Annihilation: Silver Surfer #2

The second chapter of this 2006 four-part Annihilation tie-in finds the Silver Surfer in a moment of raw, kinetic intensity — his gleaming metallic form surging forward atop his board, mouth open in a cry, surrounded by drifting debris in the cold void of space. Gabriele Dell'Otto's cover renders the Surfer with a luminous, almost sculptural quality, the stark silver-on-black palette conveying both power and urgency. With Keith Giffen writing and Renato Arlem on interiors, "The Culling" promises a cosmic struggle worthy of Marvel's grandest space epic.