I liked Valentino's Guardians of the Galaxy. I have some of the later Silver Surfers (circa issue 100) when they were being written by George Perez and drawn by a then-unknown Scot Eaton but don't remember much about them.
Essential Silver Surfer Vol II collects the first 20 issues of Englebert/ Ron Lim stories from 1987-89 or so, so maybe that's the place to start. I enjoyed reading it, they were fun 'cosmic' comics that utilised a lot of Marvel's space lore, but to echo Chris, I don't remember a lot about them.
The Super-skrull gets a lot of screen time, I think...
Well-made comics and as I have always been annoyed by the Silver Surfer stuck on Earth and whining about it, it was great to see him break out.
I enjoyed the first several issues of Guardians a lot (even picked up the trade), but it seems to have turned into a showcase for Ghost Rider and Wolverine clones later on.
I didn't read Quasar, but I did read the other two books.
I liked the early issues of Silver Surfer. Steve Englehart was the writer, with art by Marshall Rogers/Terry Austin (reuniting the Batman team) and later art by Rom Lim. I thought it was fun getting the Surfer off of Earth. There was a lot of Nova and Galactus in the early going, then the Skrulls and Kree came in. The latter part of the Englehart issues were bogged down by a dispute between him and Marvel. In interviews, he basically admitted to writing junk -- one story was actually titled, "Garbage In, Garbage Out." Still, I have decent memories of the Englehart run. After him came Jim Starlin, and I really didn't care of his run. In my opinion, the title became Silver Surfer, starring Thanos, which I found off-putting. The book played a central point in the Infinity Gauntlet/Infinity War crossovers, also starring Thanos.
I remember reading Valentino's Guardians of the Galaxy and thinking it was pretty well-done. But other than that, I've got nothing. No major memories of these issues; only a few, stray fragments.
I was a faithful reader of Quasar and Silver Surfer during this era, and both were pretty good books. Most of all, I enjoyed Quasar. Mostly (if not entirely) written by Mark Gruenwald, I always saw this book as Marvel's continuity patcher. If Gruenwald spotted some problems with why things didn't make sense, he'd use Quasar to fix it. Now if that interests you, I'd suggest you give Quasar a try. Issues 10 through 40 are particularly good, though I'm just guessing on the exact start and stop numbers. Silver Surfer, you may remember, was started by Steve Englehart and then by Jim Starlin for quite a while. Englehart's contributions involved the Elders of the Universe and Starlin used the Surfer book to re-launch Warlock and Thanos, which ultimately lead to the Infinity series of limited series. In general, I really liked these a lot (though I liked Quasar better), and issues 1 through 75 or so were pretty good, and issues 1 through 20 or so were really good.
I liked the Englehart issues of Silver Surfer, easpecially the early ones with Rogers art, so chalk up another vote for Essential vol. 1. Personally, I like the Starlin stuff, too. No one has yet mentioned the latter run of the series (circa #120 or so and up), written by J.M. DeMatteis and drawn by J.R., Jr. That's a good run, too.
I started a Quasar reading project on the old board, but only got about 10 issues in when the owner of my LCS had a sale and someone else bought large chunks of the run out from under me. Of all titles, I wouldn't have expected that one to blow out of there that quickly, but who knows? What I read of it was good, not great.
I started a Quasar reading project on the old board, but only got about 10 issues in when the owner of my LCS had a sale and someone else bought large chunks of the run out from under me. Of all titles, I wouldn't have expected that one to blow out of there that quickly, but who knows? What I read of it was good, not great.
You read the wrong issues then! As I said, it's the issues from 10 (or so) and beyond that really rock.
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The Super-skrull gets a lot of screen time, I think...
Well-made comics and as I have always been annoyed by the Silver Surfer stuck on Earth and whining about it, it was great to see him break out.
I didn't read Quasar, but I did read the other two books.
I liked the early issues of Silver Surfer. Steve Englehart was the writer, with art by Marshall Rogers/Terry Austin (reuniting the Batman team) and later art by Rom Lim. I thought it was fun getting the Surfer off of Earth. There was a lot of Nova and Galactus in the early going, then the Skrulls and Kree came in. The latter part of the Englehart issues were bogged down by a dispute between him and Marvel. In interviews, he basically admitted to writing junk -- one story was actually titled, "Garbage In, Garbage Out." Still, I have decent memories of the Englehart run. After him came Jim Starlin, and I really didn't care of his run. In my opinion, the title became Silver Surfer, starring Thanos, which I found off-putting. The book played a central point in the Infinity Gauntlet/Infinity War crossovers, also starring Thanos.
I remember reading Valentino's Guardians of the Galaxy and thinking it was pretty well-done. But other than that, I've got nothing. No major memories of these issues; only a few, stray fragments.
Happy reading!
Silver Surfer, you may remember, was started by Steve Englehart and then by Jim Starlin for quite a while. Englehart's contributions involved the Elders of the Universe and Starlin used the Surfer book to re-launch Warlock and Thanos, which ultimately lead to the Infinity series of limited series. In general, I really liked these a lot (though I liked Quasar better), and issues 1 through 75 or so were pretty good, and issues 1 through 20 or so were really good.
I started a Quasar reading project on the old board, but only got about 10 issues in when the owner of my LCS had a sale and someone else bought large chunks of the run out from under me. Of all titles, I wouldn't have expected that one to blow out of there that quickly, but who knows? What I read of it was good, not great.
Didn't read Guardians of the Galaxy.
You read the wrong issues then! As I said, it's the issues from 10 (or so) and beyond that really rock.
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