For a moment, let’s travel through time and think back to the earliest months of 2021. At the time, fans of Marvel Cinematic Universe had gone months without any new offerings to put forth into the franchise, all because of the ongoing pandemic. Then along came WandaVision, the first television series released by Marvel Studios and something that would use digital media to change event programming forever. A large part of the discourse involved the supposed live-action arrival of Mephisto, which ended up growing into the MCU’s largest inside joke. Now, all these months later, Mephisto is finally on his way…kind of…

The #MarvelLegends #HasLab Engine of Vengeance is heating up for this Sept. 20th reveal! The first tier is Marvel’s #Mephisto! If the campaign reaches 12K backers before the campaign ends on Oct 31, 22, this figure will be added for all backers! https://t.co/9JdCGv9OHp pic.twitter.com/7fenIi0RWP