Lucifer: Book Three

I recently decided to fill out my set of the Lucifer stories, and I love the fact that we have these editions: they are a good price, well bound, colorfully printed on good paper...and most importantly, the stories Mike Carey has put together to continue Lucifer's tale after Neil Gaiman's "Sandman" stories is executed with the same degree of skill and cleverness. Art quality can vary across the tales, but overall it is somewhat better than some of the work in Volume 2. The stories themselves take us to hell and back and many places in between. It seems to be a common theme that Lucifer will set the stage, events will draw out the characters, and eventually all the side stories draw together. I don't want to spoil this for you, but to paint a brief picture, we see the mundane world mix with fantastic creatures, fantasy quests across multiple mythologies, and a surprisingly deep conversation between Lucifer and The Creator that deeply explores divine purpose and free will. Lucifer is not a "good guy", and his motivations are his own--but often it is his reasoning that tends to turn the reader's perspective in new directions. These aren't stories for children. The content is explicitly violent and sexual, and liberties are taken with multiple religions (Christianity of course being front and center). For adults with an open mind, the Lucifer series of books is brilliant illustrated narrative, and highly recommended to those familiar with the DC Vertigo universe and looking to explore a bit further.

this is one of my favorite comics/graphic novels ever, the story portrays both satan god and many other characters in different lights and gives good aspect and character development to both. although lucifer in the show is a bit more snarky and funny when this version in the book he almost seems sad. in a way tired. he can be serious at times and a bit jokingly at others while I won't spoil anything in it God does show up someone as a character in it and I have to say I never like him normally in stories that are bible licey themed but they do it right they don't make him seem like a total ass but give him some humanistic qualities as well. all and all I am going to definitely buy the rest of the books and then work my way onto sandman, ALL AND ALL I​ say have sympathy for the devil in this one.

The more you advance in Lucifer’s storyline, the more you get hooked on the universe(s?) and the interesting characters that inhabit it.Can’t wait to see what’s next.

glad i stumbled onto this, stories are great and you fall in love with the characters

Love this series, glad to pay for it again.In this universe which contains an all mighty all knowing Creator, Lucifer is granted power, wisdom, and beauty. Yet he was also predestined to rebel and fall to Hell. This series is about how he intends to break free from the Creator's plans. So given a world where God definitely exists and controls everything, how do you defy God?

Lucifer is at it's best when it's characters are hamming it up. In the wake of the events of the last series, Lucifer is down on his luck, and isn't spouting quite as many great one-liners and putting the rest of the world in it's place like he normally is. But after a few issues, he returns to the same top form he was in for the rest of the series. If you like the series so far, I highly recommend you keep going.

We picked these up when the Fox series was cancelled. A great purchase.

I've been reading Lucifer mostly because of the TV series. I like it. I haven't read comic books in a while so its a nice change. The story from the Lucifer TV series and the comic books are wildly different so there's not much story line conflict to rectify. Good read.

Not as Good as Sandman, but a lovely read nonetheless. These editions are nice and thick, with lots of stuff in them. Worth the money

Must find more like this one. Love it.

10/10

I love the character and the story. With regard to the artists, some are fantastic, and some a bit less so (in my opinion), but the art is consistently good.

The main story line is as good as ever, turning on such themes as the price of always keeping your word. What Lucifer says he'll do, he does, but fidelity has a way of turning demonic in his hands. The stories can be wickedly funny at times, with an imp pausing at its task of yanking spikes out of a tortured comrade to mutter "Crazy world. Where do dead angels get galvanized six-inch?" But I found the most moving of them to be one that hardly involves the title character, "Bearing Gifts," the richly paradoxical tale of a kind, religious Muslim immigrant whose store has a few customers who aren't quite what they seem (one of them the imp mentioned above, who is there to buy a can of baby sweet corn for the Archangel Michael). He finds himself dragged into the infernal regions on a mission of mercy with only his faith as a guide, sure that God would not send him to Hell for no reason, and emerges with honor and belief triumphant.