Marvel Platinum: The Definitive Silver Surfer #[nn]
"The Coming of Galactus!" in Marvel Platinum: The Definitive Silver Surfer #nn (2007) delivers a pivotal chapter in the Silver Surfer’s saga, written by John Byrne and Stan Lee, with art by Byrne and inks by Tom Palmer. This story sees the Surfer freed from Earth after the Fantastic Four help him break Galactus’s barrier, only to return to a devastated Zenn-La and face the consequences of his past. Cover by Clayton Crain captures the cosmic scale of the tale, as the Surfer journeys into Mephisto’s realm to reclaim Shalla-Bal—though the outcome leaves his fate uncertain.
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The FF help Surfer break the barrier of Galactus, ending his exile on Earth & granting him the freedom to roam the spaceways once again. The Surfer returns to Zenn-La to reunite with his love Shalla-Bal but finds that after he betrayed Galactus on Earth, the world eater devastated his home world in retaliation. Informed by the survivors that Shalla-Bal was captured by the demon Mephisto, the Surfer flies back to Earth & battles the monster in his own realm for her freedom. Beaten but still victorious, Mephisto returns Shalla-Bal to her home world while the Surfer is again trapped on Earth.
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