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The Abomination is a
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appearing in
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. The original and best known iteration is Emil Blonsky, who first appeared in ''
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'' #90 (April
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) and was created by writer
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and artist Gil Kane. He is one of the main enemies of the
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, and possesses powers similar to his after also being exposed to
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. Debuting in the
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, the character has been featured in other Marvel-endorsed products such as arcade and
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, merchandise such as
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s and
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portrays Emil Blonsky / The Abomination in the live-action
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(MCU) films ''
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'' (2008) and ''
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'' (2021), as well as the
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series '' She-Hulk: Attorney at Law'' (2022).


Publication history

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chose the name "the Abomination", which he realized belonged to no other character, before conceiving the character's background and appearance. Lee recalled that he simply told the artist Gil Kane to "make him bigger and stronger than the
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and we'll have a lot of fun with him." Emil Blonsky first appeared in ''
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'', and was introduced as a KGB agent and spy who became the Abomination after deliberately exposing himself to a greater quantity of the same gamma radiation that transformed Bruce Banner into his
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the Hulk, using a machine Banner was planning on using to commit suicide. In his first appearance, Blonsky became a large scaly humanoid even stronger than the Hulk. In accordance with Lee's wishes, the character defeated the Hulk in their first battle.''Tales to Astonish'' #90–91 (April–May 1967). Marvel Comics. The character has been featured in a number of Marvel titles, gradually shifting from unthinking, savage brute, to master schemer,''The Mighty Thor'' #178 (July 1970). Marvel Comics. to tortured soul,''The Incredible Hulk'' vol. 2 #382–384 (June–Aug. 1991). Marvel Comics. and finally repentant villain and occasional defender of the weak before being killed in battle by the
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.''Hulk'' vol. 2 #1–2 (Feb.–March 2008). Marvel Comics.


Fictional character biography

Emil Blonsky was born in
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, then part of
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) and became a KGB agent who infiltrated an Air Force Base in New Mexico where Dr. Bruce Banner was attempting to kill the Hulk through overexposure to gamma rays. Blonsky triggers Banner turning into the Hulk, subsequently becoming a hideous lizard-like creature himself. The Abomination reappears when summoned by a
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of
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to briefly battle the cosmic hero the
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and summons
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(via an absent Stranger's technology) to aid him in escaping the Stranger's laboratory world. Thor frees the Abomination and the other captives, but, on discovering they are all evil, uses his mystic hammer Mjolnir to
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several hours into the past to undo his mistake. After defeating the Abomination and placing the Abomination in prison, Thor departs. When the Hulk is defeated by the alien Xeron the Star Slayer and brought aboard a space vessel, the Abomination is revealed to be
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of the alien crew. When the captain of the vessel directs Xeron and the crew to battle a creature in space, the Hulk and the Abomination are thrown from the vessel and battle until the pair are drawn into Earth's
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and separated. It is revealed in flashback that the Abomination entered into a
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-like state upon impacting with Earth and is buried for two years. Revived by an off-course
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fired from Hulkbuster Base (under Ross's jurisdiction), the Abomination joins forces with General Ross to defeat the Hulk, but is battered into submission by an angered Hulk. The Abomination reappears with fellow Hulk foe the Rhino, and the pair activates a gamma bomb at the Hulkbuster base in an attempt to destroy the Hulk. The Hulk's companion of the time, Jim Wilson, deactivates the bomb and the Hulk tricks the villains during combat, forcing them to collide and knock each other unconscious. A comatose Abomination is eventually found by soldiers at Ross's direction and has a miniature bomb implanted in his
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, being told to fight and defeat the Hulk or be killed. The Abomination tricks the Hulk into an alliance and betrays Ross by attempting to
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the captured
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. The plan fails when the Hulk turns on the Abomination and the pair fight, with the Abomination being caught on a
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when it explodes. An
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of the Abomination also appears with illusions of other Hulk foes when the Hulk (at the time possessing the intelligence of Banner, thanks to being made to a device called the Encephalo-Helmet) enters the
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of
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Glenn Talbot at
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size to excise a
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placed in Talbot's mind by the
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. The Abomination eventually reappears as a servant of the alien entity the Galaxy Master, having been empowered with even greater strength. After another extended battle with the Hulk, the Hulk attacks and destroys the Galaxy Master, causing the Abomination to weaken and apparently become lost in
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. When
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invades Hulkbuster Base, he colludes with General Ross to revive the Abomination, who was found in a block of ice above Earth and kept in
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storage for further study. MODOK intends to use the Abomination against his superiors at A.I.M., while Ross wants to use him to destroy the Hulk. The Abomination, however, has become afraid of the Hulk as a result of their past battles and has to be mentally forced by MODOK to even ''fight'' the Hulk. MODOK, however, is ousted by A.I.M., and a hesitant Abomination is beaten by the Hulk when he intervenes to save Banner's laboratory assistant. The Abomination refuses to rejoin the fight, and is disintegrated by MODOK. During the ''
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'' storyline, the Abomination is restored by the demon-lord
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, who directs the Abomination and other villains against the cosmic entity the
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as a member of the Legion Accursed. The restoration is temporary, as a still-disembodied Abomination's atoms mingle with the disembodied atoms of the villain Tyrannus, who reintegrates the Abomination's body and places it under his mind's control. Tyrannus, as the Abomination, then comes into conflict with the Gray Hulk, and quickly defeats the weaker version of their foe. When the Hulk reverts to Banner, Tyrannus forces him to create a procedure that will remove Blonsky's mind, who is mentally fighting Tyrannus' mind for control of the Abomination's body. The process is successful and Blonksy is restored to his human form, free of Tyrannus, whose mind is still occupying the form of the Abomination. An enraged Gray Hulk defeats Tyrannus, who is placed into custody by the organization
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After encounters against Avengers
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and Hawkeye, the Tyrannus-controlled Abomination reappears during the " Atlantis Attacks" storyline with the Deviant
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freeing Tyrannus from the body of the Abomination by restoring Tyrannus' mind to a duplicate of his own body and placing Blonsky's mind within the Abomination's body once more. The process drives Blonksy insane, and he battles heroes
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and the
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, managing to knock both unconscious. The Abomination is eventually driven off when set on fire by the She-Hulk. The Abomination's mental faculties eventually return and the Abomination reappears in the "Countdown" storyline as a pawn of another Hulk foe, the
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. The Abomination is sent to a
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site to collect samples and encounters the gray version of the Hulk again, who is outmatched and also weak due to being
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ed. The Hulk, however, throws the Abomination into toxic waste that partially dissolves and horribly scars the Abomination. The Abomination temporarily teams with villains Titania and
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and finds and stalks his former wife, Nadia (a famous
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dancer). The Abomination captures her and after taking her into the New York City sewers, reveals his true identity. After a brief skirmish, the Hulk persuades the Abomination to free his wife. The Abomination is also captured by the
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s, but is eventually freed by the
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. After befriending a woman who finds her way into the sewers, the Abomination battles
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during an attempt to save his kidnapped former wife. The Abomination retaliates against the
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when the Police Commissioner orders the sewers be cleared of all homeless, who the Abomination has placed under his protection. After killing several police officers, he is eventually driven away when confronted by the Hulk. The Abomination battles the mutant
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(who is searching the sewers for his lover and fellow mutant Threnody, who had been one of the homeless followers of the Abomination), who uses his mental abilities to trick the Abomination in thinking that he defeated Grey. He battles a
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al Hulk before encountering the
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when the mutant visits the sewers in which he was once captured and maimed during the "
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" storyline. When
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dies in the title ''Hulk'', Banner mistakenly thinks her proximity to the Hulk has induced a fatal case of radiation poisoning. Using a gamma device, a vindictive General Ross tracks what he believes to be the Hulk to a destroyed town, where the Abomination reveals he was the true culprit. Despite baiting a newly arrived Hulk, the Abomination is unable to force the Hulk to fight and departs. The circumstances of Betty's death are eventually revealed: Blonksy's transformation into the Abomination apparently alienates his former wife Nadia, driving his hatred of Banner; Blonsky, deciding to deprive Banner of Betty in return, secretly
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s her with his radioactive blood. After hearing the Abomination's admission, Banner eventually discovers the truth and the Hulk defeats the Abomination in combat. Taken into custody by the military, Blonsky is forced to watch old
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s of him and his wife together (prior to his transformation) as punishment. Operatives from a secret organization "Home Base" eventually release the Abomination to battle the Hulk, and although able to taunt the Hulk about Betty's murder, he is defeated once again. This encounter is later revealed to be a
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generated by longtime
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foe
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in an effort to torture the Hulk. After a humorous encounter with the
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, in which the Abomination is chosen as an adversary for the hero while he completes the modern version of the 12
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, the Abomination is pardoned and employed by the U.S. government as a
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against hostile foreign powers. The Abomination is also a conflicted opponent for the heroine the
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(currently employed by the spy organization
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). The Abomination has a subtle but significant role in the ''
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'' storyline, being the source of gamma-irradiated DNA that allows the creation of an anti-Hulk response team. The Abomination reappears after the events of ''World War Hulk'', encountering a new foe called the
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. This new opponent savagely beats, shoots, and kills the Abomination. Later on, it is revealed that the Abomination's killer, the Red Hulk, is actually General Ross's gamma-powered alter ego; he killed Blonsky as an act of revenge for his deliberate gamma poisoning (and later death) of Ross's daughter Betty. During the " Dark Reign" storyline, the Abomination is among the dead characters present at
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's trial. Abomination reappears in the court of
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, attacking the Olympian god when he loses power over the dead. During the "
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" storyline, the Abomination is among the dead characters in the Underworld that Pluto liberated in order to help defend the Underworld from
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. The Abomination fights the Hulk and his allies until
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taps into the
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essence within her to destroy his undead body. A shadow organization (later revealed to be the Order of the Shield) bent on gaining control of the Hulk harvests biological material from a mortally wounded Bruce Banner. After Banner regains consciousness following the experiment and escapes as the Hulk, the organization uses this material to resurrect the Abomination under their control, leaving him "free of a mind or a conscience" and with an ability to seek out Banner/the Hulk for retrieval. The Hulk defeats the Abomination yet again with the aid of the Avengers.
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uses technology taken from the Order of the Shield agents to teleport the Abomination into interplanetary space estimated to be "somewhere in the vicinity of
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". Tissue samples of the Abomination were later used by the U.S. Hulk Operations to graft to the corpse of Rick Jones that revives him as an Abomination/A-Bomb-like creature that Dr. Charlene McGowan calls Subject B. After ripping Rick Jones from Subject B's body in a brutal battle, Hulk Operations Commanding Officer General Reginald Fortean teleports to Gamma Flight Headquarters in space, killing Sasquatch and temporarily killing Doctor Samson to retrieve the Subject B husk. Fortean then willingly fuses himself with the body. After returning to Earth, Abomination started his own company called Green Spring which makes gamma mutates. After finding a depowered
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, Abomination had him repowered and sent him to retrieve Stockpile. After Skaar's mission led to his encounter with
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and the U.S. Hulkbuster Force, Abomination and Dr. Aliana Alba were shown to have watched the fight and commented on the powers of the gamma mutates that was shown off. During the "
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" storyline, Abomination appears as a member of the Thunderbolts and shows up to stop Jessica Jones and the
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from interfering in the Thunderbolts' apprehension of most of the Purple Children. As Jessica notes that Abomination would not normally be someone to work for Mayor
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, Abomination states that Mayor Fisk has the information that he seeks. The recruitment of Abomination was the result of Rhino leaving the group as he crossed the line of hunting children.


Powers and abilities

The Abomination is similar to the Hulk in terms of strength, stamina, speed, and durability, including his healing factor. In contrast with the Hulk, he retains his intellect after transforming and cannot change back into human form. He also possesses
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, enabling him to breathe underwater. Due to extreme pain, cold, or bereft of
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, he could enter into suspended animation for long periods. Initially, the Abomination is twice as strong as the Hulk, but unlike the Hulk, his strength does not increase/decrease in proportion to level of rage, with result that the Hulk is able to gain an advantage over the Abomination if the fight takes a sufficient amount of time for him to unleash his anger. After being empowered by Amatsu-Mikaboshi, an
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Abomination is considerably larger than before. Formerly, he could project hellfire and was strong enough to rip an armored shell off of his successor
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(something that even the Red Hulk had previously been unable to do). After his second resurrection by this Illuminati-dubbed Order of the Shield, a cloned Abomination gains more augmentation through Banner's biological grafts. Currently, he has the ability to track down the Hulk anywhere at will. Another feature for him is also to manipulate his own gamma ray output in such a way that he can make it toxic and overwhelm the most resilient of individuals, including energy absorbers such as the Hulk, Captain Marvel, and
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.


Reception


Accolades

* In 2009, ''
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'' ranked Abomination 54th in their "Top 100 Comic Book Villains" list. * In 2018, ''
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'' ranked Abomination 19th in their "Marvel's 20 Strongest Villains" list. * In 2019, ''
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'' ranked Abomination 24th in their "Top 25 Marvel Villains" list. * In 2019, ''
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'' ranked Abomination 2nd in their " Definitive Ranking Of The Hulk's 20 Most Powerful Enemies" list and 3rd in their "Hulk’s 10 Most Powerful Villains" list. * In 2022, ''
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'' ranked Abomination 3rd in their "Hulk's Main Comic Book Villains, Ranked Lamest To Coolest" list, 4th in their "10 Most Powerful Hulk Villains In Marvel Comics" list, and included him in their "15 Most Powerful She-Hulk Villains" list, and in their "10 Most Powerful Wonder Man Villains In Marvel Comics" list. * In 2022, ''
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'' ranked Abomination 6th in their "10 Most Violent Marvel Villains" list.


Imitators


Abominatrix

The Abominatrix is a female counterpart of the Abomination. Florence Sharples was the manager at Jasper Keaton's savings and loans company. She became the Abominatrix due to a failed medical experiment done by Jasper Keaton's medical facility and fought the She-Hulk.


Teen Abomination

The
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is a 13-year-old boy who was exposed to gamma radiation and became a teenage version of the Abomination.


Reginald Fortean

During ''The Immortal Hulk'' run by
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and Ryan Bodenheim, Desert Base Director Reginald Fortean accidentally turned himself into another version of the Abomination when he came in contact with the gamma activated tissue husk/armor of Subject B which was previously used on the decreased Rick Jones.


Other versions


''JLA/Avengers''

During ''
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'', the Abomination is among the villains enthralled by Krona to defend his stronghold, but is defeated by
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.


Ultimate Marvel

The
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equivalent of the Abomination appears as part of an
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. This version is a Chinese scientist named Dr. Chang Lam.''The Ultimates 2'' #1–6 (Feb.–July 2005); 7 (Sep. 2005); 8 (Nov. 2005); 9 (Jan. 2006); 10 (Mar. 2006); 11–12 (July–Aug. 2006) and 13 (Feb. 2007). Marvel Comics. Dr. Lam was working to create a more efficient version of the Hulk. When he believed his research was complete, he used the formula on himself. When he transformed into a dinosaur-like giant, he retained control of his permanently enhanced form because of his lack of mental disorders, serving with the Liberators. He battled with the Hulk, believing that his intact intellect would allow him to easily beat him, but ended up ultimately being killed in the duel. The Ultimate iteration of Emil Blonsky (under "the Abomination" codename) is part of
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's
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team and has the ability to Hulk out.


''Abominations''

The character also stars in the
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'' Abominations'', which continues plot points from the ''Future Imperfect'' storyline. A group of time-travelling
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s from the time of the villain the
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—sent by an alternate version of the Abomination called "Emil"—arrive in the present, intent on killing ''Betty-6'', a futuristic version of Betty Ross who is
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with the Maestro's child. The Abomination provides shelter for Betty-6 and prevents the assassination.


''Mutant X''

In the '' Mutant X'' universe, the Abomination appears as a part of a group that opposed the
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and died after.


''Marvel Zombies''

A zombified Abomination appears in '' Marvel Zombies: Dead Days''.
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kills him by destroying his head with Mjolnir during the battle between the surviving heroes and the zombie horde.


In other media


Television

* The Emil Blonsky incarnation of the Abomination appeared in ''
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'', voiced by
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. This version serves the
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as one of his Gamma Warriors. * The Emil Blonsky incarnation of the Abomination appears in ''
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'', voiced by
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. This version is a member of
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's
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and serves as the group's
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along with
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. * The Emil Blonsky incarnation of the Abomination appears in '' The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'', voiced by
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. In the short episode, "This Monster, This Hero", he is incarcerated in the
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. In the episode "Breakout, Part 1", the Abomination and his fellow prisoners escape following the Cube's sudden power failure. He briefly engages the
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, who retreats with
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, enabling the Abomination, the Leader, and the
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to gain control of the Cube. In the two-part episode "Gamma World", the Abomination assists the Leader in a plot to turn everyone in the world into gamma monsters. However, the Avengers foil the plan, with the Hulk engaging the Abomination and throwing him into a nearby desert. The Abomination is later approached by and recruited into the
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. Throughout the episodes "Masters of Evil", "This Hostage Earth", and "Acts of Vengeance", the Abomination continues to work with them until they are eventually captured by the Avengers and incarcerated in Prison 42. * The Emil Blonsky incarnation of the Abomination appears in '' Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload'', voiced again by Robin Atkin Downes. – green check mark indicates roles that have been verified by BTVA through closing credits * The Emil Blonsky incarnation of the Abomination appears in ''
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'', voiced again by Robin Atkin Downes. * The Emil Blonsky incarnation of the Abomination appears in '' Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers'', voiced
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in the Japanese version and again by Robin Atkin Downes in the English dub. * The Emil Blonsky incarnation of the Abomination appears in the ''
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'' episode "Contest of Champions"
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voiced again by Robin Atkin Downes. * The Emil Blonsky incarnation of the Abomination appears in the '' Avengers Assemble'' episode "Seeing Double".


Film

The Emil Blonsky incarnation of the Abomination appears in '' Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United'', voiced again by Robin Atkin Downes.


Marvel Cinematic Universe

The Emil Blonsky incarnation of the Abomination appears in live-action media set in the
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, portrayed by
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, who also voices and provides
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for the Abomination. * Blonsky first appears in the film ''
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''. This version is a Russian-born British Royal Marine on loan to Thaddeus Ross (Marvel Cinematic Universe), General Thaddeus Ross's Hulkbuster Unit. Wanting to relive his glory days, Blonsky volunteers to be injected with a sample of an imperfect Features of the Marvel Cinematic Universe#Super Soldier Serum, super soldier serum. While it increases his physical capabilities to superhuman levels, it leaves Blonsky power-hungry and eventually drives him to seek out Dr. Samuel Sterns (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Samuel Sterns and force him to inject the former with Bruce Banner (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Bruce Banner's blood. Blonsky is mutated into a monstrous "abomination", according to Sterns, and runs amok, destroying Harlem before he is defeated by the Hulk and handed over to General Ross. * Blonsky appears in the Marvel One-Shots, Marvel One-Shot short film ''Marvel One-Shots#The Consultant (2011), The Consultant'' via archive footage. S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel Cinematic Universe), S.H.I.E.L.D. agents Phil Coulson and Jasper Sitwell (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Jasper Sitwell meet to discuss their director, Nick Fury (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Nick Fury, disagreeing with the World Security Council's attempts to exonerate Blonsky and put him on the Avengers (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Avengers Initiative and formulate a plan to help Fury. At Sitwell's urging, Coulson reluctantly sends in Tony Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Tony Stark to sabotage the meeting with General Ross, as partially shown in ''The Incredible Hulk''s post-credits scene. * During an interview in December 2014, Roth revealed that he was offered to reprise his role in the film ''Avengers: Age of Ultron'', but plans fell through during pre-production. * Roth provides uncredited vocals for Blonsky in the film ''
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''. As of this film, the Abomination has mutated further, now possessing darker, scaly skin, gills, and webbed ears. As part of his training to become the Sorcerer Supreme, Wong (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Wong kidnaps Blonsky so they can compete in an underground fight club in Macau. After their fight, he leaves with Wong via a portal and willingly returns to his cell despite being offered freedom. * Roth reprises his role as Blonsky in the
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series '' She-Hulk: Attorney at Law''. In the years since his imprisonment, Blonsky has gained control of his Abomination form, decided to atone for his past actions, and opened a self-healing support group called Abomaste, making him eligible for parole. Throughout the episodes "Superhuman Law" and "The People vs. Emil Blonsky", he becomes a client of Jennifer Walters (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Jennifer Walters, who agrees to defend him in court after hearing his plea and receiving Banner's blessing. Despite footage of his fight with Wong being leaked, Blonsky is successfully paroled on the condition he wear an inhibitor to negate his transformations. As of the episode "The Retreat", he has opened a spiritual retreat called Summer Twilight. In the episode "Whose Show Is This?" Blonsky violates his parole to attend an Intelligencia (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Intelligencia event as a motivational speaker in his Abomination form. Despite being arrested and returned to prison, Wong breaks out him once more and brings him to Kamar-Taj (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Kamar-Taj.


Video games

* The Emil Blonsky incarnation of the Abomination appears in ''The Incredible Hulk (1994 video game), The Incredible Hulk'' (1994). He serves as a Boss (video games), boss in the first level and a mini-boss in all other levels. * The Emil Blonsky incarnation of the Abomination appears as the final boss and an Player character, unlockable character in ''The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction'', voiced by Ron Perlman. This version is an NSA agent given control of NSA branch, the Division, who seeks to use Bruce Banner's research to cure his wife Nadia's ovarian cancer. However, he is infected with a vial of Banner's DNA and exposed to gamma radiation, which slowly transforms him into the Abomination over the course of the game. While fighting the Hulk, the Abomination destroys a nearby dam with the intention of killing civilians, but is foiled. Refusing to give up, the Abomination smashes the dam apart and disappears in the oncoming flood. * The Emil Blonsky incarnation of the Abomination appears in ''The Incredible Hulk (2008 video game), The Incredible Hulk'' 2008 film tie-in game, voiced by Tim Roth. He serves as the final boss of the game as well as an alternate skin for the Hulk. * The Emil Blonsky incarnation of the Abomination appears as a boss and an unlockable playable character in ''Marvel Super Hero Squad (video game), Marvel Super Hero Squad'', voiced again by Steve Blum. * The Emil Blonsky incarnation of the Abomination appears as a boss in ''Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet'', voiced again by Steve Blum. He is available as an unlockable playable character through the PlayStation 3, PS3 and Xbox 360 exclusive Downloadable content, DLC "Doom on the Loose". * The Emil Blonsky incarnation of the Abomination appears as a boss and an unlockable character in ''Marvel Super Hero Squad Online'', voiced again by Steve Blum. * The Emil Blonsky incarnation of the Abomination appears as a boss in ''Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat'', voiced again by Steve Blum. * The Emil Blonsky incarnation of the Abomination appears as a boss in ''Avengers Initiative'', voiced again by Steve Blum. * The Emil Blonsky incarnation of the Abomination appears as a boss and an unlockable playable character in ''Lego Marvel Super Heroes'', voiced again by Steve Blum. * The Emil Blonsky incarnation of the Abomination appears as an unlockable playable character in ''Lego Marvel's Avengers''. * The Emil Blonsky incarnation of the Abomination appears as a playable character in ''Marvel: Future Fight''. * The Emil Blonsky incarnation of the Abomination appears as a boss in ''Marvel's Avengers (video game), Marvel's Avengers'', voiced by Jamieson Price. This version is a former Special Forces operative who was mutated into the Abomination by A.I.M., who experimented on him in an attempt to replicate the Hulk's powers. Blonsky began assisting A.I.M. with their operations whenever his skills were required and eventually became one of the organization's top operatives. Additionally, several clones of him appear in side missions.


Toys

* The Emil Blonsky incarnation of the Abomination is featured in the first series of the Hulk Classics line of
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s from Toy Biz. * The Emil Blonsky incarnation of the Abomination is featured in Marvel Legends#Onslaught BAF Series (2006), Marvel Legends Series 13. * An action figure based on the MCU incarnation of Emil Blonsky / Abomination was released in May 2008. * The Emil Blonsky incarnation of the Abomination appears in the stand-alone Marvel comics expansion of Heroscape#Building the scenario, Heroscape. * In 2010, the Emil Blonsky incarnation of the Abomination was the 61st figure released in the Marvel Select line of action figures.


See also

*List of Hulk supporting characters


References


External links


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