History
The man who would go on to become Abomination was born and raised a cult of Doom worshippers who attempted to breed their own race of Super-Soldiers for him.[1] He would eventually go on to become one of Doom's trusted Acolytes who ruled the world in his name.[2]
However, most of the Acolytes actually schemed to murder and depose Doom. Abomination, noted for not being particularly bright, joined their coup under belief that it was a bizarre test of his faith in God Doom.[1] The Acolytes were successful in their plan, slaying Doctor Doom.[2] However, as a consequence, reality lacked a mystical protector, enabling the monstrosity Annihilus to return, a threat more horrible than Doctor Doom was.[1] It destroyed Castle Doom and killed several of the Acolytes, while Abomination himself was infected by an Annihilation Drone that lay dormant in him, biding its time.[3]
The group that finished Doom did not have the means to stop Annihilus.[1] In an unexpected twist, they were recruited by Kristoff Vernard, who used the Time Platform to summon them over a century into the past, in a reality where Doctor Doom had just recently ascended to power. As the Superior Avengers, these heroes were supposed to be a living testimony of Doctor Doom's successful and benevolent rule.[4] Using the Negative Zone as a safe location to hide from Vernard and Doom, the Superior Avengers designed the Arcane Warhead, a powerful device fueled by magical energy that would enable them to destroy Annihilus in their native timeline.[2]
During a mission to apprehend the criminal fugitive Diablo, the Superior Avengers siphoned his mystic power to energize their device.[2] During their next mission to capture Graviton, the Superior Avengers clashed with the original Avengers of Earth-616. Despite sharing a common goal, the two groups immediately engaged in a battle against each other due to their deeply different approaches.[5] Ghost was mortally wounded in battle by the Vision, revealing she was, unbeknownst to all, one of Doctor Octopus' drones. This prompted the Superior Avengers to abandon their mission and promptly seek out the Ghost to find answers and stop a possible betrayer.[1]
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Concluding that she likely exposed their true nature to either Kristoff Vernard or Doom himself, Killmonger decided to provoke present-day Annihilus into attacking Wakanda.[1] The Superior Avengers battled and defeated the Annihilation Wave, after which Killmonger stabbed Vernard with Skybreaker to blame it on Wakanda and draw Doom into a war against it, distracting him from their true objective.[3]
The Arcane Warhead was fully charged, but before it could be brought to their future, Abomination revealed he had been possessed by Annihilus and destroyed it.[3] The future monstrous Annihilus emerged from Abomination's body and attacked the rest. Doom himself arrived to deal with the disturbance, and Kristoff Vernard, who had been saved and had healed himself, cut off Abomination's head to separate Annihilus from him.[6]