Who Is Lucifer?

lucifer fox's scorching hot new show inspired by the beloved comic book series is heating up the DC TV lineup this winter when the devil heads to sunny and sinful los angeles well where else would I go played by the irresistible charming Tom Ellis Lucifer becomes an unlikely LAPD consultant while running his nightclub lux but the Lord of hell has been around a long time and the devil is in the details so follow us into the back issues to answer the question who is Lucifer Lucifer's deliciously mischievous leading man is based on a character that first appeared in Neil Gaiman's epic fantasy comic The Sandman The Sandman issue number four introduced us to Lucifer Morningstar also known as Samuel a fallen angel who'd been ruling Hell for ten billion years and had more than a passing resemblance to rock legend David Bowie but Lucifer grew bored of his existence in Hell and in the Sandman story arc titled season of mists he locked the gates of the underworld and handed the key over to another immortal entity named Morpheus the Lord of Dreams the charming yet wicked Lucifer appeared in issues of Batman The Spectre and Hellblazer among others and it wasn't long before the debonair Devil starred in his own ongoing series from writer Mike Carey in the comic series as in the television show Lucifer runs a bar in LA called Lux with his confidant and consort mazikeen known as maze on the show and played by Leslie and Brant one of Lucifer's biggest adversaries in the comics is the Archangel amenadiel played by DB Woodside on the show while Lucifer believes in free will Amana GL stands for the idea that human life is predetermined by God so it's not surprising that they disagree when he wasn't clashing with powerful Archangels in the comics Lucifer encountered the Fallen cherub gaudium and a human ruler of creation named Elaine Bella with God as a dad Lucifer is naturally endowed with powerful otherworldly abilities including near omnipotence super strength invulnerability and the power to shape objects into anything he can imagine he is even attempted to create his own universe but Lucifer resents the idea that the devil urges humanity to commit evil according to him humans are more than capable of corruption on their own and ironically the Lord Of Lies always speaks the truth and has the ability to compel people to do the same which doesn't always happen at the most opportune time you're not actually in love with him right coño alongside his television debut the comic book adventures of the Morningstar continue in this sizzling new Lucifer series from vertigo he may be the devil but Lucifer Morningstar is also funny complex immensely powerful and a master manipulator we can't wait to see the kind of brimstone Justice Lucifer rains down on the criminals of LA on Mondays starting January 25th on Fox

Channel: DC

Views: 417,267

Keywords: DCAA2016-PL, LUCIFER-PL, Lucifer, Devil, LAPD, Lux, Los Angeles, Comic Books, Sandman, Lucifer Morningstar, David Bowie, Season of Mists, Maze, Leslie Ann Bandt, God, Omnipotence, cwtv, DC Comics, Lord of Lies, Fox

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Length: 3min 1sec (181 seconds)

Published: Fri Jan 22 2016