Who Is Lucifer Morningstar? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Lucifer Morningstar is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Samael, with over 266 comic issue appearances. Once the most powerful and most beautiful of all angels in existence and one of two beings fictionally accredited with the creation of the DC Multiverse, Lucifer was sent by The Presence to rule over Hell after he rebelled. After governing Hell for more than 10 billion years, he left to look for a way out of predestination, to escape Yahweh's Great Plan.

Who is Lucifer Morningstar?

Origin Before DC was created, in the void outside all creations that is the Primal Monitor, Yahweh created two brothers infused with literal unlimited might, one is Michael Demiurgos , and the other is Samael, later called the Lucifer Morningstar. After both were formed, Yahweh guided them, instructed them as to how to use their powers, and then they formed the creation known as the DC Multiverse. Creation First Appearance The actual first appearance of "Lucifer" can be argued even though it is established that it was in The Sandman #4 that this Lucifer made his first appearance. However, in DC Comics there were other Lucifer's before this one, some looked more like The Devil in Vertigo's Preacher series while some resembled this "devil", and all of them were referred to as Lucifer. So it is that DC Comics handbooks would record Lucifer's first appearance as being different than Sandman #4, for they refer to Lucifer...but in all actuality, not this Lucifer. This Lucifer was created by three men in particular, Neil Gaiman , the writer of the Sandman series as well as Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg , fellow creators credited for work on the issue. Lucifer means “Bringer of Light” or .

Key facts

Lucifer Morningstar is of god/eternal origin and first appeared in "Master of Dreams, Part 4: A Hope in Hell". The character is published by DC Comics. With 266 recorded issue appearances, Lucifer Morningstar ranks among the most featured characters in comics.