Martha Connors
Martha Connors is a female comic character who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Martha Connors
She was later kidnapped by the Maggia with her son Billy to force her husband to decipher the Lifeline Tablet's secret code. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #74) After being moved into the Galby Building, they both were rescued by Spider-Man. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #75) She and her child were brought to a safe place by Spider-Man, who vowed to find the Lizard and change him back to human form. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #76) Once the Lizard was dehydrated by Spider-Man and transformed into Curt Connors, she reunited with her husband. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #77)
Sometime later, Martha was said to had contracted cancer and had died due to the complications of her surgery. (Spider-Man: Quality of Life v1 #4)
The Jackal later brought Martha and her murdered son back to life in order to convince Curt Connors to work for him after his intellect was dominant over the Lizard's body.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Notes
- Martha Connors was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko where she made her first appearance in the Amazing Spider-Man v1 #6 (November, 1963).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Spider-Man, Margaret Connors appeared in the setting of the 1994 animated television series where she was voiced by actress Giselle Loren.
- In Spectacular Spider-Man, Martha Connors appeared in the setting of the 2008 animated television series starting from the episode "Survival of the Fittest" where she was voiced by actress Kath Soucie. Dr. Martha Connors was a scientist at Empire State University Labs. She is an expert in biology along with her husband Dr. Curt Connors. They have a son Billy Connors who hangs about the lab with them. Her husband Dr. Connors lost his arm in an accident and had a functioning, mechanical prosthetic arm. Her husband was obsessed with uncovering the secrets of reptilian limb regeneration and created a serum made of modified lizard DNA. He injected himself with it frequently to help re-grow his lost arm. In a fight in the Lab between Spider Man and former electrician Max Dillon/Electro, one of the vials was hit by Electro's electricity, amplifying the DNA within the serum. As a result of injecting the altered Lizard serum, Connor's arm re-grew as expected. However, Connors was later fully transformed into the Lizard. The Lizard's could not talk and acted purely on animalistic instincts. The Lizard was extremely aggressive, shown attacking with little or no provocation, and even coming close to biting Billy. An antidote called a gene cleanser, developed by Spider-Man, Eddie, Gwen, and Martha managed to restore back to his normal self. When the alien symbiote was found on Colonel. John Jameson's Shuttle, it was taken to the ESU Labs to be studied by the Connors. The pair was ecstatic about the discovery and given new hope to their lives and career, but after the robbery in which it got attached to Spider-Man, they were distraught over the loss. Later the science department gained Dr. Miles Warren as a new member as Norman Osborn funded the research. Dr. Warren had been conducting mutagenic experiments on human test subjects; her husband threatened to inform the school board only for Dr. Warren to blackmail him with his own lizard experiments. Later after all their troubles and losses, Martha and Curt decided to leave with Billy for the Florida Everglades to escape Warren's blackmail.
Films
Appearances
- Amazing Spider-Man v1: (1963)
- Spider-Man: Quality of Life v1:
- Amazing Spider-Man v4:
- Amazing Spider-Man v5:
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