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Dewey Decimal Number: 741 EAN: 9781840238273 ISBN: 1840238275 Label: Titan Books Ltd Manufacturer: Titan Books Ltd Number Of Pages: 168 Publication Date: May 21, 2004 Publisher: Titan Books Ltd Studio: Titan Books Ltd Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Spun from the pages of Neil Gaiman's multi award-winning Sandman comes another epic fantasy of Biblical proportions, penned by acclaimed writer Mike Carey (Hellblazer) and drawn by Peter Gross (Books of Magic) and Craig Hamilton (Starman). With Lucifer Morningstar set to face a heavenly angel in single combat, tensions in Hell are running high. Plans are afoot by those who believe a Morningstar victory would undermine their authority, and a conspiracy is in place that will see to it that Lucifer will be lucky to come out of the duel alive! The fifth in Titan's series of these massively popular and critically acclaimed graphic novels, Lucifer: Inferno is a taut insight into a corrupted lust for power! Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Devil in the Flameway.Mike Carey, Lucifer: Inferno (Vertigo, 2003) The battle between Lucifer and Amanadiel is finally here, but, of course, nothing is what it seems. Lucifer's power is still tied up in the feathers held by Susanoo-no-Mikoto. Makizeen and the Lilim are off hunting for Susanoo, but there are more than enough enemies-- and allies-- in Hell to make Lucifer wonder if their power will be necessary. Wheels within wheels within wheels, as usual, and Carey pulls it off with aplomb. **** Rating: - Basanos' mega saga is pure geniusWith the four part story arc titled Inferno, ends one of the most ambitious and extraordinary dark fantasy sagas of modern fantasy. Comprising of about thirty two numbers that began on the first trade The Devil in the Gateway, Carey's epic of power and ambition ranks among the best theological/urban/dark fantasies ever written. Carey is a master of continuity, allusion, indirectness and oblique multilayered narrative, metaphor and arcane religious symbolism. Like the majority of ... Read More Rating: - The Duel, The Wings, The LoanInferno marks the conclusion of a major story arc: whatever happened to those blasted wings of Lucifer? Last seen in the possession of Susano-O-No-Mikoto, they left the battlefields as the Basanos committed suicide, apparently into the mists of time (or whatever passes for cryptic walking- off- into- the- sunset in Lucifer's world anyway.) Lucifer duels with Amenadiel - that duel promised in Lucifer #2, Children And Monsters (p.196), but sends his deputy to deal with the wings. Along ... Read More Rating: - End of a great story arcThis is the end of the first big story arc that has been foreshadowed in the divination of the Tarot deck in part one. And, please note, this part one is not 'Sandman presents: Lucifer' but 'Lucifer: Devil in the gateway'. (That's why the first review by millernw was not helpful, although I fully support his message.) Well, almost all that has been foreshadowed. Except the divination of the 'innocence' card where Lucifer has been told that he'll have to repay the favour of Elaine Belloc. ... Read More Rating: - What a story!Man, I just stumbled onto this series after getting turned on to the Sandman library, Lucifer is a science fiction fan's dream come true- Incredible plots, great art, it's the best thing I've seen since, well, Sandman. I sure hope this series runs for a long time, I'm amazed at the creativity that has gone into this title! 
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