10 Times The Lucifer Show Referenced The Comics (And 10 Ways It Totally Ignored Them)

How much of the Fox/Netflix Lucifer series is actually inspired by the original comics?

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Mike Carey's Lucifer series is one of the most critically acclaimed comic titles of all time, as is The Sandman, Neil Gaiman's groundbreaking masterpiece that introduced the character of Lucifer Morningstar in 1989, so when Fox announced a live action TV adaptation, fans were unsurprisingly pretty excited. When the show aired, however, its drastic departure from the source material was divisive to say the least.

Lucifer is without a doubt the least accurate adaptation of a comic in TV history, and even calling it an adaptation is a bit of a stretch. Nonetheless, the TV series, which began on Fox - and is now continuing on Netflix - has picked up a solid fan base of its own, and occasionally gives a clever nod to its comic roots.

Most of the major elements of the TV iteration - dubbed "Foxifer" by some fans - were invented specifically for the TV series, but as we all know, the devil's in the details, and that's never been more true than with this show.

Fox's (now Netflix's) Lucifer is neither a sequel to, nor a direct adaptation of the original series, but it maintains a loose connection to those stories with various subtle Easter eggs peppered throughout the series.

20. "I Look Forward To Eating Your Heart One Day" (Easter Egg)

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DC Comics

The pilot episode gave us what's arguably the most direct and obvious reference to the source material, with Lucifer telling Amenadiel "I look forward to eating your heart one day," which is exactly how Amenadiel's story came to an end in the comics.

After numerous threats and quite a bit of posturing and warnings, Lucifer's and Amenadiel's confrontational relationship eventually reached its inevitable conclusion in a death match in Hell.

The problem with death matches in Hell, as Lucifer points out, is that with the combatants in those matches, the concept of death can be very tricky, so specific criteria had been established to determine victory; neither angel could be declared victor until he'd eaten his opponent's heart.

It's unlikely that D.B. Woodside's Amenadiel will meet the same fate as his comic book counterpart, given that his role in the show is more similar to that of Michael in the comics, but it was a fun easter egg nonetheless.

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