Avengers: Infinity War
Black Order ’s Ebony Maw ’s character innovation inAvengers : Infinity Warwas establish on Mephisto , Marvel ’s interlingual rendition of the Prince of Darkness . create by Stan Lee and John Buscema , Mephisto debuted in 1968’sThe Silver Surfer # 3as the nominal part ’s antagonist . In Jim Starlin’sThe Infinity Gauntletcomic book run , the villain manipulate Thanos toward defeat while mask himself as a firm ally - all because he wanted to maintain the big businessman of the Infinity Gems himself .
Maw , on the other hand , was a member of the Black Order alongside Proxima Midnight , Corvus Glaive , and Cull Obsidian inInfinity War . Played byTom Vaughan - Lawlor , Maw had the most defined personality among Thanos ' evil foursome , lay down him the squad ’s standout . Unfortunately , fans did n’t get to spend much clip with him as he meet his decease halfway through the film .
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In the audio comment included inInfinity War ’s home entertainment , co - theater director Joe Russo give away that Ebony Maw was inspired by Mephisto - both are scheme wizards with a predilection for theatrics . In fact , Maw even take up one of Mephisto ’s most memorable lines from the comics upon presenting Thanos the Tesseract saying:“My base personage bow before your splendor . “This is a shortened version of the devil ’s dialog inThe Infinity Gauntletas he declare oneself his services to the Mad Titan:“Within your grasp reside the infinite . My humble influential person bows before your grandeur . I am majestic to be your first acolyte and bask in the glory of your divine presence . How may I wait on you , cracking Thanos ? "
With Maw now gone , fans will never know if he would ’ve also change state against Thanos alike to Mephisto ’s modus operandi in print . But look at how Nebula and Gamora at long last betrayed their adoptive father , who ’s to say that Maw and even the rest of the Black Order were n’t just look for the right time to betray the supervillain ?
think Mephisto ’s association with the Silver Surfer , one would be curious to make out if there ’s any luck that the villain himself will make his live - action launching in the foreseeable hereafter . With theDisney and Fox merger officially move forwardafterComcast bowed out of the bidding war , the decade - Men and Fantastic Four will presently join the MCU . While integrate the mutants in the instal dealership would be tricky give Fox ’s disjoined cinematic universe , the Fantastic Four and their tie - in characters such as the cosmic Cuban sandwich will doubtless start fresh in the MCU . Aside from being a perennial foe for Silver Surfer , Mephisto was also an established baddie for Thor in the comic strip give the company extra motivation to introduce the lineament on the big screen , if they plan on keeping the God of Thunder around pastAvengers 4 .
With Marvel Studios expected to further research the cosmic side of their cinematic dealership , it makes sentience that they will start introducing villain from outside of Earth . Between his ties with submarine such as Silver Surfer , Thor , and even Thanos in the comic , it would n’t be that complicated for Kevin Feige and his team to add up up with the good way of life to utilize the character in their story .
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Avengers : Infinity Waris usable now for digital and streaming , come to Blu - ray on August 14th .
