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La ne A LOOK INTO THE SILVER SURFER r rather, the man who became the Silver Surfer. 7 GALACTUS rai bala eu a 14 AUTOGRAPHED SILVER SURFER #50 ‘A chance to win a truly beautiful book! 38 outanyiotnesoncarally GUIDES ANDLISTINGS can get chilly, so we do- nated a Wizard robe to our Sure canbe ound aire | ANDY MANGELS HOLLYWOOD HEROES 24 pages g Ne own manly | ay snout Star Tek Vi The Undecovered County heMarelnvers®~ | WIZARD COMIC WATCH Two mere bok en sizzle net 44 GRADING YOUR COMICS Isa "Good? comic book god, and what favors Mint? 46 TOYING AROUND What do Godzilla and the Hardy Boys have in common? 53 GAMEPRO The at Veo Gave Magan takes a sneak pokat he 58 TRADING CARDS More on the super-hot comic trading cards. 64 PICKS FROM THE WIZARD’S HAT What hot books are on the horizon? 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Bene aa Comies is Arizona's comie store supreme < mith over 1000,000 comics in stock. ftom Golden AA Le Oe RSME LL « wExtensive Gaming Seetion 3g bee CEE CCL MLL AG RA Lad De et Ee SL OL a A RLS = Pro Appearances BR RT Loe Lad aL 1318 W. SOUTHERN Slee) MESA, AZ. 85202 Piel ae TN ad a Markey AND CHECKS WELCOMEck McCallumetl NCE YOU SHALL BE HERALD TO EALACTUS NO LONGER I REMOVE YOUR SPACE-TIME POWERS Ee ene ohitet alli Sura Wel should have. if not for the intervention of Norrin As Galactus approached the planet, Nortin boarded a space craft and confronted the giant, stating that he would gladly give up his freedom and would act as Galactus's ee Cmca eget oe stroying Zenn-La. Thedeal was Bieeeicn Ten ues cate) Re Oe unes Cue outs eS esc aue kes finally free of all his problems. eerie PSxerot etme Omar) tice acmctc ad Pelee er tne Ken eae allteemingwith fe, so Galactus might feed. This went on for years until the Surfer brought Galactus to Earth, where they Rencontres eS ieee After a pitched battle, the FF Coeur een ee mec eat Then, whife Galactus prepared (ot Tuma mea ore eE ESC ea Pec Mom hc Ua (=o Grimm), confronted the Surfer. Pre conoid re enone (neste Pactra Cor al enue cece! sorrow in his voice. Beingtreated Tene een ce Pele tae nu Peni sui en Four and the Watcher, Galactus eS Nues Ta ie Me ieeler nese coe Memnen rolsteciohuliseteceh-unict eae a Stu Csr Scie emcee Cer RMR aoa oleh edsfeared and hated him. Years passed, during which the Surfer was plagued by such menaces as the mysterious Stranger, the demon lord Mephisto and the cunning Dr. Doom, who even managed to steal the Surfer's power for a time. But amidst all the danger, the Surfer also made some friends. He teamed with Dr. Strange, the Hulk and The Sub-Mariner and foughtas one of, the Defenders. He allied himself with the Mighty Thorand the Avengers and, ofcourse, hestayed very close with the Fantastic Four. Even though he had made these friends thathe cared so much about, the Surfer longed to be free and to ride the spaceways once more. And finally, thanks to Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four, the Surfer got his wish. Using some high tech gadgets and good ol’ brainpower, the bar- rier was breached and the Surfer was free to roam the cosmos once again. . Since then, he has made his peace with his former master, Galactus, was re-united with his first love, Shalla-Bal, and has confronted and triumphed over such antagonists as Ego the living planet, the mad god Thanos and the inner demons which hadso long plaguedhis soul. And through it al, the Surfer has continued to shine as one of Marvel's brightest stars! ©SILVER GAUNTLETS By Michael Berry, WIZARD:You got yourstart in comics by work- Fok tena acne “uel oclsors-aegt eee epee aslo hie ae naa seinen ie Ionia on ica eT ane ecaelae ours Tarel en) all the time anyway, but at the first WonderCon in Cakland, Tom deFalco made his first public appearance as editor-in-chief. Frome cot tel oom Ue Renter ol! were looking at samples, so on the last day, | (eee sooo Mla aera coho ey fadeuclekelMni-clatoamin- scm nvr iol Mecimecel WIZARD: Who would you say were the Pelee seam alae rollator ooo felaRe cig UM: John Byine, George Perez and Neal Adams, | guess. Those people were the Oecn aero aise coleman al was growing up. WIZARD: What comics do you feel Pa rotate oto er) much as | used fo. | like lot of independent Sea ent Recreate! MoCo previo e Mella RUTiay that. Alien Legion, | like quite a bit. WIZARD: Getting down to your own Pare Meum altos zon for the Siver Surfer? LIM: After The Infinity Core meNTai Ceremonial iaeal in a bunch of new characters for the fist time in quite a while. The new writer, Ron Mars, is Peae nner sme oer soa Roti euros opt el Mal Reims Be ete ue ed emeken mon netcaceNinekete et kia Caner eel Kel sooay eco AN INTERVIEW RZ ono orc veel nee edie Soman Mpc elics sieccuolac! character changed during that time? TN Vel Re eae Anal i ctet o caerulea Mat i male same as ever, shiny and real gleamy. | try to fine MaKe Mune Nicer Mine aNRt a) Before he was thinner and sometimes looked feloNag WIZARD: You also had a successful run on fee eu I oom A elenah oe rea nai neiced MY scteloteel score! Ine he oto Waeiie) reaseneescel Salone atta Surfer. Then, when | took over Infinity Gauntlet from Perez, | had to drop it completely for a DEM UslouNoul eral ler atoN eter CMe ecko ana once tore ay Dr. alo Rolain mst atel ate ail leet Uae RoR Nema ent aoe tenon chacu eo one T a Meese ace Mcm ae! ACCRA aac Kastmin ensue Efe tec are dn ohana aen) Poe urela Muelle ree eM a ana eigen Rubus Ye Rosle acim ane akis loc el ae iM ANmC IN Routt ee eM Ra aS oet are) seeet amet Mao el oka meaera eee Canes olan ay Peete Noa nia FeoeN hs Man ale laiiold RUN oe eM eoge eel om okt ceashoe cielo Bactcels Sega ec a ied Negro belo at-oatgre aa remem one he Sine aoa et a Coretta CN Cet a ere ice Mi Milo tos -rmterelt i) NAN ammeter ae Niel lee niaehon-re Mime Kelme meme 7a! ree eet tea eho eae Ne oket ceATAN el ue KeAUe @eq\ tell Ye ett ers LIM: It’s usually five or six days a week, eight hours a day. It’s Te Memnctulels omnes a acme crue a Coren Ma aan Nickoofer Vcae ohn ales lycan do two pages a day. That's my minimum, so | don't fall peaches tos RZ a ea euecmogte cutee ferere areta Ro Wreeloatd Vt eee aera ams a aro ro Roel aco) toad with so many characters avi melolae WA ovate ave] OM monn aren tat of nerve-wracking at first. But that’s the only Cilarem ite eect ntctel hg EiccueltaeiCn WIZARD: Which ex- eral om Zell aero ale eNom ete cessful? UM: I'm really happy with Infinity Gauntlet. | FeO Sen aton gmc alo ACC) Janos Quest are my two CreN ent Meco am ene Rosana) meshed together really well, the inks, the printing, the four. lor work. ere erento an poe mene ie gee eae eM arel inte eto many characters to draw was fun, and it made me uot mateeriete sats the series WIZARD: Do you still attend cons often? LIM: | don’t do a lot of ae emetic] EioR oles 0 min AY lola a3 Perea macomuaronc aati ama roca ee MI Cen) Ferre] Soto ances foletolltaeacoln alla —ciaalat od when | talk to the writerabout new ideas. Every once in a while | get overwhelmed at acon, but mostly it’s pretty fun. WIZARD: A lot of artists these days are tuming their hands to scripting. Do you have any pians to follow suit? UM: Maybe at some point in the way, far future. Right now I'd rather just pencil and let the people Sirod aaSAUIACr ASS ace tee MAR UUme oats want to go out there as an amateur and have the project be real cheesy or something. As long as | eeRcciuen et eran a acre LColi aael 1 A long as the stories aren't boring, of course ZN oa arenaereRretigenele male aKoeielei ia vere] you most like to draw? Mae eiCRcu ci eM Miou econ se eno I've only worked on them in small projects, an issue or two Seater ments Rouse Mer mel sote reise elute fl hope to work on that book regularly, WIZARD: Take a look five years down the road. Where do ollie tole a ats LIM: | want to be doing comics still. By then, hopefully I'll be penellling and Inking whole projects. Maybe writing, Crome Sioa aclstol" nigel aco R al MN amor Nioine) as | don’t wind up living in the street. WTA Parola seitaolIe =r itolg hal Xero Ot Ma Mn Tor] demands to know. Where does the Silver Surfer keep his feel ucts LIM: In his pocket. | don’t know!| was talking with a friend the other day about how many times Galactus has come down to Earth, threatening to devour our swell li'l planet (on one sitting, no less). Neither of us could really remember an exact number, but we figure it's got to be somewhere near 20 or so. (If you actually know the figure, don’t send it in | like my gen- eralized figure much better.) Of course, every single time, without failing the Fantastic Four (usually with help from the Silver Surfer) manage to stop him with the Ultimate Nullifier or some other suitably nebulous weapon. And Galactus, being an Omnipotent Entity faaaaar above such petty things as, oh say revenge, imprisons the Surfer on the Earth for all time. This got me thinkin’ a bit, so’s | ruminated a while, and | came to these conclusions. Galactus is a spoiled little rich kid, who could not possibly support his own great mass, let alone that huge suit of armor. | mean, the guy's like 40 stories tall, which would mean he’d = have ~— to weigh consider- ably more than Raymond Burr (though not much). So: #1, Grav- itationally speaking, how could he support his own weight, and #2, wouldn't the armor just get too damn heavy? Excuse me while | go look up some vital info. Thanks for waiting. | dug up my dee-lux copy of the Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe, and I'm presently looking at the “Galactus” entry. | stand corrected that the big guy is not 40 stories tall (he’s really only 28 feet, 9 inches), and weighing in as he does at 18.2 tons, he is slightly lighter than Mr. Burr. 10] eee US An) Aa y here, courtesy ICTS E acl nC SUI eRe asic ars a full-body suit EU eet a oie extraterrestrial metal Pretty convenient! | supp fala] CO a Te Tee acre ain etree CR) Uae Le Oo SUELO All | have to add to this is tl ee melee me are mer eCards ee RCUE Lee Carne my book. If he were real, th laws of physics would apf to him, and then he'd sorry. Of Te) Crm lt andar Ge ast tC) a ci] LT nee an COLT Reem Renan cielo TnL Coe Meme SUC el Lee LED us back to the central idea this wonderfully woven bit Cour OL HLL er