tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post6525628583141464555..comments2024-03-25T05:26:47.764-04:00Comments on The Peerless Power of Comics!: The Search for the Silver Surfer!Comicsfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-91271296716209761032023-03-25T19:48:54.570-04:002023-03-25T19:48:54.570-04:00The Kirby/Sinnott Surfer was a favorite of mine, a...The Kirby/Sinnott Surfer was a favorite of mine, as well, Haydn. (Though I'll always be curious as to whether Kirby ever envisioned an origin of his own for the character.)<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-21050267179779821492023-03-25T19:39:01.909-04:002023-03-25T19:39:01.909-04:00I saw this in reprint form (Marvel's Greatest ...I saw this in reprint form (Marvel's Greatest Comics) in the mid-70s. A riveting story, and the last to feature the "real" Surfer before he acquired a home planet, a long-suffering girlfriend, and all the other trappings of Silver Age Marvel.Haydnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523301701937574173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-57340221319244452412023-03-17T06:37:08.355-04:002023-03-17T06:37:08.355-04:00Chris, you raise a good point about what kind of c...Chris, you raise a good point about what kind of character the Silver Surfer might have become to comics shorn of his Zenn-La roots. In that sense, his confinement to Earth would have seen him still longing for the stars, but as a (for want of a better description) child of the universe, rather than pining (and I mean <i>pining!</i>) for his lost love. Of course, we were given backstories of most if not all of those that Galactus conscripted or otherwise accepted into his service, so it would have been interesting one day to learn of his own.<br /><br />M.P., it might have been a little late to put the cork back on the bottle of the Surfer's capabilities, given what we'd seen of them in his <a href="https://peerlesspower.blogspot.com/2012/10/remember-where-you-park-your-jet-cycle.html" rel="nofollow">battle with the Thing</a> as well as his rash attack which unleashed the Sonic Shark, to say nothing of <a href="https://peerlesspower.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-sky-rider-of-latveria.html" rel="nofollow">Dr. Doom's use</a> of his power--incidences which had the stories' characters in agreement that, given provocation, the Surfer was unstoppable. (At lease by human standards, though even Mephisto occasionally broke a sweat.)<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-43291041108913168582023-03-16T23:28:15.035-04:002023-03-16T23:28:15.035-04:00A wonderful review of a "cosmic" classic...A wonderful review of a "cosmic" classic, C.F.!<br />The F.F. tear-assing through the, ah "microverse", hot on the heels of the Silver Surfer. The pace doesn't let up.<br />I would say it doesn't get much better, but in the subsequent issue it does, when our intrepid "micronauts" face off with Psycho-Man. <br />As for the Surfer, I've pretty much given up figuring out what his power levels are. My theory is, the guy's not really created for combat, so it's not his natural posture. Who knows what he can do when he cuts loose.<br /><br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-57982636300508695372023-03-16T23:02:21.154-04:002023-03-16T23:02:21.154-04:00I so much more prefer the original Kirby depiction...I so much more prefer the original Kirby depiction of the Silver Surfer than how Stan Lee changed and developed the character in his solo title. Kirby's Surfer was discovering humanity for the first time. It was completely unique. Lee just did a retread of every superhero that ever was by creating the Norrin Radd/Zenn-La retcon.<br /><br />ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-22100385095385729172023-03-16T22:37:28.556-04:002023-03-16T22:37:28.556-04:00Reed uses the word "micronauts" ten year...Reed uses the word "micronauts" ten years before the Micronauts toys and Marvel comic!Colin Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13564469551279026689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-58174338405522697272023-03-16T18:50:23.885-04:002023-03-16T18:50:23.885-04:00I haven't kept up on any revisions to Galactus...I haven't kept up on any revisions to Galactus' profile, Murray, but from what I remember, you're pretty much on the money in your explanation of what he ingests. In fact, Ben Grimm (or, rather, <i>one</i> Ben Grimm) from <a href="https://peerlesspower.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-end.html" rel="nofollow">the 100th issue</a> of <i>Marvel Two-In-One</i> boils it down to this following the decimation of Earth by the original coming of Galactus:<br /><br />"See, Galactus doesn't feed on livin' things. He eats the life-force of the planet--th' special energy that allows a big mud-ball ta evolve an' support life. So, even though the planet wuz dead, most of the people wuz still alive."<br /><br />Sean, I was just thinking earlier today along the lines of what you're talking about. All I can offer is a half-baked assumption that Stan Lee was caught between a rock and a hard place in regard to the Surfer's power going into his new series. Part of the character's allure was of course his cosmic power and the scale of it--yet Lee apparently felt the need to water down that power so that the Surfer was "no longer invincible," as the Surfer put it, and thus be more believable as a character who could face challenges in his own series from those he would earlier have trounced. His solution, apparently, was that technically the Surfer still possessed cosmic power, but no longer "undiluted... unrestrained" (or words to that effect). Galactus, as we know, also possesses cosmic power, and we've certainly seen there was a difference between himself and his newly christened herald in terms of their level of power. Ergo, a solution that allows Lee to have his cake and eat it, too: the Surfer in this story still has all the grandeur of wielding cosmic power, yet "less than before." Having seen the Surfer at his prime, it wasn't really a change to my liking.<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-42982502924920293542023-03-16T16:07:54.467-04:002023-03-16T16:07:54.467-04:00"Where even the eyes of Galactus cannot detec..."Where even the eyes of Galactus cannot detect him"<br /><br />It does seem a bit weird Galactus would give his heralds a power enabling them to hide from him.<br /><br />But wait - "Though I no longer possess the limitless powers of the cosmos" <br />So the Surfer has powers that aren't cosmic? Like being able to create a er... cosmic shield that makes him totally inviolate? Now I'm really confused. <br />Any clarification you can offer would be appreciated, Comicsfan.<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-26198613665597125172023-03-16T13:00:19.053-04:002023-03-16T13:00:19.053-04:00Galactus only needs a planet with the potential fo...Galactus only needs a planet with the <i>potential</i> for life. Caught between breaking his word and starving, I can't help but wonder why he doesn't go snack on Mars, Titan, or Europa. Might be a pretty thin gruel of a meal, but they'd hold off the munchies for a little while?<br /><br />Of course, that would be a rather different story!<br /><br />(years later in real time and millions of years in the future in Earth 616 history, All-Father Thor kicked Galactus off Earth. We see a peeved Galactus whining to himself as he prepares to devour "the planet once known as Mars")Big Murrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03311467081145732439noreply@blogger.com