Silver Surfer
- For other uses of this name, see Silver Surfer (disambiguation).
Silver Surfer is a male comic superhero who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Norrin Radd of the planet Zenn-La was a scientist who led a happy life with his love Shalla-Bal. In desperation, he sought to confront the traveller where he was shocked to find out that it was the legendary World Devourer known as Galactus. He begged the planet eater to spare Zenn-La and whilst Galactus was willing to do so he was in the grips of his hunger and could not expend energy in finding another world. It was then that the Radd offered to become his Herald and would probe through space to find him suitable worlds. Galactus came to agree to these terms and used the Power Cosmic to transform Radd into the Silver Surfer. After his transformation, he bid farewell to his love Shalla-Bal and departed his homeworld in search for new planets for his master Galactus. (Silver Surfer v1 #1)
Over time, Galactus erased his memories of Zenn-La to make him a more effective herald, less bound by moral compunctions involving his chosen world's natives.
Herald of Galactus
Radd once encountered the artificial planetoid of the Klyntar which attempted to imprison him in its core but he managed to escape from it. (Silver Surfer: Black v1 #2) During his travels, he came upon another world whose dominant form of life was overtaken by marauding Symbiotes. The Silver Surfer though simply performed his duty and summoned his master who proceeded to consume the world of its life energy. So great was the cataclysm that the Symbiotes had a burning hatred of the Silver Surfer which was embedded in their genetic memory and passed to the survivors as well as their descendants. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #431)
The Surfer eventually guided his master to Earth, where he met unusual resistance from the Fantastic Four (secretly aided by that planet's Watcher). His true self reawakened by Alicia Masters, the Silver Surfer opposed his master's efforts to drain Earth. Between that and the Human Torch's acquisition of the Ultimate Nullifier, Galactus relented and left, but not before creating a barrier to imprison the Surfer on Earth.
Exile
The Silver Surfer first descended upon Earth as the herald of Galactus, sent to prepare the world for his master’s consumption. He hovered above New York in gleaming radiance, untouched by human weapons, and spread cosmic energy to clear the way for Galactus’s machinery. Though born of Zenn-La and once Norrin Radd, his will was chained by his vow to serve, and he struck down the Fantastic Four when they tried to resist him. Only when the Thing’s blind sculptress friend Alicia Masters touched his heart and pleaded with him did the Surfer begin to question his master’s hunger, her compassion stirring echoes of the nobility he had buried. (Fantastic Four v1 #48) The Surfer remained in orbit while Galactus himself arrived, manifesting towers to drain Earth of its life energies. When the Fantastic Four resisted, the Surfer opposed them again, channeling bolts of cosmic energy from his board, yet the memory of Alicia’s voice lingered. As Galactus clashed with the heroes, the Surfer turned inward, torn between the servitude that gave him purpose and the morality that had once defined him. He began to rebel subtly, turning his attention not against Earth but toward the possibility of confronting the very master he had sworn to serve. (Fantastic Four v1 #49) At last the Surfer openly defied Galactus, unleashing the Power Cosmic against his master to protect Earth. Though his might was staggering, Galactus was beyond his herald’s strength, and the Surfer was cast down with contempt. Yet his defiance gave Reed Richards the time to wield the Ultimate Nullifier, forcing Galactus to depart. As punishment for his betrayal, Galactus bound the Surfer to Earth with a barrier none of his power could breach, severing him from the stars he once roamed. Though victorious, the Surfer became a prisoner, chained not by loyalty but by exile. (Fantastic Four v1 #50)
Stranded on Earth, the Surfer wandered aimlessly, unable to comprehend the cruelty and suspicion of mankind. When he sought kindness, he was met instead with fear and hostility, driven back again and again by the very people he had tried to save. In his exile he remained noble, still protecting innocents where he could, yet the bitterness of humanity’s rejection began to fester. He pondered Alicia’s words, holding to them as his only anchor, but his longing for the stars and his despair at his imprisonment grew sharper with every passing hour. (Fantastic Four v1 #55) When Doctor Doom learned of the Surfer’s plight, he plotted to exploit it, studying ways to seize the power locked within the exile’s radiant form. Luring the Surfer into a trap through manipulation and treachery, Doom succeeded in stealing the Power Cosmic and taking command of the Surfer’s board. Stripped of his might, Norrin Radd was forced to watch as Doom wielded his stolen gift to terrorize the world. Even powerless, the Surfer’s spirit endured, and through his resistance Doom’s theft was undone, restoring the cosmic energies to their rightful bearer. The experience deepened the Surfer’s mistrust of humanity, showing him how greed could twist even the gift of the cosmos into a tool of domination. (Fantastic Four v1 #57)
Norrin had numerous adventures on Earth, including having his powers stolen by Doctor Doom, battling the demon Mephisto (who coveted his pure soul), and working with the Defenders. After several abortive attempts, the Surfer eventually escaped Earth with the aid of Mister Fantastic. With the help of Mantis, the Surfer stopped the Elders of the Universe from destroying Galactus, earning his former master's gratitude and his official freedom.
Defenders
After months of searching, Doctor Strange and Namor finally located the Silver Surfer and pressed him for aid, only for tensions to flare when Namor struck at him and the Surfer fled to the Himalayas. Following his trail with the Hulk in tow, they discovered that the Surfer’s will had been suborned by Calizuma and the Warrior Wizards, agents of the Undying Ones, whose sorcery had driven him to hostility. Once the cabal was routed and the Surfer’s mind cleared, Strange explained a way to help him circumvent Galactus’s planetary barrier, drawing the wanderer into reluctant fellowship with the non-team. (Defenders v1 #2)
Strange then transported the Surfer and his companions across dimensions, intending to reinsert the Surfer into their home reality beyond the reach of the invisible wall imprisoning him. Their passage was diverted into the realm of the Nameless One, where they battled the entity’s servitors, discovered and freed Barbara Norriss from maddening captivity, and forced a retreat—only for the Surfer to learn, on returning to Earth, that the barrier still held him fast and his longed-for flight to Zenn-La remained denied. (Defenders v1 #3)
Amid the race for the scattered Evil Eye, the Surfer soared to the island of Rurutu and was hailed as a god by the locals, drawing the attention of the Vision and the Scarlet Witch. The synthezoid challenged him in defense of the Avengers’ mission, but the Surfer outmaneuvered his foes, seized the fragment, and streaked away to warn his allies—an early flashpoint in the escalating conflict between the two teams. (Avengers v1 #116)
End of Exile
The Champion tested the Surfer’s mettle by striking at Earth, prompting a battle that drove Norrin Radd to push past the invisible barrier that had held him for years by departing the planet without his board and piggybacking on a Fantastic Four rocket to clear the limit. Free in space at last, he raced straight to Galactus’ sphere, found Nova captured by Skrulls, and liberated her from their deathship. Galactus acknowledged the rescue and formally lifted the punishment that had bound his former herald to Earth, leaving the Surfer once more a wanderer of the stars. (Silver Surfer v3 #1) He sped for Zenn-La and stood again before Shalla-Bal, only to learn that she had accepted the mantle of Empress and bound herself to the duties of her world; the Surfer recognized that his years apart and her responsibilities had opened a gulf no power could bridge. After a final parting, he turned from the spires of Zenn-La to resume his journeys, carrying the ache of what he had lost and refusing to let that pain turn him from the heavens he had reclaimed. (Silver Surfer v3 #2) Seeking answers about rumblings across the cosmos, he entered the Collector’s domain and heard of ancient schemes involving the Elders and a resurgent tension between Kree and Skrulls. The Runner assailed him at relativistic speed, battering him across the void until the Surfer lay broken and adrift. As darkness closed, a green-clad woman found him among the stars, her presence a quiet promise that his fall would not be his end. (Silver Surfer v3 #3) Revived by Mantis, the Surfer learned that she had subtly guided him toward the unraveling of the Elders’ design, while far away the Kree Supreme Intelligence deduced that the Skrulls had lost their shape-shifting and a Celestial stood watch over a Skrull world. Together, Surfer and Mantis infiltrated a clandestine convocation of Elders convened upon Ego, the Living Planet, overheard their intent to slay Galactus, and were forced into flight when Ego sensed them; sharing a brief kiss amid the peril, they pledged to oppose the Elders’ gambit. (Silver Surfer v3 #4)
The Obliterator hunted the pair through deep space, driving them to a barren world where his arsenal proved inexhaustible and his obsession absolute. Mantis was vaporized in a blinding blast, sending the Surfer into a cold, decisive fury as he transmuted the Elder’s weapons into harmless trinkets and left the killer powerless; Mantis soon reconstituted in a fresh plant body, and the defeated Elder yielded knowledge of the plot against Galactus even as the Skrull Empire, unmasked and desperate, hurled fleets to ignite a new war with the Kree. (Silver Surfer v3 #5)
The Silver Surfer went on to roam the universe and battle many cosmic threats, from the Supreme Intelligence to the mad Titanian Thanos and more.
Planet Hulk
Whilst journeying through space, the Surfer found a portal in space which called to him. Normally, ships were incapable of escaping its pull with him having the power to easily evade it but something called to him from the other side. Thus, he went through the portal but was badly weakened and he crashed on Sakaar. Once there, the inhabitants placed an obedience disk on him thus forcing him to obey the Sakaarans as he was put to work as a gladiator in the arena. During this time, he came to be known as the Silver Savage who was a powerful warrior. The Surfer, despite his cosmic power, was bound by this cruel technology and forced to fight in the gladiatorial arena. When the Hulk and his Warbound were pitted against him, the Surfer unleashed his devastating abilities, projecting energy blasts and wielding his board as both weapon and shield. Though restrained, his power was still immense, and the Warbound struggled against him. The Hulk, however, recognized the nobility still within the Surfer, and after a fierce battle, managed to break the obedience disk, freeing him from servitude. Once liberated, the Surfer returned the favor by destroying the disks on the Hulk and the Warbound, granting them their long-sought freedom from the Red King’s control. (Incredible Hulk v2 #95) Freed from his enslavement, the Silver Surfer did not remain as a permanent ally on Sakaar but chose to aid the Hulk and his companions in their uprising against the Red King before parting ways. He turned his cosmic power against the Red King’s guards, unleashing blasts of the Power Cosmic to scatter their forces and leveling entire formations of soldiers that had once kept the gladiators in chains. His presence was both inspirational and terrifying to the populace, as few on Sakaar had ever witnessed power of such magnitude. However, the Surfer’s true focus remained on departure — he explained to the Hulk and his Warbound that the obedience disk had been the only thing tethering him to the planet. Now freed, his cosmic senses pulled him back toward the greater universe, and his destiny as a herald of the cosmos. Though he wished the Hulk luck in his rebellion, he confessed he could not remain to see the conflict through, for he had other obligations in the stars. (Incredible Hulk v2 #96) Before leaving Sakaar, the Silver Surfer took a final opportunity to speak with the Hulk, offering wisdom from his own long and tragic experiences as a being torn between freedom and servitude. He reflected on their similarities, as both had been enslaved and forced into roles they never chose — the Hulk as the gladiator of Sakaar and himself as Galactus’ herald. The Surfer urged the Hulk to recognize that while rage could tear down empires, it was bonds of trust and loyalty that built them back stronger. His words carried weight with the Warbound as well, who saw the Surfer as proof that survival against seemingly insurmountable oppression was possible. After this parting moment, the Surfer mounted his board, his form glowing with cosmic radiance, and took flight into the skies of Sakaar. His exit marked both an end to his role in the conflict and a symbol of what true liberation from chains looked like. (Incredible Hulk v2 #97)
Annihilation
Afterwards, he was contacted by Cosmo who wanted him to join a new team of galactic heroes that he was assembling with these being known as the Annihilators. Their ranks would consist of powerful cosmic beings that were to fight against dangerous threats to the universe. The first mission they had together was going to Hala where they helped defeat Blastaar who had assaulted Attilan and looked to depose Queen Medusa. (Thanos Imperative: Devastation v1 #1)
Galactus's Herald Once More
The Silver Surfer returned to Earth at a time when the Fantastic Four themselves were in turmoil following the Superhuman Civil War, with Reed and Sue Richards temporarily stepping away from the team. The Surfer sought out the group not only to renew his connection to them, but also to deliver grave warnings of the cosmic upheaval threatening the universe. His appearance carried with it both awe and dread — his glowing form descending upon New York, heralding matters that reached far beyond the conflicts of Earth’s heroes. The Surfer explained to the assembled team, which now included the Black Panther and Storm, that great cosmic forces were stirring, forces capable of destabilizing entire star systems. His tone was measured but urgent, conveying the weight of the Power Cosmic’s insights. Even among seasoned heroes, his presence demanded both attention and reverence, for his words were never idle. The Surfer revealed that vast, unseen powers were converging, and Earth itself might once again find itself swept into a galactic struggle far greater than any local war of registration and law. (Fantastic Four v3 #545) The Surfer’s role escalated further when his forewarnings materialized in the form of a direct encounter with cosmic forces. Standing alongside the Fantastic Four, he confronted threats that endangered not only the planet but the broader stability of the cosmos. His actions in battle reminded all present that though he had once been Galactus’ herald, his heart lay in protecting life rather than condemning it. He wielded the Power Cosmic with precise ferocity, unleashing blasts that tore through enemies and reshaped the battlefield itself. Yet beyond his destructive potential, the Surfer acted as both strategist and guardian, offering counsel to the Black Panther and Storm as they navigated their relatively new roles within the team dynamic. He emphasized unity over division, speaking from his own past of servitude and loss, and reminding the Fantastic Four that only through collective strength could they withstand the magnitude of what was coming. By the battle’s conclusion, the Surfer had reasserted his place not only as an ally of Earth’s heroes, but as a sentinel whose eyes were fixed firmly on the horizon of the universe. (Fantastic Four v3 #547)
Beta Ray Bill decided that Galactus was indeed a force of destruction threatening all of existence, and set out a dangerous yet shockingly fearful plan to stop the World-Eater. As Galactus reached an idyllic planet to consume, he sent the Silver Surfer to stop Bill and prevent him from interfering, though he was less than successful. (Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter v1 #2)
Dawn
At some point, the Surfer left his vigil on Earth and parted ways with Galactus again. When the Builders began their war against the universe, the Surfer encountered their armies at the Skrull world of Hy'lt Minor. The Surfer tried in vain to stop the Builder army, but began to question his futile struggle when even at the end, the Skrulls still fought each other, worshiping war itself. The Surfer abandoned the struggle, saving only a single Skrull, K'eel R'kt. Despite this, as the Builders continued their war, the Surfer continued his struggle, saving what few he could on other worlds from the Builder onslaught. (Infinity: Against the Tide: Infinite Comic v1 #1)
As he was exploring the universe, the Surfer was approached by the Incredulous Zed, who chose him to be the Impericon's champion to fight the Queen of Nevers. For the Surfer to comply with his request, Zed kidnapped the person who was supposed to be the most important one in the universe for him as determined by a machine who looked into the Surfer's true self: Dawn Greenwood. However, the Surfer didn't even know at all who she was. (Silver Surfer v7 #1) Still, the Surfer decided to help Zed on behalf of the innocent Dawn. When he met the Queen, she revealed to the Surfer that the Impericon was being powered by her heart, which was stolen from her by Zed, and its absence was slowly killing her. The Surfer agreed to help the Queen retrieve her heart. (Silver Surfer v7 #2) With the help of Dawn, the Surfer retrieved the heart and gave it back to the Queen as he defeated Zed. After the Queen faded away, the Surfer and Dawn set out to explore the universe. (Silver Surfer v7 #3)
After lending Dawn control of his surfboard, the Surfer and his companion accidentally landed on a cloaked planet called Newhaven. The 666 billion inhabitants of this world were soon revealed to be the sole survivors of their respective species after their planets had been devoured by Galactus. They identified the Surfer, and his past came to light for Dawn Greenwood, who immediately rejected Norrin. The Surfer left Newhaven and Dawn on it at her request, however, the returned Galactus would follow the trail left by Norrin's surfboard in order to find his former herald, and in the middle of said trail was Newhaven. (Silver Surfer v7 #8)
Infinity Wars
Despite his pleas, Galactus refused as he did not wish to go back to being the World Devourer. However, Norrin managed to convince him of the danger posed by Ultron with Galactus agreeing but stated that this would turn him back to his old state and thus the Silver Surfer would need to be his Herald once more to find planets to sate his hunger. The Surfer agreed and together they returned to the planet where he helped Adam Warlock defeat Ultron whilst Galactus destroyed the world. Afterwards, Galactus returned to being the World Devourer and the Silver Surfer returned to being the Herald of Galactus. (Infinity Countdown v1 #4)
He was then tasked by Galactus to investigate the destruction of a number of worlds due to the actions of the cosmic god known as the Conductor. (Silver Surfer: The Best Defense v1 #1)
Silver Surfer: Black
Cast through a singularity opened amid a cosmic melee, the Silver Surfer emerged in a primordial epoch where the first lights had only begun to kindle and a vast living abyss hunted them. He carved paths through draconic shadows that swarmed like a tide and felt a creeping darkness stain his argent hand as he pushed onward. In that nascent firmament he beheld the abyss’s sovereign—Knull—whose presence smothered stars and sought to chain the Surfer’s light to the void’s will, and Norrin Radd steeled himself to carry the light forward even as the darkness spread within him. (Silver Surfer: Black v1 #1) Pursued by Knull astride a symbiote dragon, the Surfer fled across gulfs of young space while the living abyss whispered in his mind and climbed his arm like frost. He fought free of tendrils that wanted to make him a knight of the void and, with the Power Cosmic waning, sought any ember that might hold back the dark. A distant intelligence called to him—an immense planetary will that promised salvation if he would reach it—and as he sped toward that beacon, he resolved to find an ally strong enough to defy the abyss that gnawed at his light. (Silver Surfer: Black v1 #2) He came to the Living Planet and asked leave to land, and Ego tested his mind to be sure he was no weapon of the abyss before granting him sanctuary. Within that colossal body the Surfer navigated hostile systems and antibodies to a buried wound, discovering a cosmic incubator—the cradle of Galan’s becoming—driven deep within the world’s mantle like a splinter. Realizing the gravity of that seed’s destiny, he balanced Ego’s demand for excision against the history that would flow from the being within, and vowed to act in a way that preserved the balance of creation rather than unmake what must be. (Silver Surfer: Black v1 #3) In contemplation he communed with Galan and set aside the thought of ending a hunger before it was born, choosing instead to guide the incubator to the star Helios-Ra so that the great cycle of the cosmos would proceed as it should. He wrapped a chain of will about the Lifebringer and hauled it across black gulfs while Knull’s shadow prowled the edges of his path, and Ego, moved by the Surfer’s purpose, poured living radiance into him—threading him to the chorus of life so he might stand against the abyss without extinguishing what he sought to protect. (Silver Surfer: Black v1 #4) Knull descended in armor of abyss upon a symbiote dragon, and the Surfer—nearly consumed, body darkened and failing—answered with the last fire in his chest. He transformed his board into a blade to parry All-Black, signaled Ego to smother the void-king in magma, and when the abyss bound him and drove its spear through him, he yielded his final reserve of the Power Cosmic to ignite a star. The newborn sun hurled Knull across the void, and in its light the Surfer seeded worlds with divine sparks, naming one Zenn-La before his form fell to ash and rose again, returned to the present altered—an obsidian sentinel who had given life to the dawn. (Silver Surfer: Black v1 #5)
Death of the Silver Surfer
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, the Silver Surfer was a bald-headed humanoid with a smooth silver skin that coated his entire body. (Fantastic Four v1 #48) Upon being bonded to the Carnage Symbiote, he came to be known as the Carnage Cosmic in the brief time it possessed him. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #430) Whilst on Sakaar, he came to be known as the Silver Savage. (Incredible Hulk v2 #95)
It was noted that there was a certain nobility in his voice. (Fantastic Four v1 #49)
With his power, the Silver Surfer could easily destroy his foes but instead he chose compassion and restraint.(Fantastic Four v1 #156)
It was said that there was an unimaginable loneliness in him. (Fantastic Four v1 #49)
Whilst serving Galactus, he had a cold view of the cosmos and had no issue sacrificing living worlds to the World Devourer. (Fantastic Four v1 #49)
At one point, he was deeply in love with Suzi Endo after she became the Seeker when she was enhanced by the Power Cosmic. (Silver Surfer v6 #5)
Powers and abilities
shown mastery of Zenn-Lavian 'hypno disciplines' which allow him to hypnotize his enemies long enough to deal with them even when bereft of the Power Cosmic. (Silver Surfer: Loftier Than Mortals v1 #1)
The Silver Surfer has incredible abilities derived from the Power Cosmic, enabling him to survive in nearly any environment, absorb, generate and manipulate a wide spectrum of energies, heal and reshape matter, exercise superhuman strength, and more.
Eternity himself stated to Adam Warlock that he regarded the Silver Surfer's power as vast. (Warlock Chronicles v1 #6) The extent of the Power Cosmic was enough for Norrin Radd to build a city or smash a world. (Fantastic Four v1 #156) He was deemed to be an Alpha Plus level threat by the Galadorian Spaceknights. (Annihilators v1 #1) Meanwhile, the Nova Corps classed him as a potentially universal-level threat. (Annihilation: The Nova Corps Files v1 #1) He claimed that as among the oldest of the Heralds he had wielded the Power Cosmic the longest making him adept in its use. (Galactus the Devourer v1 #2)
Upon his transformation, Norrin Radd's body was completely encased in a life-preserving silvery substance of Galactus's own design. This would shield him from heat and cold with him having no need for oxygen. This allowed him to survive the frigid emptiness of space and the blazing inferno of suns without any harm to his person. (Silver Surfer v1 #1) His very presence demonstrated durability and resilience beyond mortal comprehension, as he withstood the burning entry into Earth’s skies without injury. It also made him impervious to harm with a simple fall from a building not even able to hurt him. (Fantastic Four v1 #48) His physical body was impervious to conventional attacks, with neither strikes nor weapons capable of harming him. (Fantastic Four v1 #49)
With his senses, he could hear the sounds of people on Earth whilst he himself was on the Moon. (Silver Surfer v6 #5)
With the power, he could compress his body thus shrinking it to the point that he could enter the Microverse. (Galactus the Devourer v1 #2)
The Surfer was capable of converting physical objects into pure energy. (Fantastic Four v1 #49)
He can also change the state of matter, such as making solids into gas. (Silver Surfer v3 #96) He was able to bend his own molecular structure so as to transform himself to appear human. (Silver Surfer v3 #127)
His command over the Power Cosmic allowed him to unleash devastating energy blasts from his hands, each carrying enough force to stagger powerful opponents. (Fantastic Four v1 #49) He was able to channel the Power Cosmic through his board and body with greater focus, generating concussive blasts of radiant force strong enough to challenge even his master. (Fantastic Four v1 #50)
He could generate a sudden burst of energy that could travel through hyperspace instantaneously that served as a beacon for Galactus. (Fantastic Four v1 #48)
The Surfer was able to create stable black holes. (Annihilation: Silver Surfer v1 #1)
From Galactus, he was provided an indestructible flying board that the Silver Surfer could control with a single thought and allowed him to travel across the endless cosmos. (Silver Surfer v1 #1) Riding upon his cosmic board, he displayed the ability to traverse interstellar distances with effortless speed, guided entirely by his will. His arrival alone was marked by his descent from orbit, moving through the atmosphere unharmed and with flawless control, never dismounted from his board. (Fantastic Four v1 #48)
His surfboard, directed by his mental commands, can take him to faster-than-light speeds to nearly anywhere in the galaxy.
With it, he was able to travel through the starways and journey across the cosmos. (Fantastic Four v1 #48)
Upon being transformed by the Power Cosmic, he came to serve as a servant to Galactus where he stood as one of the Heralds of Galactus. (Fantastic Four v1 #49)
Notes
- Silver Surfer was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby where he made his first appearance in Fantastic Four v1 #48 (March, 1966).
Alternate Versions
- In Silver Surfer Annual v1 #4 (1991), an alternate reality version of the character now known as the Keeper appeared in the universe designated as Earth-691 in the Multiverse.. Years in a different future, he participated in the defence of Earth during the War of the Worlds against the Martians. He was then convinced by Eon that Earth was destined to fall causing him to leave the conflict leading to its conquest by the invaders. Experiencing guilt, he wandered space for centuries and had reused Eon’s offer to become his champion. After sometime, he came to accept the offer leading to him being awarded the Quantum Bands that bolstered his powers as he assumed the position of Protector of the Universe.
- In Marvel Adventures: Fantastic Four v1 #48 (2009), an alternate reality version of the Silver Surfer was shown to had existed in the universe designated as Earth-TRN430 in the Multiverse. By the End of Time, Norrin Radd's power was usurped by a four armed insectoid alien that became the new Silver Surfer. He joined the forces of the Black End that sought to eliminate all life at the end of the universe and attempted to stop Galactus from escaping into the universe that would follow the current one. He was defeated by the Fantastic Four who were brought forward to this future and they were empowered by Galactus's Zero device allowing them to defeat the Black End.
- In Thanos v2 (2017), an alternate version of the character appeared in the Thanos Wins reality that was designated as Earth-TRN666 in the Multiverse. On this world, Thanos succeeded in wiping out all life in the galaxy with him taking the name King Thanos. This version began a campaign to kill all life and take over the universe with the Silver Surfer working alongside Galactus to stop him. The pair were separated with Galactus being slain by the Mad Titan and the surviving Silver Surfer attempting to find a means of killing Thanos. He became known as the Fallen One as he gathered Annihilus's horde under his command and made himself worthy of Mjolnir to give him the power to slay the Mad King Thanos. Despite his power and him wielding Mjolnir he was unable to defeat King Thanos who was aided by his younger self with the two Titans murdering the Silver Surfer.
- In Old Man Quill v1 #8 (2019), an alternate version of the character appeared in the Old Man Logan Wastelands reality that was designated as Earth-807128 in the Multiverse. This reality experienced Galactus going mad and taking over the Universal Church of Truth that became his army in conquering all of space. The Silver Surfer was the first to be defeated where his former master drained him of the Power Cosmic that was used by the Church. This saw him being placed in an archive ship and trapped though he used his limited power to send a telepathic message to Mantis. She mistakenly believed the Silver Surfer to be the means of defeating Galactus but he said that the true means to stop his former master was by using the Ultimate Nullifier that was hidden in the Baxter Building on Earth.
In other media
Television
- In Fantastic Four, the Silver Surfer appeared in the 1960s Hanna-Barbera animated television series where he was voiced by actor Vic Perrin.
- In Silver Surfer, the character starred in the 1990s Fox solo animated series where he was voiced by actor Paul Essiembre.
- In Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., the Silver Surfer appeared in the animated television series in the episode "Fear Itself" where he was voiced by actor Brent Spiner.
Films
- In Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, the Silver Surfer made an appearance in the live-action film where he was voiced by actor Laurence Fishburne.
- In The Fantastic Four: First Steps, the Herald was not Norrin Radd in the setting of the live-action film set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe but rather Shalla-Bal who had assumed the mantle where she was portrayed by actress Julia Garner.
Video games
- In Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, the Silver Surfer was a bonus playable character in the setting of the video game where he was voiced by actor Chris Cox.
- In Marvel Heroes, the Silver Surfer made an appearance as a playable character in the MMORPG video game where he was voiced by actor James Arnold Taylor.
- In Marvel: Future Fight, the Silver Surfer appeared as a playable character in the setting of the mobile video game.
Appearances
- Fantastic Four v1: (1966)
- Silver Surfer v1:
- Galactus the Devourer v1:
- Annihilation v1:
- Incredible Hulk v2:
- Ultimates:
- Ultimates 2:
- Thanos:
- Infinity Countdown v1:
- Silver Surfer: The Best Defense v1:
- Guardians of the Galaxy:
- Fantastic Four v6:
- Fantastic Four: Reckoning War Alpha v1: (2022)
- Death of the Silver Surfer v1:
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