Warning! Spoilers ahead forDeath of the Silver Surfer#1!
Marvel Comicsjustconfirmed that the Silver Surfer is the most powerful alien to ever visit the planet Earth, with the Hulk’s son Skaar being a close second placein the rankings. The Marvel Universe is home to many massively powerful extraterrestrial characters, so it is noteworthy that the publisher would officially declare Skaar and Silver Surfer in the top two spots.
Death of the Silver Surfer#1, written by Grek Pak, with art by Sumit Kumar, takes an interesting tact toward kicking off what it has teased as “the Silver Surfer’s final voyage,” by telling a story that focuses mainly on the perspective of Major Kelly Koh, a member of the “Bureau of Alien Neutralization.”
The issue features Koh failing in her mission to bring the Silver Surfer down, before being assigned to try and take out Skaar next, raising quite a few questions about the trajectory of the story moving forward.
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Death of the Silver Surfer#1, Written By Grek Pak; Art By Sumit Kumar, Color By Frank D’Armata; Lettering By Joe Sabino
Death of the Silver Surfer#1 is a dense issue, delivering multiple high-level action sequences, while carefully setting up multiple conflicts for the story to address in subsequent issues, while also giving readers a clear sense of the thematic questions the series is interested in exploring. The central character of the issue, Major Kelly Koh, works for the “Bureau of Alien Neutralization,” or B.A.N., which has apparently just been privatized, and is now being run by, in Koh’s own words, “a maniac.” Yet she shows no hesitation about going after Earth’s most powerful alien visitors on their behalf.
Silver Surfer is arguablyMarvel’s most famous alien character, with origins dating back nearly sixty years, and has always been depicted as incredibly powerful, given thecosmic nature of the Surfer’s abilities. Skaar himself has almost a twenty-year history, and given that he is the Hulk’s son,it makes sense that even as a half-alien character, he would rank close behind Silver Surfer in the B.A.N.’s estimation of the greatest alien threats to Earth, whether their rankings are born out of good intentions, or otherwise.
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Marvel is currently in the process of drastically reshaping its cosmic landscape, and one question fans have aboutDeath of the Silver Surferis whether it is part of that ongoing project. In the newly-releasedImperial#1, it was revealed thatHulk’s other son, and Skaar’s twin brother, was murdered, and readers have already begun to speculate about whether that will come up inDeath of the Silver Surfer#2 when Major Koh takes on Skaar, or whether this series will be more self-contained in nature.
Death of the Silver Surfer#1 offers a satisfying answer to the question of who Marvel Comics' most powerful alien characters currently on planet Earth are…as well as introducing a human character hellbent on taking them down.
In any case, the debut issue of the limited series proved to be exciting and ambitious in many ways; for lovers of Marvel lore, and people who are passionate about power rankings for characters,Death of the Silver Surfer#1 offers a satisfying answer to the question of whoMarvel Comics’most powerful alien characters ever to visit planet Earth are,confirming Silver Surfer and Skaar as #1 and #2, respectively, as well as introducing a human character hellbent on taking them down, while leaving the question of why to be explored as the story progresses.
