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Formerly known as Emil Blonsky, a spy of Soviet Yugoslavian origin, the Abomination gained his powers after receiving a dose of gamma radiation similar to that which transformed Bruce Banner into The Incredible Hulk. As a result he gained substantial bone/muscle mass and height (he stands 6 feet, 8 inches tall) and as such possesses superhuman strength equivalent to, if not greater than, that of the Hulk. While he was able to maintain his normal level of self-control and intelligence after this transformation, he cannot revert to human form. He is extraordinarily resistant to physical impact and extremes of temperature, and has powerful regenerativeIn biology, regeneration is the ability to recreate lost or damaged tissues, organs and limbs. In telecommunication, the term regeneration has the following meanings: In a regenerative repeater, the process by which digital signals are amplified, reshaped abilities.

In recent years, it was revealed that his hideous new visage had served to alienate Blonsky from his ex-wife, Nadia. Out of jealousy, he caused the apparent death of Bruce Banner's wife BettyBetty Ross (later Betty Talbot and then Betty Banner is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. Betty has been a love interest, co-worker and later wife of Bruce Banner, the human identity of The Incredible Hulk. She is the daughter of Genera. He poisonThis article is about the dangerous substance. For the band see Poison. skull and crossbones symbol traditionally used to label a poisonous substance. In the context of biology, poisons are substances that cause injury, illness, or death to organisms, usued her with his radioactve blood, causing Banner and his associates to believed that her close proximity to the Hulk had given her a fatal case of radiation poisoning. Banner later exposed the Abomination's role in Betty's seeming death, and defeated him in combat.