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Mephisto is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appears in Silver Surfer #3 (Dec. 1968) and was created by Stan Lee and John Buscema.

Mephisto is a demon and is the ruler of an extra-dimensional land of the dead, sometimes called "Hell" or "Hades." Mephisto is commonly mistaken for (and sometimes poses as) the biblical version of Satan. It is believed that Mephisto and many other "Hell Lords" were created from the primeval concentration of evil energy that remained of the Elder Gods when they were consumed by, and eventually expelled out of the entity Atum millions of years ago.

Both the Silver Surfer and the Thunder God Thor become perennial foes for Mephisto, who detests the fact that they are shining examples of what mankind could one day become.

Mephisto is responsible for a number of evil acts, including capturing and holding the soul of Cynthia von Doom — the mother of Doctor Doom — until Doctor Strange and Doom free her to ascend to heaven and creating the Ghost Rider by bonding the demon Zarathos to Johnny Blaze. As "Satan", Mephisto plagues Blaze for years. He is responsible for capturing the souls of Mister Fantastic (whose intelligence was also stolen by Mephisto), the Invisible Woman, and Franklin Richards due to a botched summoning by an exorcist. Mephisto creates Blackheart, a demonic entity that plagues many of Earth's heroes, and manipulates the sorcerer Master Pandemonium into gathering scattered fragments of his soul. When the Scarlet Witch attempts to use magic to conceive children with her husband, the android Vision , she unknowingly summons two of the soul fragments which are born as her infant twins. The revelation of her children's origin, followed by their loss when reabsorbed into Mephisto, later drives the Scarlet Witch insane.

Mephisto also tries to destroy the Avenger Hawkeye when he enters Hell to try and save the soul of his deceased wife, Mockingbird. Hawkeye rescues Patsy Walker, but fails to see Mockingbird. Mephisto also heals May Parker in exchange for changing the personal timelines of Peter Parker (Spider-Man) and Mary Jane Watson so that they never married, claiming he did so because he hated their happiness.

In 2009, Mephisto was ranked as IGN's 48th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.

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