In "Amazing Spider-Man" #630-632 AKA "Shed", Curt Connors is completely engulfed by the Lizard inside him. The Lizard has mutated, becoming stronger, smarter and able to cause people to regress to their primitive instincts. The Lizard wins because he kills Curt's son, Billy, who was the anchor of Curt's humanity. It is a tragic end to a character who has been around since #6. It also prevents any redemption for Curt Connors if he is able to return. He will not and cannot be able to live with himself.
Curt Connors was a good, brave man who made a horrible mistake by experimenting on himself in order to regain the arm he lost in the war. He was transformed into the Lizard and became a menace. Luckily Spider-Man was able to save and continued to save him from future episodes. There were other Lizard-like beings: the Iguana, Stegron the Dinosaur Man and Komodo but the Lizard always returned. This recent story is powerful, dramatic, poignant and could be the last one.
How can the Lizard be allowed to live after its heinous actions? Curt Connors has lost, Billy Connors has lost, Spider-Man has lost. The Lizard wins but for how long?
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In the end, after what Peter did to stop the Lizard, I don't think we can say that the Lizard has won either. Lose/lose/lose/lose.
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I'm reading these in trades and I'm about 6mths - 1 year behind.
Second of all:
This recent story is powerful, dramatic, poignant and could be the last one.
Dream on. What matters is that this team of writers wrote it as if it was the last one, which probably gives it what power it has.
The Lizard will be back on the hamster wheel before long...
I was surprised they brought him back so soon after.... whenever the last time was. He couldn't have stayed away long enough for me. He's very hackneyed old villain whose adventures are always one-note, and obviously they decided they had to turn him up to eleven or keep him in limbo.
Did Slott write this story? He's a great writer.
Lizard on the hamster wheel, pickin, out dough,
Lizard on the hamster wheel, pickin' out dough,
Skip to my Lou, my darlin'!"
The "Lou" in the context of this song comes from the Scots loo, meaning "love". "Skip To My Lou" is traditionally a partner-stealing circle dance (kind of like square dancing), and so the ladies would "skip" to their next "love" during the course of the song.
Nope, Zeb Wells.
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