Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #6, Curt Connors was a fight veteran who misplaced an arm whereas in fight with the army. After returning home, Connors drew from his experience in biology to plot an experimental serum replicating reptiles skill to regenerate misplaced limbs and used it on himself in a determined try to regrow his arm, regardless of the dangers. Instead, the serum reworked Connors into the Lizard, a feral villain who prowled the streets of New York and was finally defeated by Spider-Man and restored to his human kind by means of an antidote.
Like in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, this treatment proves to be solely momentary, with Connors periodically reverting to his ravenous alter ego and battling Spider-Man. During these uncontrollable instances because the Lizard, Connors killed his young son Billy, a homicide which loomed closely on the scientist after he regained his senses and humanity. Constantly scuffling with guilt over his actions because the Lizard, Connors is likely one of the most tragic figures in Spider-Man’s rogues’ gallery, painfully conscious of the evil his alter ego is able to.
It’s this tragedy that makes the Lizard stand out from the opposite outstanding villains in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, with Peter well-aware of the person trapped inside the monster. This distinction comes strongly into play all through the sport as Kraven comes gunning for the Lizard, with solely the Spider-Men capable of stand the hunter and save the misunderstood beast.
