Abomination

[Carl Creel]

The last we saw of Emil Blonsky aka the Abomination was in the pages of She-Hulk and had gotten depowered by Tony Stark. It looks like there is some untold story about how he got his powers back. Makes you wonder if this will ever be revealed or if it was just careless editing on the writer and editors part. What does everyone else think?

[Carl Creel]

Sorry, I am referring to the Abomination's appearance (deceased) in the new Hulk #1

[Drdmx]

Not a bad question.

To me the question is two-fold.

Is the deceased Abomination Emil Blonsky, and if so how did he break out?

and

If it were Emil Blonsky, would that be a clue as to the identity of the Red Hulk regarding who was present around all the confined prisoners?

[Carl Creel]

Yes, it could be either way. Hopefully it will get answered as this would add some depth to the story. I am not really familiar with Jeph Loeb's work, is this something he would explain?

[abomin8ion]

too many open storylines dont ever get fulfilled,
i think peter david on the hulk could sing a song about that.

what s happening now is just creating gravitiy
and bending the reality whatever is possible in this comic book.

the abomination did have some breaks in flow of his hulk related existence.
i think what counts is jeph loeb (or the next best). will he pick some ideas up,
or will he once again try to do his own thing?

[abomin8ion]

another question.

did anyone really ask how rick jone became the abomination2.0 aka a-bomb?
it seems to be expected with some coming up origin explainings and conclusions in "the hulk",

but i think the keypoint is still to find in wwh5.

if jones transformation was an direct result of the ending happening,
how many others could get transformed?
into what? and yes, maybe, the killed abomination hasnt been blonsky.

maybe this would be too big as a "just" hulk storyline...

but

wwh hulk and loebs now run have been planned from the beginning
seperately. both series and some now happening plots molt together and should directly result into each other as it s happening now.

[Carl Creel]

I wonder if Jones being this new Abomination has anything to do with him being subjected to gamma rays in the past. He was "cured" before but he could have still had the latent potential inside of him. Greg Pak has shown he has a great knowledge and respect of older Hulk continuity, maybe he has consulted Loeb on this.

[Pedrocas]

Loeb and continuity does not compute.

[Carl Creel]

Oh, so Loeb is in the same mold as a Bendis or Ellis in regards to continuity? If thats the case I dont think I'll be on the book for long. That kind of stinks in that I have every Hulk solo story since TTA 59.

[carabas]

Oh, so Loeb is in the same mold as a Bendis or Ellis in regards to continuity?Loeb's in a league all by himself. He's the guy that had 616 Wolverine experience a flashback to something that happened to Ultimate wolverine, and moved the Ultimates into the seventies Avengers Mansion. Ellis and Bendis may fudge the odd bit of characterisation or continuity from time to time, Loeb just figures he can make it up as he goes along.

[Toku King]

What's with Joe Q and getting rid of iconic characters lately? It's getting really annoying.

[edhopper]

When I saw the title to this thread, I thought it was about Loeb's writing on The Hulk book.

[Carl Creel]

Loeb's in a league all by himself. He's the guy that had 616 Wolverine experience a flashback to something that happened to Ultimate wolverine, and moved the Ultimates into the seventies Avengers Mansion. Ellis and Bendis may fudge the odd bit of characterisation or continuity from time to time, Loeb just figures he can make it up as he goes along.


Thanks for the heads up on him Carabas!

[Zomling]

Loeb and continuity does not compute.

Agreed, although so far the Red Hulk storyline is progressing ok. But not quickly enough and certainly not enough plot.

I hope that the original Abomination isn't dead, he's gone from being a second rate Hulk copy who always lost, to a major thorn in Hulk's side, particularly with the murder of Betty Banner. Of course, with this being comics, even if he is dead a future creative team will no doubt find a way to resurrect him.

[ChrisIII]

The problem with the Abomination is that he's often potrayed inconsistently-I remember a lot of pre-PAD stuff basically had him be a coward, but Peter David sort of made him into a Beauty and the Beast type. Jenkins sort of continued this aspect, but Bruce Jones made him kind of cold-blooded. I suppose it's kind of like the early potrayals of Magneto, which had him more of a Dr.Doom type than the more complex character that would emerge under later writers.


Then again, this is HULK we're talking about, where the main character is hardly consistant himself.

[IronPalm]

Red Hulk is Emil Blonsky
Rick Jones/A-Bomb is a Skrull