Billy Connors (character)

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Billy Connors
William Conners (Earth-616) from Amazing Spider-Man Vol 5 16 001.jpg
Billy Connors as Lizard Jr. as seen in The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 5) #16 (April 2019). Art by Alberto Jiménez Alburquerque (penciller/inker) and Laura Martin, Brian Reber, and Carlos Lopez (colorists).
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance The Amazing Spider-Man #6 (Nov. 1963)
Created by Stan Lee (writer)
Steve Ditko (artist)
In-story information
Alter egoWilliam Connors
SpeciesHuman Mutate
Team affiliationsNew U Technologies
Notable aliasesLizard Jr.
AbilitiesAs a lizard:
  • Superhuman strength, speed, agility, stamina, durability, and reflexes
  • Regenerative healing factor
  • Hardened scale-like skin
  • Razor-sharp claws and teeth
  • Powerful tail

William "Billy" Connors is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is usually depicted as a supporting character of Spider-Man, and the son of Dr. Curt Connors, also known as the Lizard. Much of his character's story deals with the trauma of his father's uncontrollable powers. Billy was later injected with Curt's Lizard Formula to cure him of a deadly virus, which also mutated him into an anthropomorphic lizard.

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Publication history

The character was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #6 (November 1963).

Fictional character biography

Billy was born in Florida to Curt and Martha Connors, the former of whom is a biologist. After Curt transforms into the Lizard, he attacks and attempts to eat Billy before Spider-Man returns him to normal. [1]

In subsequent appearances, Billy is menaced by the Lizard and other villains before moving in with his aunt after Martha dies from cancer. During The Gauntlet and Grim Hunt storyline, the Lizard kills and eats Billy in an attempt to suppress Curt Connors' personality. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

In the Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy storyline, Ben Reilly resurrects Billy and Martha in clone bodies. [8] They are later infected with the Carrion virus, which threatens to degrade their bodies, and are transformed into lizard hybrids to save their lives. [9] [10] [11] [12] [4] [7]

During the Hunted storyline, Kraven the Hunter captures Billy, among other animal-themed characters, to test his clone, the Last Son of Kraven. [13] [14] [6] [7]

Other versions

In other media

Television

Film

Billy Connors appears in a deleted scene that was cut from The Amazing Spider-Man , portrayed by Miles Elliot. [18]

References

  1. ↑ Amazing Spider-Man #6 (November 1963)
  2. ↑ Davison, Josh (May 1, 2020). "Spider-Man: The 13 Worst Things That The Lizard Has Ever Done". CBR . Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  3. ↑ Wilding, Josh (August 16, 2023). "SPIDER-MAN: 10 Of The Most Notorious (And Controversial) Comic Book Moments In Peter Parker's History". ComicBookMovie.com. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Leroy, Kath (July 9, 2020). "Spider-Man: 13 Things Fans Should Know About The Lizard". CBR . Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  5. ↑ Gudge, Elliot (June 23, 2024). "10 Villains Spider-Man Should've Killed". CBR . Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  6. 1 2 McNulty, Mike (April 22, 2019). "Amazing Spider-Man No. 19.HU: How the Lizard becomes part of Hunted". Bam Smack Pow. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 Francisco, Mikael Angelo (September 7, 2021). "The Untold Truth Of Marvel's Lizard". Looper. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  8. ↑
    • Amazing Spider-Man #74-77 (July - October 1969)
    • Amazing Spider-Man #165-166 (February - March 1977)
    • Sensational Spider-Man (vol. 2) #24 - 27 (May - August 2006)
    • Spider-Man: Quality of Life #4 (October 2002)
    • Amazing Spider-Man #631 (July 2010)
    • Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 4) #4 (February 2016)
  9. ↑ Clone Conspiracy #5 (April 2017)
  10. ↑ Clone Conspiracy Omega one-shot (May 2017)
  11. ↑ Harn, Darby (November 21, 2021). "10 Most Powerful Versions Of The Lizard In Spider-Man Comics". Screen Rant . Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  12. ↑ Harn, Darby (November 19, 2021). "10 Things Only Spider-Man Comic Book Fans Know About The Lizard". Screen Rant . Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  13. ↑ Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 5) #14-15 (April - May 2019)
  14. ↑ Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 5) #21 (July 2019)
  15. ↑ Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #10 (January 2002)
  16. ↑ What If? (vol. 2) #53 (September 1993)
  17. 1 2 "Billy Connors Voices (Spider-Man)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved August 17, 2024. 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 credits or other reliable sources of information.
  18. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : "DR CURT CONNORS AND HIS SON BILLY [DELETED SCENE] THE AMAZING SPIDER MAN". YouTube . July 2013.
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