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1993-06-01 03:08:30
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1993 / Box 37 / EiC: Tom DeFalco

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Silver Surfer #84

Issue(s): Silver Surfer #84
Cover Date: Sep 93
Title: "The station"
Credits:
Ron Marz - Writer
Tom Grindberg - Penciler
Tom Christopher - Inker
Lynaire Brust - Assistant Editor
Craig Anderson - Editor

Review/plot:
This issue expands on the scene where the Silver Surfer absorbs energy from the Earth's sun and is used as a ping-pong ball to break through the Goddess' defenses on Paradise Omega and... this is going to be another dream sequence, isn't it?

OFFS.

Quality Rating: D

Historical Significance Rating: 1

Chronological Placement Considerations: Expands on a scene from Infinity Crusade #4 and ends with the Silver Surfer having crashlanded on Paradise Omega.

References:

  • "Prior reading: Check out Infinity Crusade #4 for all the details."
  • When he sees his parents in his dream, he reminds them that they're supposed to be dead, per Silver Surfer #50 and Silver Surfer #57.

Crossover: Infinity Crusade

Continuity Insert? N

My Reprint: N/A

Inbound References (1): show

  • Silver Surfer #88

Characters Appearing: Silver Surfer, Soul Gem, Thanos

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Comments

"OFFS"?

Posted by: Piotr W | December 7, 2016 4:02 PM

Oh For Fuck's Sakes. (Fnord, feel free to censor me if you wish.)

Posted by: Thanos6 | December 7, 2016 4:21 PM

I already brought up that typo in the forum. I like Thanos6's version much better.

Posted by: clyde | December 7, 2016 6:10 PM

Not a typo. Thanos6 wins the "Can Identify Internet Slang" award.

Posted by: fnord12 | December 7, 2016 6:24 PM

Ugh! Glad I never bought this issue.

Silver Surfer is one of those series that suffered every time the latest installment of Starlin's Infinity trilogy rolled around. The Surfer was a semi-central character in all three miniseries, but was nevertheless still less-important than Adam Warlock and Thanos. That meant each time he was relegated to doing stuff that at first glance *appeared* important, but in the end was actually relatively inconsequential to the final resolution of each story. One result of this was that many of the Infinity Gauntlet / War / Crusade crossovers that appeared in his series were these odd tangents and side-trips that ended up having no significance.

It's so weird that the rebirth of Thanos, which is what started all of these massive crossovers going in the first place, occurred in the Surfer's book, but he very quickly was reduced to a supporting player who was given these throw-away tie-in stories to occupy his time.

Posted by: Ben Herman | December 8, 2016 10:03 AM




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