Lucifer: Nirvana (2002)

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"Nirvana"
Lucifer: Nirvana
October, 2002
Rated M for Mature (18+)
Publisher	Vertigo
Executive Editor	Karen Berger
Cover Artists	Jon Muth
Nirvana
Writers	Mike Carey
Pencilers	Jon Muth
Inkers	Jon Muth
Colorists	Jon Muth
Letterers	Comicraft
Editors	Shelly Bond Mariah Huehner

A king needs an army. A god needs only a canvas. I had my fill of being a king.

— Lucifer Morningstar

Lucifer: Nirvana is a one-shot with a cover date of October, 2002. It was published on August 28, 2002.

Appearing in "Nirvana"

Featured Characters:

• Lucifer Morningstar

Supporting Characters:

• "Zenmaster" Cai Yue (Single appearance) (Flashback and main story) (Also as a spirit)
• Dream (Daniel Hall)
  • Tethys the Raven
  • Xiu-Fang the Badger (Single appearance)
• Mazikeen

Antagonists:

• Beruchapalimon (Single appearance; dies)
  • Demonic henchmen (Single appearance) (All die)
• The Angel Perdissa (Single appearance)
• Silk Man (First appearance)
  • Quaima Demons (Demon-like spirits of the dreamers) (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Cai Yue's grandfather (Single appearance) (Deceased) (In a vision) (Cameo)
• Chinese Police (Flashback and main story)
• Kuomintag (In a vision)
  • Mao Zedong (In picture only) (Cameo)
• Lao-Pei (Cai Yue's grandfather's neighbor) (Single appearance) (In a vision) (Cameo)
• Lun Beng (Cai Yue's husband) (Single appearance) (Dies in flashback) (Also as a spirit)
• The Archangel Michael
  • Angels (Cameo)
• Shao Beng (Cai Yue's friend) (Single appearance) (Flashback and main story)
• Arao Jinn (Mentioned only)
• Dream (Morpheus) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Edgar Allan Poe (Mentioned only)
• Fallen Angels (Mentioned only)
• Feng Liu (Cai Yue's former employer) (Mentioned only)
• God (Mentioned only)
• Gods of China (Mentioned only)
  • Buddha (Mentioned only)
  • Kuanyin (Mentioned only)
• Mummies (Mentioned only)
• Bankei Senji (Mentioned only)
• Charles Baudelaire (Mentioned only)
• Chen Xei (Mentioned only)
• Microsoft (Mentioned only)
• Vincent Van Gogh (Mentioned only)
• Zhou Enlai (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Pre-Flashpoint Multiverse (Behind the scenes)
  • The Dreaming
  • Spirit Realm
    • Spirit Roads (Mentioned only)
  • Vertigo Universe (Unnamed)
    • China
      • Beijing
        • Temple of Heaven Park
        • Tiananmen Square
      • Chengdu (Cameo)
      • Shanghai
        • Beruchapalimon's Hideout (Single appearance)
    • United States of America
      • Los Angeles
        • The Lux
    • Brazil (Mentioned only)
    • Germany (Mentioned only)
    • Mexico (Mentioned only)
    • Yugoslavia (Mentioned only)
  • Chinese Heaven (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
  • Chinese Hell (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
  • Heaven (Mentioned only)
  • Hell (Mentioned only)
  • Nirvana (Mentioned only)
• "Earlier Creation" (Unnamed) (Destroyed) (See Notes) (Mentioned only)
• Lucifer's Creation (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Bell of Kuanyin (Single appearance)
• Eagles Stone (Cameo)
• Mazikeen's Knife

Concepts:

• The Gate (Mentioned only)
• Magic
  • Summoning
• Samsara (Mentioned only)
  

Notes

• This story takes place on the last day of Summer 2001, between the events of Lucifer #16 and Lucifer #17. This story also take place not long after the epilogue of The Dreaming #60, as the current Raven of the Dreaming, Tethys, has already been resurrected from the death.
• According to Lucifer, its Cosmos is actually a Multiverse, not a single reality.
• Lucifer states that the Silk Man is the survivor of a previous, cruder Creation. This may imply that he actually hails from the original, dark iteration of the Multiverse created by Perpetua in the beginning.

Trivia

• The Silk Man next appears in Lucifer #56.

See Also

• Images from Lucifer: Nirvana

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