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Classic Marie Severin Silver Surfer vs. Hulk battle cover; 1st full Silver Surfer app outside of FF; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 7 (CBI)
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Representing the first time The Silver Surfer appears outside the pages of a Fantastic Four comic, Tales to Astonish #93 pairs the galactic herald up with the big and brutal Hulk for an adventure filled with pathos and bruising combat. The Hulk seeks out the Surfer in hopes of being ferried away to an existence without humans, unfortunately, his potential savior is also bound to the earthly plane, and cannot help the Emerald Enigma. The Hulk, not being known for his patience, decides to smash stuff, and steal the iconic surfboard to enact his escape, only to be thwarted at every turn and skulk off into the next issue of TTA. The appearance of two of Marvel’s Silver Age stars is worth the price of admission alone, but the inclusion of the Hulk in the MCU and the obvious future plans to bring the Silver Surfer into the mix gives this book an extra heaping helping of fun; and don’t sleep on the awesome Sub-Mariner tale within these action-packed pages.



Artists Information

Frank Giacoia (July 6, 1924 – February 4, 1988) was an American comics artist known primarily as an inker. He sometimes worked under the name Frank Ray, Giacoia made the rounds to almost every Golden Age publisher, notably working on Flash and Batman stories, he also worked at Timely during this period. In the Silver Age Frank worked on many Jack Kirby pages, particularly in Captain America, and he also notably inked the first appearance of the Punisher in AMS #129.

Marie Severin was an American comics artist and colorist best known for her work for Marvel Comics and the 1950s' EC Comics. She is an inductee of the Will Eisner Comics Hall of Fame and the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame. Frank Jacobs, in his 1972 biography of EC publisher William M. Gaines, wrote, "There was Marie Severin, Gaines's colorist, and a very moral Catholic, who made her feelings known by coloring dark blue any panel she thought was in bad taste. [EC editor Al] Feldstein called her 'the conscience of EC."'