Ok so I went looking some more and at this point in the comics they are straight up treating the board as a Mjolnir equivalent
https://i.postimg.cc/qqvg9jL0/20200711-220113.jpg
To note, the name for the board ("Toomie") is coined in the run which has Surfer surfing the moon into Galactus and receiving psychic messages from his board and whatnot
Okay, again, the run that named said board is also a run where it gets noted that the Surfer and his board are one just fine.
I get what you're trying to say, but there's plenty of material that does not treat the board like you'd prefer.
That's not "at this point in the comics", that's one comic.
In Silver Surfer Black he grows his board right out of his own hand. That's even more recent. The board is not a Mjolnir equivalent. That the board can think doesn't change that it's a part of him that he straight up makes out of himself.
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In Black he straight up says "I am more than this body", specifically referring to his board. It's a part of him.
Like the board is referred to as being made of his living flesh, in those words.
https://imgur.com/a/WT9251A
Mjolnir is not made out of Thor's still living flesh. He doesn't grow it out of himself.
(the board turned into a sword if you're wondering)
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While I'm there, that the board can think is not even a new idea, it's as old as the Surfer's 80s series where it outright shares his soul for the reason why it can think ("I'm not alone, I have my board, which is as one with me." "There are many souls in the infinite universe, but only one is like the Silver Surfer's"). The Slott run just gave it a name.
Trying to analogize the board to Mjolnir does not work. It's a part of him. He makes it out of himself. They share the same soul. It's his living flesh.
Edit: And I feel like the whole "then it should hurt him when...". Look, until we all have surfboards that are one with us, made out of our own substance powered by the cosmic energies that infuse us and inhabited by our souls to give them awareness, trying to figure out why they don't share pain is maybe impossible ;p
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It’s only his lower arms, and they burst in a hypnotic flare of multi-coloured light.
This is why his full, unabbreviated name is Kaleidoscopic-Elbows. But Kal-El is quicker.
(BTW - while searching for other horrific Superman wordplays, I stumbled over the fact that Clark Kent is an anagram of Kraken TLC. This is obviously some insidious Cthulhu-esque plot. I now think Len might be into something.)
Medusa's hair is often (especially in more lighthearted portrayals) shown to be sentient independent of her. But... it's still her hair.
"But Arby! Norrin is BALD and HAIRLESS!" False. The board is clearly a giant beard. Clearly.
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- big_adventure
Honestly I kind of hate everything with Knull in it, I find the whole idea of him insufferably stupid and his being constantly pushed is wearying. He's not Sentry bad or anything, but that's a low bar.
If you can get past that, yes, it is suitably tripping balls for a Silver Surfer adventure.
If nothing else the artwork is really fun and cosmic.
What, in the world seed arc? When Surfer was already sitting and caught the hammer swing coming down at him? And then Thor headbutts him? When you factor in leverage and momentum I don't think that proves much of anything.
I actually do think Thor is probably stronger, but that is more because he has more fist fights with Hulk,, the Midgard Serpent lift, and things like that.
He caught the handle, not actually the swing of the hammer. I think Surfer looked weaker physically in the whole fight, just a lot more durable as Thor knocks him around for most part without hurting him too much.
Surfer always looks better than Thor against Hulk, so that's a weird comparison. Also Midgard Serpent thing is just a big myth, Midgard Serpent never actually physically encircled Earth in Thor 327. If you remove mjolnir, Thor has hardly any strength feats that would show him stronger than Surfer in all honesty.
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