The Silver Surfer #6

(June 1969)

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Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Worlds Without End! (Table of Contents: 2)

Silver Surfer / comic story / 39 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

John Buscema (credited)

Inks

Sal Buscema (credited)

Colors

Bill Everett ?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How much longer must I be an alien prisoner upon the savage planet Earth?

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Silver Surfer; Shalla Bal; The Overlord (villain, first appearance, origin, death)

Synopsis

The Silver Surfer exceeds the speed of light, in an effort to escape the barrier placed by Galactus, only to find that he has travelled into the future.

Reprints

• in Thor (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #16, #17, #18
• in Fantask (Editions Lug, 1969 series) #6 (15 juillet 1969) [19,5 premières pages [First 19.5 pages]], #7 (15 août 1969) [19,5 dernières pages [Last 19.5 pages]]
• in L'Incredibile Devil (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #9 (27 Agosto 1970) [part 1], #10 (10 Settembre 1970) [part 2], #11 (24 Settembre 1970) [part 3], #12 (8 Ottobre 1970) [part 4]
• in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #11 (10 décembre 1978) [19,5 premières pages/First 19.5 pages], #12 (10 janvier 1979) [19,5 dernières pages moins 1/Last 19.5 pages minus 1]
• in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1979 series) #6 (May 1980)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #19 ([November] 1991)
• in Essential Silver Surfer (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (February 1998) [black & white]
• in Silver Surfer Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Silver Surfer (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
• in Marvel Gold: Estela Plateada de Stan Lee y John Buscema (Panini España, 2010 series) (abril 2010)
• in Artisan Edition (IDW, 2019 series) #[6] - John Buscema's Silver Surfer (February 2022)

Keywords

Atomic Experimental Center; cardiascope; time travel; Zenn-La

Indexer Notes

In the letters page of Sub-Mariner #19 Roy Thomas notes that Bill Everett was colorist for "recent issues" of the Silver Surfer.

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Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Centre Coin Co. Catalog / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Precise Publications / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Academy for Home Study / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Magic Art Reproducer; Norton Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Fantastic Four / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page (report information)

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Marvel Plastic Pillows; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit / advertisement / 0.6 page (report information)

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Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

The Unsuspecting! (Table of Contents: 13)

Tales of the Watcher / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Syd Shores (credited)

Inks

Frank Brunner (credited as Frankie Bruner)

Colors

Bill Everett ?

Letters

Morrie Kuramoto (credited as Sherigail)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Can an unearthly race invade Earth without anyone suspecting it?

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Synopsis

Shape-changing aliens assume the form of an innocuous object in order to conquer Earth.

Reprints

• in Star Wars Weekly (Marvel UK, 1978 series) #28 (16 August 1978)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Marvel Rarities (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 (2014)

Indexer Notes

A retelling of "The Unsuspecting" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) #13 (June 1962).

Kuramoto credit per Nick Caputo, April 2013. Previous indexer credited Ray Holloway but based upon an examination of the lettering styles that was an error and the pseudonym "Sherigail" was derived from Morrie Kuramoto's wife and daughter, Gail and Sherry, as noted here:

http://www.nyu-apastudies.org/new/larryhama/?p=129

A magazine titled the "Silver Surfer" is mentioned and appears in the story. The Marvel bullpen is also referred to within the story.

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Lee Jeans [Lee Leens] / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Classic Movie Library / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Who Speaks for the Surfer? / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

John Buscema

Inks

Sal Buscema

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan and John, Silver Surfer #4 was another great issue.

Characters

Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Loki

Reprints

• in Silver Surfer Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2007)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Bill Labrie, Todd Buchts, Brian Hoard, Rochell Porter, Daniel Preston, Tim Barretto, V. O. Speights, Eddie Bobb.

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Famous Artists Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)