Previous Post I'm starting to think it is Mephisto, and he has taken the form of Dr. Strange. Wasn't there something printed saying threads of this story stem back a few years? Possibly before the House of M, which Dr. Strange played a pretty prominent role. If Mephisto has been in Strange's place for that long, his manipulations would have definitely shifted the Marvel Universe. The only sticking points to this theory (that I'm aware of, at least) would be Dr. Strange's scene in Civil War, and BKV mini-series. Just spitballin'.

> I'm starting to think it is Mephisto, and he has taken the form of Dr. Strange.
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> Wasn't there something printed saying threads of this story stem back a few years? Possibly before the House of M, which Dr. Strange played a pretty prominent role. If Mephisto has been in Strange's place for that long, his manipulations would have definitely shifted the Marvel Universe.
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> The only sticking points to this theory (that I'm aware of, at least) would be Dr. Strange's scene in Civil War, and BKV mini-series.
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> Just spitballin'.

Haven't seen the other threads, but IIRC, Strange was abducted by Baron Mordo waaay back in late 2003, Amazing Spider-Man 500. We never did hear how he got out of that one, and his next big appearance was in Avengers Disassembled...