Liz Allan
Liz Allan is a female comic character who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Elizabeth Allan
After her parent's re-marriage, she gained a step-brother named Mark Raxton with the two growing up together. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #133)
She came to be Flash Thompson's girlfriend with Peter Parker also liking her at the time. However, Allan considered Parker to be something of a loser and even took part in the general ridicule her suffered on a regular basis. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #1) She was flighty and rather thoughtless -- not outright cruel, but lacking the empathy necessary to detect Peter's good points. At one point, paradoxically, she developed a crush on Spider-Man, blowing off both Flash Thompson and Peter Parker because she believed the costumed hero would call her. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #5) Over time, however, she began to admire Peter's intelligence and developed some degree of affection for the former 'bookworm'. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #12) By this time, ironically, Peter's interest had waned considerably noting that Liz never showed any real interest in him until he began dating Betty Brant. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #13) Peter and Liz graduated from high school. At the graduation ceremony, Liz admitted her feelings to Peter, but told him that they could not be together and left shortly afterwards. Meanwhile, Peter in his guise as Spider-Man battled Liz's stepbrother who by this time had become the Molten Man. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #28)
Liz Allan-Osborn
Alchemax
Upon regaining consciousness, her brother Mark noted that the babysitter Emma had kidnapped the children. Though Harry panicked, Liz reassured him as she called Alchemax security and revealed that she had a tracker on Normie. Together, they confronted Emma with Harry believing that the babysitter had been sent by Norman Osborn. Emma stated that she had taken the children to protect them from Norman with them chasing after her bringing danger to Normie and Stanley. It was then that Norman arrived where he transformed into his Red Goblin persona and easily dealt with the guards. He then revealed that the babysitter was actually Emma Lyman who was Norman's wife and Harry's mother who had somehow faked her death. Before he could kidnap them, he was attacked by Spider-Man's allies allowing for Liz and the others to escape. However, the Red Goblin defeated the superheroes before attacking the Osborn family where he took Normie Osborn and infected him with the Symbiote. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #799)
Liz came to be blackmailed into collaborating with the Life Foundation and the Friends of Humanity. Allan had Dr. Steven and Dr. Zhi among others of her employees experiment on Symbiotes in hopes of using them to improve lives. With the assistance of Archer Lyle, Alchemax kidnapped Eddie's son Dylan to perform experiments on him since he was a human and symbiote hybrid, only for him to escape. (Venom v5 #4)
Overview
Personality and attributes
After taking control of a Symbiote, she came to take the name Misery. (Cult of Carnage: Misery v1 #1)
Unknown to her even, she maintained a lot of hidden anger and aggression in her. (Cult of Carnage: Misery v1 #2)
He came to call her 'Aunt Liz' with Allan being careful to not expose him to traumatic events. (Cult of Carnage: Misery v1 #2)
Powers and abilities
By accident, she came to be bonded to an experimental Symbiote that was being studied at Dr. Steven's at Alchemax. At the time, experiments were being made on the Carnage strain of the Symbiotes. It came to be bonded with Anti-Venom formula where the two struggled for dominance over one another. Later on, Alchemax came under attack leading to the Carnage strain and Anti-Venom formula accidentally bonding with Liz Allan. Through sheer force of will, she was able to take control of the creature that became her Symbiote. (Cult of Carnage: Misery v1 #1) Unlike a normal Symbiote, this version had no effect on her brain at all. In fact, her own aggression was needed to tame the suit. One aspect of Misery was it was able to regenerate and recombine body parts of its host. This allowed Liz to surviving being ripped in half with her body simply reconstituting the two parts together with ease. (Cult of Carnage: Misery v1 #2)
Notes
- Liz Allan was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko where she made her first appearance in Amazing Fantasy v1 #15 (August, 1962).
- In Back Issue! v1 #44 (2010), Gerry Conway commented in an interview, "I liked doing callbacks to the run I was most influenced by, the original Stan Lee/Steve Ditko era, so bringing Liz back was something I'd wanted to do for a long time. And it gave me a reason to go back and look through the issues she was in, which brought me to the Molten Man's first appearance."
- The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Spider-Man: Back in Black v1 #1 (2007) lists that her father was Wilson Allan who married a woman Doris where she became her step-mother.
Alternate Versions
- In What If...? v1 #105 (1997), an alternate version of Liz Allan appeared in the Marvel Comics 2 reality set on Earth-982 in the Multiverse. After Harry died, Liz began dating and eventually married Foggy Nelson. Her son, Normie, did not take the marriage well and refused to get along with his new step-father. Still, Liz held the family together until she fell ill from an unknown disease. Her illness was the breaking point for Normie, and what pushed him into becoming the Green Goblin and attacked the Parkers.
- In Ultimate Spider-Man v1 #1 (2000), an alternate version of Liz Allan appeared in the Ultimate Marvel universe set on Earth-1610 in the Multiverse. Allan was shown to go to the same high school with Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson with her being close friends to the latter. At one point, a drunk Liz attempted to make out with Peter, who refused her advances when Mary Jane saw them.
In other media
Television
- In Spider-Man, Liz Allan appeared in the 1990s animated television series where she was voiced by actress Marla Rubinoff.
- In The Spectacular Spider-Man, Liz Allan appeared in the animated television series where she was voiced by actress Alanna Ubach.
- In Spider-Man, Liz Allan appeared in the 2017 animated television series where she was voiced by actress Natalie Lander. In "Screwball Live", it was revealed that she secretly adopted the identity of Screwball where she made pranks that she filmed and uploaded online leading to her developing a large fan base.
Films
- In Spider-Man: Homecoming, Liz Allan appeared in the live-action film set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe where she was portrayed by actress Laura Harrier.
- In Spider-Man: No Way Home, Liz Allan returned in the setting of the 2021 live-action film set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe where she was once again portrayed by actress Laura Harrier.
Video games
- In Marvel's Avengers, Liz Allan appeared in the setting of the 2020 video game where she was voiced by actress Elizabeth Grullon.
Appearances
- Amazing Fantasy v1: (1962)
- Amazing Spider-Man v1:
- Daredevil:
- Amazing Spider-Man:
- Spider-Man 2099 v2:
- Venom:
- Amazing Spider-Man v1:
- Venom v5:
- Cult of Carnage: Misery v1: (2023)
- Red Goblin v2:
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