![]() ![]() ![]() With artist John Buscema, Lee worked at giving a backstory to the surfer–without consulting Jack Kirby. Stan Lee loved the character and bring him back for more FF stories before giving him his own solo book two years later. Following the “Marvel Method, ” Lee pitched to his collaborator “the Galactus trilogy,” a new ambitious story that included the god-like creature Galactus, but no surfer.Ĭharged with coming up with the details while plotting and drawing the book, Kirby apparently thought that an entity as powerful as Galactus would certainly require “a herald who could serve as an advance guard.” Kirby simply called him “The Surfer,” and draw him as a gleaming bald man on a surfboard. In fact, even Stan Lee who is credited as its co-creator didn’t have an idea of who he was. ![]() Making his first appearance in Fantastic Four #48, published in 1966, The Silver Surfer didn’t have a name at first. ![]()
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