Well, in my opinion, the Vertigo version ofLuciferwould have been portrayed much differently.
The singer that sold her soul to the devil would have been talking toLuciferand he would have brushed her off, perhaps telling her he could care less about her soul.Lucifer's mind would have been drifting onto other things so when the two of them got shot at, Mazikeen - always by his side, would have killed the shooter. Chloe would have been assigned to the case, but sinceLuciferand Mazikeen are unearthly, no witnesses would have seen the shooter getting killed. A touch of curiosity would have overcomeLuciferto ponder who would dare shoot at the second most powerful entity and eventually arrive at the producer.Luciferwould have discovered an escaped minor demon of Hell was controlling the producer beforeLucifersends this demon into eternal torment. Chloe would have arrived to find the producer as a heap of flesh whileLuciferstood there aloft while Mazikeen would have a strong desire to dispatch Chloe but something is holding her back. As Chloe attempts to arrest the two for what she sees as murder, the two would have a "whatever" attitude and just leave unattested.
The angel would arrive atLuciferand while under the protection of Heaven, would still be quite fearful ofLucifer. As the angel explains that Hell needs to be under Heaven's control,Luciferwould subtly explain that he quit and gave the Key to Hell to Morpheus. After hearing this tale, the angel would depart, but at the last moment allude thatLucifer's abrupt leaving has caused the Damned to escape.Luciferwould have brushed off the remark, yet consider that perhaps he is not of free will, but still a part of God's master plan.
Over timeLuciferwould discover the therapist has been touched by an escaped tormented soul trying to comprehend the suffering it has endured while the human host with her education and experience is fighting a losing battle to balance the soul. The two paparazzi photographers are two more escaped tormentors of Hell. Both would be fearful ofLucifer, yet attempt to mock him for quitting on them and their kind. AsLucifershows the two a sampling of his power, Chloe arrives again to find two more corpses,Luciferwith his aloft attitude, and Mazikeen fuming that Chloe still lives. Later asLucifersoftly plays his piano at his bar, he begins to see that his departure has had an effect since the appearances of demons, devils, and lost souls seeking suffering are swirling around his confines.Luciferis starting to conclude that this is still a part of God's master plan and ponders the thought of rebellion against Him, before realizing he has been down that path before...