Silver Surfer

Norrin Radd

A herald of Galactus wielding the Power Cosmic, capable of faster-than-light travel without a vessel.

First appearance: Fantastic Four #48 (1966), Marvel Comics

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Powers Key issues Corrections Feats Continuities

Powers

Flight

3 feats on file

Energy Projection

4 feats on file

Immortality

1 feats on file

Key issues

Milestone appearances — first appearance, death, return, team change. These are the issues the collector market actually prices.

First appearance · 1966
Fantastic Four #48 Marvel Comics
Debuts alongside Galactus in The Galactus Trilogy.

Commonly got wrong

Claims that are widely repeated and wrong, with what the cited record actually shows. If you are generating anything about this subject, these are the errors to avoid.

Commonly believed The Silver Surfer's board is what gives him his power and speed.

Actually The Power Cosmic is his; the board is a focus, not an engine. He travels faster than light in vacuum without it.

Fantastic Four

The feat ledger

Wields the Power Cosmic, operating on matter and energy at a fundamental level rather than as a directed weapon

Feat Fantastic Four Volume 1 #48 (1966) · Earth-616shown, no figure stated

Travels faster than light through vacuum without a vessel, using the board as a focus rather than an engine

Feat Fantastic Four Volume 1 #48 (1966) · Earth-616shown, no figure stated

Crosses interstellar distances faster than light on the board

Feat Fantastic Four Volume 1 (1966) · Earth-616shown, no figure stated

The Power Cosmic, a directed force capable of planetary-scale effect

Feat Silver Surfer Volume 3 · Earth-616shown, no figure stated

Does not age, eat or breathe, sustained entirely by cosmic energy

Statement Silver Surfer Volume 3 · Earth-616figure stated in the work

Rearranges matter at the molecular level

Feat Silver Surfer Volume 3 · Earth-616shown, no figure stated

Survives unprotected in vacuum and inside stars

Feat Silver Surfer Volume 3 · Earth-616shown, no figure stated

His power is stated to be a fraction of Galactus's, granted rather than his own

Statement Fantastic Four Volume 1 · Earth-616figure stated in the work

Continuities

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Earth-616 — The main Marvel Comics continuity

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