 Lucifera is one of many similar female characters from the Italian "fumetti" tradition.Other figures from the same era, and with similarly violent or erotic preoccupations, include Zora la Vampira, Maghella, Biancaneve, Vartan, Jacula, Jolanda de Almaviva, Yra, and Sukia.Ediperiodici, later Edifumetto, published the series, brought with it the birth of the dark erotic genre, and monopolized the market.