Silver Surfer #50

(June 1991)

Deeply Buried Secrets! (Table of Contents: 1)

Silver Surfer / comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Starlin (credited)

Pencils

Ron Lim (credited)

Inks

Tom Christopher (credited)

Colors

Tom Vincent (credited)

Letters

Ken Bruzenak (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I was nearing Earth's moon. I'd almost made it.

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Elders of the Universe: The Champion [Tryco Slatterus] (cameo); The Gardener [Ord Zyonz] (cameo); The Grandmaster (cameo); The Runner (cameo)
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (cameo); Invisible Woman [Susan Storm Richards] (cameo); Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo)
Air-Walker (cameo); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo); Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom] (cameo); Drax the Destroyer [Arthur Douglas] (cameo); Ego (cameo); Eros (cameo); Firelord [Pyreus Kril] (cameo); Galactus [Galan] (flashback); The In-Betweener (cameo); Mantis (cameo); Mephisto (cameo); Nova [Frankie Raye] (cameo); Jartran Radd (flashback, death); Shalla-Bal (flashback); Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd] (flashback, also as Norrin Radd); The Stranger (cameo); Super-Skrull [Kl'rt] (cameo); Thanos; Thor [Thor Odinson] (cameo); Adam Warlock (cameo)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Armed with the power of the Infinity Gauntlet, Thanos resurrects his old stone form and probes the Silver Surfer for secrets from his past. The Surfer relives part of his old life as Norrin Radd on Zenn-La including the fall and suicide of his father. The Surfer blasts Thanos' form to dust but not before he realizes that the universe is in terrible trouble. Surfer crashes to earth and lands in Dr. Strange's sanctum.

Reprints

• in Silver Surfer (Play Press, 1989 series) #42 [Italy]
• in Nova (Semic S.A., 1989 series) #171 (avril 1992) [Première partie [First part]], #172 (mai 1992) [Deuxième partie [Second part]]
• in Infinity Gauntlet Omnibus (Marvel, 2014 series) (2014)
• in Silver Surfer Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #6 - Thanos Quest (2018)

Indexer Notes

Continued in The Infinity Gauntlet (Marvel, 1991 series) #1.

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

The Cosmic Pipeline / letters page / 1 page (report information)

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Mark L. Knight, Glenn R. Baker, Bruce Iler, Jeffrey Stuckey, Michael Garner; includes Meet 15 More Registered Marvel Zombies.

Big On Chocolate! [No. 5 in a series] (Table of Contents: 3)

3 Musketeers Adventure! / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

adventure

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Comics ad for the 3 Musketeers chocolate bar from Mars Incorporated.