1 #1-35, plus Sandman Presents: Lucifer #1-3 & Lucifer: Nirvana. 3 #1-6, plus The Sandman Universe Special #1. 1 #1-13, plus Sandman Presents: Lucifer #1-3. Just as there are very few he can be said to care about these include the demon, Mazikeen, and his niece Elaine Of the few beings in the universe he respects, Lucifer's brother, Michael, and the Angel Duma rank highly among them.
This puts him on a collision course with several powerful entities that have a vested interest in the new creation and draws the angelic host into the fray - including his brother, the archangel Michael Demiurgos.
Lucifer's retirement was disturbed by a series of intrusions from his past, and eventually tried to create a universe in competition with that of his Father. He refuses to ever lie, which he considers to be both crass and undignified, he insists also on paying back debts, and keeps his word whenever it is given.
Despite his egotistical and narcissistic tendencies, he does follow his own code of honor. He is a proud, arrogant, and vindictive fallen angel who has no qualms using his powers, second only to those of his Father.Īt one time, Lucifer had been described as having been the wisest, most beautiful, and most powerful of all the angels in heaven. Charismatic and handsome, Lucifer is a deadly and Machiavellian character, with little regard for human life. The series has him running a piano bar, "Lux" in Los Angeles with the assistance of his consort, Mazikeen, Lucifer is shown as sophisticated and calculatedly charming. Eventually, control of Hell was handed over to two Angels, Duma, the angel of silence and Remiel, while Lucifer retired to Earth. Lucifer finally emptied Hell before locking Hell's gates and handing over the key to Hell to Dream of the Endless. He felt it an unfair his punishment for one rebellion was eternal. He resented the assumption that he caused the evils humans committed - he did not, in fact, have anything to do with the actions of the mortals, he simply punished them once they were dead. He wearied of being the blame for every sin from mortals, such as the idea that he purchased and traded for souls, which was untrue. During his tenure, he played the various demons of Hell against each other, provided a place for dead mortals to be tormented, but at some point, he got fed up, bored with his existence. The series follows Lucifer Morningstar as he tries to create a world of his own and gets involved in the affairs of angels, demons, gods, and mortals in the process.Īfter some ten billion years, Lucifer abandoned Hell.