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~ Comicbook Collector's Corner ~
The Essential Silver Surfer - There was always something about Marvel Comics which separated them from the pack, at least at the beginning.
Whereas top competitor DC had cranked out superheroes for years, Marvel's heroes always seemed much more tangible, more human.
Much of this is due to Stan Lee's writing. While descending into self-parody later, one cannot help but feel a frisson in reading Lee's early stuff: the angst-ridden Spider-Man, the tumultuous Fantastic Four, the tortured Hulk. Lee made heroes and comics that teenagers could identify with.
And then he made the Silver Surfer.
 The Essential Silver Surfer
by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, John Buscema
The Surfer was a mass of contradictions: a peace-loving alien imbued with incredible power in the service of world-devouring Galactus; a faithful herald who betrayed his master; an intergalactic traveller confined to Earth.
The Surfer was so over-the-top, it was hard for anyone to identify with him.
And yet we love him anyway. Why? Perhaps because the Surfer's alien naivete allows us to see the world anew. Or because Stan Lee's lofty prose finally seems to have found a suitable subject.
Either way, I guarantee you'll love this collection of early Silver Surfer tales. Excelsior!
Reviewer from USA
DC Comics:
Batman, Superman,
Supergirl, Wonder
Woman
Marvel
Comics:
Avengers, Captain Marvel,
Dare Devil, Fantastic
Four, Green
Lantern, Incredible Hulk, Silver Surfer,
Son of Origins / Grandson of Origins,
Spider Man, Wolverine,
X-Men.
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