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Issue: Essential Silver Surfer #2
Publication Date: June 2007
 
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel ComicsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Publishing Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/06/2007
Volume: 2
Pages: 604
ISBN: 0785127003
UPC/EAN: 978078512700051699
Price: $27.25 CAD
$16.99 USD
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Content Items: 56 (25 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: softcover
Publishing Format: collected edition
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The Answer

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The planet is nameless. It needs no name.
The Surfer tries to fly past the edge of the universe to find the ultimate answer.
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Escape--To Terror!

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Zenn-Lavians; Doombots; Anddar Bal
The FF help Surfer break the barrier of Galactus, ending his exile on Earth & granting him the freedom to roam the spaceways once again. The Surfer returns to Zenn-La to reunite with his love Shalla-Bal but finds that after he betrayed Galactus on Earth, the world eater devastated his home world in retaliation. Informed by the survivors that Shalla-Bal was captured by the demon Mephisto, the Surfer flies back to Earth & battles the monster in his own realm for her freedom. Beaten but still victorious, Mephisto returns Shalla-Bal to her home world while the Surfer is again trapped on Earth.
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--Free--

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Skrulls; Al Harper (flashback)
After defeating the Champion, the FF help the Surfer to break through the barrier of Galactus and end his exile on earth once again. The Surfer saves Nova from the Skrulls for Galactus and in return, his former master lifts the curse of the barrier for good. The Silver Surfer rides the spaceways once again.
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Silver Surfer

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Part one of the history of the Silver Surfer.
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The Return to Zenn-La...and Shalla-Bal

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Shalla Bal

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Tallim Pay; Skrulls [Ambassador Ptakr; Al'Arok; others]
Five hundred million miles from Earth, across the Milky Way-- the constellation Cygnus!
The Surfer returns to his home planet and reunites with his lost love only to find that Shalla-Bal is now the empress of his world and has little time for personal matters. The Skrulls arrive and demand an alliance with Zenn-La and the Surfer agrees to help his people weather the coming Kree-Skrull war.
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Silver Surfer

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Part two of the history of the Silver Surfer.
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Heaven

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Espirita; Matani (death);Skrulls [Ptakr; Al'Arok; Commander Krilok; others] (death); Kree [Major Muz-Kott; others]
The Surfer saves Espirita from the Collector and returns her to earth. Furious at another intrusion by the SS, the Elders send one of their own, the Runner, to take him down. Surfer is beaten but awakens to the sight of Mantis. The new Kree/Skrull war heats up.
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Silver Surfer

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Part three of the history of the Silver Surfer.
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Mantis

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Skrulls; Kylor; Ripan; Jemiah the Analyzer (cameo); Priests of Pama (flashback)
Mantis introduces herself to the Surfer and tells him her origin. The Surfer and Mantis eavesdrop on a meeting of the Elders of the Universe where they hear of a plan to kill Galactus but are discovered and barely escape.
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Obliteration!

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Jemiah the Analyzer; Skrulls; Kylor; Kree [Tar-Rell; others]; Celestials (flashback); Dire Wraith (flashback)
Somewhere beyond the Crab Nebula--
The Skrulls begin to panic over the appearance of the Celestial Jemiah on their world. The Surfer and Mantis face down the Obliterator and nullify the power of the Elder for good. The Skrulls catch a Kree spy.
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Seeds of War

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Kylor; Ripan; Aptak; Phae-Dor; Nenora; Tus-Katt
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War

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Skrulls; Kylor; Ripan; Aptak; Kree; Phae-Dor; Nenora; Tus-Katt; Nullet (death)
The Kree/Skrull war continues to escalate. Surfer learns from the beaten Obliterator that the Elders are meeting on Earth to test a weapon that will kill Galactus. The Supreme Intelligence thinks that it ferrets out a traitor to the Kree but the wrong alien is killed and Nenora, a Skrull spy, remains high up in the Kree hierarchy. Preparing to travel to Earth, the Surfer and Mantis split up as Norrin receives a call of distress from Shalla-Bal.
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Triangle!

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Kree; Skrulls; Nenora
The Surfer staves off an assault by the Kree on his home planet of Zenn-La. Mantis listens in on the plans of the Elders where she learns that they are gathering the soul gems to kill Galactus. The Surfer has a confrontation with the Kree Supreme Intelligence.
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Soul, Sweet Soul

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Kree; Kylor; Aptak; Skrulls; Nenora
The Surfer is trapped within the surreal mind of the Supreme Intelligence and as he fights his way free, he causes the Kree computer to lose its marbles.
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Doomsday

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Cloaked in the dazzle and shadows of the Cone Nebula...
The Surfer trades the final soul gem to the Elders for the release of Mantis and Shalla-Bal but then aids Galactus when the Elders use the gems to try and kill him.
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Space Is... Eternity!

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Nenora; Aptak (death); Celestials (flashback)
Galactus eats five of the Elders and then sends the Surfer and Nova after the one that got away-the Contemplator. Sticking around for a while, the two heralds witness an awesome meeting between Galactus and Eternity. Although starting out as a Skrull spy, Nenora betrays her race as she finds herself in a position to rule the Kree on her own.
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Space Pirates
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Nova

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Space Pirates; Clumsy Foulup (introduction); Kree; Nenora
Never seen from the Northern Hemisphere of Eath,E
The Surfer and Nova begin their search for the Contemplator and run up against a world of space pirates. The Kree are attacked by another Silver Surfer.
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Sick!

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Clumsy Foulup; Space Pirates; Cotati (cameo); Nenora (flashback)
The Surfer and Nova escape from their capture by Reptyl. Reptyl eats his ally, the Contemplator.
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The last page is a graphic depiction of Reptyl ripping out Contemplator's throat and eating him.
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Masques!

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Skrulls; Kylor (death); S'Byll; Kree; Nenora
Nenora sends Ronan to kill the Surfer. The battle between the Kree and Skrulls escalates. The Surfer and Nova encounter another Silver Surfer.
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Silver Mirrors!

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Skrulls; General Zedrao (flashback); Kree (flashback)
So, the stories were true!
The Surfer faces off against his duplicate who turns out to be a Skrull in disguise. Bartak beats SS but Ronan shows up and, mistaking the Skrull for the real deal, kills who he thinks is the Silver Surfer.
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The Evolutionary War [Part Three]

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Adam

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The High Evolutionary tasks the Eternals with mapping the Silver Surfer's DNA. Interfering with a battle between SS and the Super-Skrull, the Eternals return the two to earth to complete their mission. The Surfer ends up freeing his old foe and showing the Eternals the error of their ways.
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The Evolutionary War continued from The Punisher Annual (Marvel, 1988 series) #1.
The Evolutionary War continues in The New Mutants (Marvel, 1984 series) #4.
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Moth to the Flame

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Nova discovers that Galactus is dying and calls the Surfer for help.
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Mantis

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Mantis awakens on Earth, finding herself living another life and decides to seek out the Avengers for help.
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Continued in West Coast Avengers (Marvel, 1985 series) #37.
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Nenora; Kylor; Ripan; Aptak; Skrulls; S'Byll
A Series of Ron Lim Pinups-- starting with our spaceborn star!
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Evil Lurks Beyond the Black Hole!

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Three Into Nothing Goes...

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Surfer heads to earth to collect Reed and Sue and brings them along with (in a dubious parenting choice) Franklin to the dying Galactus who seems to be expiring from Elder indigestion (he ate five of them a few issues ago). Our heroes enter a black hole which teleports them to a magic dimension where they confront the three Elders who did not get swallowed by the planet eater. Sue is overcome by the evil Malice persona.
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The Invisible Woman...Possessed by the Soul Gems!

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Malice: A Four Thought

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The Surfer has to contend with Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Woman being corrupted by soul gems while the trio tries to escape from the magical limbo in which they are trapped. Their real opponent is revealed, the In-Betweener.
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Resurrection

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The Surfer and his allies escape from the magical limbo realm but the In-Betweener comes with them bent on conquest. Galactus expels the Elders he swallowed and, feeling a bit better, decides to take on his counterpart, the In-Betweener.
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Galactus vs. the In-Betweener! 'Nuff said!

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Heavyweights

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The Surfer, half of the FF and the Elders all pitch in with Galactus as he battles for the fate of the universe against the In-Betweener.
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Editori-Al

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Al Milgrom
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The Great Terror

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Sprout [Mantis' son] (introduction); Clay Quartermain; SHIELD; two Kree soldiers (villain)
In a What If? tale that was originally slated as part of a Silver Surfer limited series, the Surfer is still trapped on earth and has to defend Mantis and her young son from the fury of Mangog.
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As explained in the editorial, this is an alternate version of the 80's Silver Surfer #1.
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Pin-Up

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Cover of Marvel Age #52.
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The New Silver Surfer Series

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After years of Earthbound exile, the Silver Surfer soars...
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