The Origin of the Lizard, Curt Connors ☆ History of the Marvel Universe
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ธ.ค. 2021
- Hey, heroes! On this episode of History of the Marvel Universe, we're looking at the origin and history of Doctor Curt Connors, the Lizard!
Sources:
Amazing Spider-Man 006 (1963)
Amazing Spider-Man 032 (1966)
Amazing Spider-Man 045 (1967)
Amazing Spider-Man 074 (1969)
Amazing Spider-Man 101 (1971)
Amazing Spider-Man 106 (1972)
Marvel Team-Up 019 (1974)
Giant-Size Spider-Man 005 (1975)
Amazing Spider-Man 164-166 (1977)
Spectacular Spider-Man 032-034 (1979)
Spectacular Spider-Man 039-040 (1980)
Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars 001 (1984)
Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars 006 (1984)
Marvel Team-Up 141 (1984)
Spectacular Spider-Man 127 (1987)
Amazing Spider-Man 312-313 (1989)
Spider-Man 001-005 (1990)
Amazing Spider-Man 365 (1992)
Amazing Spider-Man Annual 027 (1993)
Web of Spider-Man 109-111 (1994)
Spectacular Spider-Man 237-239 (1996)
Untold Tales of Spider-Man 024 (1997)
Spider-Man: Lifeline 003 (2001)
Spider-Man: Quality of Life (2002)
Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 2) 011-013 (2004)
Marvel Knights Spider-Man 010 (2005)
Sensational Spider-Man (Vol. 2) 023-027 (2006)
Spider-Man Unlimited (Vol. 3) 015 (2006)
Amazing Spider-Man 552-553 (2008)
Avengers: The Initiative Special (2009)
Amazing Spider-Man 621 (2010)
Web of Spider-Man (Vol. 2) 006 (2010)
Amazing Spider-Man 630-633 (2010)
Amazing Spider-Man 679.1 (2012)
Amazing Spider-Man 688-691 (2012)
Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 4) 004 (2016)
Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy (2017)
The Clone Conspiracy: Omega (2017)
Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 5) 001-002 (2018)
Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 5) 014-016 (2019)
Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 5) 019.HU (2019)
Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 5) 026 (2019)
Additional information from the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe.
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Is it possible to try starlord next?
When I was a little kid I saw the 60's Spider-Man cartoon with the lizard. He haunted my nightmares lol. I wouldn't eat green freeze-pops because they looked like the serum the Dr. Conner drank to become the lizard. I still think of the lizard when I see green freeze-pops. True story hehe.
Wow😮!
One of the biggest complaints but the first amazing Spider-Man film was that they cut out the deleted scenes of Kurt with his son Billy. They had to empathize he was a family man like Richard Parker was. It would've been interesting seeing the counterpoint; Richard sacrificed himself to protect Peter from Osborne, while Connors fell into full addiction to his new persona and used it for his own personal agenda. What a lost opportunity.
They had deleted scenes? I didn’t even know that.
@@matthewschwartz6607 yeah, even extended scenes that showed the depth of Connors's split personality
Its a shame how much of doctor connors was cut out of the film
"They had to empathize he was a family man like Richard Parker was"
no they didn't.
Man, The Lizard has quite the history! Thanks for covering him. He's one of my favorite Spidey villains.
Some people have compared The lizard and Killer croc from Batman. While both characters are reptilian like characters I don't feel The Lizard is in the same league as Killer Croc. I feel there's another Batman villain who is way more comparable to the lizard, Man-Bat. Man-Bat I feel is more comparable to the lizard because both characters were scientists who meant well but when they experimented on themselves they became feral creatures. Also both Curt Connors and Kirk Langstrom aren't truly evil they are just in a primitive state when they are either Lizard or Man-Bat. Killer Croc's backstory is nothing like that. Waylon Jones wasn't a scientist, and unlike Curt Connors or Kirk Langstrom Croc was born with his condition and turned to crime because of the abuse.
I understand that the Lizard changed as simpler writers decided to simplify the pair but I prefer the way the Lizard/Curt dynamic started, with Curt Conners being the complete victim of the alien personality who is the Lizard. So for my Lizard, the closest Batman example would be Ventriloquist/Scarface.
@@tskmaster3837 I feel Lizard is way more comparable to Man-Bat even from the beginning. I don't think there's enough to compare with Scarface. I feel both characters backstories are incredibly similar to where I wonder if Frank Robbins and Neil Adams had the Lizard in mind when creating Man-Bat.
Yeah, Scarface isn’t comparable to the Lizard AT ALL! Weskler was never a normal decent guy like Curt was either, he was always a bit shady. The Green Goblin would be a more apt comparison.
But "primitive state" condition? You do realize the Lizard can speak, right? Also:
Two minds, actually one body, two minds... actually one body. One mind, actually one body. Guess which one's which.
Where's the difficulty coming in, is it the lab accident? Or is it the Incredible Hulk/Dr Jekyll identity problem? To me, the Lizard was a 100% separate mind, no question as it's the only way Amazing Spider-man 102 could work: if the partial Connor/Lizard personality was combination of two different minds. And that's the mind who sounds like the Hulk. "Why must I be the weak Connors when I can be the Lizard forever!"
If Man-bat... or WoMan-bat... could speak, he... or she...would most likely sound like that.
Edited because I can't count from 1 to 2.
There have been several interpretations of the Lizard, but through his first several appearances, he could speak, strategize, and create potions/formulas in his lizard form (in one instance, it was his claws/size that held him back from working with lab equipment, not his intelligence).
Have Curt Conners and Bruce Banner ever met? I'm sure they can bond over shared experiences of being able to transform into uncontrollable monsters.
Holy smokes, what a tragic tale, he is a great villain in the Spider Man rogue gallery.
I've always liked the character. I think Curt Conners is one of Spidey's most interesting, and sadly tragic foes.
He is essentially Spider-Man's equivalent of Batman's Man-Bat, though he debuted 7 years earlier.
I only wish I could give this two thumbs up for mentioning my favorite Spider-Man villain, Stegron!
It must suck to be Dr. Curt Connors. He just wanted his arm back, not to be changed into a vicious monster. Classic example of the tragic villain.
Thank you so much for uploading this. The Lizard is my favorite Spider-Man villain of all time and I'm rewriting him for an upcoming fan animated series.
Lizard is probably my favorite spider-man villain, since I love lizards and reptiles. Its kind of childish of me, but in many franchises, my favorite characters were allways the Lizard, Killer--Croc, Reptile, Kaa, Cobra Khan, and the Serpent Society from Earths Mightiest Heroes.
But, just a little nitpick. Stegron is based on dinosaurs and its kind of long proven that dinosaurs are birds, not reptiles!
Love the Lizard. I had that great Stegron arc when I was a kid.
Any plans for a Sabretooth video? He's one of Marvel's best villains and I'd love to hear you talk about him.
Did you know he originally showed up in Dare Devil as a villian!
@@courtneysmith8092 Yeah, I was shocked to see DD beat his ass so bad.
I second, third and fourth this comment.
Yes please
Happy New Year Marvelite!
I saw Spider-Man No Way Home today loved it.
I love happy endings
I'm really glad things ended relatively well considering how much Curt has been through over the years.
What a marvelous way to end off the year, happy new year!
I always felt sad for Dr. Connor.
A character history cannot be told any better than this! Excellent! Thanks for all these history lessons! Appreciate all the research you do! Thanks!
Lizard has always been my favorite Spider-Man Villain happy to see a video full of his history.
And I never knew Stegron was Lizard related although guess when you think about it that makes sense
The way that Todd McFarlane illustrated the lizard is unbelievable! literally incredible
Happy New year merry marvelite!
I really enjoy the way you do your origin storys they’re awesome if you ever get a chance would you mind doing the origin story’s on Pre recon beyonder, Magneto and Thanos
Are you going to do history of lesser known characters like Rom_the_Spaceknight, Ultimo, Inferno, Victorious, Flerken, Blacklash, Deathlok, Elematrix, Vertigo, Titanium_Man, Crimson Dynamo, Dreadknight, Hypnotia, Blizzard, Quasar, Starbrand, Nightmask, Night_Trasher, Starhawk, Fixer, Whirlwind, Chemistro, Whiplash, the Controller, Madam_Masque, Count_Nefaria, Century, Lore and Technovore?
Great channel Merry Marvelite! Happy new year!!!
I just subscribed. All of this is very entertaining.
Can you do history of Inferno, Victorious, Gambit, Moondragon, Phyla_Vell and Genis-Vell along with the Supreme Intelligence, Mole_Man and Angel/Archangel along with Exodus and Ex-Nhilo?
I appreciate Ditko's art as much as the next guy, but renditions of the Lizard without a proper snout always look "off" to me, even if that was his original design.
I definitely prefer the snouted Lizard.
Good one!!
Damn just.....damn poor connors
Thank you I really enjoyed this video
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Can you do history of Ironheart, Jane Foster Thor, Eric Masterson_AKA_Thunderstrike, Amadeus_Cho, the Griever, Pepper Potts AKA Rescue and the Agents of Atlas along with Crescent, Morgan_Le_Fey, White Fox and Luna Snow?
That's an awesome list!I want to know more about the original human tourch!
What was up with Kurt Connors turning back into the Lizard again and again even though he managed to take the cure?
The real answer: He’s a fairly popular and classic villain in the comics. The comic answer: The cures are never permanent.
Can you do history of Master Pandemonium, Chthon, Mephisto, Dormammu, Clea, Brother_Voodoo, Shuma-Gorath, Nightmare, Baron Mordo, the Ancient One, Agamotto and Pkzkrfmknna along with Firestar and Vance_Astrovik AKA Justice?
lizard 15 minutes could save you 15 webs or more on spiderman insurance
Can you do history of the Living_Brain, the Elementals, Cyclone, Hydro Man, Molten Man, the Spot, Sandman, Century, Lore and Technovore?
Awesome I always love the lizard and you covered all the main big story lines You did mention the story about morbius and the lizard when they did battle and another story called vampire on the loose
great vid! may i suggest the villain Steel Serpent?
@Jace Lee a Iron Fist villain
This is the bestest ... nuff said
Sweet 👍
Can you do a video for Damage Control? Happy New Year!
Happy new year everyone. Can you do history of the characters mentioned in this video?
Yeah, Calypso doesn’t have much love. She’s still dead too, I believe .
Any plans on covering Howard the Duck?
I've always liked the character.
learned things about the lizard's recent history that i had no knowledge of. thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Is Kurt Conners the Lizard the Marvel version of DC's Killer_Croc and Man_Bat put together?
Maybe Man-Bat, Killer Croc was a man with a very rare skin condition and I dont think Croc can control reptiles like Lizard can
Was the Lizard from Andrew Garfield Spider-Man movies great and what do you think he was like when he makes a comeback in Spider-Man No Way Home?
Dr. Kirk sold me car insurance 💚🦎
Can you do a video on Vermin? Of Spider-Man villains he's one of the few I don't really know about
Connors and the lizard are a real boon to spidermans corner of the marvel universe! My favorite villain of his for sure!
Happy new year 🎆🎉🎊🐲👍🎇
Wow
The movies make it look so simple
As a true believer to your channel.... Make a Midnight Sons origin Story mate ....🙌🏼😉
Once again so much amazing knowledge!! Why didn’t he just ask Charles Xavier for help locking the lizard in his mind?
Happy Scaly New Year.
His wife, Martha...
WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME?!?!
My question about The Lizard, was always what kind of professor wears purple pants? Him and Bruce Banner both 🧐
My boy right there in the thumbnail
Not every character looked their best in the early 90s but that Lizard design was top tier.
Billy Russo/Jigsaw video please! After re-watching the Punisher series on Netflix, I really want to know more about him if you could, please!
I kinda want to see a slice of life miniseries of the lizard especially right now that he’s in full control of his lizard form and being a professor and all
Which movie or TV show do you think did a great job in portraying the Lizard? What do you think is the best thing about him in the Comics and in any other media?
I think Spider-Man TAS did the best job with the Lizard especially with episode 1
I remember him from the old cartoon from the 90’s, so.
My favourite classic Spider-Man villan, the movies did him dirty (after TASM1)
Who do you think would win between Morbius and the Lizard since they are both scientists who experimented on themselves?
I think Morbus since he's a puso-vampire
They met in Morbius's debut, and Morbius kinda kicked Lizard's ass. Lizard is one of my favorite Spidey villains, so I hate to say it, but that's what happened, and there were really no mitigating factors favoring either side.
Swathe lizard be victorious!!
Please Flash Thompson next!
Do you think you can do the orgin of hobgoblin
Can you do an origin on Man-Thing?
Happily ever after
Any plans for The Winter Guard??
at least he can still nbe with his clone family
It's *Morbin* Time
Can you please tell the story of Owen Reece
Cyber, the Wolverine villain.
That was quite a “tail” and pretty high on the “scale.”
What do you think the MCU version of the Lizard would be like and which actor do you think should play him in the MCU timeline?
If Curt just wanted his arm back, why didn't he just get a prosthetic one?
The Lizard 🦎 is one of spider-man classic villain.
1st time asking for green goblin origin please
Killer croc beat the lizard in DC vs. Marvel about 15 years ago
What the hell is happening at 11:00 lol
Max Dillon: Dr Curt Connors. He Was A Scientist At Oscorp When I Worked There. A Brilliant Scientist. Until He Turned Himself Into A Lizard. Then He Tired To Turn The Whole City Into Lizards. It Was Crazy.
I wish Spiderman can help Curt Connors and his cloned family to live in a normal life again.
I wonder if he and Bruce would become friends
What the hell is the art starting at 10:50 ? If I open a comic book and see that, it goes straight into the trash bin.
Thats today comics quality 😂
jackal or hobgoblin eventually?
So he come from monster to control it with zombie family ? Comics writers very smoking with this story.
That artwork on the thumbnail that wouldn't be Todd McFarlane right
Yeah, that image is from his run on Amazing Spider-Man with David Michelinie.
@@MerryMarvelite I knew it
That comic taking about Yith, that's all 3D models. Has to be fake. Right? .... right?
It's called Spider-Man: Quality of Life and is indeed quite real.
@@MerryMarvelite it looks so bad!
Marvel just loves them some alliteration, don't they?
The lizard has a better healing factor than wolverine and sabertooth.
Ok wtf is this art style 11:10
That's from the early 2000s
Of course he’s from Florida
If I were Sony, I would carte blanche Marvel what ever character they wanted. Then I'd do nothing but count up the profits.
Im good at business.
Didn't the Lizard actually EAT Billy?
He’s not one of my favorite Spider-Man villains , because I’m not really a big fan of those “Bad guys who are close to the hero, but have a separate villainous personality who is evil.”. We also already have that with other Spider-Man villains like Miles Warren and Harry/Norman Osborn. He does have some good stories, though (Amazing #365 is one of my all-time favorites, and I grew up with The Torment story.). I didn’t know that Curt served as a medic in the war, AND that he had a history with the Man-Thing, though! Cool stuff. Thanks for doing the video.
To be fair, Lizard filled that role first, though that certainly doesn't prevent other examples from arguably doing it better.
Hyperoon
iron man
lmao what was that horrible cgi comic bit?
Sorry I accidentally disliked. Great vid
He was hands down the worst fucking part of No Way Home. And actually he was the worst part of TASM1 as well.
there was actually concept art where he was redesigned to look like he usually does with the lab coat and all.
Tasm1 suffered a lot from studio interference, many of doctor connors scenes were cut which is why connors felt like a 2d character.