Silver Surfer #55 [Direct]

(Late September 1991)

The Universe According to Thanos Part One: Genesis (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Ron Marz (credited)

Pencils

Ron Lim (credited)

Inks

Tom Christopher (credited)

Colors

Tom Vincent (credited)

Letters

Ken Bruzenak (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The battle rages, Warlock! We must join the fray before our comrades fall.

Genre

superhero; science fiction

Characters

Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo, corpse); Cloak [Tyrone Johnson] (cameo, corpse); Cyclops [Scott Summers] (cameo, corpse); Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange] (cameo, corpse); Drax the Destroyer [Arthur Douglas] (cameo, corpse); Firelord [Pyreus Kril] (cameo, corpse); Galactus [Galan] (cameo, corpse); Hulk [Bruce Banner] (cameo, death); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (cameo, corpse); Mephisto (villain, death); Mistress Death (villain); Namor the Sub-Mariner [Namor] (cameo, corpse); Quasar [Wendell Vaughn] (cameo, corpse); Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (cameo, corpse); Thanos (villain); Thor [Eric Masterson] (cameo, corpse); Adam Warlock (guest, death); Wolverine [Logan] (cameo, corpse)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

As the Surfer and Warlock stand by waiting for their part in the battle with Thanos, the Surfer watches in horror as the mad titan kills all of the heroes including Warlock and makes the Silver Surfer his slave. Thanos creates the planet of Necronos where millions of beings are sacrificed to Death daily and the Surfer is forced to stand helplessly by and record the atrocities.

Reprints

• in Nova (Semic S.A., 1989 series) #178 (novembre 1992) [-1 page]
• in Infinity Gauntlet Omnibus (Marvel, 2014 series) (2014)
• in Silver Surfer Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #7 - The Infinity Gauntlet (2017)

Indexer Notes

Infinity Gauntlet crossover; For a complete list of Infinity Gauntlet crossover comics, please see the series info page for the Infinity Gauntlet limited series.