365 Marvel Comics Paper Cut-Out SuperHeroes - One Hero, Every Day, All Year…
November 30th - The Silver Surfer
Norrin Radd was born on the planet Zenn-La. This was a planet whose humanoid populace had achieved a utopian society devoid of crime, disease, hunger, poverty, and want of any kind. His father named him after revered scientist Norrin Konn, the man responsible for raising Zenn-La from barbarism to utopia.
When Norrin was a young man his planet was taken siege by Galactus, the devourer of worlds. Galactus consumed planets teaming with life, rendering them into an energy that sustained him. Young Norrin Radd approached Galactus with a proposal. Norrin correctly posited that Galactus spent great amounts of precious energy seeking out new worlds to feed on. We’re Galactus to have a herald, someone to search out such worlds for him, he would save that energy and thus need to feed less frequently. Norrin offered to act as this herald in exchange for Galactus sparing Zenn-La.
Galactus agreed, transforming Radd into a silver-skinned, cosmic-powered being. Known thereafter as the Silver Surfer, Radd departed Zenn-La and traversed the cosmos, finding countless worlds for his master to consume.
The ‘power cosmic’ imbued in Norrin enabled him to exist in the vacuum of space; he was also bestowed super strength and resiliency and the ability to fire blasts of cosmic energies from his hands. Additionally, he was provided with a means of travel: a long, silvery surfboard. This board was telepathically connected to its rider’s mind and could travel at a pace near the speed of light.
In service to his master, The Silver Surfer did his best to find worlds with nascent life; smaller more primitive organisms unable to comprehend their own impending doom. Yet it did little to quell the tremendous guilt the Surfer felt in being the herald of destruction and bringing about the end of so much life. As time went by, the Surfer gradually became inured to these feelings and coldly went about his duties.
The Surfer eventually came across the earth and signaled to his master that he had found a world rich with life for Galactus to feed upon. The Surfer ended up battling The Fantastic Four. During this conflict, the Surfer met the blind sculptress Alicia Masters, who sensed his inner nobility and pleaded with him to spare humanity. His long-dormant emotions were stirred by Alicia’s beauty and spirit and the Surfer ultimately chose to turn on Galactus.
The combined efforts of The Surfer, The Fantastic Four and Uatu The Watcher succeeded in repelling Galactus. As punishment for his betrayal, Galactus trapped The Surfer on earth, erecting a cosmic energy barrier around the planet that was uniquely attuned to The Surfer. No longer able to traverse the stars, The Surfer became a melancholy wanderer, trying to adjust to his new home and understand its people. He was befriended and betrayed by Doctor Doom, who stole the Surfer’s power for himself; yet Doom lost these powers when he collided with a barrier created by Galactus, and thus The Surfer’s powers were restored. The Surfer would go on to have many adventures on earth, becoming a member of The Defenders and battling numerous menaces both on his own and alongside fellow heroes.
The Silver Surfer was finally allowed to leave earth after he saved Galactus’ new herald, Nova (Frankie Raye). Once more The Surfer traversed the cosmos and had many more adventures amongst the stars.
A version of the hero featured in the movie, Fantastic Four: Rise of The Silver Surfer, portrayed by actor Doug Jones. The Surfer first appeared in the pages of Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #48 (1965).
Diorite fragment of a victory stele, probably of Sargon of Akkad Excavated at Susa (Iran) Akkadian period, ca. 2300-2245 BCE
This fragment depicts a king or god holding a net full of captured nude enemies and smiting one whose head sticks out with a mace. This is a theme taken from earlier royal artworks such as the “Stele of the Vultures” of Eannatum of Lagash. The goddess Ishtar is seen seated on the right.
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