A new Artisan Edition is available this week from IDW: it’s the softcover Silver Surfer volume, written by Stan Lee and illustrated by John Buscema.
The edition, with its high-quality scans from original artwork, features the complete stories of the 1969 Silver Surfer Marvel issues #5, #6, and #8.
In addition to these three stories, the Artisan Edition contains many ’selected’ interior pages from other issues in the Buscema SS run, plus several covers!
The Artisan Editions are a real treat for us: the original pages now sell for thousands of dollars each, and the 1960s Marvel comics are also expensive. Having a chance to see the pages clearly reproduced at this price point is truly special.
Buscema is at his peak here; his powerful figures, bulky and muscled; the Silver Surfer sleek and tormented, it’s space opera at its most dramatic!
IDW, John Buscema’s Silver Surfer Artisan Edition Softcover; $39.99 for 146 pages, black and white interior art
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