witherskeleton's review against another edition

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3.0

Pretty good overall. Got a little uninteresting at times but it was well done.

mhshokuhi's review against another edition

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4.0

خب، بالاخره بعد از کلی وقت عقب انداختن شروعش کردم.
برای شروع لازمه یه مقدار خوب از سندمن و دنیاش خبر داشته باشید، بعد میشه سراغ این رفت.
شماره اول شامل ۴ جلد کامیک هست که ۳ شماره اول شروع داستان هست و شماره چهارم یکجور داستان جدا اما خب با پیوندهایی به داستان که بعداً به کار خواهند اومد جلوتر.
لوسیفر همینطوری هست که باید باشه و کم نمی‌گذاره از کارهاش، تلاش برای عجیب و غریب نوشتن مزکین هم جالبه، چندبار باید با دهن نیمه بسته (مثل خود مزکین) متن رو بخونی و از صدایی که می‌شنوی متوجه بشی که داره چی میگه، حالا اکثر اوقات اوکیه فهمیدنش، بقیه کاراکترها هم جوری جواب میدن که مشخصه حالا چی داره میگه، تجربه باحالی بود کشف کردنش :دی اول سعی کردم برعکس بخونم، یا حالت آناگرام مانند، تا دیدم نمیشه و سرچ کردم دیدم باید اینطوری بخونم و حدس بزنم، کلا جالب بود.
شماره چهارم با اینکه بهش نمیومد یه غمناکی غریبی توش داشت، خیلی خوب/بد بود :(

rocketiza's review against another edition

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4.0

This is a really fantastic series that gets over-shadowed just because it came out of Sandman. The only thing that I didn't really like in the first collection is the pretentious that carried over from having to be of Gaiman, but other than does a really great job of establishing itself as its own story right up front.

thequeenreads's review against another edition

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5.0

I miss Lucifer Morningstar 😔

readingtheend's review against another edition

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2.5

hmmmmm okay this was not the MOST promising start to this series. I didn't hate it, but it felt very like... early 2000s in its sensibility (quelle surprise), with weird gendered nastiness and just general disinterest in non-normative people and their lives and identities. hope it gets betterrrrrr

magnetgrrl's review against another edition

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4.0

Over time the Lucifer series keeps getting better and better to me the more I read it. At first, I always thought Carey was just kinda running with what Gaiman created for Lucifer in Sandman and that it was always going to be lesser, just OK. But over time this series really goes somewhere and the characters have enough depth and growth to rival the storyline of Sandman. Or maybe I just love tragic (anti)heroes. Plus there is Mazikeen - one of my all-time favorite fictional characters.

It's such a tragedy that the TV adaptation of this series is SO UTTERLY HORRIBLE.

jcschildbach's review against another edition

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4.0

I didn't realize they were turning this into a TV series when I picked it up, and haven't watched any of the series yet. This basically turned up in recommendations because I was looking up the recent 'Sandman' book. All that aside, this is pretty great. It keeps the same basic tone of the Sandman books--hopping around to different places and cultures, referencing different elements of spirituality and magic, different artists and illustration styles for each new story, and all with that undercurrent reminiscent of old, episodic horror comics. Fans of Gaiman's Sandman will almost certainly be into this as well.

earthlings's review against another edition

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4.0

good lord.

psykobilliethekid's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

jayspa65's review

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dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

It's been over three decades since Sandman #23, in which Lucifer closed up Hell, had his wings cut off, and (as we later learned) opened a night spot in L.A. Ten tears after, he stars in his own saga, under a new team of writer and illustrators. The result is the most successful to date of the various attempts to keep the Sandman franchise going since the climactic events of Sandman #69. 

As is usually the case with compilations from an on-going series, "Lucifer: Devil in the Gateway" leaves too many loose ends to entirely succeed as a stand-alone graphic novel. Nevertheless, the cast of characters and original stories are very much worthy of its progenitor. 

The stories in this collection aren't really dependent on familiarity with the Sandman series to understand what's going on. Still, Gaiman's Sandman is a classic and the keystone of DC's Vertigo line to which "Lucifer" belongs, so I would recommend reading at least the collections "Preludes and Nocturnes" and "Season of Mists" first. Those who have done so are very likely to enjoy following these new tales of Lucifer.