But his flight powers slowed him down, as did just clipping the top of the sand dune, and landing on sand itself, Hulk had nothing to slow him down, in fact judging by the movie, he gained speed on the way down, and hit water.
science doesn't reach that way, he would have reached a terminal velocity in about ten seconds and would have been travelling at about the same speed as johnny.
my point is if a human-esque can survive a similar fall (albeit less harmful), then it's not such a big deal for a gamma enranged behemoth. It's like saying the hulk lifting a car is a big deal when spidey can also do it.
I get what you're saying, but what could Mephisto honestly do to the Surfer, The Pheonix, or Hulk, unless he got them to sign a contract.
Well mesphisto has been shown to alter the course of reality for his own purposes, his form of combat would be less direct and more geurilla based from behind the scenes.
It is unclear whether the pawns he put into place for johnny blaze were actual contract souls of his or average beings but let's assume the latter since its not stated otherwise.
Mesphisto is more than capable of planting the seeds so they actually go about destroying each other.
It's not like surfer jean and the hulk aren't easily motivated.
a promise of seeing zen-la, a ressurection of scott, a simple life are all the necessary seeds needed to be planted and they are his.
Even the mighty galactus could be (potentially) corrupted for food.
Johnny is the only one without anything to bargain against.
Spot on, anyone can kill, few can actually give life to the dead.
see point on elektra.
Mesphisto is ultimately a WISH granter, he can provide any wish to those who wants them. That is true power.
the manipulation of them to do his bidding is just a skill to get what he wants out of them.
unlike jean or surfer, mesphisto is shown to have the ability to actually do 'anything' (although his actions to save johnny's father may seem tame but still).