- Script
- John Byrne (plot); Stan Lee (script)
- Pencils
- John Byrne
- Inks
- Tom Palmer
- Letters
- Rick Parker
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Silver Surfer (origin in flashback); Shalla Bal; Zenn-Lavians; Alicia Masters; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing]; Mephisto; Galactus; Doombots
- Synopsis
- The FF help Surfer break the barrier of Galactus, ending his exile on Earth & granting him the freedom to roam the spaceways once again. The Surfer returns to Zenn-La to reunite with his love Shalla-Bal but finds that after he betrayed Galactus on Earth, the world eater devastated his home world in retaliation. Informed by the survivors that Shalla-Bal was captured by the demon Mephisto, the Surfer flies back to Earth & battles the monster in his own realm for her freedom. Beaten but still victorious, Mephisto returns Shalla-Bal to her home world while the Surfer is again trapped on Earth.
- Reprints
Original 48 page story trimmed down to 43 pages, by the removal of the following story pages: # 10, 17, 19, 47 and 48.