Publication History
Stan Lee 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 Hulk and we'll have a lot of fun with him."
Emil Blonsky first appeared in the title Tales to Astonish, and is 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 alter ego the Hulk, using a machine Banner was planning on using to commit suicide. In his first appearance, Blonsky became a large scaly humanoid with twice the strength of the Hulk. In accordance with Lee's wishes, the character defeated the Hulk in their first battle.
The character has featured in a number of Marvel titles, gradually shifting from unthinking savage brute, to master schemer, to tortured soul, and finally repentant villain and occasional defender of the weak before being killed in battle.
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