{"id":46969,"date":"2026-07-13T00:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T04:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=46969"},"modified":"2026-07-13T12:48:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:48:32","slug":"mephisto-plays-musical-chairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2026\/07\/mephisto-plays-musical-chairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Mephisto plays musical chairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is <a href=\"\/yo\/hmlx_meph.php\">Mephisto's<\/a> throne:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/yo\/art\/hmlx_meph08.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"455\" alt=\"Infernal Throne\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p>Here is the art from <i>Thanos<\/i> #16 that inspired Mephisto's throne:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hmlx_meph12.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"435\" alt=\"it's the same throne\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Here is the back of Mephisto's throne:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/yo\/art\/hmlx_meph10.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"455\" alt=\"a big, sneering skull\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p>Here is Danzig's logo:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hmlx_meph13.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"295\" alt=\"Danzig logo\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is the cover of <i>Crystar<\/i> #8, from which Danzig stole the logo:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hmlx_meph14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hmlx_meph14-195x300.jpg\" title=\"click to embiggen\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Any other influences we missed?<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H5>&lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;<\/H5><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Tales of Arnim Zola\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2012\/06\/tales-of-arnim-zola\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tales of Arnim Zola<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Soon Forget: Hulk Legends Bi-Beast\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2010\/11\/soon-forget-hulk-legends-bi-beast\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Soon Forget: Hulk Legends Bi-Beast<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"The Bigger Kraglin Theory\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2023\/05\/the-bigger-kraglin-theory\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Bigger Kraglin Theory<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Has he lost his mind? Can he see or is he blind?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2007\/01\/has-he-lost-his-mind-can-he-see-or-is-he-blind\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Has he lost his mind? Can he see or is he blind?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Rustin's Spoils of the Week #61\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2012\/05\/rustins-spoils-of-the-week-61\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rustin's Spoils of the Week #61<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is Mephisto's throne: Here is the art from Thanos #16 that inspired Mephisto's throne: &lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;X-Men Marvel Legends: Shadow King Build-A-Figure review Tales of Hit Monkey X-Men Legends 2: Brown Costume Wolverine addendum Night Thrasher addendum &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2026\/07\/mephisto-plays-musical-chairs\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,160],"tags":[445,88],"class_list":["post-46969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-addendums","category-comics","tag-crystar","tag-marvel-legends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46969"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46974,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46969\/revisions\/46974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}