Curt
Connors was a gifted surgeon who went into a war to
help his country. He performed "meatball"
surgery on wounded GIs, but his arm was injured in
a blast and had to be amputated. He eventually became
obsessed with uncovering the secrets of reptilian
regeneration, and studied reptilian biology extensively.
From his home in the Everglades, he finally determined
a serum taken from the DNA of a reptile. He had successfully
regrown the missing limb of a rabbit, and, despite
the warnings of his wife, chose to test it on himself.
Connors ingested it, and his arm did indeed grow back.
Unfortunately, it had one side effect: Connors was
subsequently transformed into a reptilian monster!
Powers
As the Lizard he has superhuman strength, speed,
agility, and reflexes equaling that of Spider-Man.
He possesses great resistance to injury surpassing
that of Spider-Man in that his tough scaly skin is
more resistant to being lacerated or punctured by
concussive force. The Lizard can also regenerate damaged
areas of his body, even to the extent that he can
regrow his limbs and tail if severed.
In addition to this, the Lizard's tail is superhumanly
strong and can whip at up to 70 miles per hour. He
can scale walls almost as well as Spider-Man can,
and can telepathically control all reptiles within
a one mile radius of himself.
As
the Lizard, Curt Connors' level of intelligence varies.
Most often his Lizard persona has normal human level
intelligence, but occasionally it has been relatively
mindless. Having the characteristics of a cold-blooded
reptile, the Lizard grows physically weaker from prolonged
exposure to cold temperatures. The Lizard recently
has gained the ability to excrete pheromones that
can cause humans to behave violently.
Abilities
Connors has genius intelligence and is a world renowned
herpetologist (reptile scientist)