Riding the Wave: A Silver Surfer Review

Silver Surfer: Requiem #1 & 2
J. Michael Straczynski (W); Esad Ribic (A)
(Marvel, $2.99@)
Some writers get the Surfer; some don’t, as his short-lived series from a few years ago demonstrated. The good news, though, is that JMS really gets the Surfer, delivering the character’s best story in decades. Ribic’s art carries the story perfectly, capturing both the cosmic majesty and the introspective appeal of Marvel’s most humanly alien character. By the end of the second issue, you'll feel attached to this character... and that makes the storyline even more poignant.
Grade: A

Incoming--New Comics for July 11th

We're back to Wednesday arrivals next week--and it's a good week indeed! A pair classic Kirby collections, a new issue of Justice Society, a new Anita Blake first issue... Great stuff indeed! (New titles are marked in bold and italics, reorders and restocks aren't...)

100 BULLETS #84
30 DAYS OF NIGHT EBEN & STELLA #3
AARON LOPRESTI SKETCHBOOK VOL 2 TP
ACTION COMICS #848
ADVENTURES OF RABBIT AND BEAR PAWS VOL 1 GN THE SUGAR BUSH
ALL NEW ATOM #13 (CD)
AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #10
AMORY WARS #2 (OF 5)
ANITA BLAKE VH FIRST DEATH #1 (OF 2)
ANNIHILATION CONQUEST WRAITH #1 (OF 4)
ART OF BONE HC
ARTIST WITHIN HC
ASHLEY WOODS 48 NUDE GIRLS SC
ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #2
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #7
BATMAN DELUXE VINYL STATUE BY KOTOBUKIYA
BATMAN IN THE SIXTIES TP
BATMAN LOGO SILVER RING
BATMAN STRIKES #35
BATMAN SYMBOL IV T/S
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA VOL 1
BEGOTHS COMICS #2
BETTY & VERONICA DIGEST #176
BLACK ADAM METALIX SYMBOL T/S
BLADE #11
BLEACH VOL 8 TP
BLOODRAYNE RED BLOOD RUN #1
BPRD GARDEN OF SOULS #4 (OF 5)
BPRD GARDEN OF SOULS #5 (OF 5)
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #3
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER 2ND PTG #1
CANNON HAWKE #1
CANNON HAWKE #2
CAPTAIN AMERICA #27
CAPTAIN AMERICA SYMBOL NAVY T/S
CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #15
CEPHALOPOD BLK T/S
CIVIL WAR CHRONICLES #1
CLASSIC MARVEL FIGURINE COLL MAG #11 JEAN GREY PHOENIX
CLASSIC MARVEL FIGURINE COLL MAG #12 IRON MAN
CLASSIC MARVEL FIGURINE COLL MAG #7 SILVER SURFER
CLASSIC MARVEL FIGURINE COLL MAGAZINE #1 SPIDER-MAN
CLASSIC MARVEL FIGURINE COLL MAGAZINE #32 VENOM
CLASSIC MARVEL FIGURINE COLL MAGAZINE #38 SHE HULK
CLASSIC MARVEL FIGURINE COLL MAGAZINE #40 DR STRANGE
CLICK VOL 2 GN
CLUBBING
COLLECT CALL OF CTHULHU BLK T/S
COMIC SHOP NEWS #1047
CONSUMED #1 (OF 4)
COUNTDOWN 42
CRIMINAL #6
DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER BORN CAMPBELL VAR #6 (OF 7)
DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER BORN QUESADA VAR #1 (OF 7)
DEADPOOL GLI SUMMER FUN SPECTACULAR
DEVIL DINOSAUR BY JACK KIRBY OMNIBUS HC
DINOWARS JURASSIC WAR OF THE WORLDS #3 (OF 4)
DMZ #21
DR WHO MAGAZINE #383
DRAGONLANCE CHRONICLES VOL 2 DRAGONS OF WINTER NIGHT TP
DRAGONLANCE CHRONICLES VOL 3 #2 (OF 12)
DUNGEON AUG 2007 #149
ELRIC MAKING OF A SORCERER TP
ES VOL 1 GN
ESSENTIAL DOCTOR STRANGE VOL 2 TP
ESSENTIAL IRON MAN VOL 1 TP
EXILES #96
FABLES #63
FABLES 1001 NIGHTS OF SNOWFALL HC
FABLES VOL 1 LEGENDS IN EXILE TP
FABLES VOL 6 HOMELANDS TP
FABLES VOL 8 WOLVES TP
FABLES VOL 9 SONS OF EMPIRE TP
FALLEN SON DEATH OF CAPTAIN AMERICA SPIDER-MAN
FANTASTIC FIVE #1 (OF 5)
FANTASTIC FOUR OMNIBUS VOL 2 HC
FLASH THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE #11
FLASH THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE #12
FLIGHT VOL 4 GN
AMORY WARS SGN #1
FRESHMEN VOL 2 #6
FRIDAY THE 13TH PAMELAS TALE #1 (OF 2)
FRUITS BASKET VOL 1 GN (OF 19)
FULL FRONTAL NERDITY VOL 1 BIG BOOK OF EPIC FAIL TP
GEN 13 #10
GREEN ARROW YEAR ONE #1 (OF 6)
GREEN LANTERN #21
GRIFTER MIDNIGHTER #5 (OF 6)
GUARDIAN ALPHA ONE SHOT
HALO POSTER
HARDY BOYS VOL 9 TO DIE OR NOT TO DIE GN
HAUNTED MANSION #6
HEDGE KNIGHT 2 SWORN SWORD #2 (OF 6)
HELLBLAZER THE RED RIGHT HAND TP
HULK VISIONARIES PETER DAVID VOL 4 TP
INDIA AUTHENTIC INDRA #3
INTERGALACTIC #1
INTRON DEPOT VOL 4 BULLETS TP
IRREDEEMABLE ANT-MAN #10 WWH
JACK KIRBYS SILVER STAR HC
JLA CLASSIFIED #40
JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST #132
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #7
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA VAR ED #7
JUSTICE VOL 1 HC
JUSTICE VOL 2 HC
KA-ZAR & ZABU MINI BUST
LEES TOY REVIEW JULY 2007 #177
LITTLE LULU VOL 16 A HANDY KID TP
LOST BOOKS OF EVE 2ND PTG #1
MAD MAGAZINE #480
MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS #3
MAINTENANCE VOL 1 ITS A DIRTY JOB TP
MARTHA WASHINGTON DIES (ONE SHOT)
MARVEL 1602 FANTASTICK FOUR TP
MARVEL 1602 GAIMAN HC
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED MAN IN THE IRON MASK #1 (OF 6)
MARVEL MASTERWORKS CAPTAIN MARVEL VOL 1 NEW ED HC
MARVEL MASTERWORKS INVINCIBLE IRON MAN VOL 2 NEW ED HC
MARVEL NEMESIS IMPERFECTS DIGEST TP
MARVEL THEN AND NOW EVENING W/ STAN LEE AND JOE QUESADA DVD
MARVEL ZOMBIES ARMY OF DARKNESS #5 (OF 5)
MS MARVEL #17 CWI
NAOKI URASAWAS MONSTER VOL 9 TP
NEW AVENGERS #32
NEW EXCALIBUR #21
NEW WARRIORS #2 CWI
NEXTWAVE AGENTS OF HATE VOL 2 I KICK YOUR FACE PREMIERE HC
NEXUS #99 SPACE OPERA ACT 1 OF 4
NGE ANGELIC DAYS MANGA VOL 4 TP
NICOLAS CAGES VOODOO CHILD #1
NIGHTFALL GN
NODWICK CHRONICLES COLL NODWICK VOL 6 TP
NOVA #4
ODDLY NORMAL FAMILY REUNION GN
OMEGA FLIGHT #4 CWI (OF 5)
PATH OF THE ASSASSIN VOL 1 SERVING IN THE DARK TP
PIRATES VS NINJAS T/S
PLAGUE O/T LIVING DEAD #3 (OF 6)
PS238 VOL 4 NOT ANOTHER LEARNING EXPERIENCE TP
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #9 CWI
RAISE THE DEAD ARTHUR SUYDAM POSTER
RAMAYAN 3392 AD VOL 1 TP
RAY HARRYHAUSEN PRESENTS 20 MILLION MILES MORE #1
RED PROPHET TALES OF ALVIN MAKER #9 (OF 12)
RED SONJA ADAM HUGHES POSTER
REX LIBRIS TP
ROUGH STUFF #1
RUNAWAYS VOL 3 HC
RUNAWAYS VOL 6 PARENTAL GUIDANCE DIGEST TP
SABRINA VOL 2 #86
SADHU VOL 1 TP
SAMURAI COMMANDO MISSION 1549 VOL 1
SANDMAN VOL 1 PRELUDES & NOCTURNES TP
SANDMAN VOL 2 THE DOLLS HOUSE TP
SAVAGE RED SONJA CHO POSTER
SAVAGE TALES ARTHUR SUYDAM POSTER
SCOOBY DOO VOL 5 SURFS UP
SCREW HEAVEN WHEN I DIE IM GOING TO MARS TP
SHADOWPACT #15
SHEENA PREVIEW
SHI VS 10TH MUSE
SHOWCASE PRESENTS BATGIRL VOL 1 TP
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #177
SPACE PINCHY TP
SPAWN #169
SPENT HC
SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE #20
SPIDER-MAN RESIN BOOKENDS
SQUADRON SUPREME HYPERION VS NIGHTHAWK TP
STACKED DECKS ART & HISTORY OF EROTIC PLAY CARDS HC
STAR TREK NEXT GENERATION THE SPACE BETWEEN #6 (OF 6)
STAR WARS BOBA FETT VOL 1 TP MAN WITH A MISSION
STAR WARS CLONE WARS ADVENTURES VOL 2 TP
STAR WARS CLONE WARS VOL 3 LAST STAND ON JABIIM TP
STAR WARS CLONE WARS VOL 5 THE BEST BLADES TP
STAR WARS CLONE WARS VOL 6 ON THE FIELDS OF BATTLE TP
STAR WARS CLONE WARS VOL 7 WHEN THEY WERE BROTHERS TP
STAR WARS CLONE WARS VOL 8 LAST SIEGE FINAL TRUTH TP
STAR WARS INFINITIES THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK TP
STAR WARS LEGACY #14
STAR WARS REBELLION #8
STAR WARS TALES VOL 1 TP
STAR WARS TALES VOL 3 TP
STARDUST CATCH A FALLING STAR POSTER
STARDUST THE SINGING SISTERS POSTER
STARGATE SG1 VOL 1 POW TP
STEPHEN COLBERTS TEK JANSEN #1 (OF 5)
STOP FORGETTING TO REMEMBER GN
STORMWATCH PHD #9
STRANGE GIRL VOL 3 TP
SUB-MARINER #2 CWI (OF 6)
SUPERGIRL SYMBOL METALIX WOMENS T/S
SUPERMAN #664
SUPERMAN CONFIDENTIAL #5
SUPERMAN SYMBOL METALIX WOMENS T/S
TAG CURSED #5 (OF 5)
THOR #1
THOR POSTER
TICK COMIC CON EXTRAVAGANZA #1
TOMB RAIDER VOL 4 TP
TOYFARE #121
TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED MOVIE ADAPTATION TP
TRANSFORMERS AUTOBOT METALLIC LOGO BLUE T/S
TRANSFORMERS DECEPTICON METALLIC LOGO BLK T/S
TRANSFORMERS MOVIE PREQUEL TP
TRANSFORMERS MOVIE TP
TRUE STORY SWEAR TO GOD VOL 1 TP
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN VOL 1 POWER & RESPONSIBILITY TP
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN VOL 9 ULTIMATE SIX TP
ULTIMATE X-MEN #84
ULTIMATE X-MEN FANTASTIC FOUR TP
ULTIMATE X-MEN VOL 1 TOMORROW PEOPLE TP
ULTIMATES 2 VOL 2 GRAND THEFT AMERICA TP
UNCLE SAM AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS TP
VSS NEMESIS RISING #2 (OF 5)
WARREN ELLIS BLACK GAS 2 #3 (OF 3)
WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY #8
WITCHBLADE #108
WOLVERINE BLOOD & SORROW TP
WOMEN OF THE DC UNIVERSE BATGIRL BUST
WONDER MAN MY FAIR SUPER HERO TP
WONDER WOMAN #1
WONDER WOMAN #2
WONDER WOMAN #3
WONDER WOMAN #4
WORLD WAR HULK GAMMA CORPS #1 (OF 4) WWH
WORSHIP CTHULHU T/S
X-FACTOR #21
X-MEN PHOENIX WARSONG PREMIERE HC
XOMBIE #3 (OF 5)