Annihilation: Silver Surfer #1-4 (Annihilation Week)

Cover to Issue #3

 I'm going to commit a little act of Marvel Comic fandom heresy: I'm not really a fan of the Silver Surfer.  He's a cool looking character and some stories starring him are good. Case in point: issues #48-50 of Fantastic Four (AKA: The Galactus Trilogy.) But with his doomed to exile on earth and the microcosmos (it's like outer space but occurs in the space between atoms) that often results in melodrama and Christ references galore, I find the being formerly known as Norin Radd to be whiny. It gets irritating. In fact, his opus with Alicia in the final chapter of the Galactus Trilogy is perhaps my least favorite moment in that classic story (okay- two acts of heresy in one paragraph!)

  But that all changes (albeit probably only temporary) when agents of Annihilus seek out all of the former heralds of the World Devourer as an addition b[power source for his Annihilation Wave. If you've ever wanted to see every one of Galactus' former envoys in one comic fighting it out in epic space glory- these are the four issues for you! They might not all be together at once, but it's like a Royal Rumble of characters who wield the Power Cosmic. Plus, there's several players who will later impact the Marvel Universe in recent Marvel Now! issues of Avengers.

   One little spoiler for you- Silver Surfer is forgiven by Galactus for his betrayal during the Galactus Trilogy and is bestowed with more power than ever before. This is the Silver Surfer I wish I could have read in years past.

   Worth Consuming

   Rating: 8 out of 10 stars.

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