Subsequent series Silver Surfer

after 1982 one-shot writer-artist john byrne (with scripting stan lee), surfer appeared in second solo, ongoing title in 1987.

initially written steve englehart, series set on earth , 1 issue completed under premise before marvel agreed let englehart remove long-standing restriction regarding silver surfer being imprisoned on earth. first issue shelved , brand new first issue written, set plot twist; original first issue reprinted in marvel fanfare #51. series marked first silver surfer stories not written stan lee, fact lee openly unhappy about. explained:

after gave spider-man else did spider-man, , else did fantastic 4 , doctor strange , x-men , of them. felt kind of nice me have been writer of silver surfer, felt little bit disappointed when else did it. have liked have been person. had known absolutely going have book done, have found time myself. didn t have time have made time, rather have else it. ... not @ criticism of steve [englehart] or of marshall [rogers, artist on series], s s 1 book have liked have done myself. [emphases in original]

englehart introduced many villains silver surfer, featured space politics involving surfer s homeworld zenn-la, caught in middle of renewed kree-skrull war. however, issues regarding englehart wanting use avengers character mantis silver surfer s companion, editorial refusing let him use thanos or other concepts conceived jim starlin, led englehart leave book issue #31. jim starlin took on writer issue #34 after several fill-in issues, , incorporated thanos, adam warlock, , drax destroyer series.

under starlin , later ron marz, series receive acclaim , sales boost due silver surfer s involvement starlin s infinity trilogy, george pérez , j. m. dematteis having brief writing stints on series well. additional artists included tom grindberg, ron garney, , jon j. muth, periodic guest spots john buscema. title experienced great initial success allowed marvel push character other media, including 1990 video game, 1992 trading card set, , 1998 animated series, spinning off variety of other comics series including cosmic powers, cosmic powers unlimited, captain marvel vol. 2, , star masters. ran 146 issues, through 1998. next year followed two-issue miniseries, silver surfer: loftier mortals.

a two-issue silver surfer miniseries (later collected silver surfer: parable), scripted lee , drawn moebius, published through marvel s epic comics imprint in 1988 , 1989. because of inconsistencies other stories, has been argued these stories feature alternate silver surfer parallel earth. miniseries won eisner award best finite/limited series in 1989.