Teen Abomination

Teen Abomination (Jamie Carlson) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a teenage counterpart of the Abomination and the son of Happy Hogan.

Teen Abomination
Teen Abomination as depicted in Superior Iron Man #1 (January 2015). Art by Yıldıray Çınar (penciller/inker) and Clayton Cowles (letterer).
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Superior Iron Man #1 (January 2015)
Created by	Tom Taylor Yıldıray Çınar
In-story information
Alter ego	Jamie Carlson
Species	Human gamma-mutate
Team affiliations	Champions Young Avengers Howling Commandos S.T.A.K.E.
Abilities	Superhuman strength, stamina, durability, and speed Regeneration Underwater breathing

Publication history

Teen Abomination first appeared in Superior Iron Man #1, and was created by writer Tom Taylor and artist Yıldıray Çınar. He was originally created as a joke character and named "Teen Man-Thing".^[1]

Fictional character biography

Jamie Carlson is the son of Stark Industries scientist Katrina Carlson. At age five, he is exposed to gamma radiation in an accident when Katrina brings him to work, causing her to be fired.^[2][3] At age thirteen, Jamie transforms into an Abomination-like mutant due to the gamma energy's effects and inadvertently kills Katrina.^[4]

After battling Iron Man and She-Hulk, Jamie moves to Stark Island to prevent himself from hurting others and unsuccessfully uses Extremis as a cure.^[5][6][7] During this, he learns that his father is Happy Hogan and that Katrina is not dead, but suffered head trauma and is recovering.^[8][5][9]

Teen Abomination is later abducted by an unidentified organization, given an electronic chip, and forced into evil. However, S.T.A.K.E. operatives Martin Reyna, Jasper Sitwell, and Dum Dum Dugan confront him and remove the chip, returning him to normal.^[10]

In All-New, All-Different Marvel, Teen Abomination joins S.T.A.K.E.'s Howling Commandos.^{[11][12][13][14][15]} However, Cassandra Nova mind-controls him and forces him to attack Atlantis before the X-Men stop him.^[16]

Powers and abilities

Teen Abomination has all the powers of Emil Blonsky, but to a lesser extent.^[17]