Hello comic book fans! I am new to this forum but I'm a huge fan of comic books. In this post I would like to ask the community about copyright infringement on a Marvel character that I cannot find anywhere online. If this question has been asked already on this forum could you please direct me to it. Because I cannot find it.

I have a created a new science fiction character that I have not published yet in novel format. My character looks similar to the Silver Surfer with the exception of the features of the face. His name, powers and story are in no way related to Silver Surfer. However, my character's skin is silver like the Silver Surfer. My character's skin is a nanosuit of armor in silver. Not cosmic. Does anyone think Marvel Comics will allow me to use this character in the book that I'm writing without getting into trouble? I'm not using the name Silver Surfer. He just has the appearance of my character. Any feedback would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Patrick