The Origin and History of the Abomination

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  • On this week's episode of History of the Marvel Universe, we're looking at the comic book origin and history of Emil Blonsky, the Abomination!
    Sources:
    Tales to Astonish 089-091 (1967)
    Silver Surfer 012 (1970)
    Thor 178 (1970)
    Incredible Hulk 136-137 (1971)
    Incredible Hulk 159 (1973)
    Incredible Hulk 171 (1974)
    Incredible Hulk 194-196 (1976)
    Incredible Hulk 270 (1982)
    Incredible Hulk 287-290 (1983)
    Incredible Hulk 315
    Incredible Hulk Annual 015 (1986)
    West Coast Avengers 025 (1987)
    Solo Avengers 012 (1988)
    Amazing Spider-Man Annual 023 (1989)
    Incredible Hulk 364 (1989)
    Incredible Hulk 366 (1990)
    Incredible Hulk 382-384 (1991)
    Namor, The Sub-Mariner 059 (1995)
    Ghost Rider 095 (1995)
    Incredible Hulk 431-432 (1995)
    X-Men 074 (1998)
    Incredible Hulk 466 (1998)
    Incredible Hulk 473-474 (1999)
    Incredible Hulk 024-025
    Incredible Hulk 050-055 (2003)
    Incredible Hulk 076 (2004)
    Hercules 003 (2005)
    Marvel Team-Up 021 (2006)
    She-Hulk 015 (2007)
    Hulk 002-004 (2014)
    Hulk 008 (2014)
    Gamma Flight 002 (2021)
    Additional information from the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe.
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  • @MerryMarvelite
    @MerryMarvelite  Před 3 lety +31

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  • @vincentfranklin17
    @vincentfranklin17 Před 3 lety +86

    I remember reading a reprint of the Abomination's origin. He's always been one of my favorite Hulk foes.
    The current Abomination grosses me out, to be honest.

    • @matthewschwartz6607
      @matthewschwartz6607 Před 3 lety +3

      Rick Jones, you mean?

    • @vincentfranklin17
      @vincentfranklin17 Před 3 lety +2

      @@matthewschwartz6607 Yes, I mean Rick Jones.

    • @movienaut
      @movienaut Před 3 lety +6

      I guess you are talking about Subjekt B! That creature is just scary and a sick copy of Abomination! Im glad that Al Ewing brought him back, hopefully not to die again!

    • @jackychang9148
      @jackychang9148 Před 2 lety +6

      @@vincentfranklin17 Wait! Rick is now Abomination? I thought he was A-Bomb!?

    • @vincentfranklin17
      @vincentfranklin17 Před 2 lety +5

      @@jackychang9148 A LOT has changed in recent years. It would take too long to explain it here. All I can tell you is, check out collected runs of The Immortal Hulk.

  • @NickonStark
    @NickonStark Před 3 lety +20

    nice way to kick off the morning.

  • @damianstarks3338
    @damianstarks3338 Před 2 lety +10

    This guy is one of hulk’s perfect nemesis.

  • @marvelpg
    @marvelpg Před 3 lety +57

    brings back memories of the Abomination's origin ....looking forward to his come back in the MCU.

  • @House.Of.Pain.
    @House.Of.Pain. Před 3 lety +76

    At times you feel sorry for Emil but other times you don’t.

    • @tubucoco
      @tubucoco Před 2 lety +21

      Yeah, he's hopelessly trapped in this ugly form of himself, but if you look at it the monster form represents his true self. A murderer and wife abuser along with all kinds of other horrible things.

    • @unclefranklin4575
      @unclefranklin4575 Před rokem +4

      I can't say I like the fact that they later added he abused his wife. Him not telling her who he really is a sad but humanizing story, and it's extremely depressing seeing him being tortured using a video of them together. But all that is kinda ruined now that the marriage was actually horrible, and Emil just evilly laughs after Nadia fails to kill him.

    • @plasticweapon
      @plasticweapon Před rokem +1

      if he's being written right, you should never feel sorry for him.

    • @DIEGhostfish
      @DIEGhostfish Před rokem +2

      @@tubucoco I actually seriously hate the wife abuser retcon. (Also there was another comic that tried to half-retcon that and say he had two wives with the same name, but that comic itself got declared a What-if of sorts with its own universe number or temp universe number on the wiki, so I guess he was just madly in love with the same woman he abused.) Honestly have the one he abused be some old communist brainwashing victim s who was supposed to be a check on Blonsky with the abuse being false memories to motivate her. Of course in 2023 that doesn't really work as well as it would have in the old days. Then again Eastern Europe's a mess again so a malevolent slavic conspiracy's probably back in the books.

    • @user-we4yd6df4w
      @user-we4yd6df4w Před 10 měsíci +1

      Yeah it seemed like for a while there they were making him a really sympathetic character but then it was just thrown away.

  • @TheWarmachine375
    @TheWarmachine375 Před rokem +3

    14:56 Hulk wielding Captain America's shield is pure unadulterated badass.

  • @sadusattack2628
    @sadusattack2628 Před 3 lety +13

    The Abomination is probably my favorite Hulk villain. I have an original comic of Tales to Astonish #91. The 1st appearance of The Abomination.

  • @Trev794
    @Trev794 Před 3 lety +19

    I do love abomination in the comics. It's such a shame my overriding memory will allways be that film...

  • @Supremmo
    @Supremmo Před 2 lety +8

    I want to see Abomination take on The Thing. That would’ve been a cool match up.

  • @GuyWebz
    @GuyWebz Před 3 lety +16

    You are one of my favorite go-to’s when it comes to Marvel character origin videos, keep it up!!!!

  • @trexadvent4726
    @trexadvent4726 Před 3 lety +3

    It's about time you did the History of the Abomination since he appeared in the live action Incredible Hulk movie

  • @Hawbitten
    @Hawbitten Před 3 lety +17

    The Abomination may be the most tragic villain in all of Marvel.

    • @plasticweapon
      @plasticweapon Před 2 lety +2

      but he's not.

    • @dejstoney
      @dejstoney Před 2 lety

      How?

    • @blacksmoke6292
      @blacksmoke6292 Před rokem +3

      @@dejstoney he keeps gettin his ass beat, that's how.

    • @josephochoa9861
      @josephochoa9861 Před rokem

      @@blacksmoke6292 so does every marvel villain

    • @DIEGhostfish
      @DIEGhostfish Před rokem +1

      @@dejstoney Because he's been the victim of some of the worst retcons. Going from someone who dearly loved his wife but could not see her under Peter David, to an abuser under actually I don't remember the writer but the artist paired with him was JRJR and the colorist was someone who really really liked Noir too much.

  • @martyemmons1859
    @martyemmons1859 Před 3 lety +7

    This is a great video. I really appreciate all the awesome artists that have illustrated The Abomination.

    • @DIEGhostfish
      @DIEGhostfish Před rokem

      Except whoever did him in Devil's Reign: Villains for Hire Uh spoiers I guess but he shows up in that third issue. The main Devil's Reign art of him was fine, Heroes for Hire he looked like a goblin.

  • @johnpittsii7524
    @johnpittsii7524 Před 3 lety +3

    Thanks for the info as always 👍. Much ❤ as always 😊

  • @jamesmoss3424
    @jamesmoss3424 Před 3 lety +8

    The hulk always beat abomination. 😀👍

  • @Deesar_
    @Deesar_ Před měsícem

    my favorite thing about comics is how a super hero has roots in sci fi militarism then fights aliens, kgb spies, and witches. it feels so contemporary of the time and has massive charm from that.

  • @williamwatson4354
    @williamwatson4354 Před 3 lety +2

    That issue with the Abomination was one of the first Marvel comics I ever saw. I was about 9 at the time.

  • @declangentry8408
    @declangentry8408 Před 3 lety +3

    i love ur videos keep it up!

  • @Artisan1979
    @Artisan1979 Před 2 lety +4

    Given how hard it is to kill Bruce banner, I'm not surprised that Blonsky is continuously the bad penny that turns up when you least expect it.

    • @DIEGhostfish
      @DIEGhostfish Před rokem

      He actually did stay dead for a few decent stretches.

  • @quentinfogger5755
    @quentinfogger5755 Před 3 lety +12

    Can you do history of the Beyonder, Crossfire, Living Laser, Iron Monger, Titanium Man, Crimson Dynamo, Whiplash, Darkhawk, Union Jack, Annihilus, the Badoon and the Broods?

  • @MarkanVaran7
    @MarkanVaran7 Před 2 lety +3

    Proud to be born in Zagreb, the birth place of Emil Blonsky!

  • @trexadvent4726
    @trexadvent4726 Před 3 lety +13

    Was it really awesome to see Abomination in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings? What do you think he is going to be like in the She-Hulk TV show on Disney Plus and will we see see him joining the Thunderbolts and the Dark Avengers?

  • @mobyt.3900
    @mobyt.3900 Před 3 lety +4

    great vid! I had a book and record of that Hulk issue where he fouls the Abomination and the Rhino. thanks for bringing back sweet memories! spoiler alert: I heard that Abomination is appearing in the Shang Chi movie, cant wait!

    • @matthewschwartz6607
      @matthewschwartz6607 Před 3 lety

      He is?

    • @mobyt.3900
      @mobyt.3900 Před 3 lety

      @@matthewschwartz6607 thats what I heard , I hope its true, tho I'd rather see Rick Jones in the MCU, he's the best!

  • @Appdvops
    @Appdvops Před 3 lety +3

    Can you do one for Colossus? Really love your material, big nostalgia from Comic book driven childhood.

  • @Hypestyle
    @Hypestyle Před 3 lety +3

    Very cool. Nice information. Really comprehensive. A hulk vs abominations TPB needs to be produced.

  • @matthewschwartz6607
    @matthewschwartz6607 Před 3 lety +3

    Yeah, I got that Spider-Man annual as a kid . I think that was my first exposure to The Abomination. And that Rob Liefeld art- Ugh!

  • @unigenius
    @unigenius Před 3 lety +2

    Four minutes ago!!! Dang, I'm early!!!!
    So glad I get to see this! His actual story!

  • @davidirizarry6216
    @davidirizarry6216 Před 2 lety +3

    Abomination and Hulk should just be gym buddies.

  • @TheTiger2311
    @TheTiger2311 Před 3 lety +6

    The only thing about when the Abomination fight the Hulk I don't like is that he never beats the Hulk. And they give the Hulk and upgrade but not the Abomination .

    • @MerryMarvelite
      @MerryMarvelite  Před 3 lety +1

      While researching this, I definitely noticed that the Abomination was handily defeated far more than I expected.

    • @David_Scar
      @David_Scar Před 2 lety +2

      Abomination has definitely been upgraded over the years,the thing is Hulk is simply stronger that's his whole thing,He's the strongest there is... In a straight up brawl Hulk should always win.. Abomination has gotten stronger over the years but so has the Hulk.

  • @KGBookkeeping
    @KGBookkeeping Před 3 lety

    As always sir, very well done and hats off

  • @samarthur1847
    @samarthur1847 Před 3 lety +2

    Great video, please keep them coming.

  • @TheWarmachine375
    @TheWarmachine375 Před rokem

    14:18 I always wonder why did Ross' mustache go when transforming into Red Hulk.

  • @poindexterflex3528
    @poindexterflex3528 Před 3 lety +1

    I wonder when the Abomination and the Hulk are going to fight. They really don't fight enough...

  • @coldboyous
    @coldboyous Před 2 lety +2

    I personally prefer the 2008 Hulk movie origin story. It made more sense to me and I also like the design better. I still like the comic version but I just find it odd how he looks like a sea monster, and I’m kinda bummed that the MCU has turned him into a fish man now too

    • @DIEGhostfish
      @DIEGhostfish Před rokem +1

      I liekd the sea monster look, he's from what's now Croatia IIRC(But is I believe a different Yugoslav ethnicity) and that has a large coast.

  • @arcadiaberger9204
    @arcadiaberger9204 Před 2 lety +6

    I'm a bit disappointed that Rick Jones' period in the form of the Abomination-like "A-Bomb" wasn't included. it seems like that deserves a mention.
    Also, wasn't the Abomination part of a group of expatriate Russian and Chinese superheroes based in Vietnam for awhile?

    • @matthewschwartz6607
      @matthewschwartz6607 Před 2 lety +1

      I think that was The Radioactive Man.

    • @ynorb9573
      @ynorb9573 Před 2 lety

      A bomb is diff from abomination

    • @DIEGhostfish
      @DIEGhostfish Před rokem

      @@ynorb9573 True, but they did have a fight during that time where an evil God was trying to kill Death.

  • @jamelherring5359
    @jamelherring5359 Před 3 lety +1

    The Abomination had a rough life

  • @smokebell1390
    @smokebell1390 Před 3 lety

    this why I 💘 comics,.😊😊😊😊😀😀😀😄😙😜😝😍😍😍😍😳😳🐍🐍🎅🎅📹😂👅👀💦👄✌✌

  • @millabasset1710
    @millabasset1710 Před 3 lety +1

    essentially Frankenstein's monster vs the Creature from Black Lagoon?

  • @joshaaronwatts
    @joshaaronwatts Před 3 lety

    really enjoy your videos

  • @driverwolf4482
    @driverwolf4482 Před 3 lety

    Early.. back when Hulk didn't get stronger with anger, back when he didn't have a healing factor

  • @clickerkiller8
    @clickerkiller8 Před 3 lety

    Love your videos man you have helped me so much but I would love a video on madcap or the hood

  • @alfiemcfleck4705
    @alfiemcfleck4705 Před 3 lety +4

    It's Sad that Abomination had a Abomination Life. ..
    Smh.. .

  • @thinkinaboutpolitics
    @thinkinaboutpolitics Před 2 lety +1

    Anyone else want to see The Abomination v. Thor v Silver Surfer movie?

  • @trexadvent4726
    @trexadvent4726 Před 3 lety +2

    Is the Abomination the Marvel version of DC's Killer Croc?

    • @daraghokane4236
      @daraghokane4236 Před 3 lety +2

      No hes evil hulk

    • @NatKyngKong420
      @NatKyngKong420 Před 3 lety +3

      Way more powerful than Killer Croc could ever imagine

    • @SlayerOfTheDamned
      @SlayerOfTheDamned Před 2 lety +1

      No way. They’re on a different level of power from each other. The DC equivalent would be Solomon Grundy

  • @danninmatthews5640
    @danninmatthews5640 Před rokem

    If I can design Abomination, I would have it inspired by the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Since Hulk was based on Universal's Frankenstein and Jekyll/Hyde.

  • @IAmWBeard
    @IAmWBeard Před 3 lety

    Abomination being in shang chi tells me there's gonna be another hulk movie

  • @seancarte7248
    @seancarte7248 Před 3 lety +2

    Please do one on the leader

  • @matthewschwartz6607
    @matthewschwartz6607 Před 3 lety

    Can you do a video on The Stranger? I love him, and hope that he appears in the MCU.

  • @andrewsanchez25733
    @andrewsanchez25733 Před rokem +1

    I love abomination but I hate how weak they make him

  • @mathewcostilow9292
    @mathewcostilow9292 Před rokem

    I’d like to hear about venom

  • @Shamarslaynails
    @Shamarslaynails Před 3 lety

    Awesome

  • @quentinfogger5755
    @quentinfogger5755 Před 3 lety +5

    What do you think is the best thing about the Abomination in the comics and which one of his powers do you think is the best?

    • @DIEGhostfish
      @DIEGhostfish Před rokem

      His powers are pretty standard, strength, durability, regeneration. Regen's certainly useful/

  • @imastabber2680
    @imastabber2680 Před 2 lety

    Do one for beast

  • @johnf.tashjian6326
    @johnf.tashjian6326 Před 3 lety

    Wow, I never knew what had happened to the Abomination. Whatever became of villains like Wendigo and the Zodiac Cartel?

  • @trustobey1016
    @trustobey1016 Před 3 lety +1

    Silver Surfer using lucha moves on Abomination 😂

  • @martinmomanyi6803
    @martinmomanyi6803 Před 2 lety

    Can't wait to see hulk face off abomination in upcoming she hulk series 🍿💋

  • @dada191
    @dada191 Před 2 lety +1

    Abomination needs a redemption story! Maybe take the"protector of the homeless" arc down a longer path.

  • @Crazed03
    @Crazed03 Před rokem

    I thought that was Green Goblin from earth 1610 for a second.

  • @niezdecytowana.k.a.2conten835

    How DID you expand ALL comics parts Not losing *Quality!*

  • @quentinfogger5755
    @quentinfogger5755 Před 3 lety +4

    Does the Abomination look like a sea creature version of the Hulk?

  • @GDM245
    @GDM245 Před 3 lety

    Please make a video about desak sterixian

  • @soytack
    @soytack Před 3 lety

    Can you do one for the origins of Echo since that character is appearing in a Disney+ series.

  • @wdcain1
    @wdcain1 Před 2 lety +3

    Abomination always felt wasted to me. He's as strong as the Hulk, a spy master, and a fully trained fighter. Blonksky should be an A-list villain like Apocalypse and Red Skull yet all he does is stay in a sewer feeling sorry for himself.

  • @antonissa8345
    @antonissa8345 Před 3 lety +3

    ABOMINATION MCU SAGA:
    THE INCREDIBLE HULK
    SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
    \SHE-HULK: ATTORNEY AT LAW/

  • @matthewschwartz6607
    @matthewschwartz6607 Před 3 lety

    Paul Jenkins did the best Abomination story.

  • @doublerr2.059
    @doublerr2.059 Před 3 lety

    Evil hero 🦸🏾‍♂️ comics next please

  • @ComicBookGuy420
    @ComicBookGuy420 Před 2 lety

    Abomination in the original hulk animated show was brilliant
    Cheesy, but brilliant

  • @Shotzfired03
    @Shotzfired03 Před rokem

    This dude abomination just be running into super powered beings all the time 😂😂

  • @matthewschwartz6607
    @matthewschwartz6607 Před 3 lety

    13:25. Wait, WHAT? Abuse? What? He abused her?😧😧😧

  • @mikehorton6195
    @mikehorton6195 Před 2 lety

    The abomination was born in queens. His mother instantly knew he was a monster so didn’t love him and his dad said he never measured up.

  • @charleslamb1114
    @charleslamb1114 Před rokem

    How about speed demon

  • @BlackAdder1970
    @BlackAdder1970 Před 2 lety

    The galaxy master lol

  • @ironwill3258
    @ironwill3258 Před 2 lety

    The incredible eyebrows

  • @DIEGhostfish
    @DIEGhostfish Před rokem

    At least one other person IN marvel disliked the Nadia revenge and wrote a whole mini where The Abomination had two wives with the same name and only beat one of them. This got classed as its own alternate universe though. I would much rather have gone even further and sad the Nadia who remembered the abuse was not the real Nadia, some sort of brainwashed puppet of the old Yugoslav or Soviet government. (I stole this idea from somewhere but I don't remember where.)

  • @DapperDeceased
    @DapperDeceased Před 3 lety

    Machine Man...

  • @quentinfogger5755
    @quentinfogger5755 Před 3 lety +2

    Can you do history of the U-Foes, the Squadron Supreme, Young Avengers, Dark Avengers, Masters of Evil, the Thunderbolts and the Illuminati?

  • @trexadvent4726
    @trexadvent4726 Před 3 lety

    Apart from the Hulk, Which all heroes do you think would win against the Abomination?

    • @Loki-sk7bi
      @Loki-sk7bi Před 3 lety

      Thor would do fine against him.

    • @NatKyngKong420
      @NatKyngKong420 Před 3 lety

      Wonder Man...Iron Man... Blue Marvel...Sentry... Savage She-Hulk...Red Hulk...Red She-Hulk...Doc Samson...Venom... Wolverine... Ghost Rider...The Thing... Colossus... Luke Cage...Juggernaut... just to name some

  • @matthewschwartz6607
    @matthewschwartz6607 Před 3 lety

    Didn’t Modok kill BLONSKY , though? You explained how the Abomination came back, but not BLONSKY.

  • @Maskedmenace8267
    @Maskedmenace8267 Před 2 lety

    Can we get his blue twin brother abomb please

  • @etherd
    @etherd Před 3 lety

    lol how many times is the US gonna find the abomination after he gets launched into space?

  • @80wolfmanrob
    @80wolfmanrob Před 2 lety

    Should have done Rick Jones abomination

  • @gilliamatkinson178
    @gilliamatkinson178 Před 3 lety

    1. Apocalypse

  • @gregorydixon5191
    @gregorydixon5191 Před 2 lety

    He seems to do as he pleases so he suffers the consequences

  • @DIEGhostfish
    @DIEGhostfish Před rokem

    I so badly hated the wifebeating retcon.

  • @quentinfogger5755
    @quentinfogger5755 Před 3 lety +1

    Are you going to history of the Mandarin, Fin Fang Foom, Razor Fist and Death Dealer with the red carpet release of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings?

  • @Jdawgwatchr56
    @Jdawgwatchr56 Před 3 lety

    I prefer the comic version Abomination (Not the MCU version.).

  • @quentinfogger5755
    @quentinfogger5755 Před 3 lety +1

    What would happen if the Abomination fought against the Absorbing_Man, Red_Hulk, She-Hulk, Skaar and A-Bomb? Can you do history of the Absorbing_Man, Red_Hulk, Skaar and A-Bomb?

  • @trexadvent4726
    @trexadvent4726 Před 3 lety

    Can you do origin of Wonder Man, the Grim Reaper, Molecule Man, Sentry, Mr Immortal, Captain Universe, the Mandarin, Fin_Fang_Foom, Flerken, Chemistro, Whiplash, Ronan the Accuser, Ego the Living Planet, the Living Tribunal and Super_Skrull along with Avenger-X and the Protector?

  • @matthewschwartz6607
    @matthewschwartz6607 Před 3 lety

    Great video, but I don’t think that you pronounced his first name correctly. I think that it’s pronounced EH-MIL! As in EH!

    • @MerryMarvelite
      @MerryMarvelite  Před 3 lety

      It seems there are multiple ways that name can be pronounced, depending on where the person is from. I decided to just go with the same pronunciation as the Incredible Hulk film.

  • @davidbehymer6632
    @davidbehymer6632 Před 3 lety

    I swear I’d pay 100 a month for three vids a week!!!!!

  • @caleyyouhavtyuiopiy
    @caleyyouhavtyuiopiy Před 2 lety

    ggggggggggggg

  • @dickdastardly3340
    @dickdastardly3340 Před 7 měsíci

    Isn't there a female version of Abomination?

  • @Yenaldooshi138
    @Yenaldooshi138 Před rokem

    In short, abomination is a better stronger hulk who got shit on time after time due to plot armour. “ the hulk’s rage increases his strength” yeha right- beats a double powered abomination. SUUUUURE

    • @na5567
      @na5567 Před 3 měsíci

      If he keeps losing how is he better? You can say plot but plot also makes him "stronger" too 😂😂

  • @aalb1873
    @aalb1873 Před 2 lety

    Very tragic existence

  • @trexadvent4726
    @trexadvent4726 Před 3 lety

    Can you do origin of the Brood, the Gladiator, Hyperion, Blue_Marvel, Alistair Smythe the Ultimate Spider Slayer, Loxias_Crown AKA Hunger, Quasar, Squirrel_Girl, Kang the Conqueror, Annihilus and Tryco Slatterus the Champion of the Universe?