Silver Surfer

This week sees the debut of a new Silver Surfer mini (5 issues), written by Greg Pak with art from Stephen Segovia. On the lovely cover from Carlo Pagulayan, we have the Surfer juxtaposed with Galactus, his on-again/off-again master, and the High Evolutionary. Now, I had suspected that inclusion of this meant something to do with the Iron Man/Thor mini from Dan and Andy, but I can only get further into that next week when I read through all 4 issues.

This week, we get a great issue set up with the Surfer shortly after the events of the Thanos Initiative, and find him contemplating on Earth. I haven't read (though desperately wish to read) the John Buscema Surfer series from the sixties (yeah!). However, what I do know about it from reviews is there was this fascination with the Earth and its various inhabitants, specifically with the aspects more natural. If you've read any interviews, you know Pak is a huge Surfer fan, and he hits every note perfectly. This honestly seems a great premise for a mini, and just as good a set up for an ongoing if necessary. Pak knows his stuff, and Segovia knocks it out with power cosmic and the powers of another character who I honestly did not recognize.

And then one our cover features shows up and does something unexpected that should probably set the tone for the rest of the book, and appropriately so. Should you be going and checking this out? I say yes. Some of the best cosmic heroes, such as the Silver Surfer and Captain Marvel, are best juxtaposed against the simpler Earth and its occupants, rather than getting lost in the shuffle of the great beyond. I'm inclined to put this off to read until I have all the issues, but I'm far too curious as to what happens after the last page, and see where the rest of the mini will go.

Yourself? Go check it out.