Silver Surfer #123 (Marvel)
George Perez & J.M. De Mattis (w) Ron Garney & Bob Wiacek (a)
Every so often I pick up some comics from the nineties a period I skipped for a whole variety of reasons. A lot happened. The industry boomed then collapsed and has taken a long time to recover. I have more than a few of the breakaway Image titles amongst others but generally have never really caught up on Marvel.
Here we catch up with the Silver Surfer as he returns to earth and as usual finds himself under attack. The military is trigger happy following the Onslaught attack of which I have heard but never read. The world thinks their heroes are dead. This was the period of Heroes Reborn which I have dipped into via the Fantastic Four and frankly find..confusing.
However the attack hounds are called off as the result of an intervention by a group that appears to be the X-Men, it's led by Cyclops anyway. The Surfer looks to the blind artist Alicia Masters for help. He, Norrin Radd cannot remember his own personality. The Surfer is cold, that spark of ,shall we call it "humanity" has gone.
His visit does not help so when I move on to the next available issue (#126 see below) the Surfer goes to Doctor Strange for help. Here he finds the good Doctor failing to master a spell. Even the Sorcerer Supreme has his limits it would seem!
Here he talks to his "old friend" but the bluntness of the soulless Surfer amusingly states:
I recall your word is inviolate. That although you are a human of some arrogance..you are worthy of the Silver Surfers trust.
Not knowing whether to be insulted or flattered the pair journey into the Surfers mind. here they find a weak and beaten Norrin Radd who seemingly dies when they confront an image of Galactus the Doctor realises another mid is at work here and they must depart.
A mystery to be resolved in future issues which I am going to have to pick up after the lock-down. There'll be a big wish list at the end of this!
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