Lucifer Book One

Good price

As a devoted fan of the Sandman, I was rather dubious about this book when I first bought it, and I expected to be disappointed. I was proven completely wrong pretty much immediately.Lucifer is a mythology spanning epic with a twisted logic and interspersing of worlds-spanning story arcs with deeply personal short stories that those familiar with Dream of the Endless will recognise immediately, along with the main character being compelling precisely because he's NOT a hero. Lucifer is an arrogant, merciless, manipulative (though scrupulously honest,) sociopath who nonetheless requires no suspension of disbelief for how he's able to string lesser beings along in his wake simply through the force of his personality, seldom even needing to draw on his powers to do so.The story picks up immediately after the end of his role in the Sandman; Lucifer has quit as ruler of Hell, (leaving it in the unwilling hands of Heaven's least impressive angel,) and is working as a restaurant pianist. He is brought out of retirement by the possibility of finally freeing himself from the shackles of his Almighty Father, and what follows is the first phase of a trans-dimensional chess game which, (much like the Kindly Ones arc of the Sandman,) has various immortal and virtually omniscient characters playing for cosmically high stakes. Trying to follow the plot is a challenge, but benefiting from a second read-through is no bad thing.A particular advantage of this collection is that it consists of several nearly self-contained story arcs as well as the personal shorts, giving you a real feel for how Lucifer and his co-players operate, so that by the end of it you'll know what to expect from further books, and be in a good position to know whether you want to read more, or if it isn't for you. Given how much I enjoyed it, my money would be on the former!

There was a huge hole left in my life (okay, more like train journeys and other spare time) after finishing the sandman series and death spin offs. I read this to try find something that will go someway to touching that void, not really expecting to find anything which could approach Neil Gaiman's majesty. With Lucifer i ended up finding a jewel which easily met the raised expectations that sandman had left me with.Lucifer is a charming but manipulative being of near omnipotent power. Yet he hardly ever manifests this directly, preferring to overcome his enemy's with pure guile and strategy. He is the epitome of the gentlemen-devil; his word is his bond and when he wants you to do something he tells you the exact truth and lets your own sense of morality lead you to your own personal hell.you would think with such a strong character and such interesting traits that he would dominate the book, but part of this series and the writers greatness is the development and characterisation of Lucifers 'supporting cast'. The whole thing really is a brilliant, brilliant read and I highly recommend it.

If you have seen the Lucifer TV show and were thinking of picking up the graphic novel that inspired it, then understand that apart from the name and a few similar character names, that's about where the link ends. A few connections but this version of Lucifer is the original concept the show is 'loosely' based on.This story follows the much darker grittier story. Whilst there is an element of humour, this follows a far more supernatural path. The artistry and literary content is superb. If you have enjoyed Sandman or Constantine in the comics, you will definitely enjoy this. An absorbing read.

Im currently reading the comic, the art is absolutely gorgeous and im curious where the storyline will go. The beginning was a bit confusing but im hoping that everything will get clearer as i read more. Up till now im loving it.

Take this review with a pinch of salt cuz i didn't finish. In fact, i barely made a dent in this dense tome and then i just flipped through the rest and suspicions were confirmed: It doesn't get any better.But.I've just started watching season 3 of Lucifer, thanks to Prime, and this bares hardly ANY resemblance to the show. Everyone seems to be white; his brother's like an old biker dude, Maze doesn't talk and it's just gross. And the *really* weird thing is that instead of finding clever ways to hide full frontal nudity if they were iffy about being graphic, is that they've drawn Lucifer as a Barbie doll: He's just flat triangle down there. Given how female characters are portrayed in comics, generally speaking, that's unbelievably hypocritical. Like, WUT?!While I'm here, I got to read (or start - i ditched it when i read a character got raped while in a coma of sorts and it was hushed up) Sandman on Kindle Unlimited, which is the book from whence this Lucifer sprang and NOPE. That wasn't to my taste either.Point being, these things are subjective ofc, and ppl can like what they like, but don't always believe that something is good just because everyone else is raving about it.Season one of the show, however, is great fun. Can never take cops or therapists seriously ever again but definitely recommend it! 2 & 3 are ok.

I had never read a graphic novel before, i enjoyed this, I'm not sure if i will read the full series but for some one like me who does not have a history oaf reading these, it was a good space to start in discovering that these are not just comics

After being a massive fan of the Sandman books I thought Lucifer might just be a pale imitation, but I'm happy to report this is not the case. Lucifer is a fantastic character in his own right and the way in which Carey weaves his secondary characters into the story is very much like the Sandman. Lucifers plan is suitably epic and audacious.