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Silver Surfer (1987)
Series · 42
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#6

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #6

1987

As the Kree/Skrull war rages on, Silver Surfer and Mantis uncover the Elders’ plot against Galactus. A defeated Obliterator says far too much. And when Norrin’s home world of Zenn-La is threatened with imminent war, Silver Surfer must answer the call!
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#8

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #8

1988

Absorbed into the hive mind of the Supreme Intelligence, Silver Surfer sees a reality never destined to be. Love, companionship, the blissfulness of peace- will Norrin Radd ever experience these things again? Back on Zenn-La, Shalla Bal’s in dire straits…and Mantis is nowhere to be found!
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#10

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #10

2000

The Elders pay for their insurrection, and Galactus feasts. On Kree-Lar, infighting between Skrulls establishes the leadership of an entire alien race. Death comes for Galactus. Is it coming for all of Zenn-La too?
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#13

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) Annual #1

1988

It’s Silver Surfer Vs. the ever-shifting Super Skrull in this Evolutionary Wars crossover issue!
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#16

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #15

2022

Silver Surfer, along with the Fantastic Four’s Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Woman, must plunge into the heart of a black hole to save Galactus!
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#18

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #17

1988

Galactic entities, even more powerful than the mighty Galactus, threaten to destroy the universe as we know it! How can even the Silver Surfer with the combined power of the Fantastic Four hope to defeat such beings!?
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#22

Silver Surfer #20

1989

First the Silver Surfer had to battle the In-Betweener, then he had to face Starfox, and now he has to deal with the ongoing Kree/Skrull war!
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#25

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #23

1989

SILVER SURFER, #23, May 1989 (VOLUME 3) \[Comic\] \[Jan 01, 1989\] ENGLEHART, LIM, CHRISTOPHER
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#26

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #24

1989

It's a big universe out there, and not everyone's received the news that the Silver Surfer is no longer Galactus' herald! In fact, some planets have been making plans to kill the Surfer in order to save their planet from Galactus. And the Surfer's about to discover how effective those plans are!
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#27

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #25

1989

Silver Surfer is tricked into becoming an ally of the Skrulls in a battle against the Badoons and Kree!
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#28

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #26

1989

The Kree are attacking the Surfer's homeworld of Zenn-La! The power cosmic might not be enough! Can the Skrulls be trusted to help?
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#30

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #28

2023

Captain Reptyl joins Skrulls! Shalla Bal is kidnapped by the Kree! And the Silver Surfer can’t stop the war from happening!
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#31

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #29

2023

The Kree have created the ultimate anti-Silver Surfer weapon. And wait’ll you see who he is! Not only that, but the Kree launch an all-out attack on the Skrulls’ home planet!
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#32

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #30

1989

The galaxy-spanning Kree/Skrull War reaches its peak!
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#33

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #31

1989

It’s the dramatic, giant-sized conclusion to the Kree/Skrull War! And to make things even more chaotic, here comes the Living Tribunal!
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#34

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #32

2023

The Surfer becomes the greatest threat to all life in the universe! How it happens makes this one of the greatest suspense stories of all time!
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#35

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #33

2018

Silver Surfer may reconsider being a pacifist after going head-to-head with frequent Fantastic Four pest the Impossible Man!
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#36

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #34

1987

Part one of THE REBIRTH OF THANOS! The Mad Titan has been resurrected for a deadly purpose, but he'll need to collect all six Infinity Gems first.
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#41

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) Annual #3

1990

The Surfer tries to take his revenge on Garnok, but will it alleviate his guilt over the people he failed to save from Galactus?
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#42

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #39

1990

The Silver Surfer finds himself pitted against the formidable Algol Demonstar in an arena duel for a huge alien audience.
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#45

Marvel-Verse

Thanos

2019

Thanos is one of the deadliest villains in the Marvel-Verse - and these are some of his greatest tales of conquest! Thanos' sinister debut leads Iron Man into battle with Drax the Destroyer! Then, join Thanos in cosmic conflict with his arch-enemy, the legendary Kree warrior Mar-Vell! The Mad Titan takes on the demonic Mephisto as secrets of the Infinity Gems are revealed - but can Spider-Man triumph over Thanos and escape the afterlife? And what chance does Ka-Zar, lord of the Savage Land, have against the Mad Titan's world-conquering plans?! Plus, a holiday tale like no other starring Thanos and his "daughter" - the deadly Gamora! Collecting IRON MAN (1968) 55, CAPTAIN MARVEL (1968) 33, SILVER SURFER (1987) 45, SPIDER-MAN (1990) 17, KA-ZAR (1997) 11, material from MARVEL HOLIDAY SPECIAL (1991) 2.
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#53

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) Annual #4

1991

THE KORVAC QUEST PART 3 The Surfer—with the power of the Quantum Bands-battles the Guardians of the Galaxy. Plus, Galactus retells the story of Silver Surfer's creation.
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#59

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #55

1991

Thanos creates the planet of Necronos and sacrifices millions to death!
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#61

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #57

2017

REAL LIFE OR FANTASY? Surfer is banished to an alternate dimension where he is forced to face his darkest fears and failures.
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#63

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #59

1991

SILVER SURFER VS. THANOS! Doctor Strange convinces the Surfer to engage in a duel of combat with Thanos in order to crush Nebula's ascension.
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#65

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #61

1992

The Silver Surfer is brought to the the Collector... And the whole Universe hangs in the balance!
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#71

Estela Plateada Especial 98

1997

Traduce Silver Surfer Annual ‘97.
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#72

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #67

2018

When Silver Surfer visits Titan, home world of Thanos, he learns the whereabouts of Galactus thanks to the Mentor. Surfer goes back to Earth, confronts Galactus, and learns Doctor Strange is trapped in a trance!
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#73

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #76

1993

Jack of Hearts needs help from the Silver Surfer!
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#75

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #78

2000

The Silver Surfer and Jack of Hearts clash with Nebula and an army of space pirates!
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#78

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #81

1993

Silver Surfer faces Ganymede's attack!
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#79

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #82

1993

Can Silver Surfer and his team defeat Tyrant?
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#81

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #84

1993

The Silver Surfer has become a living Cosmic Bomb!
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#82

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #85

1993

Storm and Wonder Man are controlled by Goddess!
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#83

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) Annual #6

1993

Who is Legacy and what is their cosmic destiny?
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#84

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #86

2018

Silver Surfer must break up a brawl between an entirely insane Thor and Beta Ray Bill!
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#97

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #132

2019

The Gangers finally reveal their masterstroke to the Puppet Master, which involves their worship of the Silver Surfer. Spider-Man shows up with some bad news for Alicia regarding her stepfather.
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#100

Silver Surfer (1987-1998) #135

2019

Scrier, a cosmic being who’s ‘the architect of the Earth’, is the only one that can save Surfer from a soul-ravaging virus.
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#34-38

The Silver Surfer

Rebirth of Thanos

2006

The quest that led to Infinity Gauntlet begins here! Back from the dead, Thanos is after the power to bring the rest of the universe with him on a return trip! can the Silver Surfer, Drax the Destroyer and others stop the cosmic iconoclast before he uses reality as a token of his affection for Death? Special guest-appearance by the Impossible Man! Featuring a rare Thanos solo story not seen in almost thirty years! Collects Silver Surfer #34-38, Thanos: Infinity Quest #1-2, Logan's Run #6.
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#34-38, 40, 44-60

The Infinity Gauntlet Omnibus

1991

Death has released Thanos from her cold embrace, and he plans to repay her by murdering half the universe! But even as the Mad Titan gathers the six Infinity Gems from across the galaxy, assembling them into the Infinity Gauntlet and gaining truly godlike powers, a host of heroes gather to oppose him...including the Silver Surfer, Adam Warlock, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Dr. Strange, the Hulk and many more! Even with Dr. Doom, Galactus and the universe's cosmic powers aiding them, can Marvel's mightiest possibly prevail against Thanos the all-powerful? COLLECTING: Silver Surfer (1987) 34-38, 40, 44-60; Thanos Quest 1-2; Infinity Gauntlet 1-6; Cloak & Dagger (1988) 18; Spider-Man (1990) 17; Incredible Hulk 383-385; Dr. Strange, Sorceror Supreme 31-36; Quasar 26-27; Sleepwalker 7
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#39-50

Silver Surfer Epic Collection, Vol. 6

Thanos Quest

2018

The Mad Titan is on a quest for Death! The Silver Surfer may believe he has killed Thanos, but the terrible truth is that the Titan still lives - and that's bad news for the Marvel Universe, because Thanos' great love has sent him on a space-faring search for the Infinity Gems! Meanwhile, the Surfer tackles a deadly life-form and deals with the madness of Dynamo City! But when Thanos returns from his quest, glove on hand and hell-bent for revenge, do the Surfer, Galactus and Drax the Destroyer stand a chance? And whose side will Mephisto be on? Norrin Radd must face his past as events build to a confrontation that sets the stage for the cosmic epic, INFINITY GAUNTLET! COLLECTING: SILVER SURFER (1987) 39-50, ANNUAL 3; THANOS QUEST 1-2; MATERIAL FROM MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS (1988) 50
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#51-66

Silver Surfer Epic Collection, Vol. 7

The Infinity Gauntlet

2017

To Infinity and beyond! Follow the sentinel of the spaceways into a Marvel Universe-spanning cosmic extravaganza against the Mad Titan Thanos - who wears the Infinity Gauntlet! Drax battles Firelord, the Surfer fights the Rhino and Thanos forces Norrin to get introspective! But is this dimension big enough for the ultimate duel between the Silver Surfer and the Mad Titan? When the dust settles on Earth, the Surfer heads back into space, only to face Midnight, the Inhumans and the Collector! But how will that lead to him coming face to face with...Captain Mar-Vell? Plus, the Surfer faces the undead, joins Mr. Fantastic on an emergency mission, and takes on the Guardians of the Galaxy in the 26th century! And Nova goes solo! COLLECTING: VOL. 7: SILVER SURFER (1987) 51-66,ANNUAL 4; MATERIAL FROM COMICS PRESENTS (1988) 69, 93-97

Authors

Bob Budiansky
Bob Budiansky
Author · 14 books
American comic book writer, editor, and penciller, best known for his work on Marvel's Transformers comic. He also created the Marvel character Sleepwalker and wrote all 33 issues of that comic.
Dann Thomas
Dann Thomas
Author · 28 books
Danette Maxx Thomas Couto.
Roy Thomas
Roy Thomas
Author · 334 books

Roy Thomas was the FIRST Editor-in-Chief at Marvel—After Stan Lee stepped down from the position. Roy is a longtime comic book writer and editor. Thomas has written comics for Archie, Charlton, DC, Heroic Publishing, Marvel, and Topps over the years. Thomas currently edits the fanzine Alter Ego for Twomorrow's Publishing. He was Editor for Marvel comics from 1972-1974. He wrote for several titles at Marvel, such as Avengers, Thor, Invaders, Fantastic Four, X-Men, and notably Conan the Barbarian. Thomas is also known for his championing of Golden Age comic-book heroes—particularly the 1940s superhero team the Justice Society of America—and for lengthy writing stints on Marvel's X-Men and Avengers, and DC Comics' All-Star Squadron, among other titles. Also a legendary creator. Creations include Wolverine, Carol Danvers, Ghost Rider, Vision, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Valkyrie, Morbius, Doc Samson, and Ultron. Roy has also worked for Archie, Charlton, and DC among others over the years.

Ron Lim
Ron Lim
Author · 4 books
Ronald "Ron" Lim (born 1965) is an American comic book artist living in Sacramento, California.
Terry Kavanagh
Terry Kavanagh
Author · 33 books
Terrence "Terry" Kavanagh is an American comic book editor and writer. Kavanagh's last new comics project was the Before the Fantastic Four: The Storms limited series in 2000–2001.
Ron Marz
Author · 154 books

Marz is well known for his work on Silver Surfer and Green Lantern, as well as the Marvel vs DC crossover and Batman/Aliens. He also worked on the CrossGen Comics series Scion, Mystic, Sojourn, and The Path. At Dark Horse Comics he created Samurai: Heaven and Earth and various Star Wars comics. He has also done work for Devil’s Due Publishing’s Aftermath line, namely Blade of Kumori. In 1995, he had a brief run on XO-Manowar, for Valiant Comics. Marz’s more recent works includes a number of Top Cow books including Witchblade and a Cyberforce relaunch. For DC Comics, he has written Ion, a 12 part comic book miniseries that followed the Kyle Rayner character after the One Year Later event, and Tales of the Sinistro Corps Presents: Parallax and Tales of the Sinestro Corps Presents: Ion, two one-shot tie-ins to the Green Lantern crossover, The Sinestro Corps War. His current creator owned projects include “Dragon Prince” (Top Cow) and “Samurai : Heaven and Earth” (Dark Horse). Photo by Luigi Novi.

Steve Englehart
Steve Englehart
Author · 206 books

See also John Harkness. Steve Englehart went to Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. After a stint in the Army, he moved to New York and began to write for Marvel Comics. That led to long runs on Captain America, The Hulk, The Avengers, Dr. Strange, and a dozen other titles. Midway through that period he moved to California (where he remains), and met and married his wife Terry. He was finally hired away from Marvel by DC Comics, to be their lead writer and revamp their core characters (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, and Green Lantern). He did, but he also wrote a solo Batman series (immediately dubbed the "definitive" version) that later became Warner Brothers' first Batman film (the good one). After that he left comics for a time, traveled in Europe for a year, wrote a novel (The Point Man™), and came back to design video games for Atari (E.T., Garfield). But he still liked comics, so he created Coyote™, which within its first year was rated one of America's ten best series. Other projects he owned (Scorpio Rose™, The Djinn™) were mixed with company series (Green Lantern [with Joe Staton], Silver Surfer, Fantastic Four). Meanwhile, he continued his game design for Activision, Electronic Arts, Sega, and Brøderbund. And once he and Terry had their two sons, Alex and Eric, he naturally told them stories. Rustle's Christmas Adventure was first devised for them. He went on to add a run of mid-grade books to his bibliography, including the DNAgers™ adventure series, and Countdown to Flight, a biography of the Wright brothers selected by NASA as the basis for their school curriculum on the invention of the airplane. In 1992 Steve was asked to co-create a comics pantheon called the Ultraverse. One of his contributions, The Night Man, became not only a successful comics series, but also a television show. That led to more Hollywood work, including animated series such as Street Fighter, GI Joe, and Team Atlantis for Disney.

Jim Starlin
Jim Starlin
Author · 94 books

James P. "Jim" Starlin is an American comic book writer and artist. With a career dating back to the early 1970s, he is best known for "cosmic" tales and space opera; for revamping the Marvel Comics characters Captain Marvel and Adam Warlock; and for creating or co-creating the Marvel characters Thanos and Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu. Death and suicide are recurring themes in Starlin's work: Personifications of Death appeared in his Captain Marvel series and in a fill-in story for Ghost Rider; Warlock commits suicide by killing his future self; and suicide is a theme in a story he plotted and drew for The Rampaging Hulk magazine. In the mid-1970s, Starlin contributed a cache of stories to the independently published science-fiction anthology Star Reach. Here he developed his ideas of God, death, and infinity, free of the restrictions of mainstream comics publishers' self-censorship arm, the Comics Code Authority. Starlin also drew "The Secret of Skull River", inked by frequent collaborator Al Milgrom, for Savage Tales #5 (July 1974). When Marvel Comics wished to use the name of Captain Marvel for a new, different character,[citation needed] Starlin was given the rare opportunity to produce a one-shot story in which to kill off a main character. The Death of Captain Marvel became the first graphic novel published by the company itself. ( In the late 1980s, Starlin began working more for DC Comics, writing a number of Batman stories, including the four-issue miniseries Batman: The Cult (Aug.-Nov. 1988), and the storyline "Batman: A Death in the Family", in Batman #426-429 (Dec. 1988 – Jan. 1989), in which Jason Todd, the second of Batman's Robin sidekicks, was killed. The death was decided by fans, as DC Comics set up a hotline for readers to vote on as to whether or not Jason Todd should survive a potentially fatal situation. For DC he created Hardcore Station.

Peter David
Peter David
Author · 478 books

aka David Peters Peter Allen David (often abbreviated PAD) is an American writer, best known for his work in comic books and Star Trek novels. David often jokingly describes his occupation as "Writer of Stuff". David is noted for his prolific writing, characterized by its mingling of real world issues with humor and references to popular culture. He also uses metafiction frequently, usually to humorous effect, as in his work on the comic book Young Justice.

Ann Nocenti
Ann Nocenti
Author · 47 books

Ann Nocenti is most noted as an editor for Marvel Comics, for whom she edited New Mutants and The Uncanny X-Men. She made her comics writing debut on a brief run of Spider-Woman (#47-50) and subsequently wrote a long run of Daredevil (1st series) #236-291 (minus #237) from 1986 to 1991, directly following on from Frank Miller's definitive Born Again storyline. She also wrote the 1986 Longshot limited series for Marvel, and in the same year produced the Someplace Strange graphic novel in collaboration with artist John Bolton. She wrote "the Inhumans Graphic Novel" in 1988. In 1993, she wrote the 16-issue run of Kid Eternity for the DC Comics imprint Vertigo. In Incredible Hulk #291, published in September 1983 (cover date January 1984), Ann Nocenti made a cameo appearance, talking to Dr. Bruce Banner, in a history written by Bill Mantlo, drawn by Sal Buscema and inked by Carlos Garzón and Joe Sinnot. That time Ann Nocenti was Assistant Editor for Larry Hama on Incredible Hulk and X-Men. She is noted for her left-wing political views which, particularly during her run on Daredevil, caused some controversy among some fans who didn't agree with her politics. She created several popular characters, including Typhoid Mary, Blackheart, Longshot and Mojo, and wrote the 1998 X-Men novel Prisoner X. Although Nocenti left comic books in the '90s after the industry sales collapsed, she later returned to the field, penning stories such as 2004's Batman & Poison Ivy: Cast Shadows. In Ultimate X-Men, a reimagination of the X-Men comic, the character Longshot, who was invented by her, has the civil name Arthur Centino. His last name, Centino, is an anagram of Nocenti and a homage to Nocenti. The name Arthur is for the co-creator of Longshot Arthur Adams who was Ann Nocenti's artist on the Longshot Mini Series. She edited High Times magazine for one year (2004) under the name Annie Nocenti and is the former editor of the screenwriting magazine Scenario.

Jim Valentino
Jim Valentino
Author · 22 books

Jim Valentino is an American writer, penciler, editor and publisher of comic books. He is a co-founder of Image Comics and served as the company's publisher from 1999-2004. Jim created such diverse series as normalman, A Touch of Silver, Vignettes and ShadowHawk. He also wrote and drew Guardians of the Galaxy for Marvel Comcs. He currently heads his own imprint at Image called Shadowline which publishes Rat Queens, Faster Than Light, Jimmie Robinson, Ted McKeever and more.

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