Billy Connors (character)

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

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, Billy is killed and eaten by the Lizard. Years later, Ben Reilly resurrects him and Martha in Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

The two are later infected with the Carrion virus and turned into Lizards to save their lives.^[8][9] During the Hunted storyline, Kraven the Hunter captures Billy to test his cloned "offspring", the Last Son of Kraven.^[10][11]

An alternate universe variant of Billy Connors from Earth-1610 appears in Ultimate Marvel.^[12]

An alternate universe variant of Billy Connors who became a separate incarnation of the Lizard appears in What If? vol. 2 #53.^[13]

• Billy Connors, renamed Billy Conner, appears in Spider-Man (1967), voiced by Billie Mae Richards.^{[citation needed]}
• Billy Connors appears in Spider-Man (1994), voiced by Toby Scott Ganger.^[14]
• Billy Connors appears in The Spectacular Spider-Man, voiced by Max Burkholder.^[14] This version is less pessimistic and often hangs out at the Empire State University (ESU) lab where his scientist parents work.^[15]

Billy Connors appears in a deleted scene that was cut from The Amazing Spider-Man, portrayed by Miles Elliot.^[16]

• Billy Connors at Marvel Wiki