Dark Lucifer is the final Dark Ultra who appears in the Nexus series over all. While he is highly suspected to to be created by Dark Zagi there is in fact no direct confirmation of this. This dark giant appeared in 2012, three years after Zagi's.
Subtitle: Giant of Darkness
Conception[]
Dark Lucifer was originally intend to appear in Ultraman Nexus. In it, his intended role was a semi-final boss whose human host is Mitsuhiko Ishibori, with his role being similar to Ezmael. In addition, Lucifer was designed separately by Yasushi Torisawa and Hiroshi Maruyama, each with different interpretations. Given that Lucifer's only canonical appearance was the novel, it was never revealed as to how he looked like from an in-universe perspective. Torisawa's Dark Lucifer was the default fan interpretation of the character, since his design first appeared in 2005's Hero Pictorial magazine. In 2019, Maruyama published his design book which details his interpretation of the character.
Etymology[]
His name was taken from a religious figure that appears in Christianity, who is commonly associated with Satan.
Design[]
Torisawa's Dark Lucifer has the combined aspects of all major antagonists that appeared in the Ultra N Project:
- Dark Faust: Face on the left neck
- Dark Mephisto: Face on the right neck
- Dark Zagi: Visible blood vessel-like design
Impact on later years of the Ultraman Series[]
- Ultraman Mebius (2006): Designer Hiroshi Maruyama used Dark Lucifer's aspects in creating Ultraman Hikari and his Arb Gear alter-ego, Hunter Knight Tsurugi.
- Ultraman Saga (2012): Dark Lucifer was originally planned to be the main antagonist but in a similar case to Nexus, he was scrapped.
History[]
Ultraman Nexus TV COMPLETE DVD-BOX: Second Coming - Dreams -[]
It had been three years since Dark Zagi's destruction. Kazuki Komon had been appointed the leader of Japan's Night Raider branch. One day, strange cases occurred where several people claimed to have lost their memories regarding Space Beasts. Komon and Nagi found the perpetrator to be a member of the Memory Police, who soon revealed himself to be a dark giant called Dark Lucifer. Once more reunited with Ultraman Noa, Komon and Nagi faced this new threat.
Profile[]
Transformation[]
The Memoraser he wielded also double as his transformation item.
Techniques[]
- Memory Erasure: Dark Lucifer can erase memories of certain people regarding their encounter with Space Beasts. This was in fact his predation method to consume their fears in a similar manner to Space Beasts though this method is done without any bloodshed.
- Possession: Like his predecessors, Dark Lucifer could possess any individual he desired, in his case a Memory Police officer.
- Powers of Other Dark Giants: It is implied that Dark Lucifer possess similar powers to his master and of the other Dark Giants.
Trivia[]
- His only appearance is in the novel, thus classifying him as a novel-exclusive Ultraman. His appearance in the year 2012 is also the same year where Ultraman Nexus TV COMPLETE DVD-BOX was published.
- His three faces could also be a reference to Satan's appearance in the Divine Comedy, where he is described having three faces.
- His Modus Operandi, which involved possessing a Memory Police officer, is similar to that of Dark Mephisto (Zwei).
| Ultra N Project Kaiju | |
|---|---|
| "N" THE OTHER | Zero | Visitors |
| ULTRAMAN (2004 film) | Beast the One | Zero (Mentioned) |
| Ultraman Nexus | Pedoleon | Beesectar | Bugbuzun | Bugbuzun Brood | Bugbuzun Grooler | Galberos | Lafleya | Nosferu | Beast Human | Galberos II | Arakunia | Froguros | Golgolem | Kutuura | Grantella | Banpira | Lizarias | Lizarias Grolar | Mega Flash | Visitors | Ezmael |
| Second Coming -Dreams- | Dark Lucifer |
| Unused Ultraman Nexus Monsters | Unused Space Beasts from Ultraman Nexus |