Billy Connors (character)

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.

Billy Connors
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 ego	William Connors
Species	Human Mutate
Team affiliations	New U Technologies Sewer Enclave Sinister Six
Notable aliases	Lizard Jr. Lizard Boy
Abilities	As a lizard: Superhuman strength, speed, agility, stamina, durability, and reflexes Regenerative healing factor Hardened scale-like skin Razor-sharp claws and teeth Powerful tail

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 in Kraven the Hunter's "Great Hunt" sponsored by Arcade's company Arcade Industries.^{[13][14][6][7]}

An amnesiac Billy later appeared as a member of Squid Kid's Sinister Six as Lizard Boy^[15]

Billy and Martha were later brought into the Sewer Enclave by Miles Morales' clone Shift.^[16]

Other versions

Ultimate Marvel

An alternate universe variant of Billy Connors from Earth-1610, renamed Timothy Connors, appears in Ultimate Marvel.^[17]

What If

An alternate universe variant of Billy Connors who became a separate incarnation of the Lizard appears in What If? vol. 2 #53.^[18]

In other media

Television

• Billy Connors, renamed Billy Conner, appears in Spider-Man (1967), voiced by Billie Mae Richards.^[19]
• Billy Connors appears in Spider-Man: The Animated Series, voiced by Toby Ganger.^[19]
• Billy Connors appears in The Spectacular Spider-Man, voiced by Max Burkholder.^[19]

Film

Billy Connors appears in a deleted scene that was cut from The Amazing Spider-Man, portrayed by Miles Elliot.^[20]