Lilith - Lucifer 50

Well The art is great.
Now that we have that out of the way, lets get to the main thing .. The Story.
This is a flashback to the times when Lucifer has not yet rebelled and tells that story.
Mike Carey pulls out all the stops for this issue and in the 60 issues so far this is undoubtedly the best. The dialogue in this issue is top notch and leaves a lot for the reader to ponder on.
Insights into Liliths character are evident by the following
Orphur: Which one of them is mine?
Lilith :None of them. But you fathered that one
This exchange establishes the fact that Lilith will bring up her children to owe allegiance to her and her alone. When Samael visits her with Ibriel to cease her activities she tells him
I may have been made for Adam--But i Live for myself. Which is what living means
These words have a profound effect on Samael who is struggling himself to come to the terms with the fact that he is a puppet whose strings are pulled by his father i.e. God . This is further provoked by Lilith in various conversations with Samael like
The only victory you can win is to be yourself
Samael is also thinking along these lines by his words to Gabriel
Samael : The freedom he enjoys is our birthright too.
The cynical,wry side of Samael is always ever present
Ibriel : Is this a lesson, think you? That good can be brought forth from evil
Samael : If i were given to moralizing,I'd probably find a different lesson
And later in a conversation with Michael
Michael : You have no choice brother
Samael : Oh we all have a choice. The issue-- as i see it--is which of us will be prepared to make it
And in confrontation with Gabriel
Samael: For your virtue is not content unless it can intimidate and enslave the virtue of others
Samael:You're like a drop of dew on a leaf, brother. And look the sun is rising you cannot stop it.
Samael: I care for truth. My own truth
The above establishes much of what Samael will become.
And words to live by from Michael
Michael : Justice is my father's prerogative, The rest of us can only do what we think is right
And finally Samael becomes Lucifer
Lucifer: I am Samael no more. Now i am only what i was made to be -- The Lucifer. The bearer of light and fire
And concluding words by Lilith
Lilith : We can never know of what we are the seeds -- until we flower
There is much that can be learnt from the above dialogs. But the thing that impressed me the most is that here Lucifer comes of as almost heroic. His views haven't changed since then , but carried out to the extreme, he is shown to be the Cold Hearted Bastard that he is. It also worries me because i have similar views and I carry those to the extreme as well.
The Road to Hell is paved with good intentions i guess.
The other thing i liked was Carey's portrayal of Michael which is much better than the petulant child he is shown to be once God leaves. Lilith too seems to be a much smarter women here than shown in later issues. However perhaps Carey's point is how the passage of time has affected these characters.