Marvel's New Avengers Threat Proves Mephisto Is The Perfect MCU Villain

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The Avengers' worst enemy of the past few years is none other than Mephisto, the demonic lord who is plotting to get rid of the Earth's Mightiest Heroes and conquer not just one Earth, but all Earths of the Multiverse in Marvel Comics. This plan also makes Mephisto the perfect future villain for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where the concept of the Multiverse has become central.

Mephisto's true origins are lost in the eons of time, and he makes sure that they remain this way. Confusing and contradicting accounts are abundant, but what is sure is that he is a member of a powerful race of interdimensional beings called demons. Mephisto's primary goal is to enslave human souls and trap them in his hellish realm. For this purpose, he has been tempting mortals for millennia, bargaining and usually tricking them into relinquishing their souls. For this purpose, Mephisto has often posed as Satan, the Devil, or other human conceptions of absolute evil. Recent Avengers storylines, however, revealed that Mephisto's goals are much more ambitious than what was previously thought.

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Mephisto formed an interdimensional assembly of alternate versions of himself, called the Council of Red, and is plotting to take over the Multiverse. Earth is the key to his plan because it's a nexus of cosmic relevance (which explains why Mephisto collects human souls from Earth), but the planet also has its own defense system: the heroes. For reasons that not even Mephisto can understand, Earth breeds her own protectors, the Avengers, and has been doing it since the Stone Age. To take them out, to cull the «heroic age» in its cradle, Mephisto has weaved an intricate plan that includes, among