Sky Rider of the Space-Ways: SILVER SURFER Appreciation!

[Viz]

Why is SS such a hard sell? Too powerful? Boring stories? Terrible art?

Can we all agree that somewhere around Englehart/Starlin/Marz with Ron Lim was probably Surfer's zenith. What was it about that time that worked?

Personally, I like a non-Earth story, with Zenn-La and Shallaball alive and in the background. I like Surfer exploring space, occasionally pissing off the Kree, Skrulls and other Marvel aliens. I want Surfer involved with stories that include the Living Tribunal, Eternity, Elders of Universe and of course Galactus/the Heralds.

Surely there is enough "out there" to make great stories.

Am I high?

[Witchfan]

Ron Lim is the absolute best Silver Surfer artist. No one else can do the Surfer better. Mike Allred is not the right artist for the current series. The old series was ruined when Zenn-La and Shalla Bal were shown to be dead for decades. Now they are alive again but distorted into villains, which also sucks.

[Digifiend]

Out of the 200 issues of Silver Surfer, I am a fan of the first two volume and the first 109 issues of the third volume. I regret that issues #110-146 happened. I hate the fourth volume (the one where he is kidnapping children). The Dan Slott issues are the best since the 1990s. Unfortunately, they aren't selling well. Silver Surfer #6 only sold 18.991 copies, which puts they series below the 20,000 level that Marvel cancels titles at.

Think they'll end up having Norrin and Dawn go back to Anchor Bay for a while? They could then bring them back as supporting characters when Fantastic Four eventually comes back. Or maybe Norrin could get involved in either Nova or Guardians of the Galaxy.

OK, that issue of Silver Surfer had an extra dollar on the cover price. That may well explain the 2000 lost readers. So everything on this list, if not cancelled already, should be cancelled shortly? I think you forgot to take digital and trades into account, as I know those factors keep Squirrel Girl going.

129	Spider-Woman	10	$3.99	Marvel	19,251
130	Squadron Supreme	10	$3.99	Marvel	19,119
132	Silver Surfer	6	$4.99	Marvel	18,991
135	Spidey	9	$3.99	Marvel	18,348
136	Thunderbolts	4	$3.99	Marvel	18,128
141	Venom Space Knight	11	$3.99	Marvel	17,548
143	Scarlet Witch	9	$3.99	Marvel	17,000
144	Empress	5	$3.99	Marvel	16,954
150	Vote Loki	3	$3.99	Marvel	16,383
151	All New Inhumans	10	$3.99	Marvel	16,277
157	Mockingbird	6	$3.99	Marvel	15,690
158	Agents of Shield	8	$3.99	Marvel	15,519
163	Nova	10	$3.99	Marvel	14,766
166	Web Warriors	10	$3.99	Marvel	14,066
167	Howard The Duck	10	$3.99	Marvel	14,062
168	Unbeatable Squirrel Girl	11	$3.99	Marvel	13,872
179	Marvels Doctor Strange Prelude	2	$3.99	Marvel	12,151
183	Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur	10	$3.99	Marvel	11,862
189	Nighthawk	4	$3.99	Marvel	11,383
196	Patsy Walker AKA Hellcat	9	$3.99	Marvel	10,486
207	Drax	10	$3.99	Marvel	9,338
211	Hyperion	6	$3.99	Marvel	8,900

[legion_quest]

I dont think the extra $ helped, but equally, I think people are just getting turned off by the Doctor Who fan fiction.

I know that's why I dropped the book any way. I kept hoping it would pick up or change, but no, it continues being more of a book about Dawn Greenwood than the Silver Surfer.

As for the art, I actually have to admit that's the only reason I kept it up so long. Allred's can do no wrong and their art does fit the tone of the Doctor Who stuff Slott is doing.

[Witchfan]

Silver Surfer doesn't cross over into Civil War 2, but he does appear within the storyline. The Surfer and Dawn attended the Hulk's funeral. He appeared in Civil War: The Fallen and Uncanny Avengers #14. Norrin and the Hulk were friends and fellow Defenders, so I am glad that he made it to the funeral.

[Viz]

This

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[Witchfan]

http://www.cbr.com/nycc-live-marvels...lievers-panel/

Pages were then shown from “Silver Surfer” #7, which sees the Silver Surfer go to a dimension solely for gambling. Slott said in “Silver Surfer” #8 we’ll find out there’s a “fourth member of the team you’ve never noticed,” because he’s too tiny to see. The character’s name is “Tiny Harold.” That’ll be explored in a storyline called, “Tall Tales of Tiny Harold.”

[616MarvelYear is LeapYear]

Clever title and very hilarious sounding

[Witchfan]

I am glad that Norrin and Dawn took off into space and didn't take sides in Civil War 2. They can be proud to have avoided that embarrassment.

[Ken Ashcroft]

Maybe but then how popular can he become if he continues to avoid having much interaction with other superheroes both in his book and in high profile events/crossovers like Secret Wars and the Civil Wars?

[Digifiend]

Well, the first Civil War was about a new US law - since he's an alien, he isn't bound by them. As for his Last Days issue in Secret Wars, he and Dawn tried to recreate the universe, but Reed Richards was doing the same thing. He was pretty much caught unaware, having escaped the final incursion.

[Witchfan]

Silver Surfer appears on the cover of Ultimates #4. I was hoping he would show up in that series.

[SlimeBeherit]

This

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Luckily comics are more than just posters...and yet I would still take a poster of the former.

[Digifiend]

Why did Ultimates2 get his Corner Box Variant instead of his own book?

[616MarvelYear is LeapYear]

To remind/make aware old/new readers of marvel comics about Galactus' very first herald introduced to them in Fantastic Four # 48 in 1966?