- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Titan Books Ltd; paperback / softback edition (27 Sep 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1840234709
- ISBN-13: 978-1840234701
- Product Dimensions: 25.6 x 16.4 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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Go! Essex Chonicle, W/e November 12 2004, review by Matt Adams: "Momentous reading."
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From the pages of Neil Gaiman's multi award-winning Sandman series...Lucifer has been busy - creating a universe of his own, in fact, something that has caused ripples and attracted the attention of forces both Above and Below. Join our anti-hero as he journeys to a strange, 18th-century flavoured hell, full of intrigues and back-stabbing; as we meet a poor sinner who is raised to power through the machinations of a demoness; and as the Morningstar's creation threatens to renew a war as old as time itself...A war with Heaven...
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This story follows straight on from Volume 5 and contains contains the five issue Naglfar story and the epilogue, "Sisters of Mercy".
I would recommend reading the books in sequence. While it is not essential, it will enhance the pleasure and explain some of the more complex inter-relationships.
I would recommend reading the books in sequence. While it is not essential, it will enhance the pleasure and explain some of the more complex inter-relationships.
In this volume, Lucifer sends a mystical ship (the Naglfar), crewed with supporting characters, on a quest to find the soul of a half-human/half-angel girl that is trapped in a horrible place between heaven and hell.
Careys writing is well paced and captivating and the artwork by Peter Gross, Ryan Kelly and Dean Ormiston is perfectly suited to the tale. The epilogue, with art by Davih Hahn, isn't so good but is an ok addendum.
If you liked Neil Gaiman's Sandman, I can't believe you aren't reading this already, but if you aren't start now.
You won't be disappointed.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Based on characters created and/or reinterpreted by Neil Gaiman's acclaimed "Sandman" comic book series, Lucifer: A Dalliance With The Damned is the third volume and is comprised of issues 14-20 of the Eisner Award nominated "Lucifer" comic book series, offering a graphic and full color tail of demon rivalry and motives at cross purpose. The monstrous children of Lilith, forever denied the Garden of Paradise despite their lack of relation to original sinners Adam and Eve, mount a war of rebellion and conquest in this dramatic and occasionally risque tale, suggested for mature readers. A fascinating page turner that presents supernatural creatures as all too human, sharing few virtues many vices with their mortal counterparts, Lucifer: A Dalliance With The Damned is a superbly produced and highly recommended graphic novel.
The Apocrypha by John A. De Vito is a must read for lovers of this series.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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By this volume, which contains two arcs, Carey and his regular artistic team of Gross & Kelly and Dean Ormston have established the main pantheon of characters and developed a definite artistic style. The pace and the stakes have been raised and the stage is being set for the main part of the show.
The first arc is composed as a Tryptych which follows Mazikeen, Elaine Belloc and Lucifer in turn.
Mazikeen is looking for a way to return to her former visage and returns to the less than loving embrace of her own kind in search of a way. Carey's writing is excellent as we follow Mazikeen in fatalistic mood, acting with small hope of success but, like her mentor, with great determination. This story goes some way to explaining the depth of feeling between Mazikeen and Lucifer. She loves him freely, but not as an equal.
Is her determination a quality that draws him to her or a subconscious desire to emulate her lover?
Elaine Belloc's story is a slight diversion and while it explores her character and circumstances, it serves largely as an introduction to the fields of pain and Lady Lys.
Lucifer's tale is a gem and a blasphemous allegory as `mankind' gets a second chance at Eden, under new management and simpler rules.
The final story concentrates on the household of a demonic lord (Arux) and in particular his daughter Lys. The political machinations of the lords of hell are been conducted during a faddish charade of 16th/17th Century European style and when Lady Lys retrieves a damned soul from the pit for her own amusement, she sets in motion a series of events that will have significant and potentially long lasting consequences.
The first arc is composed as a Tryptych which follows Mazikeen, Elaine Belloc and Lucifer in turn.
Mazikeen is looking for a way to return to her former visage and returns to the less than loving embrace of her own kind in search of a way. Carey's writing is excellent as we follow Mazikeen in fatalistic mood, acting with small hope of success but, like her mentor, with great determination. This story goes some way to explaining the depth of feeling between Mazikeen and Lucifer. She loves him freely, but not as an equal.
Is her determination a quality that draws him to her or a subconscious desire to emulate her lover?
Elaine Belloc's story is a slight diversion and while it explores her character and circumstances, it serves largely as an introduction to the fields of pain and Lady Lys.
Lucifer's tale is a gem and a blasphemous allegory as `mankind' gets a second chance at Eden, under new management and simpler rules.
The final story concentrates on the household of a demonic lord (Arux) and in particular his daughter Lys. The political machinations of the lords of hell are been conducted during a faddish charade of 16th/17th Century European style and when Lady Lys retrieves a damned soul from the pit for her own amusement, she sets in motion a series of events that will have significant and potentially long lasting consequences.
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