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Lucifer .98

Lucifer, put out under the vertigo line by DC comics, and one of the best graphic novels I've come across. Born out of the Neil Gaiman Sandman universe, Lucifer is an epic story that covers the last days of Lucifer and the end of Yahweh/god. The series is over now and is available in trade paperback. Artists change throughout but the quality is high throughout. The story is great, if you have any interest in JudeoChristian mythology than this series takes advantage of that. Lilith leads armies against heaven, Norse gods fly on ships made of dead men's fingernails, Hell is overthrown, angels battle, new universes are created and destroyed. The balance of the whole story is excellent, huge epic theological issues are covered in an accessible way while tension and action are constant. I literally only have one real complaint about it which is that it ended; when dealing with world religions there is so much to cover that you wish they could have added even more. But, in the end, the story that was supposed to be told was told so wishing there was more isn't much of a negative at all. It's for mature readers and the more literate you are in the mythologies of the ancient world the more you'll find things to amaze you. Ninety percent of the time anything to do with Lucifer is handled by awful authors or awful musicians or awful film directors, this story stands along side Paradise Lost and the Divine Comedy as nouveau JudeoChristain mythology. (.98)

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