10 Comic Book Supervillains Who Created Their Own Worst Enemy

It might not've been Mephisto all along in WandaVision, BUT if you live in the Marvel universe and wake up in the night with your head on fire and with an uncontrollable urge to smite evil, then there's a good chance it actually was.

To date, most of the main Ghost Riders in Marvel Comics have all had their run-ins with Mephisto, the rascally, uber-powerful demonic presence who gets his kicks from offering up Faustian bargains to any poor soul down on their luck. Both the Johnny Blaze and Dan Ketch Riders have the character to thank for their fiery predicaments (well, sort of - it's a tad complicated), and both have done their damndest to inconvenience him whenever the opportunity arises.

It's important to note, however, that while Ghost Rider is very much Mephisto's archenemy, he's still spent a lot of his time doing the demon's bidding. The Rider is summoned to vanquish the evil upon Mephisto's request, but a life spent obliging the devil's orders isn't a particularly enjoyable one, so it's no surprise that Johnny in particular made multiple attempts to get away.

After years spent harvesting the souls of various nasty folks, Blaze was finally able to challenge Mephisto with a little help from Doctor Strange. As told in Donny Cates, Nick Spencer and Rod Reis' Damnation event, the Sorcerer Supreme was able to place Blaze as the new ruler of Mephisto's realm, leading to a battle between the pair that resulted in Mephisto being trapped in Las Vegas' Hotel Inferno.