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The Abomination
File:Abomination.gif
Art by Mike Deodato.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceTales to Astonish vol. 1 #90 (April 1967)
Created byStan Lee
Gil Kane
In-story information
Alter egoEmil Blonsky
Team affiliationsKGB
Notable aliasesAgent R-7, The Ravager of Worlds
AbilitiesSuperhuman strength, stamina and durability
Regenerative healing factor

The Abomination (Emil Blonsky) is a fictional supervillain that appears in the Marvel Universe and is a perennial foe of the Incredible Hulk. The Abomination first appears in Tales to Astonish vol. 1 #90 (April 1967), and was created by Stan Lee and Gil Kane.

Fictional character biography

Emil Blonsky is a KGB agent who becomes the Abomination after deliberately exposing himself to the same gamma radiation (but in a greater quantity) that transforms Bruce Banner into the Hulk. Blonsky survives the radiation as he (like Bruce Banner) belongs to a small minority born with a genetic factor that causes mutation instead of death. Blonsky is transformed into a massive green-skinned monster with physical strength exceeding that of the Hulk. In his first appearance, the Abomination is more than twice as powerful as a calm Hulk. While able to retain his mental faculties, Blonsky soon discovered that he is unable to return to human form. [1]

Blonsky blames his condition on Banner and returns to attack his archenemy time and again. Although stronger than the Hulk in a calm state, the Abomination has almost always been beaten by the Hulk's enraged stage, which increases strength and savage combat skills.

In later issues, it is revealed that Blonsky's transformation alienates his ex-wife, Nadia. Coupled with constant defeats at the hands of the Hulk, Blonsky is driven insane with hatred for Banner. The Abomination also grows incensed upon learning that Banner has married Betty Ross, the daughter of General Thunderbolt Ross.

With the loss of his wife, Blonsky decides that Banner should also lose his spouse. The Abomination subsequently poisons Betty with his radioactive blood, causing Banner and his associates to believe that her close proximity to the Hulk has given her a fatal case of radiation poisoning. Banner later exposes the Abomination's role in Betty's false death, and the Hulk defeats him in combat. Banner then forgives the Abomination, who cannot accept this act. Blonsky finally realizes that he has been living a lie - it is he who is the monster, not the Hulk.

Months later, the still-grieving General Ross manipulates the Hulk into attacking and almost killing the Abomination. The Abomination is then taken into custody by the military, and as punishment is forced to watch a film loop of himself and his wife prior to his transformation, making his incarceration a constant reminder of what he has lost.

Eventually, operatives from the secret organization Home Base release the Abomination in order to fight the Hulk. The Abomination has become even more vicious as a result of his incarceration, and reminds Banner of the loss of Betty to goad him into a violent response. The plan backfires as the Abomination faces an enraged Hulk, who utterly defeats him.

The Abomination later realises the Hulk is missing [2] and rampages through the city of Reno, in Nevada. Although stopped by She-Hulk and placed in containment by agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the Abomination is not transported to prison, but directly into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody, intended for a program code-named "Project Achilles". [3] It is revealed that Project Achilles' mandate is to create a super-power nullifying system in nanotech form, and the Abomination and certain other "Hulk-level" threats that She-Hulk apprehended for S.H.I.E.L.D. were test subjects for the procedure. An apparently fully human Blonsky is identified among other subjects, and current S.H.I.E.L.D. director Tony Stark (Iron Man) states that the process is permanent [4] (though young genius Amadeus Cho has subsequently reversed the Achilles' nanites effects on She-Hulk herself [5]).

Powers and abilities

Blonsky's transformation into The Abomination substantially increases his strength and durability, giving him many of the same powers as the Hulk. The Abomination is very resistant to damage and can hold his breath for extended periods of time. The Abomination can also go into a state of suspended animation if in a climate lacking air or heat. He can also bound like the Hulk, and travel many miles with one bound. However, The Abomination differs from the Hulk in four ways:

  • The Abomination is unable to transform back into his human form. [6]
  • While stronger than the Hulk in "calm" state, The Abomination's strength does not increase with anger as the Hulk's does. [7]
  • Like the Hulk, The Abomination is capable of regenerating when damaged, but at a slower rate than the Hulk [8].
  • The Abomination retains his mental faculties when transformed, unlike the Hulk.

Other versions

Ultimate Abomination

This version of the Abomination is a Chinese scientist named Chang Lam, and discovers a means of becoming an Asian version of the Hulk. Unlike the Hulk, the Ultimate Abomination retained his mental faculties. He resembled a yellowish combination of a gorilla and reptile, and was at least 25 feet tall. The Ultimate Abomination was a member of the Liberators, and in a final battle with the Hulk he was decapitated. [9] This version also has a tail, pointed ears, scales on shoulders and is bald. Excepting the tail, this version's design resembles the Abomination's inital appearance in the video game The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction; artist Bryan Hitch was the conceptual artist for Ultimate Destruction, and the artist for Ultimates 2 where the Ultimate Abomination first appeared.

Future Imperfect

In the dystopic timeline of Future Imperfect, the Abomination (simply called "Emil") and his mutated minions battle the Maestro for control over the planet for decades. [10]

See also

In other media

Video games

  • The Abomination is the central villain of The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction video game (2005), in which he is voiced, both as Emil Blonsky and the Abomination, by Ron Perlman. The game retells a definitive origin of the Abomination character, and ties directly into Peter David's Abomination focused sister-story entitled "Hulk: Destruction". Combined, the two redefine Abomination's origin in one consistent story.

Film

References

  1. ^ Tales To Astonish vol. 1, #90 - 92
  2. ^ Transported off-world by the Illuminati and participating in events in Planet Hulk.
  3. ^ She-Hulk vol. 4, #15
  4. ^ She-Hulk vol. 4, #18
  5. ^ Incredible Hulk vol. 2, #106
  6. ^ Tales To Astonish vol. 1, #90
  7. ^ Tales To Astonish vol. 1, #90
  8. ^ The Incredible Hulk vol. 1, #288
  9. ^ Ultimates vol. 2, #12 (2006)
  10. ^ The Abominations #1 - 3 (1996 - 1997)
  11. ^ http://www.marvel.com/news/moviestories.1059
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