![]() ![]() Nova: The Human Rocket published in 1999 that only lasted 7 issues. Nova had a second monthly title that ran from 1994-1995. Nova had a monthly title that ran from 1976-1979. Plus, I found it funny that Nova was this hero who could fly insanely fast, but in Spanish, “no va” means, “it doesn’t go.” That always made me chuckle. Mainly because as a kid I thought Nova had one of the coolest costume designs. Nova is a character that I have always liked. Still, Marvel would be very happy if the new Silver Surfer comic book had sales numbers around the 40,000-35,000 mark. The question is how much of those sales numbers was due to the hype of the entire Annihilation event or because of genuine fan support for Silver Surfer. Silver Surfer: Annihilation did suffer a drop of almost 10,000 copies between issue #1 and issue #4. Silver Surfer: Annihilation had nice sales numbers. So, I can’t say that I’m confident that JMS can deliver a story that I’m going to find compelling or interesting. JMS’ writing on Fantastic Four also had a similar decline in quality with each issue before hitting absolute rock bottom with some flat out unreadable Civil War tie-in issues. JMS’ work on Amazing Spider-Man just got worse and worse with each issue until hitting rock bottom with some truly atrocious Civil War tie-in issues. I thought his Squadron Supreme was slow, boring and horribly preachy. I used to enjoy his writing, but as of late, I just haven’t enjoyed anything he has done. I dig Silver Surfer’s character and am glad that he is getting his own title once again. I have to admit that my only hesitation over this new Silver Surfer comic book is that JMS is the writer. It appears that Ribic should crank out a nice looking Silver Surfer. I am not familiar with Ribic’s work however the preview shots look rather nice. Michael Straczynski is handling the writing duties and Esad Ribic has been named as the artist. Silver Surfer is slated to debut in May of 2007. I don’t know if the new Fantastic Four movie will generate enough interest to carry a new Silver Surfer monthly title. I understand the logic, but the Silver Surfer has had a tough time since 1998. And with the second Fantastic Four movie coming this summer starring the Silver Surfer, Marvel has decided now would be the best time to unleash a new Silver Surfer monthly title. Silver Surfer then had a rather short lived monthly title in 2003 that last just a year.īut, like one Revolutionary that visits The Revolution often said: the power of a big blockbuster movie will control what a comic book company does. ![]() Silver Surfer had his own monthly from 1987 to 1998. I have always been a fan of both characters. Marvel will be releasing two new titles in 2007 dealing with some of their “Cosmic” characters: Silver Surfer and Nova. ![]()
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