Silver Surfer Epic Collection, Vol. 8: The Herald Ordeal

Silver Surfer Epic Collection

by Ron Marz

In this classic era of Silver Surfer, the heralds of Galactus unite to face their former master and his latest malicious messenger of doom!

As the Infinity Wars rage across the Marvel Universe, the Silver Surfer joins Nova, Galactus and Doctor Strange on a cosmic quest! But tired of Nova leading him only to unpopulated planets, the World-Eater takes a new herald who will deliver him the sustenance he seeks! Enter the ruthless Morg! In a bid to save countless lives, the Silver Surfer unites his fellow former heralds — Nova, Firelord, Terrax and a reactivated Gabriel the Air-Walker — to stand against Morg, but one among them will not survive the executioner’s ax! Plus: A demonic encounter for the Incredible Hulk leads him to seek the aid of his old ally, Doctor Strange — setting the scene for a full-on Defenders reunion with the Surfer and Namor the Sub-Mariner!

COLLECTING: Silver Surfer (1987) 67-75, Silver Surfer Annual (1988) 5, Silver Surfer: Homecoming (1991); material from Incredible Hulk Annual (1968) 18, Namor the Sub-Mariner Annual (1991) 2, Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Annual (1992) 2

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Science Fiction

456 pages, Paperback

Published December 3, 2024

About the author

Marz is well known for his work on Silver Surfer and Green Lantern, as well as the Marvel vs DC crossover and Batman/Aliens. He also worked on the CrossGen Comics series Scion, Mystic, Sojourn, and The Path. At Dark Horse Comics he created Samurai: Heaven and Earth and various Star Wars comics. He has also done work for Devil’s Due Publishing’s Aftermath line, namely Blade of Kumori. In 1995, he had a brief run on XO-Manowar, for Valiant Comics.

Marz’s more recent works includes a number of Top Cow books including Witchblade and a Cyberforce relaunch. For DC Comics, he has written Ion, a 12 part comic book miniseries that followed the Kyle Rayner character after the One Year Later event, and Tales of the Sinistro Corps Presents: Parallax and Tales of the Sinestro Corps Presents: Ion, two one-shot tie-ins to the Green Lantern crossover, The Sinestro Corps War.

His current creator owned projects include “Dragon Prince” (Top Cow) and “Samurai : Heaven and Earth” (Dark Horse).

Photo by Luigi Novi.

Reviews

[Nicholas Dehler · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book opens with a bang; I did not realize that Homecoming was a 65 page graphic novel and it was incredible. I absolutely loved it. It was followed by a four part “Return of the Defenders” run, which was ass lol. Some classic 90’s slop. Still enjoyable, but I could have set it down at any point without really caring if I ever learned what happened next. Surfer was barely involved and the cast felt super bland. This era of hulk was awful by the way. Anyways there was also a short villains gallery and a firelord/ eros issue, both of which I enjoyed. Then there was the titular “Herald Ordeal” run, which was 6 issues and very solid in my opinion. I really liked that whole stretch. Overall I would say the defenders stretch is the only thing holding this book down, the rest of it ranges from good to excellent in my opinion.

[bret riddle · Rating 4 out of 5]

This really introduced me to silver surfer. And I loved it. I red it in 2/3 days tops. It gave me a good understanding of all the heralds of galactus, and his demeanor towards life and his creations.