Lucifer, Vol. 4: The Divine Comedy by Mike Carey
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
My reviews LUCIFER are just becoming embarrassing love letters to the genius of Mike Carey at this point, so I’ll just say that even four volumes in the series continues to surprise and amaze me. Truly excellent stuff.
Lucifer, Vol. 3: A Dalliance With the Damned by Mike Carey
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Mazikeen goes looking for a new face, Elaine goes looking for her ghost friend Mona, and Lucifer goes looking for trouble in Effrul in this third trade collection. As a series, LUCIFER just keeps getting better and better. Mike Carey has written something really special.
Lucifer, Vol. 2: Children and Monsters by Mike Carey
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Retired Lord of Hell Lucifer continues to collect the items he needs to put his plan into action, and this series continues to be awesome. One of the best dark fantasies I’ve read. Mike Carey is up there with Gaiman and Ennis in my book.
Lucifer, Vol. 1: Devil in the Gateway by Mike Carey
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
What happens to Lucifer after he resigns his post as Lord of Hell in Neil Gaiman’s SANDMAN? He moves to L.A., opens a piano bar, and gets his own comic courtesy of Mike Carey. This first collected trade edition hooked me from the get-go. Carey’s imagination is vast and dark, filled with magic and monsters–just the way I like it. He writes Lucifer as a smart, charming, and utterly selfish conman who often winds up doing right by others only because it will help him achieve some other goal. The three story arcs in this volume are compelling and also a lot of fun. The only reason I’m giving it 4 stars instead of 5 is that the plot resolutions feel rushed, not allowing the reader to fully grasp the implications of what just happened. But Carey is such a good writer I have no doubt this is an issue he’ll overcome in the following volumes.
