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aceinit's review
5.0
The Divine Comedy is one of my favorite volumes in the series, and a good jumping-in point for new readers. Beginning with a brief and very effective “the story so far” in the form of a conversation (of sorts) between Michael and God, this collection quickly establishes itself as one of the key storylines in the series, and serves as both the climax and conclusion of Lucifer’s first overarching story—and as a warning of Michael’s fate.
There are so many things that happen here, and all of them are important in terms of end-game progression, and there is so much going on that even the interlude issues don’t really give the reader a chance to rest.
Lucifer Morningstar, former archangel, former lord of Hell, current supreme being of his own cosmos, has accumulated too many enemies...so many that not even his cunning and considerable will can save him when varying forces converge to lay claim to his creation.
The Basanos, having been lying dormant in Jill Presto since the events that destroyed Lux, manifests itself with a vengeance, hell-bent on destroying Lucifer once and for all, claiming his creation, and reproducing.
The Lilim, also seeking a realm of their own, declare war against Lucifer when he refuses to grant them a world of their own. Led by Lucifer’s once-faithful servant, Mazikeen, they move against him as well.
Suzano –O-No-Mikoto from “The House of Windowless Rooms” finally puts his own plans into motion, relying on the treacherous feathers inserted into Lucifer’s wings during his visit to reclaim them.
And, as the Basanos wage war on his creation, the Lilim converge to do the same, and Suzano arrives seeking retribution, the Morningstar falls into the realm of a certain pale, perky, ankh-wearing member of the Endless.
All that, and we’ve only reached the halfway point of the story.
With The Divine Comedy, Carey brings his A-game, crafting a masterful arc that combines religion, myth and good old-fashioned storytelling in the kind of volume that makes me wonder why it is that only super-heroes get all the movie and TV adaptations. Lucifer is storytelling on an epic scale, flawlessly constructed, and with this installment Carey and company rival, and perhaps even eclipse, its parent series The Sandman .
The artistic team of Gross, Kelly and Ormston continue to wonderfully complement and enhance Carey’s storytelling, blending the fantastical, the horrific, and those quiet, human moments that tug at the heartstrings.
This was the collection that made Lucifer one of my must-read series, and the one I loan out to people when they gape and wonder how anyone could ever read a comic book about the Devil (living in the rural American south when these issues were originally published, that was a lot of wondering). It is fantastic, beautiful, and still resonates after all these years.
There are so many things that happen here, and all of them are important in terms of end-game progression, and there is so much going on that even the interlude issues don’t really give the reader a chance to rest.
Lucifer Morningstar, former archangel, former lord of Hell, current supreme being of his own cosmos, has accumulated too many enemies...so many that not even his cunning and considerable will can save him when varying forces converge to lay claim to his creation.
The Basanos, having been lying dormant in Jill Presto since the events that destroyed Lux, manifests itself with a vengeance, hell-bent on destroying Lucifer once and for all, claiming his creation, and reproducing.
The Lilim, also seeking a realm of their own, declare war against Lucifer when he refuses to grant them a world of their own. Led by Lucifer’s once-faithful servant, Mazikeen, they move against him as well.
Suzano –O-No-Mikoto from “The House of Windowless Rooms” finally puts his own plans into motion, relying on the treacherous feathers inserted into Lucifer’s wings during his visit to reclaim them.
And, as the Basanos wage war on his creation, the Lilim converge to do the same, and Suzano arrives seeking retribution, the Morningstar falls into the realm of a certain pale, perky, ankh-wearing member of the Endless.
All that, and we’ve only reached the halfway point of the story.
With The Divine Comedy, Carey brings his A-game, crafting a masterful arc that combines religion, myth and good old-fashioned storytelling in the kind of volume that makes me wonder why it is that only super-heroes get all the movie and TV adaptations. Lucifer is storytelling on an epic scale, flawlessly constructed, and with this installment Carey and company rival, and perhaps even eclipse, its parent series The Sandman .
The artistic team of Gross, Kelly and Ormston continue to wonderfully complement and enhance Carey’s storytelling, blending the fantastical, the horrific, and those quiet, human moments that tug at the heartstrings.
This was the collection that made Lucifer one of my must-read series, and the one I loan out to people when they gape and wonder how anyone could ever read a comic book about the Devil (living in the rural American south when these issues were originally published, that was a lot of wondering). It is fantastic, beautiful, and still resonates after all these years.
mhshokuhi's review
4.0
جلد چهارم شامل کامیک‌های ۲۱ تا ۲۸ میشه.
چقدر خوب بود ۳ شماره آرک داستانی Paradiso! چقدر خوب بود! هم آرت، هم کانسپت، هم همه چیزش. اینقدر خوب بود بقیه چیزها در برابرش کم میاوردن توی این جلد با اینکه خوب بودن :دی
و آه که چقدر Death of the Endless خوبه (خواهر بزرگ Dream of the Endless که مجموعه The Sandman در موردش هست). دو شماره حضور داشت توی آرک Purgatorio و خیلی خوبه خلاصه، کاش توی سریال یه بازیگر درست و حسابی و مطابق توضیحات براش باشه و نتفلیکس بازی در نیارن براش.
یهوه فلان فلان شده هم که هنوز خودشه :))
کلا جلد خوبی بود، یه سری آرت‌هاش واقعاً ثبت شده توی ذهنم از بس خوبن
کاورها هم که همیشه خوبن و ناامید نمی‌کنن اصلاً. یه روز چاپیشون رو باید بگیرم.
چهار ستاره چون از بس آرک Paradiso خوب بود و بقیه نمیتونستن بهش برسن :دی
چقدر خوب بود ۳ شماره آرک داستانی Paradiso! چقدر خوب بود! هم آرت، هم کانسپت، هم همه چیزش. اینقدر خوب بود بقیه چیزها در برابرش کم میاوردن توی این جلد با اینکه خوب بودن :دی
و آه که چقدر Death of the Endless خوبه (خواهر بزرگ Dream of the Endless که مجموعه The Sandman در موردش هست). دو شماره حضور داشت توی آرک Purgatorio و خیلی خوبه خلاصه، کاش توی سریال یه بازیگر درست و حسابی و مطابق توضیحات براش باشه و نتفلیکس بازی در نیارن براش.
یهوه فلان فلان شده هم که هنوز خودشه :))
کلا جلد خوبی بود، یه سری آرت‌هاش واقعاً ثبت شده توی ذهنم از بس خوبن
کاورها هم که همیشه خوبن و ناامید نمی‌کنن اصلاً. یه روز چاپیشون رو باید بگیرم.
چهار ستاره چون از بس آرک Paradiso خوب بود و بقیه نمیتونستن بهش برسن :دی
andrea_c's review
3.0
The problem with this sort of narrative is that I always end up bored once God starts to exert power as he is A) predictable in his omnipotence and B) a huge asshole.
jayspa65's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-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? Yes
4.25
psykobilliethekid's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
mschlat's review
2.0
A lesser volume. I am not a fan of the Basanos (I find them boring), so their regular presence in these issues was grating. Carey apparently wanted a big "bring all the threads together" storyline, but I was only interested in two or three of them at the most.
crookedtreehouse's review
4.0
If you were going to make the comic book story of Lucifer into a TV series (not like any of the bizarre series that are supposedly based on the Vertigo version of Lucifer), this would be the finale of the first season. All the characters we've met so far are drawn together into a cataclysmic event where some are killed, some are reborn, and some level up.
There are a ton of great moments in this volume, including an appearance of one of The Endless. Again.
I wasn't sure, upon rererereading it, but for the first time in a decade or so, if Lucifer would still seem as consistently fascinating as it did when I first read it. But it does. I've been reading this back and forth with some [b:Hellblazer, Vol. 10: In the Line of Fire|22338433|Hellblazer, Vol. 10 In the Line of Fire|Paul Jenkins|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1640578674l/22338433._SY75_.jpg|41736656], some [b:Swamp Thing by Brian K. Vaughan, Vol. 1|17834869|Swamp Thing by Brian K. Vaughan, Vol. 1|Brian K. Vaughan|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1385352490l/17834869._SY75_.jpg|24954849], some [b:The Books of Magic, Volume 3: Reckonings|100746|The Books of Magic, Volume 3 Reckonings|John Ney Rieber|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1380727291l/100746._SY75_.jpg|97142], and some [b:Disenchanted|5826803|Disenchanted (Madame Xanadu, #1)|Matt Wagner|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320431422l/5826803._SY75_.jpg|5998936], and while I'm enjoying most of these books, Lucifer is, by far, my favorite.
There are a ton of great moments in this volume, including an appearance of one of The Endless. Again.
I wasn't sure, upon rererereading it, but for the first time in a decade or so, if Lucifer would still seem as consistently fascinating as it did when I first read it. But it does. I've been reading this back and forth with some [b:Hellblazer, Vol. 10: In the Line of Fire|22338433|Hellblazer, Vol. 10 In the Line of Fire|Paul Jenkins|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1640578674l/22338433._SY75_.jpg|41736656], some [b:Swamp Thing by Brian K. Vaughan, Vol. 1|17834869|Swamp Thing by Brian K. Vaughan, Vol. 1|Brian K. Vaughan|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1385352490l/17834869._SY75_.jpg|24954849], some [b:The Books of Magic, Volume 3: Reckonings|100746|The Books of Magic, Volume 3 Reckonings|John Ney Rieber|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1380727291l/100746._SY75_.jpg|97142], and some [b:Disenchanted|5826803|Disenchanted (Madame Xanadu, #1)|Matt Wagner|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320431422l/5826803._SY75_.jpg|5998936], and while I'm enjoying most of these books, Lucifer is, by far, my favorite.
siria's review
5.0
I was predisposed to like this from the title alone, since my Dante geekiness is pure and true. I really wasn't disappointed. The breadth and inventiveness and scope of this title just awes me. Reading it evokes the same sensation I get when I'm deep in the Commedia - of glimpsing a huge framework that is partly comprehensible and partly divine and partly ineffable and partly just really bloody confusing. There is the same slow sense of discovery about the whole thing as well, of peeling back layers to see more and more of what is going on. There are some things that Lucifer knows, and some things that he is only finding out for himself, and some things that can only come as revelation to him. In many ways, the progression of this pings many of the same things that hit me when I read about Dante climbing down through the Inferno and up the mount of Purgatory. More than that, there are a number of aspects of this work that chime in so absolutely with a number of the ways I think about religion, and a number of the ways in which it intrigues me/irks me/has made really, really sure that I haven't classed myself as a Catholic in a long, long time. Those are issues that are probably going to find themselves expressed in a long, wanktastic post on Lucifer, theology, and possibly the Comedy itself once of these days. Feel afraid. *g*