The Trouble with Girls: Night of the Lizard #1
In "Night of the Lizard Part 1," Lester’s quiet afternoon reading *The Adventures of Tom Sawyer* is shattered by a series of bizarre attacks and relentless pursuit by mysterious, glamorous women. Refusing an offer to join the secretive MUM agency, he’s pressured by his father and Maxi Scoops to embrace a more purposeful life—until he finally agrees to meet the agency’s enigmatic leader, Mum, who reveals he’s destined to confront the Lizard Lady once more. Written by Gerard Jones and Will Jacobs, with art by Bret Blevins and Russ Miller, and a cover by Bret Blevins, this 1993 Marvel issue blends quirky humor with suspenseful intrigue.
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Lester just wants to be left alone to finish reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, but he keeps being attacked by various enemies and pursued by desperate, beautiful women. He rejects an offer to work for the secret agency called MUM (Masterful Undercover Manipulation), but both his father and Maxi Scoops believe that he should do it to give a nobler purpose to his life. Finally he relents and goes to meet with the head of MUM (who turns out to be an old woman called Mum), and she tells him that he'll be facing off once more against the Lizard Lady.
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