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schufman's review against another edition
4.0
Everything comes to a head in a terrifying and awesome sequence of events. The best Lucifer volume so far.
cmiller0401's review against another edition
4.0
In the first issue of this trade paperback we see Jayesh again--ugh, how sad, but an important message about internalized homophobia and hate crimes. The art of this issue is by Colleen Doran, and I don't care for it. She draws a lot of lines on people's faces and makes everyone look ancient and recently pulled out of a messy suitcase.
Most of this trade deals with the continued siege on the Silver City, which I wasn't very interested in. I did really like how it ended though, with Elaine stepping up in power.
There is a pretty funny issue where Gaudium and Spera (seriously can they get their own spin-off series already!?) trick a greedy warlock.
Most of this trade deals with the continued siege on the Silver City, which I wasn't very interested in. I did really like how it ended though, with Elaine stepping up in power.
There is a pretty funny issue where Gaudium and Spera (seriously can they get their own spin-off series already!?) trick a greedy warlock.
xterminal's review
4.0
Mike Carey, Lucifer: Morningstar (Vertigo, 2006)
There's a war in heaven, and Lucifer and Elaine Belloc have to choose a side. Now. Surprisingly, the agent who steps forward to help them is Noema, Child of the Basanos and sworn enemy of the Lightbringer. The problem: Lucifer must find himself an ally in the most unlikely of places, or the war will be lost, and all creation will fall back into the void. There's also a quick break for a story in which an ancient mage summons the most powerful demon in Hell...and gets Gaudium. We're at the penultimate volume and the series' quality is as high as ever. Very good stuff. ****
There's a war in heaven, and Lucifer and Elaine Belloc have to choose a side. Now. Surprisingly, the agent who steps forward to help them is Noema, Child of the Basanos and sworn enemy of the Lightbringer. The problem: Lucifer must find himself an ally in the most unlikely of places, or the war will be lost, and all creation will fall back into the void. There's also a quick break for a story in which an ancient mage summons the most powerful demon in Hell...and gets Gaudium. We're at the penultimate volume and the series' quality is as high as ever. Very good stuff. ****
lordofthemoon's review
5.0
This is the volume where Lucifer's story reaches its climax. Lilith leads her children in a bitter war against Heaven which, without God, can no longer stand against them. Lucifer finds himself fighting at the gate of the Silver City once again, this time on the side of the Angels. Noema, the daughter of the Basanos' is born and immediately comes into conflict with Lucifer before taking him and Elaine to see the new state of affairs in Hell and possibly to get Rudd's help in the war.
There's also a comic interlude in the middle with Gaudium and Spera, the fallen Cherubim. This shouldn't work in the middle of such a big story, but it really does. It both breaks and holds the tension, letting you wind down a bit between large-scale stories. From his early appearance as (not very good) guardian to Elaine, I've really enjoyed wise-cracking Gaudium and his smarter sister.
This is a suitably epic conclusion for such a large-scale story, and the art doesn't let it down. It finishes with Lilith and Elaine stepping outside Creation to argue for its preservation or destruction in front of God himself. And even without being there, Lucifer has to stick his oar into things and his influence is felt.
Oh, and this book also confirms what I always knew: God is an English gentleman :).
There's also a comic interlude in the middle with Gaudium and Spera, the fallen Cherubim. This shouldn't work in the middle of such a big story, but it really does. It both breaks and holds the tension, letting you wind down a bit between large-scale stories. From his early appearance as (not very good) guardian to Elaine, I've really enjoyed wise-cracking Gaudium and his smarter sister.
This is a suitably epic conclusion for such a large-scale story, and the art doesn't let it down. It finishes with Lilith and Elaine stepping outside Creation to argue for its preservation or destruction in front of God himself. And even without being there, Lucifer has to stick his oar into things and his influence is felt.
Oh, and this book also confirms what I always knew: God is an English gentleman :).
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