Characters: The Thing (Benjamin J. Grimm) | Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) | Hulk (Robert Bruce Banner) | Creators: Stan Lee | John Buscema | Gene Colan | Key Reason: Origin & 1st solo series of Silver Surfer, 1st app. Shalla-Bal | Plot: The Sentinel of the Spaceways' classic origin story! The Silver Surfer, former herald of Galactus, had captivated readers of FANTASTIC FOUR and established himself as one of Stan Lee's favorite Marvel Comics characters - and so, in 1968, Lee united with legendary artist John Buscema to spin new tales of the Surfer in his very own series! Trapped on Earth, the ever-reflective Surfer ponders his fate in life - and his thoughts wander back to his days as scientist Norrin Radd on his home planet of Zenn-La! Discover how and why he sacrificed everything - including his future with his great love, Shalla-Bal - to serve the World-Eater! It's one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all! Reprinting SILVER SURFER (1968) #1. Marvel is reprinting the ground-breaking first seven issues of Silver Surfer as they originally appeared!