Silver Surfer #49

This May 1991 issue delivers one of the more striking covers in the series, with a massive close-up of the Silver Surfer's gleaming face dominating the frame — his golden eyes burning with intensity — while a snarling, bestial creature looms from within his mind like a waking nightmare. The tagline "Primal Conflict!" makes the inner struggle unmistakably clear, and Ron Lim and Tom Christopher render the Surfer's reflective features with real elegance against the star-spattered darkness. A visually arresting chapter in the ongoing run, "Detour" promises a story where the greatest threat to the Surfer may be something far closer than the cosmos.