Why is Lucifer in DC?
Lucifer Morningstar is a rebel archangel who was once given Hell as his own domain.
After several thousand years he decided he no longer wanted to do what he believed was expected of him and so he abandoned Hell and “retired” to Earth.
Is Lucifer based on DC?
It is based on the DC Comics character created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth, and Mike Dringenberg taken from the comic book series The Sandman, who later became the protagonist of a spin-off comic book series, both published by DC Comics’ Vertigo imprint.
What religion is Lucifer based on?
Interpretations of a similar term in the Hebrew Bible, translated in the King James Version as “Lucifer”, led to a Christian tradition of applying the name Lucifer, and its associated stories of a fall from heaven, to Satan.
Does Lucifer follow the comic?
Loosely based on the comics of the same name that spawned out of Neil Gaiman’s magnum opus Sandman, the show follows a retired Lucifer Morningstar (Tom Ellis) as he runs a fancy nightclub on Earth where he meets all kinds of people and otherworldly beings.