If you have never read a Silver Surfer comic, this is the one to start with. Silver Surfer: “Black“, not only introduces him to new readers but advances Silver Surfer’s character and explores who he is as a character. This book is not only a tribute to the cosmism of the earlier books made of the character, but examines how someone can continue being a harbinger of destruction, yet then refuse their very nature, and begin to change for the better. The art not only adds to the cosmic and claustrophobic environments our hero faces but adds to the journey he is on. Donny
Cates not only has made me a Silver Surfer fan of me but convinced me that he can be added to the Marvel pantheon of great comic book writers, being able to go toe to toe with even Stan Lee and the other greats of the earlier books. As the first Silver Surfer book made after Stan Lee died, Cates felt that it had to mean something, and it oozes with meaning
