Silver Surfer #5 [Direct]
(November 1987)

Marvel, 1987 Series
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Volume
3
Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Mike Rockwitz (assistant editor); Michael Higgins (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Silver Surfer / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Marshall Rogers (signed as MR)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (signed as JR)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero; science fiction
Characters
Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Mantis; Obliterator
Reprints
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Obliteration! (Table of Contents: 1)

Silver Surfer / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart
Pencils
Marshall Rogers
Inks
Joe Rubinstein
Colors
Marshall Rogers
Letters
John Workman
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Somewhere beyond the Crab Nebula--
Genre
superhero; science fiction
Characters
Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Mantis; Jemiah the Analyzer; Obliterator; Skrulls; Kylor; Kree [Tar-Rell; others]; Celestials (flashback); Dire Wraith (flashback); Alicia Masters (flashback)
Synopsis
The Skrulls begin to panic over the appearance of the Celestial Jemiah on their world. The Surfer and Mantis face down the Obliterator and nullify the power of the Elder for good. The Skrulls catch a Kree spy.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Bulletin Board / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Kevin Little, Frank Balkin, Fred L. DeBoom, Jason Brownlee, Robert Felberg and Johnny J. Taylor.

Pro File on: Mark Gruenwald (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; ProFile / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Silver Surfer
  2. 1. Obliteration!
    Silver Surfer
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bulletin Board
  4. 3. Pro File on: Mark Gruenwald
    Bullpen Bulletins; ProFile
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