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Actually, no. Murder Hornet has been confirmed to be Cassie Lang, Scott Lang's daughter. The helmet and the name are a clear reference to her current heroic identity as "Hornet".
You call it "safe", but I call it "defendless". Sure, Marvel Universe can be a whole mess with so many disasters happening continuosly, but these crisis actually keep each other in check in some twisted way. I mean, if the world would really be safer with the Squadron Supreme, then I believe things like the Civil Wars, War of the Realms and several other events that shook the planet in the past shouldn't have come to pass in the first place. And yet, even if the players were different, the same games still happened.
Besides, I don't see Mephisto is really using the Squadron to "protect" the world, but rather to take out threats to his power. I mean, just think about it:
+ Dr Doom lost his country and power, and considering Doom has been one of the few mortals who has managed to defeat and humilliate Mephisto (like the time he freed his mother from Hell), Mephisto would surely want him removed from the playfield.
+ Thanos with the Infinity Gauntlet proved to be powerful enough to even hurt Mephisto, and that's why he surely made Dr Spectrum to get rid of him.
+ Dr Strange in the Sorcerer Supreme and a great threat for Mephisto, so he removed him from the picture and replaced him with his puppet, Blurr.
+ Hulk and the other Gammas came to existence through the influence of the One Below All, a demonic entity which power matches Mephisto, apparently. So by taking the Hulk out before more Gammas were created, he took away the source of the One Below All's power.
Several errors in this world's history proves there's no way the Squadron might have defeated some of the threats we saw them defeat, so it clearly had to be tricks and manipulations from Mephisto. Take these examples:
+ Galactus came to Earth originally because of the accident that created the Fantastic Four, but since the Fantastic Four never came to exitence in this reality, then technically Galactus should have never come to Earth. Therefore, Galactus must be in other part of the universe along with the Silver Surfer, and the one killed by Hyperion was surely a facsimile created by Mephisto to make it look like he killed him. But there's NO WAY you can kill Galactus just like that without causing a disturbance in the Universe.
+ Knull's existence was previous the universe itself, and that includes Mephisto himself. There's no way Mephisto could have defeated Knull, much less a pawn of him. Besides, in this world, it appears Venom's symbiote never reproduced itself; as there's no sign of Carnage and other symbiotes. Without Carnage, Knull's main servant, there's no way Knull managed to escape his prision. Therefore, the real Knull must be still imprisioned and the one petrified by Power Princess must be a fake, like the Galactus killed by Hyperion.
Finally, the absence of several key superheroes made their number won't be enough to balance the evil influences in the world. Just think about it:
+ Without Spider-Man, Flash Thompson was never to become a hero by himself. Instead, he killed Miles Warren and became the new Jackal. (Disgusting).
+ Without Captain America, several heroes didn't find a way to find a better purpose in life with the Avengers. Examples of that are Ant Man (Scott Lang), Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff), Hawkeye (Clint Barton) and even Tigra.
+ Since Clint Barton never reformed, it seems Katie Bishop was never inspired to became a hero. Although, technically, she could find a new "mentor" in Golden Archer.
Almost forgot, Mephisto also made sure to erradicate from existence several members of the "next generation of heroes" that could be a threat for him.
+ The Fantastic Four nevear gained their powers, and although there's no confirmation, something happened to Sue Storm. Which means either Franklin Richards (who is powerful enough to hurt Mephisto), and Valeria (who is incredible smart) never existed.
+ By making the relationship between Luke Cage and Jessica Jones fall apart, he removed Daniella Cage from existence; and we have seen her become a true hero is several alternative dimensions, as Captain America and Thor.
+ Since Scarlet Witch never reformed, and it appears Vision never existed, her children never existed. And neither did their incarnations as Wiccan and Speed. They surely must be a treat for Mephisto, especially Wiccan.