For a decade, from the late 80s to the late 90s, Silver Surfer had an extraordinary run. The series started with Steve Englehart writing, then Jim Starlin took over as well as composed the traditional Silver Surfer: regeneration of Thanos arc. as well as then, with problem #51, Ron Marz took over. Marz would end up composing 60 issues. however his primary collaborator, Ron Lim, dealt with Englehart as well as Starlin, too, penciled or supplied cover art for 85 of the very first 100 issues. That’s a exceptional achievement. Marz as well as Lim, the two Rons, worked well together. Lim’s cosmic sensibility as well as Marz’s range for epics integrated into one of the very best runs ever. So, it’s fantastic to see this innovative team return for Silver Surfer: regeneration #1, the very first part of a five-issue series. as well as they begin big.

Spoilers to Follow!

Silver Surfer: regeneration #1 is all about Nostalgia as well as Fun

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Nobody is pretending that this team-up is about anything a lot more than providing us a traditional Silver Surfer story. The title of Silver Surfer: regeneration #1 is “Those Were the Days.” even the cover (seen above) is a throwback to the style of the late 80s as well as early 90s. Back then, comics were so dependable that they put the month under the problem number! Marz’s composing has the exact same feel it did in the early nineties. Comics were almost completely transitioned away from believed bubbles as well as wordy captions, however the dialogue still had a lofty high quality to it. These god-like characters spoke like gods. This worked up up until the late 90s as well as early 2000s when visitors started linking a lot more to characters who “felt real” – since nothing states “real” like a dude from one more planet, on a surfboard, flying with space, suffering from depression, with a former manager who ate planets.

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Marz’s return to that style feels like returning to a location you liked years ago, kid or otherwise. however it’s not just the writing. Lim’s art still appears like he chiseled the pages in stone instead of drawing with pencil as well as paper. however even a lot more than that, he still goes big. about two-thirds into Silver Surfer: regeneration #1, Norrin Radd somehow breaks with into a world where the original Captain Mar-Vell never died, as well as they’re about to step in in a Skrull invasion. It’s a huge scene, actually as well as figuratively. Lim uses the double-page spread that ComiXology provided the 24-page comic as just 19. The pictures are, literally, big.

It’s Not just Marz as well as Lim who Make Silver Surfer: regeneration #1 So Good

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Rounding out the innovative team, we have inker Don Ho, who brings out Lim’s meaning as well as a lot more stiff lines. as well as we likewise have colorist Israel Silva, who does things with Lim’s art that just weren’t possible when he very first started penciling Silver Surfer in the late 80s. Not since colorists weren’t talented, however since the high quality of paper as well as printing wasn’t yet there.

Between Marz’s composing as well as the integrated artwork of Lim, Ho, as well as Silva, what we get is a traditional cosmic story that might only be told today. This truly does feel like a regeneration for the Silver Surfer. However, there is one a lot more character who, looking back, Marz as well as Lim had to include.

Marz as well as Lim restore one of Comic Books’ a lot of legendary Rivalries

Surfer has no concept where he is. One second, he’s flying with Legacy, Captain Mar-Vell’s son; the next, he’s flying by Captain Mar-Vell himself, a version who survived his cancer. Still, Skrulls are attempting to dominate a world while killing civilians. So, task calls, as well as he joins Mar-Vell in the fight. Well, up until something blasts Captain Mar-Vell off of his feet. who has the power to take out such a powerful character so effortlessly? Which character steals the show in Silver Surfer: regeneration #1? Do you truly requirement to ask?

 

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Not only do we get Thanos, however we likewise get Ron Lim’s Thanos. A dark, menacing monolith that lives as much as the adjective “titan” frequently complying with his name. And, in spite of the heavy shadows as well as dark tones, we get that bright, glowing, cosmic energy surrounding him, making him even a lot more imposing.

This will be a fun series, however Marz as well as Lim always started a story on a lighter side only to have us gripping a future problem so securely that the value was ruined, as well as we didn’t care. So whatever this mini-series holds, it will be just like the great old days – as well as still like nothing we’ve ever seen.

And perhaps this specific comic truly linked with me since Ron Lim penciled the very first comic I ever had – Silver Surfer #50, the prelude to The Infinity Gauntlet. I wouldn’t checked out Gauntlet up until about 20 years later, however that problem has always been one of my favorites, as well as most likely one of the most prominent stories on my writing,

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