Ch. 2861A Joke
Andrew disguised himself as Mephisto and staged a defeat to convince the heroes that humanity had been offered a comfortable life in exchange for its souls. After sending most of them away, he revealed himself to Spider-Gwen and Wade and returned Johnny's revived wife to him.
- Mephisto offered to let humanity live without hardship and harvest their souls only after their natural deaths, while Tony and the others objected to turning people into a herd of pigs.
- Mephisto accused the heroes of denying people their choice, and Wade offered to switch sides in the name of respecting the people.
- Andrew expelled the superheroes and Spider-Men to the End of Time, where Tony wondered why Mephisto had spared them.
- The heroes were forced to dance as a camera recorded them, and Tony realized that Mephisto was Andrew playing a cruel prank.
- Spider-Gwen recognized Andrew, and he told her and Wade to leave without revealing his identity.
- Andrew asked Wade to leave Johnny's wife's soul behind, and Wade returned her sleeping soul to Johnny.