mephisto Archives

So, it seems a few folks are a little bent out of shape that there was no big reveal of Mephisto in the WandaVision finale from Marvel And the bottom of the market has fallen out for his first appearance, Silver Surfer #3 from 1968, now selling for hundreds rather than thousands. Mephisto and Phil Coulson[...]

And it begins with a performance piece by Peter Parker, under the spotlight talking, amongst other things, about his not being married, as a personal failure. Something that was taken from him and Mary Jane Watson by Mephisto, you know, the guy people keep talking about in Wandavision TikTok videos It all happened back in 2007's[...]

For John Byrne. And as the series has continued, that missing credit appeared more and more egregious. West Coast Avengers by John Byrne John Byrne wrote and drew the West Coast Avengers: VisionQuest storyline, rapidly selling out on Amazon, in which the body of The Vision is captured by a government body and stripped into bits in a[...]

Is this Mephisto time? With Kevin Feige as the Chief Creative Officer of all of Marvel Entertainment now – movies, TV and comics, we've been wondering how that may exhibit itself This is mindless speculation, of course, unsourced, just joining the dots at random and trying to avoid any pictures of genitalia or at least[...]

And Norman Osborn knows why. Not that Kindred wants that answered for Spider-Man, not yet, anyway. It's all in the aim of showing Peter Parker the affect that he has had on his friends and family in the past – and now in the present. If only Peter Parker could remember he'd done a deal with the devil[...]

In a rejected pitch for a Silver Surfer story set in the future, Rick Remender would have revealed that Mephisto is behind Humanity's most evil tendencies. The comics industry is more or less shut down due to coronavirus concerns, which leaves the comic book media with a big problem: what do we write about when there[...]

First discussing the possibilities of uniting all the threats the Avengers are currently facing. With his big man boss revealed… Mephisto doesn't a mobile phone Or even press buttons on a dialpad It's the circular dial for him. Turns out Coulson has been in hell all this time That'll teach him to be an agnostic in the Marvel[...]

A snake from a million years ago? Who knows Tony's adoptive dad? Unfortunately, Tony cuts him off before he can go full Darth Vader in Empire Strikes Back… So how is it that a snake from a million years in the past knows Tony anyway? Well, sometimes a snake is not a snake… but could it[...]

Concluding storylines started in that year's Civil War series, the story saw Spider-Man trying to save Aunt May's life after she had been shot by doing a deal with the devil Mephisto to save her life in return for his marriage to Mary Jane Watson being removed from existence As part of the deal, the[...]

Bleeding Cool has been curious over the place of Mephisto in the upcoming Marvel Universe, with lots of recent appearances in Doctor Strange, Champions, War Of The Realms, Avengers, Deadpool and more. And suggesting that with Ghost Rider, Helstrom and more coming, there could be more to talk about, especially with an upcoming King Of Hell[...]

Mephisto and Hanamura Temple are both now live on Heroes of the Storm Both the new stage and new hero were announced ahead of Gamescom as part of Blizzard's Gamescom lineup. The new hero, Meohisto, is nicknamed the Lord of Hatred, and looks more like a villain than anything else But Heroes of the Storm isn't too[...]

This time we get ranged assassin and Lord of Hatred, Mephisto, who is a highly aggressive mage Mephisto is capable of dealing incredible sustained damage by reducing the cooldowns of his abilities any time he does damage to enemies So if you decide to run with this particularly malevolent mage, you'll want to make sure[...]

The Falcon, Blade, Patriot, and Misty Knight make a final stand against the vampiric hordes of Deacon Frost. Can they win the day? Is it a good read?

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Doctor Strange explains to us that the portal he opened in Las Vegas attracted not only Mephisto, but also Dormammu, Nightmare, and Shuma-Gorath They warred over who would enter our dimension, and Mephisto won, which left the other three in some sort of Necro-Realm Dormammu has a proposal for Doctor Strange and the Avengers[...]

Before long, Mephisto himself arrives to gloat over having killed Johnny Blaze However, Mephisto does not know that the Ghost Rider has become the king of Hell, and the tides may soon turn in favor of Wong. Doctor Strange: Damnation #4 cover by Rod Reis Doctor Strange: Damnation ends better than it began While some of the[...]

Iron Fist, Fat Cobra, Orson Randall, and Miranda Rand are on their own against a legion of Hell's baddest demons. Can they win the day and their freedom? Is it a good read?

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] We relive Bats hopping into Doctor Strange's possessed body, and he shakes the Sorcerer Supreme of Mephisto's delusion Bats tries to shake Stephen loose of the possession, but neither are sure how to do it Worse yet, Strange keeps seeing a specter of Clea, and he keeps trying to chase her down. Doctor Strange #388[...]

This is not the tale of how Thanos collected the gems; that was a prior two-issue story called Thanos Quest. Infinity Gauntlet begins with Gauntlet-equipped Thanos, along with Mephisto following as a toady, going to the throne of Lady Death, which is a small stone structure floating in the void of space Thanos brings along his[...]

If he can win them all, then he will be allowed to walk once more among the living. D'Kay is running the tournament on behalf of Mephisto, but he wants Danny Rand, the current Iron Fist, and Fat Cobra to join the fight as well D'Kay is willing to make any ploy necessary to get the[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Ben Reilly, the Scarlet Spider, has been roped into the conflict between Wong's Midnight Sons and Mephisto Wong sends the Scarlet Spider away to hold off the demons in Las Vegas' strip This initially seems like an easy task with Ben's Spider Sense, but he soon learns that the demons don't trigger it immediately[...]

This time, his check was cashed by Mephisto As a result, the Spirit of the Ghost Rider is wandering Hell without a host For once, Johnny wants back in, but the Rider doesn't Regardless, the two know that they need to overthrow Hell if the guilty are to be punished and if Mephisto is to[...]

Iron Fist has been subjected to the penance stare from one of Mephisto's Avenger-Ghost Riders. Can he break the spell and get back into the fight?

Meanwhile, the Ghost Rider goes to meet Mephisto himself. Doctor Strange: Damnation #3 cover by Rod Reis Damnation #3 gets some points for bringing together the battle between the Ghost Rider-Avengers and Wong's Midnight Sons for which we've been waiting Unfortunately, it takes a while to get there, and it doesn't show much of it. That last point[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Doctor Strange has been broken, beaten, and left to bleed out within Mephisto's Hotel Inferno in the Las Vegas hellscape All hope seems lost when he gets an astral message from his closest friend, Wong He tells Stephen of the team he's put together to save both Las Vegas and the Sorcerer Supreme. Then, something[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Mephisto and his corrupted Avengers are holding Doctor Strange This leaves it up to Wong and Bats to put together a team to save the Sorcerer Supreme This team consists of Iron Fist, Blade, Elsa Bloodstone, Doctor Voodoo, Ghost Rider, Moon Knight, and the Man-Thing With this motley crew, Wong lays out his plan,[...]

The origins of this iteration of the Ghost Rider are revealed, and King Thanos, the Rider, and the Thanos of our time come face-to-face with the Fallen One, the former Silver Surfer. Is it a good read?

In that aftermath, Strange plays cards against Mephisto for the fate of Las Vegas. Doctor Strange #386 cover by Niko Henrichon I was no fan of Damnation #1 It's lack of tone coherence, Doctor Strange actively making the lives of Las Vegas worse by resurrecting half the city and Mephisto, and the continued degradation of Marvel heroes[...]

Joyous celebration quickly turns to shock and horror when the Hotel Inferno, a casino owned and operated by Mephisto himself, arrives on the Vegas strip to claim souls. Doctor Strange: Damnation #1 cover by Rod Reis Sometimes a premise is so bad from the outset that what follows can only be a string of misfires Doctor Strange:[...]

The Falcon, Patriot, Joaquin, Doctor Voodoo, and Daimon Hellstrom take the fight back to Blackheart and his acolyte, Dray. This is the final battle for the fate of Chicago. Is it a good read?

It still disappoints me that this comic pivoted away from a nuanced look at gang violence and its socioeconomic causes to an occult story with the son of Mephisto trying to make a bid for world domination. That being said, Rodney Barnes manages to justify this digression into Hell by having the Falcon forced into deciding[...]