Iguana (Marvel)

Iguana is a male comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.

Biography

Iguana

An accident that occurred while Dr. Curt Connors was experimenting with a bio-enervator machine upon an ordinary iguana endowed the iguana with part of Connors' lifeforce and memories, as well as the personality and powers of Connors' alter-ego, the Lizard. The Iguana became a human-sized semi-humanoid reptile with superhuman strength, hypnotic powers, and the ability to mentally control other reptiles. The Iguana hypnotized Connors to make him forget what happened. The Iguana would stalk the night, but returned to its normal form during the day and stayed in its cage

On a field trip with some Empire State University students, the Iguana caused Connors to take it into a darkened reptile house and assumed its humanoid form.[2] The Iguana encountered Spider-Man but fled when exposed to blinding light. Since Connors had regained his memories, the Iguana attempted to hold Connors' family hostage to keep Connors from destroying him. Spider-Man intercepted the Iguana before he could capture Connors' family, as well as Connors who had taken on his Lizard form. However, the Lizard and the Iguana both decided that Spider-Man was a mutual enemy, and tried to destroy him. Spider-Man had retrieved the enervator device and used it on them. Connors reverted to human form, but the Iguana seemed to explode. When last seen, the Iguana had apparently been turned back into a normal iguana.

The Iguana was among the many animal-themed super-beings that were abducted by Kraven the Hunter for his grand hunt. He was placed at an enclosed hunting ground designed by Arcade who created robots styled on Kraven that could be piloted by the rich in order to safely hunt the dangerous prey. During this time, Iguana attacked one of the hunters but the pilot in a rage through the hunter killer robot seemingly killed the villain. (Amazing Spider-Man v5 #18)

Overview

Personality and attributes

Similar to the Lizard, the Iguana was noted for his hatred of mammals. (Spectacular Spider-Man v1 #33)

Powers and abilities

It was noted that the Iguana had all the powers of the Lizard. This included the ability to control other reptiles and also the power of hypnosis allowing it to mesmerise prey through eye contact. (Spectacular Spider-Man v1 #33)

The Iguana was noted to be sensitive to light with it at times hurting him. (Spectacular Spider-Man v1 #33)

Notes

• Iguana was created by Bill Mantlo and Jim Mooney where he made his first appearance in Spectacular Spider-Man v1 #32 (July, 1979).

Appearances

• Spectacular Spider-Man v1:
• Amazing Spider-Man v1:
• Amazing Spider-Man v5:

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