"Night Of the Lizard" is the first episode from season 1 of Spider-Man: The Animated Series. It first appeared on November 19, 1994. November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1994. ...

Summary

Daily Bugle editor J. Jonah Jameson offers 1,000 dollars to any Bugle reporter for getting a photo of The Lizard; Eddie Brock attempts to earn this reward. Just then, Peter thinks that the Lizard creature is a hoax. In the Empire State University, Peter and Debra found out that Dr. Connors is missing. In the Connors residence, Spider-Man confronts the creature and fled. Margaret Connors (wife of Dr. Curt Connors) reveals to Spider-Man the tale of her husband's scientific experiments with reptiles in his hope to regrow his lost arm and how this led to his transformation into the Lizard. Brock, overhearing this, writes down the story and heads back to the Daily Bugle to publish the exposé, but is stopped by Spider-Man, who webs him onto a lamppost. By the time, Spider-Man went to the Connors' residence, he finds out from Billy Connors that his dad has returned and abducts his mom. J. Jonah Jameson (also known as J.J.J.) is a supporting character featured in Marvel Comics’s Spider-Man series. ... The Lizard is a comic book supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe, and an enemy of Spider-Man. ...

In the sewers, Lizard tells Margaret that he plans to use the Neogenic Recombinator to turn people into lizard creatures like him as he thinks that he planned to use the device to heal people from injuries. Just then, Spider-Man confronts him, and takes a dive to the water. Spider-Man uses the device to change the Lizard back to Connors.

The following morning, Eddie tries in vain to tell Jameson and the police that Dr. Curt Connors is the Lizard, and narrates the incident that he was going to send his story to the Bugle, but Spider-Man webbed him onto a lamppost. When Eddie opens the door, he sees Curt Connors back to normal, thus discrediting his claim.

Cast

• Christopher Daniel Barnes — Spider-Man/Peter Parker
• Ed Asner — J. Jonah Jameson
• Linda Gary — Aunt May
• Rodney Saulsberry — Robbie Robertson
• Liz Georges — Debra Whitman
• Hank Azaria — Eddie Brock
• Joseph Campanella — Dr. Curt Conners/The Lizard
• Giselle Achecar — Margaret Conners
• Toby Ganger — Billy Conners

Christopher Daniel Barnes (born 7 November 1972 in Portland, Maine) is an American actor who performed in many movies and television series. ... Spider-Man swinging around his hometown, New York City. ... Edward Ed Asner (born November 15, 1929 in Kansas City, Kansas) is an American best known for his Emmy-winning role as Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and later continued in a spinoff series, Lou Grant. ... J. Jonah Jameson (also known as J.J.J.) is a supporting character featured in Marvel Comics’s Spider-Man series. ... Linda Gary (November 4, 1944-October 5, 1995) was a voice-over artist for countless animated projects. ... May Reilly Parker, often known as Aunt May, is a supporting character in Marvel Comics Spider-Man series. ... Jaime Robert Robertson (born July 5, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a songwriter, guitarist and singer, probably best known for his membership in The Band. ... Hank Albert Azaria (born April 25, 1964) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor and voice artist. ... Venom (Eddie Brock) is a comic book supervillain (sometimes referred to as an anti-hero) in the Marvel Comics universe, and an enemy of Spider-Man. ... Joseph Campanella (born November 21, 1933 in New York, New York) is an American actor who has appeared in over 200 TV and film roles since 1955, including a recurring role on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful from 1997 to 2003. ... The Lizard is a comic book supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe, and an enemy of Spider-Man. ... Giselle Loren is an actress most famous for her voice-over work in video games and animated series. Her credits include playing Buffy Summers in two Buffy the Vampire Slayer Video Games, Stargirl in Justice League Unlimited and the wife of Curt Connors in the 1990s Spider-Man animated series. ...

Trivia

• The Neogenic Recombinator makes its first apearance in the series. It would later makes appearances in The Sting of the Scorpion and many episodes in Season 2.
• Other than Spider-Man / Peter Parker and The Lizard / Dr. Cutr Conners, this episode introduces many other characters like Margaret Connors, Billy Conners, May Parker, J. Jonah Jameson, Joseph Robbie Robertson, Debra Whitman and Eddie Brock.
• This episode introduces Eddie Brock (as already mentioned) in which he would later become Venom in The Alien Costume: Part Three.
• Dr. Conners became The Lizard numerous times in The Tablet of Time, Ravages of Time, The Final Nightmare, The Lizard King, Arrival, The Gauntlet of the Red Skull and Doom. However, Conners had supporting roles when he is not The Lizard in The Alien Costume: Part Two, The Insidious Six, Battle of the Insidious Six, Blade the Vampire Hunter, Shriek of the Vulture, Venom Returns, Carnage, The Spot and Partners. The Lizard was also a hero in the three-part Secret Wars saga near the end of the series.
• This episode was not only the pilot episode of the series but a preview to the series as it is the only episode aired in 1994.