History Main / DivinelyAppearingDemons

* ''ComicBook/{{Lucifer}}''. In this series (a spinoff of ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989''), Lucifer is depicted as a handsome man with golden wings.
* {{Inverted|Trope}} in the ''ComicBook/New52'' version of ''ComicBook/ResurrectionMan'', where the angels that Mitch runs into sometimes look (and act) a hell of a lot like demons.
* ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'' has Lucifer, Be'elzebub, and Azazel, the DemonLordsAndArchdevils of Hell. Each of them are depicted with a different appearance, making this trope played straight and averted. Lucifer looks like his angelic biblical appearance, while Azazel appears made of shadows, eyes, and teeth, and Be'elzebub is a giant bug.
* ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'' occasionally has demons looking like angels to trick mortals.
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': The ''Gothic'' storyline, written by Creator/GrantMorrison, has the serial killer/black magician Mr. Whisper encounter a young, beautful homeless girl who bears a startling similarity to the nun he'd once raped and then burnt at the stake as a horrific sacrifice when he'd been a corrupt monk in the 16th century. The climax of the story reveals that the girl is Satan himself, [[DraggedOffToHell come to claim his soul at last]].

* In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'', this is both played straight and subverted in different instances for the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Princes]], who are (very loosely) the "devils" to the Aedric "angels". The Princes are technically divine beings AboveGoodAndEvil who operate on their own scales of BlueAndOrangeMorality depending on the spheres over which they govern. They can take any form they choose, from "divine" to outright {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, though most [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith stick to a humanoid form when dealing with mortals]]. The best straight example is Meridia, who is associated with LifeEnergy, [[LightIsNotgood Light]], and [[ProudBeauty Beauty]]. She has a FallenAngel backstory and is typically depicted as a beautiful woman, sometimes with [[GoodWingsEvilWings angel-like wings]]. She is typically considered one of the "good" Daedra, though has some very GoodIsNotNice moments, is a fan of DisproportionateRetribution to those who anger her, and ''hates'' anything undead with such a passion that [[KnightTemplar no cost is too great]] to wipe them out.

[[caption-width-right:350: Pictured: [[{{Satan}} Lucifer, the Demon Lord.]] [[LackOfEmpathy Ruthless,]] [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative,]] [[RageAgainstTheHeavens rebellious,]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and]] [[{{Bishounen}} bishie as]] [[{{Pun}} hell.]]]]

** The Maykr race as a whole could count as an example of this. Although they are framed as angelic beings, with their home dimension of Urdak compared to Heaven, the plot not only reveals them to be [[spoiler: far more despicable than the demons they claim to fight against,]] but also reveals that [[spoiler: the Maykrs and the demonkind were both created by the Dark Lord Davoth]]. Tellingly, the two main Maykr characters the Doom Slayer interacts with, the Khan Maykr and Samur, [[spoiler: both start looking increasingly demonic]] as the plot goes on.