A Bit More About Silver Surfer

A Bit More About Silver Surfer

         I continued to read Silver Surfer well after Infinity Gauntlet. Two issues stand out as my favorite. One occurred during Infinity Gauntlet, Silver Surfer and Thanos fight against each other in a seperate realm where the are outfitted like knights with swords and horses. Not only is it drawn well but the battle between the two is quite epic! 



           The next Silver Surfer comic that I liked a lot was of Silver Surfer fighting himself! Some where along the line Silver Surfer finds himself in the underworld along with Captain Marvel. There he and Captain Marvel fight dead warriors that claim to be people he killed once leading Galactus to their planets. As they fight they see a tent of the commander of the dead legion and Silver Surfer and Captain Marvel fight their way to it. Upon entering Silver Surfer discovers the shadow version of himself!



              This issue recaps all the personal problems Silver Surfer has with his past, after having him confront them only six issues before. I bring this up because the story became weaker and weaker as it gets further and further from Infinity Gauntlet. I collected as I could for about twenty more issues and then stopped the story was all over the place and the writers continued to focus on Silver Surfer personal issues while making him less self-confident. Eventually they cancelled the comic, occasionally I look through a Silver Surfer comic when they become available and see if they are doing anything cool with him.

 I was glad to see Silver Surfer on the big screen in Fantastic Four 2. I had hoped they would have done more with Galactus. In 2015 we should get to see Thanos in the next Avengers movie, lets cross our fingers and hope for the best. This character deserves to be projected on screen as the awesome villain he is!


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