The Silver Surfer #4

(February 1969)

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Pencils

John Buscema; Howard Purcell

Inks

Sal Buscema; Paul Reinman

Letters

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Characters

Silver Surfer; Loki; Watcher; Tim Boo Ba

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Good, the Bad, and the Uncanny! (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

In far-off, enchanted Asgard--lost in his own sinister thoughts, sits Loki, god of evil, prince of conjurers!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; superhero; science fiction

Characters

Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Thor [Donald Blake; Thor Odinson]; Odin; Balder; Sif; Heimdall; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Loki (villain); Hulk [Bruce Banner] (cameo); the Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo); Toag, Tomazooma The Living Totem (cameo); Hercules (cameo); Zeus (cameo); Shalla Bal (in flashback); Mephisto (in flashback); Galactus (in flashback)

Synopsis

Loki tries to deceive the Surfer into helping him take down his brother, Thor, god of thunder. After a short battle with Thor, the Silver Surfer suspects that everything is not quite what it seems, but before he has a chance to talk to Thor, Loki teleports the Surfer back to Earth.

Reprints

• in Conan (Semic, 1973 series) #4/1974
• in Thor (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #10, #11, #12
• in Fantask (Editions Lug, 1969 series) #3 (5 avril 1969) [Seulement 33 pages [33 pages only]]
• in L'Incredibile Devil (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #6 (16 Luglio 1970) [part 1], #7 (30 Luglio 1970) [part 2]
• in TV21 (City Magazines, 1970 series) #66 (26th December 1970), #67 (2nd January 1971), #68 (9th January 1971), #69 (16th January 1971), #70 (23rd January 1971), #71 (30th January 1971)
• in The Super-Heroes (Marvel UK, 1975 series) #8 (1975), #7 (April 19, 1975)
• in Marvel's Greatest Superhero Battles (Simon and Schuster, 1978 series) (1978)
• in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #7 (10 août 1978) [19 premières pages/First 19 pages], #8 (10 septembre 1978) [20 dernières pages/last 20 pages]
• in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1979 series) #4 (March 1980) [36 pp.]
• in Marvel Strip (Forum [Forum-Marketprint], 1982 series) #8 (03. Decembar 1982.)
• in Strange Spécial Origines (Editions Lug, 1981 series) #163 (5 juillet 1983)
• in Mighty Marvel Team-Up Thrillers (Marvel, 1983 series) (1983)
• in Grandes Heróis Marvel (Editora Abril, 1983 series) #16
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #15 ([September] 1990)
• in Marvel Klassik (Panini Deutschland, 1998 series) #2
• in Essential Silver Surfer (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (February 1998) [black & white]
• in Marvel Visionaries: John Buscema (Marvel, 2006 series) (2006)
• 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 A Coleção Oficial de Graphic Novels Marvel: Clássicos (Salvat, 2015 series) #14 (Setembro 2016)
• in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #77 - Серебряный Серфер: Начало
• in Marvel Visionaries: John Buscema (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
• in Marvel-Verse: Loki (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)
• in Loki Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 (2021)

Keywords

Asgard; Bifrost; Cavern of Shadows

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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The Terror of Tim Boo Ba (Table of Contents: 11)

Tales of the Watcher / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Howard Purcell (credited)

Inks

Paul Reinman (credited)

Colors

Bill Everett ?

Letters

Herb Cooper (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Many are the wonders of the vast universe, but none so fantastic as... Tim Boo Ba!

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Watcher [Uatu] (narrator); Tim Boo Ba

Synopsis

Alien warlord Tim Boo Ba is master of all he surveys but is wiped out in a torrential flood when an Earth boy drips water on the small scale model that is Tim Boo Ba's home planet.

Reprints

• in Planet of the Apes (Marvel UK, 1974 series) #16

Indexer Notes

A retelling of "The Terror of Tim Boo Ba" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in Amazing Adult Fantasy #9 (Marvel, 1961 series) #9 (February 1962).

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Who Speaks For The Surfer? / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan and John, I have just finished reading the Silver Surfer #2 and I am thrilled and pleased.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Tom Brown; D. D. Toman; Gary Anderson; Doug Fratz; Brian Carlson; Dennis Lien; Evan Katten. Also includes "Know ye these, the hallowed ranks of Marveldom."

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