mephisto Archives

[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[...]

Infamous Iron Man #11 has decent moments and plot points (and Alex Maleev could make a drawing of a phonebook captivating), but it's still mediocre overall.

As part of the One More Day story, Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson makes a deal with Mephisto to bring Peter's Aunt May back from the dead, in exchange for their marriage having never existed Mary Jane Watson threw in a last minute clause that Mephisto accepted. It was later revealed to have been this Though[...]

It isn't the first time we've had a mystery phrase said by one Marvel character to another, too small to see... And we were able to zoom in on the digital