I’ve never read the Mike Carey Lucifer series or seen the TV show (and I’ll probably never do either now) so I don’t know if it’s because I’m so unfamiliar with the character and his story (couldn’t tell you if this is a continuation of the previous books or a reboot) or whether Dan Watters is just that incompetent a storyteller but I had absolutely no fucking idea what was going on in Lucifer, Volume 1: The Infernal Comedy!
It’s not a good sign when you get to the end of the book, read the blurb and don’t recognise the summary as reflective of what you’ve just read! I got that Lucifer was no longer King of Hell for some reason but apparently his kid will prevent the end of the world? If you say so, Vertigo marketing department!
There’s also a Philip K. Dick-looking LAPD cop embroiled in this mess but even the blurb can’t explain why! His wife dies and he has a breakdown which enables him to see demons for no reason? How and why he’s singled out in the first place is beyond me. Dude does nothing as well - a total waste of space character!
There are apparently conspiracies to kill Lucifer but, again, don’t know why. It gets worse. We see Lucifer as this broken, weak, homeless-looking dude who’s obviously in a bad way - but he’s also a David Bowie-looking dude who’s got his shit together? So… does he need to regain control of Hell or doesn’t he? One version of him needs help, the other seems to be ok. Was Lucifer always two people? Ah, who cares? It’s not like I’m gonna keep reading this title!
Into the mix is William Blake, because why not, and one character with a Phantom of the Opera mask who talksh indecihpehbly liksh thsh fer het whleo tme and it’s so fucking annoying to read. Actually, the other characters talk clearly and they’re only slightly less annoying to read - that’s how awful the writing is!
An unrelentingly bad, incomprehensible and boring book from cover to cover, the latest ill-conceived Sandman Universe title is definitely the worst comic of 2019 I’ve read so far - abandon all hope ye who pick up this crap!
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