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Silver Surfer: Return To The Spaceways Omnibus (Silver Surfer
Collects Silver Surfer (1982) #1, Silver Surfer (1987) #1-33 and Annual (1988) #1-2, Marvel Graphic Silver Surfer, Silver Surfer (1988) #1-2, Silver The Enslavers, Fantastic Four (1961) #325, Super-Villain Classics #1 and material from Epic Illustrated #1, Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #1 and Marvel Fanfare (1982) #51.
The Sentinel of the Spaceways soars again in his longest-running series! After years trapped on Earth, the Silver Surfer finally breaks free of Galactuss' barrier and returns to the stars! His full Power Cosmic restored, he heads for Zenn-La. But the old saying holds You can't go home again. While the age-old war between the Kree and the Skrulls heats up once again, the Elders of the Universe target Galactus! But love is the greatest force of all. Will Surfer find it with his old flame, Shalla-Bal? With Galactuss' herald, Nova? Or with the Celestial Madonna, Mantis? The origin of Galactus! A blockbuster team-up with the Fantastic Four! Ego, the Living Planet! And a stunning collaboration between the legendary Stan Lee and the visionary Moebius, wherein the only one who can stop Galactus from leading mankind to its doom is the Silver Surfer!
The Sentinel of the Spaceways soars again in his longest-running series! After years trapped on Earth, the Silver Surfer finally breaks free of Galactuss' barrier and returns to the stars! His full Power Cosmic restored, he heads for Zenn-La. But the old saying holds You can't go home again. While the age-old war between the Kree and the Skrulls heats up once again, the Elders of the Universe target Galactus! But love is the greatest force of all. Will Surfer find it with his old flame, Shalla-Bal? With Galactuss' herald, Nova? Or with the Celestial Madonna, Mantis? The origin of Galactus! A blockbuster team-up with the Fantastic Four! Ego, the Living Planet! And a stunning collaboration between the legendary Stan Lee and the visionary Moebius, wherein the only one who can stop Galactus from leading mankind to its doom is the Silver Surfer!
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Published May 21, 2025
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John Byrne
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John Lindley Byrne is a British-born Canadian-American author and artist of comic books. Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on nearly every major American superhero.
Byrne's better-known work has been on Marvel Comics' X-Men and Fantastic Four and the 1986 relaunch of DC Comics’ Superman franchise. Coming into the comics profession exclusively as a penciler, Byrne began co-plotting the X-Men comics during his tenure on them, and launched his writing career in earnest with Fantastic Four (where he also started inking his own pencils). During the 1990s he produced a number of creator-owned works, including Next Men and Danger Unlimited. He also wrote the first issues of Mike Mignola's Hellboy series and produced a number of Star Trek comics for IDW Publishing.
There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name
John Lindley Byrne is a British-born Canadian-American author and artist of comic books. Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on nearly every major American superhero.
Byrne's better-known work has been on Marvel Comics' X-Men and Fantastic Four and the 1986 relaunch of DC Comics’ Superman franchise. Coming into the comics profession exclusively as a penciler, Byrne began co-plotting the X-Men comics during his tenure on them, and launched his writing career in earnest with Fantastic Four (where he also started inking his own pencils). During the 1990s he produced a number of creator-owned works, including Next Men and Danger Unlimited. He also wrote the first issues of Mike Mignola's Hellboy series and produced a number of Star Trek comics for IDW Publishing.
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October 17, 2025
(Zero spoiler review) 2.75/5
I'd always had a rather high opinion of Steve Englehart's writing, although this is too wildly inconsistent to be considered anything other than mediocre. I'll just say it. Silver Surfer is hardly the most interesting character. He really needs a much stronger ensemble to really elevate him beyond C tier, though we certainly don't get that here. There were fit's and starts throughout, though the Kree/Skrull war II was poorly done and a weak achoring plot to have running throughout the book.
The art and colours were stellar throughout for the most part, though when Joe Rubenstien left inking duties, it was never the same.
The highlight is the Stan Lee/ John Buscema graphic novel near the end, and if I'm praising something written by Stan Lee, you know I really mean it.
Overall though, this can't be seen as anything other than disappointing. 2.75/5
OmniBen.
I'd always had a rather high opinion of Steve Englehart's writing, although this is too wildly inconsistent to be considered anything other than mediocre. I'll just say it. Silver Surfer is hardly the most interesting character. He really needs a much stronger ensemble to really elevate him beyond C tier, though we certainly don't get that here. There were fit's and starts throughout, though the Kree/Skrull war II was poorly done and a weak achoring plot to have running throughout the book.
The art and colours were stellar throughout for the most part, though when Joe Rubenstien left inking duties, it was never the same.
The highlight is the Stan Lee/ John Buscema graphic novel near the end, and if I'm praising something written by Stan Lee, you know I really mean it.
Overall though, this can't be seen as anything other than disappointing. 2.75/5
OmniBen.
June 2, 2025
It's always fascinating to see how other people reinterpret an old favorite. This volume provides such insights with one of Marvel's most distinctive characters. I often didn't care for what those writers did, but I enjoyed studying it, and the art was often spectacular.
July 5, 2025
The goat
October 21, 2025
One of the best Omnis ever. SS is one of the noblest characters in history and Ron Lim's artwork is the pinnacle of the genre. I absolutely loved this book!
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