Further to my fairly recent posts about the SILVER SURFER, I thought I'd throw these three covers into the mix - simply just because I like them. The first is FANTASY MASTERPIECES #1 from 1979, which reprinted the first ever issue of ol' Norrin's premiere issue from the '60s. Unfortunately, the stories in this series were abridged, with several pages being edited out for reasons of space. Ironic, eh? Denied space in the heavens - and the comicbooks.
Next up is the 1982 one-shot by JOHN BYRNE, inked by terrific TOM PALMER. It was an interesting issue, but not quite up there with the better issues by STAN LEE and JOHN BUSCEMA. (Despite being scripted by Stan over a John Byrne plot.) I bought two copies of this comic from the VIRGIN MEGASTORE in Glasgow back in '82, and remember perusing one of them on the train home. Nearly thirty years later, I still have them - in just as good a condition as when I first bought them.
Finally, one of the issues of the Surfer's then-new, ongoing series launched in 1987, this particular example being from 1989. RON FRENZ, doing a composite of Kirby/Buscema as only he can. Although it can sometimes be jarring to see a mix of two different art styles, there was something very 'sixties' about Ron's covers which always appealed to me.
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If I have one complaint about the Surfer, it's that he never looked silver enough. When Stan Lee had characters refer to him as 'Whitey', it never seemed as odd as it should have on account of him looking white. I'm sure, even back in the '60s, there must have been a way of suggesting a more silver appearance. Anybody else feel the same? Anyway, enjoy the above covers.
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