The Surfer Soars to a Sellout in Silver Surfer: Requiem #1
Yep, everyone loves shiny silver dudes flying around naked on surfboards! They did a study, it's scientific fact! Just like how humans are the main cause of global warming! Well, enough with my jabbering, here's Marvel's official press release, and a preview of issue #2.
J. Michael Straczynski and Esad Ribic’s stunning first issue of Silver Surfer: Requiem has sold-out at Diamond. This astonishing issue retells the origin of Marvel’s premiere cosmic nomad, and puts him face-to-face with his own mortality.
“Requiem is just really well written, from beginning to end everything is put together great,” says CraveOnline.com. “The story is very compelling as the reader get’s to see Norrin Radd come to terms with his fate.”
SilverBulletComics.com calls Staczynski “fantastic” and “on his game.” Silver Bullet goes on to say Ribic’s art “truly captures the fantastic nature of these characters” and that it is “reminiscent of Alex Ross’ work on Marvels.”
BronkenFrontier.com’s David Baxter raves about Esad Ribic’s art saying, “His fully painted pages are magisterial to the extreme, presenting the title character with all the glory and grandeur that such a figure so richly deserves. It’s an ingenious, skillful blend of the mundane and the majestic and it just plain works wonders for the Surfer, both for the character and the unique world of big-and-small he inhabits.”
Silver Surfer: Requiem #1 is the first of a four part tale that will test Norrin Radd with an enemy that he has no way to defeat. So be sure to pick up the next 3 issues of J. Michael Straczynski and Esad Ribic’s break-out hit.
Readers are advised that there may still be copies of Silver Surfer: Requiem #1 at the retailer level. Marvel has no plans at this time to go back to press on the first issue and advises retailers to adjust their orders appropriately on Silver Surfer: Requiem #2.
On with the preview........
After I got this press release, not a week later did I get another one telling me that the first issue will be reprinted!
Check out the press release from Marvel, and the cover to the second printing........
Marvel is proud to announce that J. Michael Straczynski and Esad Ribic’s Silver Surfer: Requiem #1 (of 4) will be going back to print with a new variant cover featuring Esad Ribic’s stunning interior art. The first amazing issue retold the origin of Marvel’s premiere cosmic nomad, and puts him face-to-face with his own mortality, an enemy that even he may not be able to defeat.
The critics can’t stop raving about this Marvel Knights limited series, with Richard George of IGN.com deeming Silver Surfer: Requiem a “must have,” saying “If this first issue is any indication, we have the start of a modern Marvel classic.”
Adam Chapman of ComiXtreme.com called Strazynski’s writing “intensely intimate and emotional” and says Esad Ribic’s art is “awe-inspiring,” going on to say, “This is an absolutely amazing book. It’s just flat-out incredible. The artwork is jaw-dropping, and the writing captures the Silver Surfer in a way that Stan Lee would be most proud of.”
SilverBulletComics.com’s Quinton Peeples echoed the sentiment, declaring this opening chapter to be, “deep and beautiful,” adding, “The Surfer is dying… Reed and Sue’s emotion at this discovery is one of the most moving passages I’ve ever seen.”
With Silver Surfer making headlines all over the world and the continued success of the Marvel Knights imprint (in the tradition of Spider-Man: Reign), Marvel advises retailers to check their orders on Silver Surfer: Requiem #2. When the Surfer meets Spider-Man, the two discuss the trial and tribulations of their heroic journeys, in an emotional story that fans won’t soon forget!
The only gripe I have with this series is that people have seen one issue, and they are acting like it is a classic already! I, just as much as anyone else, want this story to rock, but you can't deem this story a classic just yet. Well, before you go, check out the cover to the reprinted first issue......
