Silver Surfer #143

The cover of this September 1998 Marvel issue says it all: a menacing Psycho-Man looms over a fallen, seemingly helpless Silver Surfer, his emotion-controlling device glowing with an ominous pink energy that washes across the entire scene. Jon Muth's cover work gives the confrontation a striking, almost surreal quality that makes the tagline — "Will the Surfer Survive?" — feel genuinely urgent. Inside, J.M. DeMatteis and Denys Cowan continue their run on "The Forsaken," promising the kind of psychologically charged storytelling this creative team does so well.