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Issue: The Silver Surfer #2
Publication Date: October 1968
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Issues: #2 of 18 Issues (22 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Official Magazine Corp.
On Sale Date: 07/16/1968
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound (#1-7); saddle-stitched (#8-18)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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ORIGINAL COVER ART from the Private Collection of Albert Moy
 
Cover, Front
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ORIGINAL COVER ART from the Private Collection of Albert Moy
Unused cover.
Cover, Front
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Enlarged cover image.
 
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When Lands the Saucer!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): The Silver Surfer; The Badoon
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagEssential Silver Surfer #1 [unnamed variant] published February 1998
In Issue: FlagSilver Surfer Omnibus #1 [Regular Cover] published May 2007
In Issue: FlagMarvel Gold: Estela Plateada de Stan Lee y John Buscema #[nn] published April 2010
In Content Item: FlagL'Incredibile Devil #3 published June 1970
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagL'Incredibile Devil #4 published June 1970
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantasy Masterpieces #2 [Direct] published January 1980
as When Lands the Saucer! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #15 published September 1990
as The Silver Surfer #2 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSilver Surfer #25 published October 1991
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Klassik #2 published ?
as When lands the Saucer! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover inks credit from Sinnott's personal records.
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Silver Surfer; Krills
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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When Lands the Saucer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): The Silver Surfer; Badoon Brotherhood (first appearance, villains); Shalla Bal
First Line: In all the world, there is no place for me!
Synopsis: The Badoon come to Earth to conquer but find greater adventure in hunting the Silver Surfer.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagEssential Silver Surfer #1 [unnamed variant] published February 1998
In Issue: FlagSilver Surfer Omnibus #1 [Regular Cover] published May 2007
In Issue: FlagMarvel Gold: Estela Plateada de Stan Lee y John Buscema #[nn] published April 2010
In Content Item: FlagFantask #2 published March 1969
as Les soucoupes attaquent [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagL'Incredibile Devil #2 published May 1970
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 1
In Content Item: FlagL'Incredibile Devil #3 published June 1970
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 2
In Content Item: FlagL'Incredibile Devil #4 published June 1970
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 3
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Presents #8 [U.S. Cover Price] published December 1976
as When Lands the Saucer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]in part
In Content Item: FlagFantasy Masterpieces #2 [Direct] published January 1980
as When Lands the Saucer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #15 published September 1990
as When Lands the Saucer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGuardians of the Galaxy: The Power of Starhawk #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 2009
as When Lands the Saucer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Klassik #2 published ?
as When lands the Saucer! / Die Aliens kommen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 40
Disclose Notes: Part Two (20 pp.) is entitled: "Let Earth Be the Prize!" In the letters page of Sub-Mariner #19 Roy Thomas notes that Bill Everett was colorist for "recent issues" of the Silver Surfer.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Hulk
First Line: Another Marvel masterpiece
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for the Incredible Hulk Special #1 (October 1968). The ad is located between pages 8 and 9 of the story "When Lands the Saucer!"
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Avengers [Goliath [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Black Panther [T'Challa]]; Alternate Avengers [Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]
First Line: Another Marvel masterpiece
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for the Avengers Annual #2. The ad is located between pages 23 and 24 of the story "When Lands the Saucer!"
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The Coming of the Krills!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Uatu the Watcher (narrator); radar technician [unnamed]; Lou; Krills (from the Ninth Galaxy)
First Line: I am... the Watcher!
Synopsis: A radar operator turns off Earth's defenses when alien Krill offer him the most beautiful woman in the universe, but he finds out too late that she is only beautiful to them.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: This is a retelling of "The Coming of the Krills" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) #8 (January 1962) and of "Shock!" by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #47 (November 1963).
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: America's greatest values in science labs and courses!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad by the American Basic Science Club, Inc.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Boys, girls, men, women
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad to earn money by selling greeting cards.

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