Silver Surfer #142

The chrome-skinned Surfer is caught in the crushing grip of a massive serpentine creature rising from below, its green coils wrapped tight around him in a struggle that radiates raw tension — a vivid promise of the "menace from the depths" the cover boldly announces. Jon J. Muth's cover art gives the scene a striking, almost painterly energy, with bursts of warm color framing the cold silver of Marvel's cosmic wanderer against his monstrous attacker. Chapter 3 of "Sun Rise and Shadow Fall" arrives with DeMatteis at the helm, making this August 1998 issue a compelling chapter in the Surfer's ongoing cosmic odyssey.