Does Multiverse of Madness prove there’s a hell in the MCU? The writer explains

polygon.com:

Is there a hell in the MCU? And does that imply the existence of demons, God, Lucifer, and who knows what else? All these things certainly exist in Marvel Comics, but the MCU has been fuzzier on the question. Black Panther makes it clear that Wakandan rulers go to a specific afterlife, and Moon Knight recently stated outright that there are a lot of afterlives and pantheon gods, though that series’ ties to the MCU have been fairly minimal.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness adds a new wrinkle, when multiverse-traveling sorcerer Stephen Strange falls afoul of “the spirits of the damned” after he uses magic in a very specific way. So wait, does that mean human spirits from hell? What’s going on with the afterlife in this movie? Why are sinful ghosts in charge of magical law enforcement? And how will this affect season 2 of Loki? Polygon asked Multiverse of Madness screenwriter (and Loki writer-producer) Michael Waldron whether he’s just opened a giant can of religious worms.

“Those are all conversations we had,” Waldron laughs. “Nothing is in the movie by accident. [Marvel Studios president] Kevin [Feige] is certainly aware of the implications of everything here, you know? They’re not spirits of the damned just for spirits of the damned’s sake.”

[Ed. note: Spoilers ahead for a particular event in Multiverse of Madness.]

Fans are particularly curious about demons and hells in the MCU because they’ve been holding out hope for existing Marvel Comics characters like Mephisto to eventually appear in the movies or shows. But Waldron says the spirits in Multiverse of Madness come more from the supernatural tradition seen in the movie, built around Wundagore Mountain and the corrupting book of dark magic transcribed from