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Thursday, March 26, 2026
Silver Surfer #1 ( Facsimile) - Stan Lee and John Buscema
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I ordered two copies of the first two facsimile issues, McS, and am just waiting for them to arrive, which should be pretty soon as I've been advised they're on their way. I don't really need them as I have all 18 of the original issues, as well as the Masterworks and Omnibus printings, but there's just something about these facsimiles that's really appealing. The reason Marvel are doing the first 7 is because those were the 'thick' issues, #8 being the first regular sized mag of the rest of the run, but it would be nice if the remaining issues were also 'facsimilised'. (Made up that word myself.) A few years ago, they released a facsimile of #14, SS meets Spidey.
ReplyDeleteThe facsimile of #14 was released in either 2018 0r '19, McS. It's on my blog somewhere and you commented on it at the time.
DeleteI'm starting to come around to the facsimile versions Kid and this one is very nice . I remember issue 14 being "facsimilised" but I missed that one as I have a reprinted version ( Marvel Fantasy Masterpieces I think). I recall reading your blog with the original copies very impressive.
DeleteI've got the Fantasy Masterpieces reprint of #1, McS, but unfortunately, some pages were edited out to reduce the page count. (As were subsequent issues that were bigger than normal-sized issues.)
DeleteI was unaware of these facsimiles. I'll have to gather them up as the Buscema Surfers are among the best comics of the era. I started reading comics regularly at about the same time the debut issue came out and it left quite a bit impression on my young imagination. I prefer the Lee-Buscema Surfer to the less emotive figure that Kirby first imagined. Lee really turned the Surfer into quite the Christ-like figure of suffering, a real stranger in a strange land, but not a helpless one. The Shalla Bal addition to the origin really played havoc with the timeframes, but it looks small in comparison to changes made over the decades. These are true classics.
ReplyDeleteI also prefer the Lee/Buscema version of the Surfer to Kirby's, then again I also feel their version is better than any other SS version since then as well. The Surfer was one of the first Marvel US comics I bought and it also left an impression on me as well Rip .
ReplyDeletePaul, I must disagree with you about the Surfer as I found him a boring character and his constant moaning got on my nerves but Shalla-Bal was even more annoying - I just wish they'd exiled her to the Negative Zone and left her there.
ReplyDeleteThat Watcher story was re-printed in Planet Of The Apes I believe.
ReplyDeleteHi Colin, I can see why some folk think SS is boring as the stories could be self-indulgent at times but the character just appealed to me especially John Buscema's version. I was thinking that Watcher tale may have appeared in POTA but I wasn't sure as I only bought a handful of the Apes comics
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