Abomination — power rating and matchups

These entries record encounters, feats and other events from the character's stories. Read each outcome with its version, sources and condition tags. Arena verdicts use the selected versions and matchup rules; a story result does not determine an arena result. This panel is for reference and does not feed the engine. The record is still being expanded.

Win

v HulkTales to Astonish #90 (1967), Hulk story

Stronger than the Hulk because of the gamma machine's power levels, Emil clubs the Hulk into unconsciousness (Dr K: beats him almost to death), then kidnaps Betty and leaps away.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron: Tales to Astonish #90 XOW Comics issue record Dr K's Waiting Room: Back Issues, Abomination

No decisive result

v HulkTales to Astonish #91 (1967), Hulk story

Banner lures him back to Gamma Base, where Infra-Gamma beams cause him pain and sap his strength; he and the Hulk fight through walls. Nick Peron's synopsis says the Hulk gains the upper hand (Dr K names no winner). The Stranger teleports Emil away before a finish.

Fought weakened

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron: Tales to Astonish #91 Heritage / GCD synopsis Nick Peron: Incredible Hulk #270

Loss

v Silver SurferSilver Surfer (1968) #12 (1970)

Surfer confronts the rampage; reading guide reports return to captivity

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Comic Book Herald: Abomination Reading Order Heritage / GCD synopsis

Loss

v ThorThor #178 (1970)

Don Blake is found and his cane taken; Sif tracks him down and returns it. Thor routs the Abomination's army, then travels back in time to when the Abomination first brought him there, quickly subdues him and locks him in a cell, so the jailbreak never happens.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Comic Book Herald: Abomination Reading Order Heritage / GCD record Wikipedia: Abomination

No decisive result

v HulkIncredible Hulk #137 (1971)

Having killed his way to first mate of the ship, he attacks the Hulk from behind and knocks him into space; Earth's gravity pulls them into free fall and he survives re-entry.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Heritage / GCD synopsis Nick Peron: Incredible Hulk #137

Loss

v HulkIncredible Hulk #159 (1973)

Freed by Ross to fight the Hulk. Mid-fight he turns away to tell the Hulk mockingly that Betty has married Glenn Talbot, and the Hulk knocks him out from behind.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Heritage / GCD synopsis Comic Book Herald: Abomination Reading Order Nick Peron: Incredible Hulk #159

Loss · team encounter

v HulkIncredible Hulk #171 (1974)

His laser gun scares the Hulk off through a wall, and he sets the base's gamma bomb to go off in three minutes (Jim Wilson disarms it). The tired Hulk walks away as he and Rhino charge, and the two smash into each other and are defeated.

Decisive action: Self-inflicted: he and Rhino collided as the Hulk walked away · Abomination’s part: Drove the Hulk off with a laser gun and set the gamma bomb

Prepared

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Heritage / GCD synopsis Nick Peron: Incredible Hulk #171

Loss

v HulkIncredible Hulk #196 (1976)

He brings the Hulk to a Florida space station; they seize it and hold the staff hostage. When they fall out, the fight takes them to a rocket; he tries to escape inside it as it lifts off and knocks the clinging Hulk back toward Earth, and the rocket blows up from the Hulk's damage, seemingly killi…

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron: Incredible Hulk #196 Heritage / GCD record

No decisive result

v HulkIncredible Hulk #270 (1982)

Fights with external enhancement, then loses it when Galaxy Master falls

Special condition: Temporary boost from the Galaxy Master, lost mid-fight

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron: Incredible Hulk #270

Loss

v Banner-controlled Hulk and Kate WaynesboroIncredible Hulk #289 (1983)

Beaten down; recovers during conversation and flees with Kate

2 logged exchanges

Incredible Hulk #289 (1983)Destroys the machine defender and breaks the ionic restraint plot summary checked Nick Peron: Incredible Hulk #289
Incredible Hulk #289 (1983)Beaten down; recovers during conversation and flees with Kate plot summary checked Nick Peron: Incredible Hulk #289

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron: Incredible Hulk #289

Loss

v MODOKIncredible Hulk #290 (1983)

Disintegrated; no same-fight reconstruction reported

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron: Incredible Hulk #290

No decisive result

v Spider-Man and She-HulkAmazing Spider-Man Annual #23 (1989)

She-Hulk punches his thrown pavement to rubble; he brings a building down on the heroes and Spider-Man is left unconscious (She-Hulk shielded him). She-Hulk smashes a gas tanker into him; he burns but stays standing, then leaps off the Brooklyn Bridge onto a tugboat, which explodes, and does not re…

Evidence checked: plot summary checked SpiderFan: Abominations!

No decisive result

v Gray HulkIncredible Hulk #364 (1989)

Hulk exposes Emil to corrosive toxic waste, burning skin and dropping him

Opponent already weakened

2 logged exchanges

Incredible Hulk #364 (1989)Bullets fail to halt arrival; Emil forces Banner into a gamma device, then gains a physical advantage plot summary checked Nick Peron: Countdown Abomination Heritage / GCD synopsis
Incredible Hulk #364 (1989)Hulk exposes Emil to corrosive toxic waste, burning skin and dropping him plot summary checked Nick Peron: Countdown Abomination Heritage / GCD synopsis

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron: Countdown Abomination Heritage / GCD synopsis

No decisive result

v Hulk (miniature)Incredible Hulk #384 (1991)

Hidden Hulk impersonates a divine voice and persuades him to release Nadia

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron: Small Talk

No decisive result

v Nate GreyX-Man #20 (1996)

Nate reads Emil's memories, then makes him believe he won; Nate and Threnody leave

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Not Blog X: X-Man #20–22

Loss

v HulkIncredible Hulk #459 (1997)

Hulk beats Emil unconscious

Help: Mercy boosted Emil and distorted the Hulk's perceptions

Had help

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron: Last Legs

No decisive result

v Hulk and Thunderbolt RossIncredible Hulk #473 (1999) – Incredible Hulk #474 (1999)

Hulk attacks, then refuses the requested killing; Emil escapes by leaping

Opponent held backSpecial condition: Emil was seeking death; the Hulk refused to kill him

2 logged exchanges

Incredible Hulk #473 (1999)A face hit angers Emil but does not stop the charge plot summary checked Nick Peron: The Edge of Universal Pain
Incredible Hulk #474 (1999)Hulk attacks, then refuses the requested killing; Emil escapes by leaping plot summary checked Nick Peron: It's All True!

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron: It's All True!

Feat / note

Betty poisoning revealedIncredible Hulk #474 (1999), confession/retrospective to #466

Describes infiltrating the facility and injecting his blood; later confrontation corroborates responsibility

Statement by Emil Blonsky, not a demonstration

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron: It's All True!

Loss

v HulkIncredible Hulk (1999) #25 (2001), beating and ending – Incredible Hulk (1999) #25 (2001)…

He draws the Hulk's blood and mocks Betty's death; the angrier Hulk beats him nearly to death. He tells the Hulk to finish him; the Hulk hesitates and reverts to Banner, and the military detain him.

2 logged exchanges

Incredible Hulk (1999) #25 (2001), beating and endingHe draws the Hulk's blood and mocks Betty's death; the angrier Hulk beats him nearly to death. He tells the Hulk to finish him; the Hulk hesitates and reverts to Banner, and the military detain him. plot summary checked Nick Peron: Always on My Mind
Incredible Hulk (1999) #25 (2001), reservoir exchangeHe drags the Hulk into the reservoir in a grip; the Hulk cracks open the dam, flooding the area and breaking free. plot summary checked Nick Peron: Always on My Mind

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron: Always on My Mind

Loss

v She-HulkShe-Hulk (2005) #15 (2007)

She-Hulk turns the fight around with her training. Using Doc Samson's advice that his mutation reflects his self-hatred, she mocks him that an attractive woman would never touch him; the taunt rattles him and she lands a knockout blow.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron: She-Hulk (2005) #15

Loss

v Red HulkHulk (2008) #1, murder investigation/reconstruction

Found dead near a Russian village. Doc Samson's reconstruction (Nick Peron's synopsis: She-Hulk acts it out with Samson; another review has her looking on) shows the attacker punching him hard enough to crack his skull, then shooting him several times.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Ratchet: Hulk #1 review Wikipedia: Abomination Nick Peron: Hulk (2008) #1

Loss

v Gamma FlightGamma Flight #5 (2021)

His plan is stopped; capture is forgone while the team helps Rick and Del

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Comic Book RoundUp: Gamma Flight #5 Ratchet: Gamma Flight #5

Win

v GrootslangBring on the Bad Guys: Abomination #1 (2025)

Having cashed in favours to dig up an ancient well, he fights the Grootslang in a waterlogged cavern, pounds it and rips it apart, and leaves the excavators to starve.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked AIPT: Bring on the Bad Guys review Big Comic Page: Bring on the Bad Guys: Abominat…

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