Annihilation: Silver Surfer #1

The opening chapter of this four-issue Annihilation tie-in puts the Silver Surfer front and center — literally — as the gleaming cosmic wanderer surges forward on his board, energy crackling around him while a powerful red-limbed figure looms menacingly at his back. Gabriele Dell'Otto's painted cover gives the whole thing a moody, cinematic weight that feels appropriately cosmic in scale. With Keith Giffen writing and Renato Arlem on interior art, "Opposing Force" promises a sharp, intense ride through one of Marvel's grandest 2006 space epics.