Thanos vs Mephisto

Three scenarios:

1. Random encounter outside of Mephisto's realm.
2. Random encounter in Mephisto's realm.
3. Thanos heads to Mephisto's realm with 2hrs prep to retrieve Gamora, who'm Mephisto's holding

                                 

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1. thanos
2. mephisto
3.  mephisto

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1. thanos
2. mephisto
3.  mephisto

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1. Thanos
2. Mephisto
3. Thanos
   

1. Thanos
2. Mephisto
3. Thanos
   

Mephisto

Mephisto

Thanos

The Man of Yesteryear said:

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1. Thanos
2. Mephisto
3. Thanos
   

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Mephisto

Mephisto

Thanos

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Mephisto is also immensely clever and a master schemer.
In your third battle, he would know that Thanos would be coming and so he also then has the benefit of 2 hrs prep time on his home turf.

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Mephisto

Mephisto

Thanos

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First Round: Mephisto

Second Round: Mephisto

Third Round: Probably Mephisto(given Thanos' track record with prep is impressive, he doesn't have the benefit of a great amount of time. While Mephisto is, in his own right, terribly clever and exceedingly powerful in his realm)

@The Man of Yesteryear said:

1. Thanos
2. Mephisto
3. Thanos

Meph in all 3 pretty much. He's Galactus lvl most of the time. Thanos with Prep still couldn't over power Galactus. He was on his knees begging for mercy.

Mephisto errr round.

@fangirl101: Him and Galactus were mostly stalemating in his own realm after he captured the Surfer, but I wouln't put him on G's level outside of his own universe.

Anyway

1. Thanos

2. Mephisto

3. Mephisto

mephisto all rounds

I'm assuming that when you guys are giving Thanos the win, you assume that Thanos wins by talking his way out and not by raw power right.

@fangirl101: @Grand Ninja: Mephisto is not Galactus level outside his realm, only within it. Outside, I've seen him overpower the Surfer, but then, Thanos has as well. Otherwise, Thanos has more impressive feats, so until I see something else Mephisto has done outside his realm, I'll say Thanos can win, though it's not necessarily easy.

I think it is also worth noting that at the end of Infinity Crusade, when Thanos gives Mephisto a broken Cosmic Cube, Meph is pretty ticked off about being cheated, and yet when Thanos threatens him, he quietly returns to his own realm, rather than attack the Titan.

Round 2 obviously goes to Mephisto. Doesn't look like anyone's arguing that point.

Round 3... well, 2 hrs is not a lot of time. If Thanos could get a hold of the Soul Gem, maybe that would give him a chance, since Adam Warlock defeated Mephisto with it. Then again, Warlock is better with the Soul Gem than pretty much anyone else, so it doesn't guarantee victory for Thanos.

From the OP's wording, it looks like Thanos' goal in round 3 is actually retrieving Gamora, not defeating Mephisto. While this should be a significantly easier task, requiring stealth and/or speed rather than power (and we know he has advanced teleportation technology, and I think stealth tech as well), he still doesn't have much time to put a plan together, so unless he just happens to have all the tools he needs lying around, I still don't think he's too likely to succeed.

So yeah:

Round 1: Thanos

Round 2: Mephisto

Round 3: Mephisto

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Mephisto all rounds.

Didn't Mephisto punk out against Thanos?

Thanos

R1 - Mephisto

R2 - Mephisto

R3 - Probably Thanos.

Round 1. Thanos

Round 2. Mephisto

Round 3. Mephisto

I'd say

1. 50/50 could go either way IMO.

2. Mephisto

3. Mephisto

Mephisto(hell-lords in general) has been very underrated in recent years. But he is definitely trashing Thanos in his realm.

Mephisto all rounds

Thanos

Mephisto

Idk

@king_stranglehold_da_first: They've actually being portrayed as far better than usual. Mephisto was recentely seen sitting alongside Thanos in a table of the most powerful beings in the universe, which had Eternity and Lady Death as members too IIRC. Mephisto even got his own ongoing arc called Damnation where pretty much is turning all the heroes into his personal Ghost Riders(Already did that with Jane Thor, Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Falcon and so on).

I might have to check that out. But its just that the supernatural side of Marvel hasn't been getting its shine these past years.

Thanos

Mephisto

Maybe Thanos

@king_stranglehold_da_first: Aside from Doctor Strange and Ghost Rider, I agree with you. It's that Marvel is only worried with featuring the characters who can bring people to bought more of their comics, so we hardly will see people such as Hellstrom and alike getting much spotlight.

Thanos

Mephisto

Thanos

Thanos

Mephisto

Thanos if he can cook up something powerful enough to KO or trap Mephisto, killing probably wont work inside his realm

Yeah, they're all about money now.

Well, seems like Thanos will be fighting King Thanos next issue, depending how that goes might change the outcome of this fight.

BUMP.

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1. Thanos, pertty well shown mephisto doesn't want any part of Thanos outside realm

2. Mephisto

3. Mephisto isn't that stupid to try hold someone hostage over Thanos

Mephisto all three rounds.

How is Mephisto winning R1? Is current Mephisto really that powerful?

@takenstew22: In my opinion he is, post-Damnation he seems more powerful than before.

1. Either way.

2. Mephisto.

3. Mephisto.

1. Thanos, Outside of his realm Mephisto seems pretty afraid of Thanos threat

2. Mephisto, he is Galactus level in his own realm and we know how Thanos fair against Galactus

3. If Thanos only objective is to retrieve Gamora and get away from there then he would be able pull this off, given he avoid direct fight with Mephisto. Otherwise Mephisto win

Mephisto.