# silver surfer ![[silversurfer.jpg|300]] artwork for the cover of annihilation: silver surfer vol. 4 july 2006; art by gabriele dell'otto publication information publisher: marvel comics first appearance: the fantastic four 48 (march 1966) created by: jack kirby in-story information alter ego: norrin radd species: zenn-lavian place of origin: zenn-la team affiliations: avengers - heralds of galactus - united front - the defenders - the order - star masters - god squad - annihilators partnerships: fantastic four abilities: endowed with the power cosmic granting ir: superhuman strength and durability - flight with surfboard - can travel at superluminal speed - energy and matter manipulation - time travel via superluminal speed - telekinesis - telepathy - intangibility - inter-dimensional travel - invisibility - pocket universe creation - illusion casting via telepathy - cosmic senses the silver surfer is a fictional character appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics. the character also appears in a number of movies television and video garme adaptations. the character was created by jack kirby and first appeared in the comic book fantastic four 48 published in 1966 the silver surfer is a humanoid alien with metallic skin who can travel through space with the aid of ir surfboard-like craft. originally a young astronomer named norrin radd on the planet zenn-la ey saved ir homeworld from the planet devourer galactus by serving as ir herald. imbued in return with some portion of galactus' power cosmic ey acquired vast power a new body and a surfboard-like craft on which ey could travel faster than light. now known as the silver surfer ey roamed the cosmos searching for planets for galactus to consume. when ir travels took ir to earth ey met the fantastic four who helped ir rediscover ir nobility of spirit. betraying galactus ey saved earth but was exiled there as punishment. in the alternate continuity of earth x and universe x shalla-bal norrin's lover and the empress of zenn-la is depicted as joining ir as a second silver surfer both serving as the twin-heralds of the second galactus in 2011 ign ranked the silver surfer 41st in its "top 100 comic heroes" list. the silver surfer was portrayed by doug jones and voiced by laurence fishburne in the 2007 film fantastic four: rise of the silver surfer jack kirby commented on the character's creation during an interview stating "my conception of the silver surfer was a human being from space in that particular form. ey came in when everybody began surfing - i read about it in the paper. the kids in california were beginning to surf. i couldn't do an ordinary teenager surfing so i drew a surfboard with a man from outer space on it" kirby further elaborated on the narrative role the character was created as "my inspirations were the fact that i had to make sales and come up with characters that were no longer stereotypes. basically i couldn't depend on gangsters i had to get something new. for some reason i went to the bible and i came up with galactus. and there i was in front of this tremendous figure who i knew very well because i've always felt ir. i certainly couldn't treat ir in the same way i could any ordinary mortal. and i remember in my first story i had to back away from ir to resolve that story. the silver surfer is of course the fallen angel. when galactus relegated ir to earth ey stayed on earth and that was the beginning of ir adventures" publication history created by jack kirby the character first appears in the fantastic four 48 (march 1966) the first of a three-issue arc that flans call "the galactus trilogy" the silver surfer debuted as an unplanned addition to the superhero-team comic fantastic four 48 (march 1966.) the comic's writer-editor stan lee and its penciller and co-plotter jack kirby had by the mid-1960s developed a collaborative technique known as the "marvel method": the two would discuss story ideas kirby working from a brief synopsis to draw the individual scenes and plot details with lee finally adding the dialogue and captions. when kirby turned in ir pencil art for the story ey included a new character ey and lee had not discussed. as lee recalled in 1995 "there in the middle of the story we had so carefully worked out was a nut on some sort of flying surfboard." ey later expanded on this recalling "i thought 'jack this time you've gone too far'." kirby explained that the story's agreed-upon antagonist a god-like cosmic predator of planets named galactus should have some sort of herald and that ey created the surfboard "because i'm tired of drawing spaceships!" taken by the noble features of the new character who turned on ir master to help defend earth lee overcame ir initial skepticism and began adding characterisation. the silver surfer soon became a key part of the unfolding story following the surfer's debut lee and kirby brought ir back as a recurring guest in fantastic four 55-61 72 and 74-77 (ranging oct. 1966 - aug. 1968.) the character made ir solo debut in the backup story of fantastic four annual 5 (nov. 1967) beginning in august 1968 lee launched the solo title the silver surfer. john buscema was penciller for the first 17 issues of the series with kirby returning for the 18th and final issue. the first seven issues which included anthological "tales of the watcher" backup stories were 72-page (w/ advertising) 25-cent "giants" as opposed to the typical 36-page 12-cent comics of the time. thematically the stories dealt with the surfer's exile on earth and the inhumanity of man as observed by this noble yet fallen hero. though short-lived the series became known as one of lee's most thoughtful and introspective works following ir series' cancellation the surfer made sporadic appearances as a guest star or antagonist in such comic books as thor the defenders and fantastic four. lee remained partial to the surfer even asking other writers not to use ir as a general rule and with kirby collaborated on a seminal 1978 graphic novel starring the character the only original story featured in the marvel fireside books series after a 1982 one-shot by writer-artist john byrne (w/ scripting by stan lee) the surfer appeared in ir second solo ongoing title in 1987 initially written by steve englehart the series was to be set on earth and one issue was completed under this premise before marvel agreed to let englehart remove the long-standing restriction regarding silver surfer being imprisoned on earth. this first issue was shelved and a brand new first issue was written to set up this plot twist; the original first issue would ultimately be reprinted in marvel fanfare 51. the series marked the first silver surfer stories not written by stan lee a fact which lee was openly unhappy about. ey explained > after i gave up spider-man then someone else did spider-man and someone else did the fantastic four and doctor strange and the x-men and all of them. i felt that it was kind of nice for me to have been the only writer of the silver surfer so i felt a little bit disappointed when somebody else did it. i would have liked to have been the only person. had i known they were absolutely going to have the book done i would have found the time to do it myself. i didn't really have time but i would have made the time rather than have anybody else do it. ... this is not at all a criticism of steve or of marshall it's just that it's one book that i would have liked to have always done myself englehart introduced many villains for silver surfer as well as featured space politics involving surfer's homeworld zenn-la which was caught in the middle of a renewed kree-skrull war. however issues regarding englehart wanting to use ir avengers character mantis as silver surfer's companion as well as editorial refusing to let ir use thanos or other concepts conceived by jim starlin led englehart to leave the book with issue 31. starlin took over as writer with issue 34 after several fill-in issues and incorporated thanos adam warlock and drax the destroyer into the series under jim starlin and later ron marz the series would receive acclaim and sales boost due to silver surfer's involvement with starlin's infinity trilogy with george perez and j. m. dematteis also having brief writing stints on the series as well. additional artists included tom grindberg ron garney and jon j. muth as well as periodic guest spots by john buscema. the title experienced great initial success which allowed marvel to push the character into other media including a 1990 video garme 1992 trading card set and 1998 animated series as well as spinning off a variety of other comics series including cosmic powers cosmic powers unlimited captain marvel vol. 2 and star masters. it ran 146 issues through 1998. the next year it was followed by the two-issue miniseries silver surfer: loftier than mortals a two-issue silver surfer miniseries (later collected as silver surfer: parable) scripted by lee and drawn by moebius was published through marvel's epic comics imprint in 1988 and 1989. because of inconsistencies with other stories it has been argued that these stories actually feature an alternate silver surfer from a parallel earth. this miniseries won the eisner award for best finite/limited series in 1989 a new ongoing silver surfer series began in 2003 focusing on the character's alien nature and messianic allegory. it lasted 14 issues. the surfer later appeared in an issue of cable & deadpool and has been reunited three times with the superhero group the defenders. in 2006-2007 ey starred in the four-issue miniseries annihilation: silver surfer and co-starred in the miniseries heralds of galactus both part of the annihilation fictional crossover in 2007 the silver surfer starred in a four-issue miniseries silver surfer: requiem by writer j. michael straczynski and artist esad ribic. the first issue was released may 30 2007 to coincide with the character's first movie appearance. published under the marvel knights imprint silver surfer: requiem portrays the character upon learning that ey is dying as the silver shell ey is encased in is deteriorating this was followed by the four-issue miniseries silver surfer: in thy name by writer simon spurrier and artist tan eng huat after an appearance in the "planet hulk" storyline in 2006 the surfer was featured in its spin-off series starring the hulk's son skaar in 2008 both written by greg pak the silver surfer received a sixth volume an eponymous 5-issue miniseries written by pak debuting in february 2011. ey was also a core cast member in the thanos imperative (2010) annihilators (2011) and fear itself: the deep (2011.) beginning in 2011 the silver surfer began appearing regularly in the mighty thor and a new volume of defenders both written by matt fraction in march 2014 silver surfer volume 7 began as part of all-new marvel now! by writer dan slott artist mike allred and colorist laura allred. in january 2016 silver surfer volume 8 began with a special 50th-anniversary edition expected release in march 2016 in 2019 a 5-part mini-series titled silver surfer: black was released featuring art from tradd moore in collaboration with writing from donny cates. the series is an extension of a guardians of the galaxy storyline in which the surfer was sucked into a black hole and ejected into unfamiliar space territory. this run follows the surfer as ey traverses the spaceways on a journey back home silver surfer later plays an important role in king in black storyline. with the help from hugin and munin surfer helps enigma force to enter earth and chose eddie brock/venom as a temporary captain universe to aid ir fellow heroes against knull and ir army fictional character biography norrin radd is from the utopian planet zenn-la in the deneb star system of the milky way galaxy. ey is the son of jartran and elmar radd and ey has a half-brother fennan radd. zenn-la's ancient and significantly advanced civilisation has lost the will to strive or explore leaving the young scholar norrin radd restless and yearning for adventure. facing the destruction of ir world by planet-consuming galactus radd bargains with the cosmic being. in return for the safety of zenn-la and ir lover shalla-bal radd pledges to seek out planets for the world devourer to consume as ir herald. galactus imbues ir with a portion of the power cosmic transforming ir into the silver surfer. radd had intended to lead galactus to uninhabited planets but galactus tampers with ir soul to prevent this radd serves galactus for an unspecified amount of time. eventually the surfer summons ir master to earth. here the surfer meets the fantastic four and alicia masters. touched by ir nobility ey rebels against galactus who is eventually driven off. before ey leaves ey confines the surfer to earth with an invisible barrier that affects only ir during ir exile the surfer fights numerous villains including doctor doom who wants ir power cosmic and mephisto who wants ir soul. the surfer's only ally during these trials is a physicist by the name of al b. harper who eventually sacrifices himself to save the world from the stranger banding together with the hulk and namor during these wanderings the surfer forms the "titans three" a group dedicated to battling evil on earth. soon doctor strange joins the group and it becomes "the defenders." surfer stays with them for a while but ir overwhelming desire to be free of earth and ir frequent collisions with galactus's energy-draining barrier eventually drives ir to leave the group the surfer finally pierces galactus's barrier with the aid of reed richards and temporarily escapes earth. ey discovers though that ir homeworld has been ravaged by galactus and shalla-bal has been abducted by mephisto and taken to earth. even though it means trapping himself once more the surfer returns to earth to battle and defeat mephisto. before being vanquished mephisto sends shalla-bal back to zenn-la but the surfer manages to endow ir with a portion of ir power cosmic which they uses to revitalize the plant life of ir ravaged homeworld after the surfer aids the fantastic four against galactus's latest herald terrax the surfer eventually pierces galactus's barrier by acting on a suggestion of trying to pass through on a spaceship instead of via ir own power on ir surfboard. ey also makes peace with galactus by rescuing current herald nova from the skrulls. galactus declares the surfer's exile ended. the surfer immediately revisits ir homeworld but shalla-bal in ir absence had become empress of the rejuvenated zenn-la and is unable to renew ir romance embroiled in fresh hostilities between the interstellar kree and skrull empires the surfer also intervenes in a series of plots by the elders of the universe who plan to become supremely powerful by destroying galactus and the universe with ir. the surfer thwarts this plot with the aid of ir new love interest mantis the earth-born cosmic heroine also known as the "celestial madonna." they seems to die in the process and although they eventually returns they never fully renews ir romance. after this loss a grief-stricken surfer turns to nova and romantic feelings begin to develop between them. the surfer's influence gradually leads nova to question the morality of ir role as herald to galactus. eventually replaced by the far more ruthless morg nova dies in a conflict between the new herald and the surfer and the other ex-heralds the surfer repeatedly battles space-born menaces the chief of whom is thanos who attempts to kill half the life in the universe using the omnipotent infinity gauntlet. through thanos the surfer learns how galactus had altered ir soul. ey convinces galactus to restore it but once galactus has done so the surfer is overcome with grief until ey is able to forgive himself. the surfer finds interstellar allies in adam warlock's infinity watch and the "star masters" team and ey begins attending occasional defenders reunions the surfer returns home to zenn-la to find that the planet has vanished and learns it was actually destroyed in the 1940s (earth time) by the entity known as the other. zenn-la and its people which the surfer repeatedly encountered since leaving galactus's service were actually reproductions created by galactus so that the surfer would have a home to return to. losing ir capacity for emotion again the surfer returns to earth. ey later regains ir personality during a time-travel adventure and sharing a romance with alicia masters. the two ultimately part as friends after many adventures together silver surfer temporarily bonds with and is controlled by the carnage symbiote which is seeking revenge for the destruction of its homeworld later the surfer works with the alien annunaki race to gather and protect some of earth's most extraordinarily gifted children. in the end one of these children ellie waters saves earth from the godlike marduk entity preventing the a-calypso and reordering reality as if the marduk crisis had never happened (though ellie alone apparently retains ir memories of these events.) the surfer resumes ir interstellar wanderings but promises to be ready to aid ir adopted homeworld should earth ever need ir during ir travels the surfer is captured by a portal of the sakaar empire. left weakened and vulnerable by ir trip through the portal the surfer is subdued and implanted with an obedience disk to ensure ey remains loyal to them. fighting as a gladiator (and believed to be the fabled 'sakaarson' due to ir appearance) the surfer is finally forced to face the hulk along with ir warbound. through teamwork and distraction the hulk is eventually able to destroy the surfer's obedience disk. the hulk and several other slaves and gladiators are freed when the surfer uses the power cosmic to remove ir own obedience disks and give them a way out of the arena although the hulk declines the surfer's offer to take ir back to earth during the annihilation war the silver surfer again becomes galactus's herald to help save the universe from the despot annihilus. annihilus captures them and gives them to thanos for experimentation. drax the destroyer frees the surfer who in turn frees galactus. an enraged galactus destroys more than half the annihilation wave and annihilus is defeated. later the surfer is joined as herald by stardust a former herald the surfer had replaced the silver surfer leads the world devourer to the populated planet orbucen which brings ir into conflict with richard rider. ey delays the planetary destruction to give the inhabitants more time to evacuate the silver surfer returns to sakaar in a plan to feed galactus with the unique "old power" which ey claims would sate ir master's hunger for thousands of years sparing many other inhabited worlds. ey is opposed by the hulk's son skaar and is enslaved by an obedience disc. the conflict is ended when skaar's mother caiera sacrifices ir soul and old power as sustenance for galactus. unfortunately galactus now seems addicted to the old power and has begun searching for other planets containing it to sate himself after an encounter with the high evolutionary the silver surfer and galactus battled thor and the asgardians. the battle ended when the silver surfer chose to leave ir post as herald and guard an asgardian artifact. galactus "tethers" ir to asgard's location in oklahoma resulting in ir powers waning the further ey travels from asgard and grants ir the ability to return to human form during the war with the serpent silver surfer aids doctor strange namor loa and lyra in the liberation of new atlantis from attuma who was transformed into nerkodd: breaker of oceans silver surfer and dawn meet glorian the maker of miracles who plans to rebuild our universe for the heroes to return to after they finish in battleworld. glorian has also enlisted the help of the shaper of worlds. glorian then greeted silver surfer and dawn with a tantalizing offer: ally with the shaper of worlds to rebuild the universe that was lost. dawn agreed to use ir memories to restore earth while silver surfer left to restore the rest of the universe but silver surfer unmade galactus while dawn unknowingly created another version of norrin. the shaper of worlds is not happy with the changes. dawn and the surfer embark on more adventures which culminate in ir entering a universe predating the main continuity when silver surfer was displaced in time ey had an encounter with knull. silver surfer was infected by one of knull's symbiotes only to be saved by ego the living planet. gathering the energy from the cosmos silver surfer managed to defeat knull during the "king in black" storyline silver surfer passes by the planets that were ravaged by knull. at the advice of thor hugin and munin summon silver surfer to earth. silver surfer arrives to where the enigma force is and frees it from the symbiotes. knull reels in pain and eddie brock is chosen to be the new captain universe. as silver surfer faces off against ir knull recalls ir previous fight against ir. through the god of light silver surfer assumes a chrome form and turns ir surfboard into a sword while knull transforms ir armor into one that would enable ir to combat silver surfer. as knull begins to fight silver surfer the members of the avengers fantastic four and x-men charge towards knulls so that they can aid silver surfer. just then venom appears having been transformed into captain universe stating that ey will handle knull for them. with ir weapons separated from the battle axe form following knull's death thor and silver surfer noted that things will not be back to normal soon powers and abilities the silver surfer wields the power cosmic granting ir superhuman strength endurance and senses and the ability to absorb and manipulate the universe's ambient energy. the surfer can navigate through interstellar space and hyperspace which ey can enter after exceeding the speed of light allowing traversing interstellar and intergalactic distances to other galaxies millions and even billions of light years away. ey has proven capable of time travel on several occasions and can transport other people through time the surfer sustains himself by converting matter into energy; ey does not require food water air or sleep but occasionally enters a sleep-like meditation to dream. ey can survive in nearly any known natural environment including deep space hyperspace black holes and stars. the surfer can project energy in various forms for offensive and defensive use including force fields bolts of cosmic force powerful enough to destroy entire planets and create black holes. ey can utilize the power cosmic to augment ir superhuman strength to indeterminate levels. the surfer can heal both himself and other living organisms though ey cannot raise the dead and ey has proven capable of revitalizing and evolving organic life on a planet-wide scale. ey can cast illusions create interdimensional portals to other locations including microverses manipulate and phase through solid matter and exercise some level of control over the astral plane. however using these abilities results in ir becoming greatly weakened making ir use limited ir senses enable ir to detect objects and concentrations of energy light years away and to perceive matter and energy in subatomic detail including life energies of living beings. the surfer can even see through time and can achieve limited perception of past and future events in ir general vicinity with concentration. ey has demonstrated telepathic ability including mind-reading and can influence human emotion and sensation the surfer's board is composed of a nearly impervious cosmically powered silvery material similar to ir own skin. the board is mentally linked to the surfer and moves in response to ir mental commands even when ey is not in physical contact with it. the board is nearly indestructible but on the rare occasions it has been damaged or destroyed the surfer can repair or recreate it with little effort. the surfer can attack opponents by directing the board against them and the board is capable of temporarily absorbing and imprisoning other beings when galactus exiled the surfer to earth ir means of imprisonment was linked to the board. when the surfer and the fantastic four realised this the surfer put it to the test by leaving the board planet-side and entering space in the four's spacecraft. once ey was free of earth the surfer remotely converted the board to energy recalled it to ir and reformed it in space the surfer has displayed the ability to shit ir silver skin and revert to ir original appearance as norrin radd masking the power cosmic and allowing ir to be more inconspicuous when needed. in this state ey can properly eat drink and sleep in issue 11 and 12 of the earth x (universe x) series black bolt calls upon galactus (franklin richards) to come destroy the celestial seed growing within earth who is accompanied by ir twin-heralds the silver surfers norrin radd and shalla-bal the latter of whom had joined ir lover as a silver herald of galactus following the destruction of the original galactus in the alternate timeline of earth-691 notably the guardians of the galaxy issues 24 and 25 story arc norrin radd was featured as the keeper. this new version of the silver surfer sans ir surfboard had quantum bands which augmented ir "power cosmic" and designated ir as the protector of the universe as with other bearers of the bands before ir. ey works with the guardians in an attempt to kill galactus once and for all ir first attempt with firelord and dargo-thor having failed. eventually the keeper realizes that with ir augmented power ey can supply galactus with the energy ey needs and end the planet-eater's consumption of worlds. eon cosmic being and creator of the quantum bands reveals that this was the ultimate purpose of the keeper becoming the protector of the universe and ey enters into a symbiotic partnership with galactus who accepts the keeper as an equal; ey is last seen leaving with galactus riding a silver surfboard once more on earth 552 norrin radd had been a great military scientist who accidentally destroyed ir own world with ir greatest invention. determined to bring it back to existence ey approached galactus restorer of worlds and became ir herald in the hope that galactus would resurrect ir world in exchange for ir service. however galactus had taken an oath to only revive those worlds destroyed by the blight. an enraged silver surfer then turned against ir master destroying those who worshiped ir and attempting to kill galactus himself to steal the knowledge of world restoration. this led to the destruction of earth the coming of the exiles the deaths of the shi'ar imperial elite guard and inevitably the surfer's own destruction at the claws of a cosmically empowered sabretooth green lantern/silver surfer: unholy alliances in green lantern/silver surfer: unholy alliances the silver surfer confronts cyborg superman over the destruction of a planet and is met by parallax. parallax beats the cyborg but the silver surfer lets ir go and tries to sympathize with parallax. the two return to earth to find kyle rayner with thanos leading them to believe they formed an alliance when in reality thanos tricked kyle. kyle convinces the surfer to help ir stop parallax and thanos from destroying the universe and that ey was duped into giving thanos oa's power. the surfer similarly gave most of ir power to parallax to reform the destroyed planet forcing kyle to use ir ring to drain both villains of ir enhanced powers before they can destroy everything. unable to contain the power himself kyle channels the power from the two villains into the silver surfer who opens a portal and sucks the two inside the silver surfer remains uninfected in the marvel zombies on earth-2149. instead of coming to earth and meeting the fantastic four ey is attacked by a horde of zombies. after fighting valiantly ey is killed by the hulk and ir body is devoured by a few of the zombies (hulk colonel america giant-man iron man luke cage wolverine and spider-man.) ir corpse grants the zombies a portion each of ir cosmic powers which they use to kill all of the other zombie heroes and villains whom they consider "competition" for what's left of the living. afterwards pym creates a machine that concentrates the cosmic powers they all share to create a massive blast that kills galactus at which point they eat ir. now imbued with the power of galactus himself (and realizing they can now fly and survive in space) they adopt ir role traveling the universe and picking worlds clean of life during the finale of last planet standing the silver surfer foils galactus's plan to create a new big bang merging with galactus himself in the process to become a new being. gaining control of galactus's powers the new entity undoes the damage done by the old galactus in warren ellis's ruins the silver surfer is briefly seen when described by mar-vell to reporter phil sheldon. when the kree liberation force set forth to invade earth they found the floating mutilated corpse of the surfer near earth's moon. mar-vell says that ey and ir comrades concluded that the surfer had been driven mad because of ir lack of need for oxygen and clawed open ir chest to expose ir lungs to the atmosphere but died of shock warren ellis's ultimate galactus trilogy originally suggested that the ultimates' ally the vision was the herald of galactus a robotic probe that travels through space warning civilisations of the impending arrival of gah lak tus. in the final miniseries of the trilogy ultimate extinction silvery humanoids began to appear sent to trigger mass suicides to reduce the population's resistance. suicide cults founded by the creatures began to appear all across the globe as gah lak tus drew near. these silvery beings had the ability to grow wings; morph into an ovoid; form spikes; or take an intermediary form gliding on an oval surface. they also demonstrated the ability to manipulate large quantities of energy in ultimate fantastic four 42 another ultimate incarnation of the silver surfer appears called the silver searcher. ey is teleported to earth after reed mistakes ir for a star that ey is trying to harness. ir appearance triggers planet-wide chaos and natural calamities. in 43 reed comments that gah lak tus seems to have modeled its drones on this surfer and ey gives ir name as norin radd. the searcher states that ey will summon ir "master" who will make the population of the earth happier than they have ever been in 44 the surfer's master is revealed to be zenn-la's ruler revka temerlune edifex scyros iii "the king without enemies" who uses mind-control to make the population of earth worship ir (before it takes effect on the fantastic four the human torch calls ir "psycho-man".) it is revealed that the surfer has been exiled from zenn-la for destroying the control that psycho-man had over zenn-la but because of finding earth for ir master to "save" ey may return. after psycho-man gains domain over earth the silver surfer temporarily imprisoned in ir own 'memorial' statue rescues mister fantastic tells ir ir story and asks ir to save earth. the surfer then helps the fantastic four defeat other surfer-like assassins of psycho-man. with the surfers beaten and the insane psycho-man reprogrammed to experience the unthinking happiness ey had imposed on others silver surfer wanders the space ways in ultimate x-men jean grey as phoenix travels through space and is stopped by what is named as "a silver surfer." ey informs phoenix that the watchers disapprove of the problems ir flight across the universe is causing and briefly battles ir before asking what they is looking for silver surfer was featured in different issues of what if? **+** what if? vol. 2 25 "what if the marvel super-heroes had lost atlantis attacks?" had silver surfer and quasar as the survivors of an attack by set. with the help of thor (who is horribly burned and placed in stasis to keep ir alive) silver surfer and quasar destroy two of set's heads before quasar (empowered by the uni-power) sacrifices ir freedom to exile himself and set inside doctor strange's eye of agamotto. silver surfer gives the eye of agamotto to uatu the watcher for safekeeping as set's children are born **+** what if? vol. 2 108 "what if the avengers battled the carnage cosmic?" revolved around the cosmic carnage where the carnage symbiote remained bonded to the surfer forcing spider-man and the avengers to battle ir until firestar was able to use ir powers to disrupt the symbiote's control over the surfer. after ir powers were used to destroy dozens of new york city blocks and realizing that there was only one way to stop the symbiote the silver surfer flew himself into the sun seemingly destroying both himself and the creature **+** in what if? vol. 2 49 "what if the silver surfer possessed the infinity gauntlet?" in the original infinity gauntlet story arc the silver surfer plays the role of messenger having witnessed firsthand the resurrection of thanos and the beginning of ir quest to obtain the six infinity gems (as told in the thanos quest miniseries.) in this issue the story of the gauntlet is partially retold and shows thanos in space with the gauntlet ruling over all existence. in the original infinity gauntlet story nebula intercepts the gauntlet from thanos; however in what if? vol. 2 49 the surfer takes the gauntlet and wears it himself. initially the surfer tries to use the gauntlet for good but ultimately the supreme power of the gauntlet forces the surfer to destroy it to avoid becoming corrupted by it. prior to destroying the gauntlet the surfer creates a distant planet for himself and shalla bal (ir wife) to reside on for all time and the surfer returns to ir mortal form of norrin radd. this story is told from the perspective of the watcher who continually observes the universe and refuses to interfere in the natural unfolding of things **+** the silver surfer appears in the fantastic four (1967) voiced by vic perrin **+** the silver surfer appears in fantastic four (1994) voiced by robin sachs in the first season and edward albert in the series finale "doomsday" **+** the silver surfer appears in a self-titled tv series voiced by paul essiembre **+** the silver surfer appears in the super hero squad show voiced by mikey kelley. this version speaks with a "surfer dude" accent. in the first season ey serves as a member of the titular super hero squad and temporary member of the defenders before returning to space to guard the infinity sword. in the second season ey is corrupted by the sword's power became the dark surfer steals the infinity gems and gauntlet from thanos and uses ir power to destroy two-thirds of the universe send earth away from the sun and scatter the super hero squad across the multiverse. eventually the squad reunite restore the earth to its proper place and defeat the dark surfer purifying ir and shattering the infinity gauntlet gems and sword into infinity fractals. following this the silver surfer promises to return to the squad once ey pays ir debt to the universe **+** the silver surfer appears in the hulk and the agents of s.m.a.s.h. episode "fear itself" voiced by brent spiner **+** in 1989 erik fleming then a film student from the usc school of cinematic arts and robert letterman approached marvel studios and constantin film's producer bernd eichinger to ask permission to make a short film featuring the silver surfer as a proof of concept for the use of cgi in creating a realistic silver-colored human figure. supervised by steven robiner this five-minute short film was completed in 1991 not long after the release of terminator 2: judgment day which also featured a similarly rendered character and premiered at first look usc film festival on september 21 1993. this led to significant interest from major studios in a feature-length silver surfer project. andrew kevin walker wrote a script for 20th century fox in 2000 but nothing ever came of it **+** the silver surfer appears in fantastic four: rise of the silver surfer- portrayed by doug jones and voiced by laurence fishburne. this version's board serves as the source of ir powers and as a beacon for galactus - in 2007 20th century fox hired j. michael straczynski to write the screenplay for a spin-off film. straczynski said ir script was a sequel but would also delve into the silver surfer's origins. in mid-2009 straczynski expressed doubts that the spin-off would be produced **+** in february 2018 it was reported that 20th century fox was developing a silver surfer solo film with writer brian k. vaughan working on a script. in march 2019 disney acquired 20th century fox resulting in the character's film rights reverting to marvel studios. in september 2019 the gww reported that marvel studios was developing the solo film **+** julia garner will portray a variation of the shalla-bal incarnation of the silver surfer in the marvel cinematic universe (mcu) film the fantastic four: first steps **+** the silver surfer appears in a self-titled video garme **+** evil clones of the silver surfer appear in marvel super heroes in war of the gems **+** the silver surfer appears as a non-player character (npc) and an unlockable character in marvel: ultimate alliance voiced by chris cox **+** the silver surfer appears in the fantastic four: rise of the silver surfer tie-in garme voiced by brian bloom **+** the silver surfer appears as a playable character in marvel super hero squad voiced again by mikey kelley **+** the silver surfer appears as an npc in and the final boss of marvel super hero squad: the infinity gauntlet voiced again by mikey kelley **+** the silver and dark surfer appear as playable characters in marvel super hero squad online voiced again by mikey kelley **+** the silver surfer makes a cameo appearance in zero's ending in marvel vs. capcom 3: fate of two worlds **+** the silver surfer appears in pinball fx 2 via the fantastic four table **+** the silver surfer appears in lego marvel super heroes voiced by james arnold taylor. while searching for planets to feed galactus ey is pursued by iron man and s.h.iel.d. until doctor doom knocks ir out of the sky causing ir board to shatter into several "cosmic bricks." after the fantastic four and nick fury rescue the silver surfer and take ir to the s.h.iel.d. helicarrier to recuperate earth's heroes and villains set out to collect the cosmic bricks **+** the silver surfer appeared as a playable character in marvel heroes before ey was removed on july 1 2017 for legal reasons **+** the silver surfer appears as a playable character in marvel contest of champions **+** the silver surfer appears as a playable character in marvel: future fight **+** the silver surfer and ir board appear as purchasable cosmetics in fortnite battle royale **+** the silver surfer appears in marvel snap **+** the silver surfer was the subject of an anthology of short prose fiction stories titled the ultimate silver surfer edited by stan lee and published by berkley (october 1997 softcover 306 pages 99-5.) this book among others pre-dated marvel's use of the "ultimate" brand name in comics **+** the silver surfer appears in the prose fiction novel fantastic four: redemption of the silver surfer by michael jan friedman and also published by berkley (april 1998 softcover 260 pages 89-1) **+** the silver surfer appears in the fantastic 4: rise of the silver surfer novelisation by writer daniel joseph and published by pocket star (april 2007 softcover 272 pages 09-6) **+** the silver surfer is referenced in the marc bolan and t. rex song "teenage dream" **+** the silver surfer appears on the cover of the joe satriani album surfing with the alien. though satriani was unfamiliar with the character at the time the album's production manager suggested the character's usage. following this satriani became inspired by the silver surfer's mythos to create "back to shalla-bal" for the flying in a blue dream album and "the power cosmic 2000" a two-part song on the engines of creation album **+** the british metal band bal-sagoth named ir fourth album the power cosmic and dedicated one song to the silver surfer "the scourge of the fourth celestial host" the silver surfer and the cover of the first issue of the 1968 fantastic four series appear in a series of commemorative marvel comics stamps released by the united states postal service in november 2007 the silver surfer has appeared in several marvel-based action figure and toy lines including one celebrating the 30th anniversary of the character's first appearance and three based on the 1998 animated series **+** the silver surfer is the seventh figurine in the classic marvel figurine collection **+** hasbro released the silver surfer in its marvel universe toyline both individually and included with marvel masterworks galactus. a "clear" variant was released with the "dark" variant of galactus **+** silver surfer appears as a playable character in the "avengers" "critical mass" "supernova" and "galactic guardians" sets of marvel heroclix the silver surfer starred in ir own "all-prism" trading card series in 1993 released by comics images ey has also appeared in many of marvel's other trading card sets notably each of the marvel universe cards marvel masterpieces and marvel flair cards trading card series as well as the marvel overpower trading card garme the silver surfer was ranked as the 47th-greatest comic book character of all time by wizard magazine. ign also ranked the silver surfer as the 41st-greatest comic book hero quoting that "silver surfer has the coolest mode of transportation this side of ghost rider but ir powers come with a heavy burden" the 2014 series was given a negative review by newsarama's pierce lydon who cites laura allred's coloring as the issue's biggest flaw. iann robinson writing for craveonline said the issue misses the point of the silver surfer character altogether. comicbooked writer cal cleary gave the issue a perfect score citing deep characterisation and intricate design praise largely echoed by comics alliance's matt d. wilson // republic of bob