Silver Surfer Annual #1

(1988)

Adam (Table of Contents: 1)

Silver Surfer / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Englehart (credited)

Pencils

Joe Staton (credited)

Inks

Joe Rubinstein (credited)

Colors

Tom Vincent (credited)

Letters

Ken Bruzenak (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

One moment there is the empty silence of the mountain wind...

Genre

superhero; science fiction

Characters

Eternals: Ikaris [Ike Harris]; Makarri; Sersi [Circe]; Thena
High Evolutionary [Herbert Edgar Wyndham]; Karkas; Nova [Frankie Raye]; Sasquatch [Walter Langkowski] (cameo flashback); Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Super-Skrull [Kl'rt] (also in flashback); Celestials (flashback)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

The High Evolutionary tasks the Eternals with mapping the Silver Surfer's DNA. Interfering with a battle between SS and the Super-Skrull, the Eternals return the two to earth to complete their mission. The Surfer ends up freeing his old foe and showing the Eternals the error of their ways.

Reprints

• in Nova (Semic S.A., 1989 series) #134 (mars 1989) [15 premières pages], #135 (avril 1989) [15 dernières pages [Last 15 pages]]
• in Silver Surfer (Play Press, 1989 series) #15 (Dicembre 1990)
• in Essential Silver Surfer (Marvel, 2001 series) #2 ([June] 2007) [black and white]
• in Evolutionary War Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
• in Silver Surfer Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #4 - Parable (2022)

Indexer Notes

The Evolutionary War continued from The Punisher Annual (Marvel, 1988 series) #1.
The Evolutionary War continues in The New Mutants Annual (Marvel, 1984 series) #4.

Moth to the Flame (Table of Contents: 2)

Nova / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Englehart (credited)

Pencils

Ron Lim (credited)

Inks

Chris Ivy (credited)

Colors

Tom Vincent (credited)

Letters

Ken Bruzenak (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tell Galactus that you taught me as much as he hoped I'd teach you!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Galactus [Galan]; Nova [Frankie Raye]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Nova discovers that Galactus is dying and calls the Surfer for help.

Reprints

• in Nova (Semic S.A., 1989 series) #135 (avril 1989)
• in Silver Surfer (Play Press, 1989 series) #15 (Dicembre 1990)
• in Essential Silver Surfer (Marvel, 2001 series) #2 ([June] 2007) [black and white]
• in Silver Surfer Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #4 - Parable (2022)

Indexer Notes

Continued in Silver Surfer (Marvel, 1987 series) #15.

Mantis! (Table of Contents: 3)

Mantis / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Englehart (credited)

Pencils

Ron Lim (credited)

Inks

Randy Emberlin (credited)

Colors

Tom Vincent (credited)

Letters

Ken Bruzenak (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hala -- ! This one's head hurts -- !

Genre

superhero

Characters

Mantis

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Mantis awakens on Earth, finding herself living another life and decides to seek out the Avengers for help.

Reprints

• in Nova (Semic S.A., 1989 series) #134 (mars 1989)
• in Essential Silver Surfer (Marvel, 2001 series) #2 ([June] 2007) [black and white]
• in Silver Surfer Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #4 - Parable (2022)

Indexer Notes

Continued in West Coast Avengers (Marvel, 1985 series) #37.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Silver Surfer / illustration / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ron Lim (credited)

Inks

Joe Rubinstein (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset; ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A Series of Ron Lim Pinups-- starting with our spaceborn star!

Genre

superhero; science fiction

Characters

Aptak; Galactus [Galan]; Emperor Kylor; Mantis; Nenora; Nova [Frankie Raye]; Ripan; S'ybll; Shalla-Bal; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; The Supreme Intelligence

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Reprints

• in Silver Surfer (Play Press, 1989 series) #17 (Febbraio 1991), #17 (Febbraio 1991), #17 (Febbraio 1991), #17 (Febbraio 1991), #17 (Febbraio 1991)
• in Essential Silver Surfer (Marvel, 2001 series) #2 ([June] 2007) [black and white]
• in Silver Surfer Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #4 - Parable (2022)

The High Evolutionary Chapter Three: The Men, the Mine, the Mountain! (Table of Contents: 5)

High Evolutionary / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Mark Gruenwald (credited)

Pencils

Paris Cullins (credited)

Inks

Tony DeZuniga (credited)

Colors

Gregory Wright (credited)

Letters

Ken Lopez (credited)

Editing

Ralph Macchio (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

July 1930. A small tract of land on the eastern side...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Jessica Drew (flashback as a child); Jonathan Drew (flashback); Merriem Drew (flashback); Matthew Horace Grabshied (flashback); Phaedor (flashback, unnamed); Herbert Edgar Wyndham (origin in flashback continues)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Reprints

• in Evolutionary War Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
• in Silver Surfer Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #4 - Parable (2022)

Indexer Notes

Continued in New Mutants Annual (Marvel, 1984 series) #4.