Abomination

> "Welcome to the Land of the Living. You're not looking well. All units, find the girl and stay out of my way."
>
> Abomination to Hulk

**Abomination** (**Emil Blonsky**) is a major antagonist in *Marvel's Avengers*. He is a former military spy and mercenary, later chief of security for AIM, who became a test subject for Monica Rappaccini's gamma experiment, which resulted to his transformation into the villainous gamma-irradiated monster. He is also the arch-rival of the Hulk.

While appearing as a supporting antagonist in the Reassemble campaign, Abomination also serves as the main antagonist and boss of The Incredible Hulk mission chain, while several of his clones take his place as individual bosses in four villain sectors: City Under Siege, Old Foes, Waking the Dead, and Gathering of Evil.

He also appears as a supporting character in the prequel novel *MA: The Extinction Key*.

## Codex Entry

Formerly, a military spy, Emil Blonsky volunteered for AIM's human gamma experiments under the direction of Monica Rappaccini.

The experiments transformed him permanently into Abomination - an extremely strong and physically imposing monster. But unlike his counterpart the Hulk, Abomination retained the memories and intellect of his human form.

## Biography

Emil Blonsky was born and raised in Zagreb, Croatia. As he grew up, he learned that by violence, not just threats. In his adult life, Emil Blonsky served as military spy, mercenary and fought in an unspecified war. Eventually, he immigrated to the United States for a fresh start. He kept his past secret, which prevented others from becoming close to him.

Some time after doing so, Blonsky was employed by the laboratory firm Advanced Idea Mechanics (AIM) as a security guard. Grateful for even getting it a position, he protected them from scams, cyber-attacks and even burglaries. As the company grew, Blonsky grew protective of it and even resorted to violence to ensure there were no repeat offenders. Eventually, he was promoted to the company's head of security.

### Events of *Marvel's Avengers*

#### After A-Day

With AIM growing in size, Blonsky volunteered for their human gamma experiments under the direction of Monica Rappaccini. The experiment transformed him permanently into an extremely strong and physically imposing monster similar to the Hulk. Unlike Banner, Blonsky retained his memories and intelligence, though was dubbed the Abomination.

#### Reassemble

When Kamala Khan and the Hulk attacked the Olympia Archive facility, Abomination was authorized by Tarleton to confront them. After the former recovered JARVIS's hard drive, he confronted her and prepared to attack. However, Hulk intercepted him, leading Blonsky to turn his attention towards his predecessor. The two fought throughout the facility, including laboratories and power grids. Eventually, Abomination was defeated after repeatedly hit and crushed under machinery. Though he survived, the brutality displayed by Hulk made Kamala question with Blonsky had died.

Abomination was later recovered by AIM, assisting George Tarleton and Monica Rappaccini in tracking down Banner and Khan. After watching the former fail to defeat them and Tony Stark at Golden Acres, he chastised them for not allowing him to murder them. When Tarleton seemingly refused to answer, Blonsky lost his temper and attacked him, only to be caught and strangled by one of his mechanical arms. At Rappaccini's behest, Abomination was spared, as they still needed his help in their operations.

#### The Incredible Hulk

Using Abomination's biology, AIM were able to develop a method of creating similar creatures to him. Setting up in Venture Ridge, Wyoming, he was present in their facility whilst they prepared the devices. However, due to intervention from Hulk, Khan and the Avengers, this was unsuccessful. After learning that Abomination was hidden in the town's AIM facility, Hulk set out to defeat his imperfect doppelganger.

Having also learned of the Hulk's presence, Abomination destroyed the facility and presumably murdered the staff within it. He then engaged the group in battle, using the facility to enhance his abilities. Eventually, Abomination was defeated, though Hulk chose to spare his foe. It is unknown whether the police or SHIELD took him into custody after the battle. Unknown to most people, Monica had also created several clones of Abomination, but they were defeated by the Avengers.

## Relationships

† denotes deceased characters
MIA denotes "Missing In Action" / current fate unknown

### Allies

* Advanced Idea Mechanics (AIM) - Employers and Creators
	+ Monica Rappaccini - Scientist Supreme and Co-Creator
	+ Lyle Getz
* George Tarleton / MODOK - Former Boss and CEO of AIM †
* Tony Masters / Taskmaster

### Enemies

* Avengers
	+ Steve Rogers / Captain America - Team Leader
	+ Tony Stark / Iron Man
	+ Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow
	+ Thor Odinson / Thor
	+ Bruce Banner / Hulk - Rival
	+ Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel
	+ Kate Bishop
* JARVIS
* SHIELD
	+ Maria Hill - Current Director
	+ Nick Fury - Former Director
* The Resistance
	+ Hank Pym - Leader

## Gallery

Hulk vs. AbominationAbomination vs. MODOKhuman version in the Art of the Game bookTrasformation process
## Notes

* In Marvel Comics, Emil Blonsky / The Abomination first appeared in *Tales to Astonish* #90 (April 1967). A Russian spy sent to observe the Gamma Bomb experiments, he was created in the same incident as the Hulk and has served as his longest running enemies. Unlike Banner, Blonsky retains his intelligence as the Abomination, but is unable to transform back into human form. In some versions of Hulk's origin, a pre-Abomination Blonsky is responsible for the gamma bomb's detonation, thus responsible for their beginnings.

## Also See

* Characters
* Bosses
* Abomination on the Marvel Comics Database