lizard/Connors cut off his regrown limb, but the Lizard began to appreciate human life, to the point that when he found the correct Lizard serum, he contemplated remaining human,<ref>''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #690. Marvel Comics.</ref> but he took the cure when Spider-Man arrived and threatened him with custody. This resulted in yet another streamlined, new form. A new cure was developed for the lab employees that he had changed, but this formula failed on the Lizard's new form; he was instead knocked out and taken to the Raft. Visiting him in the Raft, Spider-Man was unaware that the serum had restored Connors' psyche and Connors remained in prison willingly, as he felt that he deserved it for his actions as the Lizard.<ref name="asm691">''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #691. Marvel Comics.</ref>
 
During the "[[Dying Wish (comics)|Dying Wish]]" storyline, Peter Parker (whose mind was trapped within Doctor Octopus' dying body) was freed from the Raft by the Trapster, Hydro-Man, and the Scorpion. The Trapster offered to free the Lizard, but Connors declined.<ref name="The Amazing Spider-Man #699">''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #699. Marvel Comics.</ref> When Morbius the Living Vampire managed to escape his cell, the Lizard pointed out that he still had nowhere to go. For unknown reasons, Morbius then freed the Lizard.<ref name="The Amazing Spider-Man #699" />
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== Other versions ==
=== ''Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows'' ===
InAlternate thisuniverse [[Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows|reality]], Billy used the Lizard serum on himself and is mutated like his father (though he is not as in controlvariants of himself as Curt). Curt and Billy tryConnors breakingfrom into high tech facilities in an attempt to find Regent's tech to turn Billy back to normal, but are thwarted by SpiderEarth-Man and his daughter18119 Spiderling.who Afterboth defeatingbecame the reptilianLizard fatherappear andin son at Oscorp,''[[Amazing Spider-Man: contactsRenew theYour Fantastic Four for help in curing BillyVows]]''s condition.<ref>''Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows'' vol. 2 #10. Marvel Comics.</ref>
 
===Ultimate Marvel===
An alternate universe variant of Curt Connors / Lizard appears in the [[Ultimate Marvel]] universe. This version is a friend of [[Reed Richards]] who created the Carnage symbiote.<ref name="Ultimate Spider-Man #16">''Ultimate Spider-Man'' #16. Marvel Comics.</ref><ref>''Ultimate Marvel Team-Up'' #10. Marvel Comics.</ref> Despite his crimes, S.H.I.E.L.D. eventually pardons and recruits him.<ref>''Ultimate Spider-Man'' #60–64. Marvel Comics.</ref><ref>''Ultimate Spider-Man'' #61. Marvel Comics.</ref><ref>''Ultimate Spider-Man'' #127. Marvel Comics.</ref><ref>''Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #1–2''. Marvel Comics.</ref>
The one comic storyline to date featuring the [[Ultimate Marvel]] universe version of Lizard appeared in ''[[Ultimate Marvel Team-Up]]'' #10. The character has appeared in a few subsequent issues of ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man]]'', but only in flashbacks and dream sequences. Lizard appears to be based on a [[Common basilisk|basilisk]] lizard in design and has been presented as being less intelligent than the original Marvel iteration.<ref name="Ultimate Spider-Man #16">''Ultimate Spider-Man'' #16. Marvel Comics.</ref> '''Dr. Curt Conners''' is a noted geneticist who lost his right arm under unrevealed circumstances. He dedicated himself to finding a means of restoring lost limbs by studying the regenerative capabilities of reptiles. However, after five years without major breakthroughs, his sponsors were on the verge of cutting his funding. Drowning his disappointment with alcohol, a drunken Conners injected himself with an experimental serum in a desperate attempt to achieve results. The serum regenerated his right arm, but also transformed Conners into an inhuman reptilian creature. Seeking refuge in the sewers, he became an urban legend dubbed "the Lizard" by the press. [[Spider-Man (Ultimate Marvel character)|Spider-Man]] sympathetically sought out Lizard who attacked the young hero until [[Man-Thing]] happened upon the scene and restored Conners to human form. Conners' restored right arm soon withered and died. However, his DNA remained irreparably damaged with dormant potential for further transformation. Conners cut himself off from his wife and son out of fear for their safety.<ref>''Ultimate Marvel Team-Up'' #10. Marvel Comics.</ref>
 
Dr. Conners also unintentionally created the Ultimate version of [[Carnage (character)|Carnage]] using [[DNA]] from Spider-Man and based on an analysis of his old friend [[Richard and Mary Parker#Ultimate Marvel|Richard Parker]]'s work on the [[Alternative versions of Venom#Ultimate Marvel|Venom suit]].<ref>''Ultimate Spider-Man'' #60–64. Marvel Comics.</ref> Due to the ensuing chaos, he was arrested and [[Stark Industries]] canceled their financial support of his experiments, but his assistant [[Ben Reilly]] still had one sample of Spider-Man's DNA, setting the stage for the [[Clone Saga]].<ref>''Ultimate Spider-Man'' #61. Marvel Comics.</ref> He was last seen in ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' #127, where Dr. Conners was pardoned and recruited by [[S.H.I.E.L.D.#Ultimate Marvel|S.H.I.E.L.D.]] where he and [[Iron Man (Ultimate Marvel character)|Tony Stark]] are at when the Triskellion was blown apart by [[Alternative versions of Green Goblin|Norman Osborn]] during an escape.<ref>''Ultimate Spider-Man'' #127. Marvel Comics.</ref>
 
Early details of the character's history match his 616 counterpart, with him studying reptiles to fix his arm (the cause of this has yet to be revealed), and the condition of him leaving his wife and son (Doris and Timmy<ref>''Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #1–2''. Marvel Comics.</ref>) out of fear, thereby turning to alcoholism.<ref name="Ultimate Spider-Man #16" />
 
===''Howard the Human''===
DuringAn alternate universe variant of Curt Connors / Lizard from Earth-82081 appears in the ''[[Secret Wars (2015 comic book)|Secret Wars]]'' storyline, the Battleworld domain of New Quack City has a version of Curt Connors in it. This Curt Connors is a tough, anthropomorphic lizard who is a bartender at a place that Howard the Human frequently visits.<ref>''Howard the Human'' #1. Marvel Comics.</ref>
 
===Exiles===
An alternate universe variant of Curt Connors / Lizard from Earth-21117 appears in ''[[Exiles (Marvel Comics)|Exiles]]'' #17. This version created an army of Lizards by mutating other people. He intended to massacre them using a nuclear bomb, but the Exiles convince him otherwise, after which he commits suicide.<ref>''Exiles'' #17. Marvel Comics.</ref>
The reality-hopping heroic team, the [[Exiles (Marvel Comics)|Exiles]], once found themselves on an alternate earth where Connors' experiment (in this world for a left arm rather than a right) had taken a different turn. Finding himself as the Lizard, Curt felt the need to "reproduce" by immediately injecting the Lizard formula into other people. He infected his family and they infected others, all feeling the urge to spread the transformation into lizard people. The forces of this particular world eventually managed to restrain the infected lizard people behind miles-long, man-made walls. When the Exiles visited this world, they discovered that Connors&nbsp;— having turned back into his human form a year ago&nbsp;— was intending to detonate a nuclear bomb in an abandoned submarine to wipe out the lizard people, but they were able to talk him down by arguing that the radioactive fallout would cause more damage, particularly since the lizard people were now mere herbivores (albeit partly because of the absence of other kinds of meat). Grief-stricken over what had become of his life, Connors subsequently killed himself.<ref>''Exiles'' #17. Marvel Comics.</ref>
 
===''Marvel 1602''===
InAn thealternate ''[[Marveluniverse 1602]]''variant reality,of CurtisCurt Connors is/ aLizard philosopherfrom whoEarth-311 wasappears infected with thein ''[[bubonicMarvel plague1602]]''. HeThis createdversion anis elixira philosopher thatwhose transformed himstate into a reptilian creature that resembledresembles a ''[[Velociraptor]]'', butand retainedretains his human mind. He worked with Baron Victor Octavius to capture the Spider.<ref>''Spider-Man 1602''. Marvel Comics.</ref>
 
===''Marvel Noir''===
InAn thealternate [[Marveluniverse Noir]]variant reality,of Curt Connors / Lizard from Earth-90214 appears in Marvel Noir. This version is an assistant to Dr.[[Doctor Octopus|Otto Octavius]].<ref>''Spider-Man Noir: Eyes Without a Face'' #1. Marvel Comics.</ref> They operated in an abandoned hospital building on [[Ellis Island]], where they secretly used kidnapped African Americans as specimens by turning them into mindless slaves. It is unknown what happened to Connors after federal authorities raided the hospital, though he was presumably arrested along with Octavius' associates.<ref>''Spider-Man Noir: Eyes Without a Face'' #4. Marvel Comics.</ref>
 
===''Marvel Zombies''===
InA ''[[Marvelzombified Zombies]]'',alternate theuniverse Lizard,variant likeof almostCurt everyConnors other hero and villain, has become a zombie. This particular incarnation of the/ Lizard isfrom apparentlyfrom destroyed when he is blasted apart by several cosmicEarth-powered2149 heroesappears while fighting (and eating)in ''[[Galactus#Marvel Zombies|Galactus]]''.<ref>''Marvel Zombies'' #4. Marvel Comics.</ref>
 
===''MC2''===
TheAn Connorsalternate familyuniverse appearvariant inof theCurt firstConnors story/ ofLizard thefrom Earth-982 appears in ''[[Mr. and Mrs. Spider-Man]]'' series, set in the [[Marvel Comics 2|MC2]] universe. Mary Jane comforts a distraught Martha when Curt goes missing again, whilst Peter, now a parent to his infant daughter May ("Mayday"), is more hesitant than before to become Spider-Man. He is eventually encouraged by his wife to track down and prevent the Lizard's latest rampage.<ref>''The Amazing Spider-Man Family'' #1 (Oct 2008). Marvel Comics.</ref>
 
===Old Man Logan===
DuringAn thealternate "[[Olduniverse Manvariant Logan]]"of storylineCurt takingConnors place/ onLizard from Earth-807128, Lizard is revealed to have claimed territoryappears in Florida''[[Old where he has taken the nameMan of Lizard KingLogan]]''.<ref>''Wolverine'' vol. 3 #66. Marvel Comics.</ref><ref>''Dead Man Logan'' #7. Marvel Comics.</ref>
 
In the pages of "Dead Man Logan" that takes place on Earth-21923, it is shown that [[Blackwing (character)|Joseph Manfredi]] and his gang work for Lizard where one of his men has been transformed with the Lizard formula. After Logan slices off one man's arm and another man's leg while claiming their truck as his transportation, Manfredi arranges for them to be taken to Lizard so that he can treat them. Lizard was shown to have patched up the one who lost his leg and use the Lizard formula on the one who lost his arm.<ref>''Dead Man Logan'' #7. Marvel Comics.</ref>
 
===Spider-Gwen===
Several alternate universe variants of Lizard exist on [[Spider-Gwen|Earth-65]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=53261|title=Lowe, Hine & Latour Take Readers to the "Edge of Spider-Verse"|date=June 6, 2014|website=Comicbookresources.com|access-date=October 23, 2018}}</ref> [[Alternative versions of Spider-Man#Earth-65|Peter Parker]] was the first Lizard, with [[Harry Osborn#Spider-Gwen|Harry Osborn]] and Curt Connors later succeeding him.<ref>''Spider-Gwen'' Vol. 2 #22. Marvel Comics.</ref><ref>''Spider-Gwen'' Vol. 2 #1. Marvel Comics.</ref><ref>''Spider-Gwen'' Vol. 2 #4. Marvel Comics.</ref>
On [[Spider-Gwen|Earth-65]] where [[Gwen Stacy]] became Spider-Woman after being bitten by the radioactive spider, there have been different versions of Lizard:
 
* [[Alternative versions of Spider-Man#Earth-65|Peter Parker]] became Lizard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=53261|title=Lowe, Hine & Latour Take Readers to the "Edge of Spider-Verse"|date=June 6, 2014|website=Comicbookresources.com|access-date=October 23, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Harry Osborn#Spider-Gwen|Harry Osborn]] later became Lizard to avenge Peter Parker.<ref>''Spider-Gwen'' Vol. 2 #22. Marvel Comics.</ref>
* It is later revealed that Curt Connors was a teacher at Gwen's high school and was studying Lizard genetics, possibly being involved in Peter's transformation into the Lizard and the recent sightings of multiple Lizard-people wreaking havoc in the city.<ref>''Spider-Gwen'' Vol. 2 #1. Marvel Comics.</ref> The organization S.I.L.K. was responsible for abducting Lizard as Earth-65's Cindy Moon used him as a test subject for his own formula causing him to be turned into the next Lizard.<ref>''Spider-Gwen'' Vol. 2 #4. Marvel Comics.</ref>
 
===Spider-Rex===
An alternate universe variant of the Lizard from Earth-66 appears in ''Edge of the Spider-Verse'' (vol. 4) #4. This version is an ordinary lizard who sought revenge on [[Alternative versions of Spider-Man#Spider-Rex (Earth-66)|Spider-Rex]] after he accidentally ripped off his tail. Despite opposition from his wife Lizzy and Spider-Rex, who both insist that his tail would have eventually grown back, the Lizard uses a meteorite fragment to transform into a chimera and eventually obtain a human form.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brooke |first=David |date=2024-05-29 |title=''Edge of Spider-Verse'' #4 review |url=https://aiptcomics.com/2024/05/29/edge-of-spider-verse-4-2024-review/ |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=aiptcomics.com |language=en-us}}</ref>
On Earth-66 home of Spider-Rex, Pter Ptarker accidentally steps on the tail of a nearby lizard during one of his fights with Norrannosaurman. The lizard becomes obsessed with regaining his lost tail and finds a fragment of the meteorite that caused Pter and Norrannosaurman to switch bodies, planning to use it to gain Pter's tail. However, he accidentally comes into contact with several different animals such as gorillas and turtles that mutate his body, and his wife Lizzy leaves him after begging him to "stop being so curt" with her. The monstrous being then lures Spider-Rex by kidnapping his velociraptor girlfriend, Mary Jane Watsaur, and uses the meteorite to transform her into a human-like creature. Spider-Rex defeats him by knocking him into Mary Jane, turning her back to normal while the lizard creature fully transforms into a human that calls himself '''Curt.'''<ref>''Edge of the Spider-Verse'' Vol. 4 #4</ref>
 
===''Marvel Age''===
An alternate universe variant of Curt Connors / Lizard from Earth-5030 appears in ''[[Marvel Age]]''.<ref>''Marvel Age: Spider-Man'' #5. Marvel Comics.</ref>
Lizard's history is the same in this reality. Spider-Man went to Florida to investigate the "Lizard Man" sightings. Spider-Man meets Martha Connors and learns that Lizard is her husband Dr. Curt Connors. After making an antidote, Spider-Man ensnares Lizard and uses the antidote to restore him to Curt Connors. Peter Parker later told J. Jonah Jameson that the "Lizard Man" was a hoax.<ref>''Marvel Age: Spider-Man'' #5. Marvel Comics.</ref>
 
===Captain America and Black Widow===
AAn versionalternate universe variant of Curt Connors / Lizard from Earth-12128 who wore the tentacles ofwields Doctor Octopus,'s wastentacles brainwashedappears byin Vennema''Captain Multiversal, but was freedAmerica and joined the battleBlack againstWidow'' them#638.<ref>''Captain America and Black Widow'' #638. Marvel Comics</ref>
 
==In other media==
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* The Lizard appears in ''[[Spider-Man (1967 TV series)|Spider-Man]]'' (1967), voiced by Gillie Fenwick.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}} This version is named '''Dr. Curt Conner''' and is shown to have both of his arms. In the episode "Where Crawls the Lizard", he works on a serum intended to cure "swamp fever", only for it to transform him into the '''Lizard Man'''. He plots to create an army of lizard people like himself and take over the world until Spider-Man foils his plans and restores him to his human form. In "Conner's Reptiles", Conner experiments with increasing reptiles' intelligence, but inadvertently turns a regular alligator into another humanoid lizard called '''Reptilla''' (voiced by [[Paul Soles]]). It kidnaps Conner, but Spider-Man rescues the latter and restores Reptilla.
* The Lizard appears in the ''[[Spider-Man (1981 TV series)|Spider-Man]]'' (1981) episode "Lizards, Lizards, Everywhere", voiced by [[Corey Burton]].{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}
* Dr. Curt Connors / Lizard appears in ''[[Spider-Man (1994 TV series)|Spider-Man: The Animated Series]]'', voiced by [[Joseph Campanella]].<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Lizard Voices (Spider-Man) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Spider-Man/Lizard/ |access-date=December 15, 2023 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.</ref> This version maintains his genius-level intellect as the Lizard coupled with his alter ego's savage mindset from the comics. In the pilot episode "Night of the Lizard", Connors transforms into the eponymous character after using himself as a test subject for his experiments with lizard DNA in the hopes of regenerating his right arm. While transformed, the Lizard abducts his wife Margaret and attempts to transform New York's population into lizards like himself, only to be defeated by Spider-Man and restored to his human form. In "The Lizard King", a number of sewer lizards become mutated by Connors's chemicals and abduct him, who transforms into the Lizard so that he canto become their Lizard Kingking. With [[Debra Whitman]]'s help, Margaret and [[Mary Jane Watson]] create a cure, which Spider-Man administers, restoring all the mutated lizards to their original formsnormal. In the three-part episode "Secret Wars", the Lizard is among several supervillains that the [[Beyonder]] transports to an alien planet to engage in a war against a team of heroes led by Spider-Man, though the Lizard defects to the heroes' side after [[Iron Man]] and [[Reed Richards|Mister Fantastic]] use a machine to allow Connors's mind to take control of the Lizard's body. After the war ended, Connors is returned to Earth with no memory of what happened.
* Dr. Curt Connors / Lizard appears in the ''[[Spider-Man: The New Animated Series]]'' episode "Law of the Jungle", voiced by [[Rob Zombie]].{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} This version is Peter Parker's science teacher at Empire State University who lost his right arm as a result of an accident while testing Oscorp Industries' Wide Area Explosive Fragmentation Round (WAFER). Connors intentionally transforms into the Lizard to exact revenge, maintaining his intelligence and ability to speak. Following a battle with Spider-Man, the Lizard is left hanging by webbing from a helicopter. Spider-Man tries to reason with him, but the Lizard lunges at him, accidentally cutting the webbing and falling to his death.
* Dr. Curt Connors / Lizard appears in ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man (TV series)|The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'', voiced by [[Dee Bradley Baker]].<ref name="btva" /> He and his wife [[Martha Connors]] play a supporting role in the first season, working at Empire State University and employing [[Eddie Brock]] as a lab assistant and Peter Parker and [[Gwen Stacy]] as interns. In the episode "[[Natural Selection (The Spectacular Spider-Man)|Natural Selection]]", Curt transforms into the Lizard using an experimental serum infused with [[Electro (Marvel Comics)|Electro]]'s electricity, but is defeated and cured by Spider-Man. In the second season, [[Jackal (Marvel Comics character)|Miles Warren]] takes control of the Connorses' lab after threatening to expose Curt's role in creating the Lizard, leading to the family moving away.
* Dr. Curt Connors / Lizard appears in ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man (TV series)|Ultimate Spider-Man]]'', voiced by [[Tom Kenny]] in the first season,<ref name="Great Responsibility">{{cite episode|title=Great Responsibility|series=Ultimate Spider-Man|network=Disney XD|airdate=April 1, 2012|season=1|number=2}}</ref> and again by Dee Bradley Baker for the rest of the series.<ref name="btva" /> This version is a scientist working for [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]] After being forced to amputate his right arm following the Green Goblin's attack on the [[Helicarrier]] during the first season finale, the second season sees Connors and Spider-Man retrieve several of [[Doctor Octopus]]'s animal DNA formulas for Connors to study for potential medicinal use. He injects himself with the lizard formula, which restores his right arm, but mutates him into the Lizard until Spider-Man helps restore his human form. DoctorIn Octopussubsequent later kidnaps him and uses a mind control device to forcibly turn him back intoappearances, the Lizard and joinjoins the [[Sinister Six]]. The group is defeated by Spider-Man and the [[New Warriors|S.H.I.E.L.D. trainees]], but the Lizard escapes. The Lizard eventually resurfaces to steal equipment from Midtown High School to render his human side dormant, which he succeeds at and escapes once more despite Spider-Man and retired S.H.I.E.L.D. agent turned janitor [[Stan Lee|Stan]]'s interference. However, Spider-Man eventually discovers Connors' antidote, which the latter created before the Lizard's consciousness took over, and cures him. Afterwards, Connors makes minor appearances throughout the third and fourth seasons, with his most notable appearance seeing him transformed into the Lizard once more by Doctor Octopus's spy [[Ben Reilly|Scarlet Spider]] and grantedgains the ability to mutate others into anthropomorphic lizards via his bite until Spider-Man eventually creates an antidote.
** The fourth season also features a [[Vampire (Marvel Comics)|vampiric]] version of the Lizard known as the '''Lizard King''', the ruler of a vampire-infested reality. With [[Blood Spider]] as his only opposition, the Lizard King collaborates with [[Wolf Spider (comics)|Wolf Spider]] in a plot to obtain a [[Siege Perilous (comics)|Siege Perilous]] fragment toand block out the sun so his vampires can rule the Earth. However, Spider-Man and [[Miles Morales|Kid Arachnid]] combine Blood Spider's cured blood sample with the Siege Perilous piece and a UV Light to cure everyone, including the Lizard Kingvampires.
** In the two-part series finale "Graduation Day", aDoctor new version of the LizardOctopus istransforms '''[[Crossbones (character)|Crossbones]]''' mutatedinto bya Doctornew Octopusincarnation of the Lizard and brainwashed brainwashes him into joining the Superior Sinister Six, butbefore Spider-Man eventually cures and frees him from the control of Doctor Octopus.
* The Lizard appears in the ''[[Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers]]'' episode "Re-enforcement Hawkeye".{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}
* Dr. Curt Connors / Lizard appears in ''[[Spider-Man (2017 TV series)|Spider-Man]]'' (2017),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/869243-marvels-animated-spider-man-voice-cast-and-premiere-date|title=Marvel's Animated Spider-Man Voice Cast and Premiere Date|date=July 14, 2017|website=Comingsoon.net|access-date=October 23, 2018}}</ref> voiced by [[Yuri Lowenthal]].<ref name="btva" /> This version is an scientist working for [[Oscorp]] who displays less morals than other incarnations. In the first season, he injects himself with reptile DNA and transforms into the Lizard before being mutated further into a giantteacher lizard monster until the Spider-Men cure him. In the third season, Connors is hired by [[Max Modell]] asat Horizon High's bio-mechanicswho teacher whileis secretly collaborating with [[Norman Osborn]] in exchange for a cure for his Lizard form. ConnorsAfter later assists Spider-Man, Modell andframing [[GradyMax ScrapsModell]] in defeating the [[Technovore]] before framing Scraps for the incident. He frames Modell for crimes involving the [[Venom (Marvel Comics character)|Venom]] symbiote, for which heConnors becomes athe temporary host, and forces Spider-Man to unmask himself before theinterim [[board of educationheadmaster]], resulting in Connors being hired asof Horizon High's interimbefore headmaster.eventually The Spider-Team later expose the conspiracy while Connors learns there was no cure as he turns into the Lizard, attacking the Dark Goblin in anger beforebeing retreatingexposed.
* The Lizard appears in ''[[Spidey and His Amazing Friends]]'', voiced by [[Bumper Robinson]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 5, 2023 |title='Spidey and his Amazing Friends' Swings Back for Season 3 |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/tv-shows/spidey-and-his-amazing-friends-season-3 |access-date=January 7, 2024 |website=www.marvel.com}}</ref>
 
===Film===
* Dr. Curt Connors appears in [[Sam Raimi]]'s [[Spider-Man (2002 film series)|''Spider-Man'' trilogy]], portrayed by [[Dylan Baker]]. This version is a former college classmate and friend of [[Otto Octavius (film character)|Otto Octavius]]' and a [[Columbia University]] physics professor who is concerned for [[Peter Parker (Sam Raimi film series)|Peter Parker]]'s well-being and academic performance in his [[quantum mechanics]] course. While Connors does not become the Lizard in this continuity, Raimi expressed interest in portraying Connors' transformation into the Lizard, with Baker and producer Grant Curtis alsoexpressed beinginterest enthusiasticin aboutexploring the idea, prior to the cancelling of future filmsconcept in the continuitysequels.<ref>{{cite news | first = Eric|last= Goldman | title = Exclusive: Lizard Leapin' Into Spidey 4? | publisher = [[IGN]] | date = January 23, 2007 | url = http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/757/757729p1.html | access-date = May 29, 2007| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081230040122/http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/757/757729p1.html |archive-date = December 30, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Sean |last=Elliott |title=Exclusive Interview: 'Spider-Man 3' Producer Grant Curtis talks about villains for 'Spidey 4' + His own origins&nbsp;— Part 1 |work=iF Magazine |date=May 29, 2008 |url=http://www.ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=2127 |access-date=May 29, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927224542/http://www.ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=2127 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="raimivillains">{{cite news|first=Larry |last=Carroll |title=Sam Raimi May Not Helm 'Spider-Man 4'; Wants Carnage, Vulture As Villains If He Does |website=[[MTV.com]] |date=June 26, 2008 |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1563359/20070625/story.jhtml?rsspartner=rssYahooNewscrawler |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823185144/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1563359/sam-raimi-might-not-direct-spidey-4.jhtml?rsspartner=rssYahooNewscrawler |archive-date=August 23, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Rhys Ifans]] portrays Dr. Curt Connors / Lizard in two Marvel films.<ref>{{cite web | author=Jeff Sneider | url=http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/exclusive-sony-new-spider-man-villain-lizard-21693 | title=Exclusive: Sony's New 'Spider-Man' Villain Is ... The Lizard! | website=Thewrap.com | date=October 13, 2010 | access-date=October 14, 2010 | archive-date=February 21, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221205354/http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/exclusive-sony-new-spider-man-villain-lizard-21693 | url-status=dead }}</ref> This version is an Oscorp biologist and former partner of [[Richard and Mary Parker|Richard Parker]], whose research focused on genetically combining animal traits with humans to improve health. Additionally, Connors is a sympathetic yet misguided individual driven by the loss of his right arm and a desire to do genuine good while his Lizard alter-ego is more feral than most incarnations, but retains Connors' intelligence, does not wear clothes, and has a less pronounced snout, giving him a more humanoid appearance.
** Connors first appears in the Sony film ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man (film)|The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' (2012). [[Peter Parker (The Amazing Spider-Man film series)|Peter Parker]] finds Richard's notes and visits Connors to continue what he and Richard started. The two successfully formulate a serum together, which Connors injects himself with after being fired from Oscorp for refusing to rush into human trials. The serum regenerates Connors' lost arm, but eventually mutates him into the Lizard, who goes on a rampage until Spider-Man intervenes. Escaping into the sewer, he reverts back to his human self, but the effects of the serum has deeply corrupted his mind, developsmaking anhim obsessionobsessed with his abilities,. He builds a makeshift off-site lab, and experimentsthe onLizard himselfpersona further duecorrupts tohis themind chemicalsby affectingmanipulating hishim mindto experiment on himself further. The Lizard discovers Spider-Man's secret identity, develops a mind of his own, and asserts himself as the dominant personality while seeking to mutate all of New York into lizards like himself. However, Spider-Man foils his plan with Captain [[George Stacy]]'s help and cures him. With the Lizard's personality gone and his sanity restored, Connors saves Peter from plummeting off of Oscorp Tower and surrenders to the authorities. In the film's [[post-credits scene|mid-credits scene]], Connors is remanded to Beloit Psychiatric Hospital, where he speaks with the [[Gentleman (character)|Gentleman]] regarding the Parkers' knowledge of him.
** Ifans reprised his role in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] (MCU) film ''[[Spider-Man: No Way Home]]'' (2021).{{efn|Archive footage from ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' was used to portray Connors in his human form while Ifans voiced the Lizard throughout the film.}}<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Coggan|first=Devan|date=November 16, 2021|title=New ''Spider-Man: No Way Home'' trailer swings headfirst into the multiverse|url=https://ew.com/movies/spider-man-no-way-home-new-trailer/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117024812/https://ew.com/movies/spider-man-no-way-home-new-trailer/|archive-date=November 17, 2021|access-date=November 16, 2021|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> Sometime after learning Peter's secret identity, an alternate version of Connors is transported to anotheran alternate universe (MCU), where he is found in the sewer and imprisoned by [[Stephen Strange (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Doctor Strange]] alongside other alternate universe-displaced supervillains. andHe encounters itsthe MCU's version of [[Peter Parker (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Peter Parker]], who offers to cure them and avert their original fates upon returning to their respective universes. Skeptical of this for fear of [[unforeseen consequence]]s, Connors joins thean alternate version of [[Norman Osborn (Sam Raimi film series)|Green Goblin]] from another alternate universe in fighting back. The former later joins [[Sandman (Marvel Comics)|Sandman]] and [[Electro (Marvel Comics)|Electro]] (the former being from Green Goblin's universe and the latter being from his universe) in fighting Spider-Man and two alternate universe versions of the web-slinger, one of whom is Connors' version and the other being Goblin's version, before he is eventually defeated and cured by the second Parker. After reverting to his human form, Strange returns Connors and the other displaced individuals to their respective home universes, with Connors being returned to a branched/alternate timeline of his universe where he should be given a second chance.
* The ''Spider-Gwen'' incarnation of Peter Parker / Lizard makes cameominor appearances in ''[[Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse]]'' (2018) and its sequel ''[[Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse]]'' (2023), being voiced by [[Jack Quaid]] in the latter film.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pritchard |first1=Tom |title=The Best Easter Eggs and References We Spotted in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse |url=http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2018/12/the-best-easter-eggs-and-references-we-spotted-in-spider-man-into-the-spider-verse/ |website=Gizmodo.com |date=October 2, 2018 |access-date=December 12, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Spider-Verse">{{Cite web |last=Jasper |first=Gavin |date=2022-12-13 |title=Guide to the Weirdest Spider-Men in the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Trailer |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/guide-to-weirdest-spider-men-in-spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-trailer |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=[[Den of Geek]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
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* Curt Connors appears in the [[Treyarch]] version of ''[[Spider-Man 2 (2004 video game)|Spider-Man 2]]'' (2004), voiced by [[Joe Alaskey]].{{citation needed|date=September 2019}} Like the Sam Raimi film incarnation, this version is Peter Parker's science teacher at [[Columbia University]] and an old friend and colleague of Dr. Otto Octavius. Originally, the Lizard was supposed to have been included in the game, as evidenced by his prominent appearances in the game's promotional material, before he was suddenly removed. Nonetheless, hints towards the Lizard were included in the final game, such as Doctor Octopus breaking Connors' right arm. In the [[Game Boy Advance]] and [[N-Gage (device)|N-Gage]] versions of the game, the Lizard appears as a boss.
* The Lizard appears as a mini-boss in ''[[Marvel: Ultimate Alliance]]'', voiced by [[James Arnold Taylor]].{{citation needed|date=September 2019}} This version is a member of [[Doctor Doom]]'s [[Masters of Evil]].
* Curt Connors / Lizard appears in ''[[Spider-Man 3 (video game)|Spider-Man 3]]'', voiced by Nathan Carlson.<ref name="btva" /> This version is Peter Parker's science teacher who conducted secret experiments on himself with a lizard DNA serum, hoping to regrow his missing right arm. After transforming into the Lizard, he kidnaps and converts numerous people into lizards as part of a plot to replace New York's population with reptiles. While he is thwarted by Spider-Man, the Lizard escapes. He is later hunted by [[Kraven the Hunter]] and [[Calypso (comics)|Calypso]] before the latter uses a magic potion to transform him into the "'''Mega Lizard'''". After Spider-Man defeats Mega Lizard, he reverts to Connors and is taken to the hospital. Spider-Man later helps Connors atone for his actions as the Lizard by curing the people he transformed. In the [[PlayStation 2|PS2]], [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]], and [[Wii]] versions of the game, Connors helps Spider-Man analyze a piece of his [[Symbiote (comics)|symbiote]] suit and treat Dr. [[Morbius, the Living Vampire|Michael Morbius]]' vampirism.
* The Lizard appears as a playable character in ''[[Spider-Man: Friend or Foe]]'', voiced by [[Roger L. Jackson]].<ref name="btva" /> This version is an anti-hero who searches the Earth for a cure for his condition. After encountering Spider-Man in [[Egypt]], the Lizard joins forces with him to stop an invasion of P.H.A.N.T.O.M.s created by [[Mysterio]].
* The Lizard appears as a boss in the Wii, Nintendo DS, PS2, and PSP versions of ''[[Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2]]'', voiced by Marc Samuel.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}} This version is one of several supervillains injected with control nanites.
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