Silver Surfer: Rebirth

Silver Surfer/Warlock Rebirth

by Ron Marz, Ron Lim (artist)

Ron Marz and Ron Lim return to the Sentinel of the Spaceways with a new tale of cosmic adventure set during their classic 1990s SILVER SURFER run! When the Reality Gem is stolen from safekeeping by an unknown antagonist, the resulting chaos attracts the attention of Thanos - and the Mad Titan seeks the aid of the Surfer to recover the gem! As reality fractures around them, Norrin must do the unthinkable and ally himself with his bitter enemy. The unlikely duo will cross paths with familiar faces - including Nebula, Jack of Hearts, Galactus and the original (and long-dead) Kree Captain Mar-Vell! But will even the awesome power of the Silver Surfer and Thanos be enough to restore order to the Marvel Universe? Or will doing so mean a galaxy where the Surfer never existed? Collects Silver Surfer Rebirth (2022) #1-5.

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Fantasy

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2022

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

[Subham · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yeah this was an okayish read and was very quick and is mostly about Surfer teaming with Thanos as reality changes around him and its the usual stuff and its them vs Jack of hearts and Tyrant and the motives of the villain are not that clearly explored but its still fun seeing the battles and there a couple of panels of Norrin with Galactus and Shalla-bal which you have seen previously and its nothing new but for a first-time reader it still makes for a good read and maybe its the moments that make it worth it so yeah maybe check it out once, Lim's art still remains impeccable!

[Malum · Rating 3 out of 5]

this felt more like fan service than an actual serious story. We get lots of call backs and Easter eggs; Mar-Vell, the Infinity Gauntlet, the Infinity Watch, the first death of Thanos, and even past Silver Surfer artists get fun mentions. I imagine that people who are familiar with older Marvel storylines will get more enjoyment out of this than those who aren't because the actual story itself was pretty meh.

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.25 stars. This isn’t anything to rave about but it was decent. Someone has stolen the reality gem and has been messing with reality as they try to master the gem. Thanos comes to the Surfer for help as he knows Norrin can use the power cosmic to track the gem and find out who has it. Ron Marz brings back some villains from his original run on Silver Surfer as he has him and Thanos being flip flopped through reality on their quest to find the gem. Ron Lim’s art is still nice with the crispy sharp edges. A solid outing.

[Guilherme Smee · Rating 2 out of 5]

Estava tão empolgado em ler esse quadrinho revival de uma fase do Surfista Prateado bastante elogiada, mas quem vai com muita sede ao pote... você sabe o resto. Começa bem interessante com Thanos chamando o Surfista pra uma missão de resgatar a Joia da Realidade, eles encontram Nebulosa e Valete de Copas, mas pra que? Pra nada! Seguem-se um monte de sonhos, ilusões, versões alternativas, multiversos. Ok, até entendo que tudo seja causado pela Joia da Realidade. Mas esse tipo de plot já cansou bastante né? Alou roteiristas da Marvel e da DC Comics, tá na hora de inovar. Mesmo que seja um trabalho feito por pessoas veteranas dos quadrinhos e que queiram dar um frescor nas suas narrativas, complicado isso. Os desenhos de Ron Lim são legais e sim, estão melhores do que nos anos 1990, mas não servem para justificar toda essa publicação e todas essas páginas ness despedício de papel...

[Dakota Morgan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Silver Surfer and Thanos team up to recover the reality stone from Tyrant in this one-off Silver Surfer tale that reunites a classic writer/artist duo. You can tell that they wrote stories in the 80s - this one has real throwback vibes, by which I mean the dialogue is slow and stilted, and the plot is second-rate. The art is pretty great, though. A quick read that'll probably satisfy anyone jonesing for more Silver Surfer material, but by no means essential.

[Ross · Rating 3 out of 5]

It seems like writers on 'Silver Surfer' can't go far. They'll always drawn back to the character and continue to tell stories set during their run. This isn't the first time we've had a flashback miniseries that has no connection to the current timeline. Jim Starlin has written an EPIC amount of stories of Thanos and Silver Surfer clashes.

I'm not going to tell you it's bad or poorly written. It's a fun little retro story with Ron Lim's classic art style. It's definitely worth a quick read for fans of the Silver Surfer.

Bonus: I'd say they were missing the quantum bands, but I think Quasar had them in this era...
Bonus Bonus: Callback to the Infinity Watch. They were almost a proto Guardians of the Galaxy

[Sesana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun cosmic adventure, but not much substance. The story is basically an excuse for nostalgia, culminating in four additional Surfers showing up, each inspired by a different artist's work on the character. The problem is that they show up and offer nothing. Honestly, I would have been interested if there had been multiple surfers from different eras of the character, because that could have been fun from a character perspective. Instead, it's just fanservice, as is most of this book.

[Patrick · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was pretty blah. If you really liked the Ron Marz Silver Surfer in the 90’s, this blast of nostalgia may be for you, but it was not for me. The only thing I kind of enjoyed was seeing Ron Lim successfully homage Silver Surfer in the style of Jack Kirby, John Buscema, Moebius, and Mike Allred for a few pages.

[Cat B. · Rating 3 out of 5]

the most interesting coolest story parts to meeee got like one or two pages worth of panels tht bugged me😭😭😭😭 and other parts of story tht were to meeeeee less cool or exciting or necessary LOL to me !:) got so many panels of redundant stuff it seemed :) to me :)

giving the lil gem to control reality to thanos is crazy he saw his wife again and their little kidsss N cried and said this is exactly how everything is supposed to be🥹🥹😁🥹 and then says but😃 and gives it to thanos n then gambit n me were like r u dumb friend😄😄😃😁😄😄

Jack of hearts guy was cool to see idk him so tht was neat . The colorssss in this were pretty and some really cool art 🤓😀😃😁 especially when he gets put into tht little madness spiral by thanos the lil artstyle change was fire N tht was given like 3 panels of time to be shown before he whips his self out of it which was boring to ! me :)to play around w tht so little but😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😀😄

[Jon Ninneman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beginning of a buddy cop.

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

I keep reading Silver Surfer comics in the hopes that one will maybe not be on the same level as Requiem by Straczynski but at least be close to it. Hasn't yet happened but I live in hope.

[Lucas · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun little team-up popcorn adventure with lots of all over the place moments.

When the Reality Gem is stolen from Thanos, of whom it was currently entrusted to, things start to turn on their head for Norrin Raad, the Silver Surfer.

The Mad Titan seeks out the Surfer’s help to retrieve his lost treasure, thus setting this unlikely pair up for a journey across the star-ways.

Now, the story isn’t quite all that strong nor captivating, but it’s a fun Silver Surfer adventure at the very least. If not a little inconsequential.

It’s a relatively quick read with good moments that I still believe this book is worth reading for if you are a fan of the character. If you’re not familiar with the Silver Surfer, then I wouldn’t recommend starting here, as there’s not much of substance.

In summary, a fun read for fans of the Silver Surfer with an uneasy alliance thrown in the mix to spice things up. The Reality Gem gives us some cool moments that makes this book worth picking up.

[Adam Fisher · Rating 3 out of 5]

Been a while since we've seen Silver Surfer involved in much of anything (at least I haven't). This quick story, apparently set in the 1990's, after the events of Infinity Gauntlet, has reality being written as the Reality Gem (entrusted to him by Adam Warlock) has been stolen from Thanos. Lots of chaos and reality warping here, but it ultimately was taken by Tyrant (a character I had never heard of, who looks like a cross between Apocalypse and Emplate) and his brainwashed minion Jack of Hearts. Obviously, by the end of the final battle, all is back as we left it.
Hopefully, Silver Surfer will be part of the regular 616 MU soon and we'll see what chaos from the cosmic realm he brings with him.
Very quick read. Recommend, if you are a fan of the characters, otherwise skip it.

[Timothy Pitkin · Rating 3 out of 5]

A pretty trippy read as we see Silver Surfer team up with Thanos who lost the reality gem he was given to guard. And they are have to explore all of the distortions in reality to find whoever stole it and stop them. I do find it weird that it starts with Silver Surfer meeting Captain Mar-Vell's son and they talk briefly about his son feels like he is not worthy of his father's legacy and then they immediately abandon that plot thread as the rest he of the story he does not appear at all. Tyrant being the villain is interesting not sure why he stole the gem but still gool art with some trippy moments.

[Jay · Rating 5 out of 5]

Other than watching the movies, I haven't been current with the Marvel Universe since the 1980s. This summer I've decided to start reading the stories again, and since I liked the cosmic Marvel stories, and the Silver Surfer in particular, I picked up this little volume at the store to try it out. I thoroughly enjoyed it! The bittersweet reunion with Mar-Vell, the unexpected team-up with Thanos, and the battle with Tyrant made for an exciting re-entry into Marvel, and I look forward to reading more.

[James Bowman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ron Marz and Ron Lim return for a tale very much in keeping with their 1990s Silver Surfer run (and 1990s cosmic Marvel in general). The result is solid enough, with some neat moments, though it also feels like it could have been a little more ambitious and innovative. Still, fans of the Marz/Lim run should enjoy this well enough, just for its nostalgia value. (B+)

[Aloysius · Rating 4 out of 5]

A grand cosmic story of the Silver Surfer and Thanos teaming up to face off against a common foe who wants to take over the universe with the power of a stolen Reality Stone. Doubles as a decent look into the backstory and pscyhe of our favorite interstellar chrome superhero.

[Daniel Santos · Rating 3 out of 5]

ação e aventura na medida certa
uma homenagem e retorno as sagas dos anos 90 sem parecer brega e mal envelhecido
um arco condizente com o tamanho dos personagens envolvido Surfista, Galactus e Thanos no seus momentos mais clássicos

[Danielle · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wish I liked Silver Surfer more, but he's such a boring character to me. Here we only get a super-quick glimpse at his past life, and it's quickly tossed for more retro action and quips.

[Nik Havert · Rating 3 out of 5]

Why is this book listed as being written by Timothy Zahn when Ron Marz wrote it?

[Tom Zilla · Rating 2 out of 5]

Unfortunately even Ron Lim’s stellar art can’t save this from lazy fan fiction writing by Marz.

[ani · Rating 3 out of 5]

my cousin bought this today and he let me read it hehe
i feel so bad for nebulaaaa 😭😭
loved seeing the different styles of silver surfer, very cool

[Erik J · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've said it before, I'll say it again - I LOVE these mini-series that take place in the 70s-90s. This was brilliant!

Overall - 4/5

[Leo Alexander · Rating 4 out of 5]

Coming from someone who doesn’t read a lot of cosmic Marvel I had a lot of fun with this mini series.

[Andrei · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's been a while since I've read any Marvel cosmic stuff, and this miniseries was something I enjoyed quite a lot. Silver Surfer faces off with Thanos, and eventually teams up with him in an effort to thwart and even greater threat. The main villain was kind of meh, but the adventures that the Surfer and the Mad Titan take to get to the bottom of the mystery are well-written, and the fights are engaging.

I also really liked Ron Lim's interior art here, it's vibrant and expressive, with fights particularly dynamic

[Sandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Als der Infinity-Stein von Thanos gestohlen wird, dem er anvertraut wurde zur Aufbewahrung, beginnen sich die Dinge für Norrin Raad, den Silver Surfer, zu ändern, denn
der verrückte Titan bittet den Surfer um Hilfe, um seinen verlorenen Schatz wiederzufinden, und so macht sich das ungleiche Paar auf eine Reise quer durch die Sternenwelten.

Es ist eine relativ schnell gelesene Lektüre mit guten Momenten, und ich denke, dass sich dieser Comic nur dann lohnt, wenn man ein Fan der Figur ist. Wenn man mit dem Silver Surfer nicht vertraut ist, würde ich nicht empfehlen, hier anzufangen, da die Geschichte nicht viel Substanz hergibt.
Zusammenfassend lässt sich sagen, dass es eine unterhaltsame Lektüre für eingefleischte Fans des Silver Surfers ist, mit einer ungewöhnlichen Allianz, die die Sache aufpeppt.
Die Geschichte ist im Grunde interessant für diejenigen, die gerne in Nostalgie schwelgen, ansonsten bietet die Story keinen Mehrwert. Ehrlich gesagt hätte es mich mehr interessiert, wenn es mehrere Surfer aus verschiedenen Epochen gegeben hätte, denn das hätte aus der Sicht der Figur Spaß machen können.

[Robert S.P. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dammit

I wished I got Tom Christopher to do the inks like he did when the original series was done with Ron Lim. The story was thin, it didn't feel deep enough or fully developed it felt like a old school Marvel Loosely written story and the artist makes up the rest of it visually which is disappointing.

[ISMOTU · Rating 5 out of 5]

A classic creative team returning to a character they guided through a very fun run in the 90’s. I enjoyed Marz and Lim’s time on the Silver Surfer ongoing series and it was lots of fun to see the sentinel of the spaceways in their capable hands again.