I can see why they changed so much for the TV show.

Lucifer is 100% what you'd call a SLOW BURN. It is basically a lot of set up of why Lucifer is the way he is. But it's actually mostly individual stories of people that come to know Lucifer, and that could be a very good thing or a bad thing. The first story is about a girl who travels into the realms to save her brother after he suffered an attack and makes a pact with Lucifer. Another story is about a girl who can see the dead and how she also has to work with Lucifer. We have one about weird demons running around and Lucifer rounding them up. Basically, in Sandman fashion, it's all about the individual stories of character interacting with Lucifer.

I did like it but holy fuck is it dense. I felt like reading one issue took me the time to read multiple issues in most other stories. It felt slow and padded at points. It felt like characters were explaining things instead of talking to each other half the time. Saying all that, the actual plotting was interesting and I can see Carey laying the foundation of his long term storytelling here. I also enjoyed the art a lot, especially after the first 4 issues.

Overall it was good and I enjoyed it, but I don't know if I'll be jumping into the next volume anytime soon. A 3 out of 5.