Infinity War: Silver Surfer Explained

[@CosmicNovember19]

Silver Surfer is one of my all-time favorite fictional characters, thanks giving this character justice in the video.

[@winerzeren7235]

sad the writers always makes him weak in battle

[@dondayelbano3262]

I feel like the Silver Surfer is the most underrated pop culture character of all time.

[@milkytoad8388]

Him and Doom

[@MrRufioooo]

Both of them They are hands down the best Marvel characters imo.

[@noblemanuel7411]

I agree. Surfer is the 1 i identify with the most as well as doom of which i keep deep inside.

[@thadeusgerstenacker3082]

Yessssssssss

[@bobbydeuce6486]

He got his own 90’s cartoon which was pretty neat, but I agree with you. Not enough love is given to the guy.

[@johndonnelly1523]

Just found this gem. Feels like a different person telling the story. You are the reason I have KZbin premium. They owe you a check!

[@ninposkillz]

Man I had every issue of Jim Starlin's run on surfer (Silver Surfer vol 2) when i was a child....it was amazing to grow up to.

[@Unklechopchop]

The silver surfer is my favourite Marvel comic character.

[@jawrambus]

I love your videos, but I also can't help falling to sleep to them.. Thanks from an insomniac!!

[@joseywales7631]

The intro music is too sick.

[@RohitSingh-fb1dg]

Name of music?

[@FunkyFyreMunky]

@@RohitSingh-fb1dg Ain't No Place For a Hero, by The Heavy

[@johntomlinson2818]

Man I love this channel.. I fell asleep last night listening to the whole infinity gauntlet story (thats a complement) This stuff is comforting

[@pulsarstargrave256]

The Silver Surfer represents Kirby's growing frustration in his working relationship with Stan Lee. Kirby created the Surfer on his own and meant for him to be a creation of Galactus alone, and he was never a guy named Norrin Radd. (Galactus was God-like or a representation of God's Wrath while The Surfer was a fallen angel.) In those FF stories, Kirby wanted the Surfer to learn more and more about Humanity, with our virtues and shortcomings. The problem was that Surfer became so popular, he appeared in a story without Kirby and got his own series--again, without Jack. Jack wasn't treated this way when he worked with Joe Simon, who made most, if not all creative decisions, with Kirby, while they were still a team. Apparently, this business with the Silver Surfer bothered Jack more than he let on and he refused to create any more notable characters unless the ideas came from Lee first! This is why when DC offered him Editorial control of his Fourth World books, he seized the opportunity! You can read about it in issues of The Jack Kirby Collector and in Evanier's excellent Kirby book. Evanier once worked as an assistant to Jack and was (and might still be) close to the Kirby family.

[@gdroff]

Pulsar Stargrave interesting

[@pulsarstargrave256]

gdroff These aren't my theories alone. There was a contributor to the JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR who wrote a series of articles called "A Failure To Communicate" and Kirby himself spoke about how he was annoyed (to say the least) at how every time he created a new character "...it would be taken away [...from him.]" But these are the known and accepted risks you take when you do "Work-For-Hire". The Indies of Pacific and Image Comics came too late for Kirby and his contemporaries although Kirby did manage to publish Captain Victory... and Silver Star while he still worked in animation. DC later made some kind of deal with him for the Fourth World characters but some speculate their main motivation was to stick it to Marvel while they were holding Jack's original artwork hostage!

[@kieranbuchanan3712]

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[@ArcherSF]

Damn it Rob your voice is soothing and just adds a definite impact to these videos!

[@vMaxHeadroom]

What an opening to this video....Your knowledge is beyond that of the Beyonder makeing you the one and only Cosmic Comic Guru...Peace!

[@333501gen]

Highlight of my week man, thanks.

[@CtazyFreak13]

That was the greatest intro ever.

[@fears888]

Time for him to make his appearance in the MCU!

[@derrickspencer67]

Best intro ever...

[@carlitocouture8640]

my favorite of all time.. always keep hearing more and more good news

[@BloodravenRivers]

Hey Rob just wanted to tell you thanks for all your work man. I look forward to your videos every week just like I did the new bleach tybw arc and dbz when I was a kid. I wanna apologize I criticized one of your videos a long time ago because I couldn't keep focused on your longer videos and that was my own fault I have ADHD but in the last year i find myself going to your longer videos at night routinely and your new weekly defenders and fantastic 4 videos omg dude I just have to correct myself and apologize for incorrectly judging your work and to just tell you thank you for doing what you do you've taught me more about marvel than I ever knew existed. Your a beast and the goat at what you do.

[@ja5thehokage]

I just want thank you Rob. Your videos have helped me while I've been in the hospital waiting for the arrival of my son. Just keep making these great videos.

[@darthparallax5207]

Silver Surfer and Wolverine may soon come to MCU.

[@juliusulit1141]

With Spidey joining the fray anything is possible

[@NorrinRadd77]

Nailed it!!!

[@goochipoochie]

S00N

[@sime5153]

😏😏yup

[@stupidchartboy]

6 years later:

[@lordcognito3500]

YES!!!!!! Finally. GREAT job....now more Norrin! smirk (btw his love interest is Shalla Bal;) Love your infinity guantlet leadup for Surfer. Cant wait for more!

[@thefirstrule4470]

Love your series... Only critique is let's keep the "what we see's" to a minimum of 500 times per video. Other then that these were a great way to direct people to get them caught up!

[@dripcitycars5062]

seriously that intro is everything!!!

[@TomTom-tz7zf]

Rob thank you for covering my favorite superhero. This and The death of the silver surfer videos are uh-MAZING! plz do more content on him it would be great now that your audience is much larger

[@jamensonaleman]

Awesome video Rob. Could you put a Silver Surfer Playlist together? I would love a revisit to all of Silver Surfer stories and appearances. That would be awesome.

[@supkem7065]

Great stuff! i really like the way your voices sounds so professional throughout all your vids. You might wanna consider another line beside "and what we see here is that" it is getting a little repetitive.That being said, I feel you may have been better served if you avoided this here topic of the Silver Surfer. your other vids follow the story of the character, not the publishing history of Marvel. Yes Silver Surfer#1 came out after FF#48, but clearly his history runs counter to this. toward the end you talk about SS losing his "humanity" over time, But the infinity Gauntlet tie ins counter this. Check out SS v3 #50 for more on the compassion of Galactus with regards to SS's humanity. Aside from this, and back to the beginning of the video, you mention how SS was second in command behind Warlock during the IG. I contend that Jim Starlin had every intention of having SS be the main hero, but he lost control of the story and brought in Warlock at the last minute (remember starlin had SS fighting the mad titan for nearly 2 years before IG.) and as IG moved along, SS became less and less involved in the storyline. Anyway keep up the great work, its about time somebody did something like this, and your doing a great job at it too.

[@alabamacorey1414]

his swallowing knows no bound

[@infinitetundra]

lmao

[@LOSO19196]

+Corey Bryan BREH!!!!! I was literally just thinking the same! THANK YOU

[@rockman2450]

oh my God I thought I was the only one that think of that, his videos are awesome but every time he does that I cringe

[@eggy718]

Will E. Ayyyyoooooooooo pause lmaoo

[@eggy718]

Super pause

[@Mauricio_Rodriguez16]

Love all your great videos, keep up your good work

[@Godzilla101000]

Ben Grim was f’n around. Gave Silver Surfer that fade, tearing up Galactus’s machine lol.

[@genkenobi]

Norrin's race were basicaly human.

[@EdeDizon]

keep up the good work bro, would love if you did original sin or siege of Asgard

[@beaudaughtry6157]

Zenn La is his planet. Shalla Bal was his Lady.

[@deondraeporter8766]

hes looking for planets with a great source of energy for Galactus to devour for more power. Galactus created Silver Surfer as a scout. Silver Surfer was then released due to Silver Surfers memory coming back and not wanting to be apart of the killing of innocent beings

[@ramtrucks721]

Deondrae Porter Not true... Surfer always took him to planets without intelligent life... Earth changed him... Terrax was the main butcher before Morg came along

[@irisheric3]

@@ramtrucks721 you're wrong. I own every SS comic and you are wrong without a doubt. In fact there is a SS comic that shows the SS learning that his soul was altered to deal with the terrible things he did, plus he had Galactus pull a Jesus move and remove the sins from him. In any event, he did bring Galactus to planets with life. You must be referring to a certain marvel story that perverted and changed his story as all marvel stories do nowadays

[@dustinbush3698]

Love the intro dude keep it!

[@Umar-we1ib]

great vid rob , just wanted to point out norran rads girlfriend is Shalla-bal not ''shen la '' , keep up the great work cant wait for the infinity gauntlet!

[@captainmission]

the silver surfer is my fave character, unfortunately the movie version of the fantastic four diminished him as a character. i really hope they make a decent film and honour his origin.

[@Bodinepicksz]

Thank you, just got back into collecting Art work....love the story telling...panel changes are awesome..

[@bluehoneyyy]

too bad we never see anymore videos about the silver surfer you've kind if slept on him Rob

[@UniqUeCrosS]

has he deleted that Silver Surfer Monologue video??

[@bluehoneyyy]

+Crossums Think so idk hes one of my favorites because he possesses so much power and isnt "evil" kind of sucks hes not often mentioned

[@UniqUeCrosS]

VincetheGreat I absolutely agree! Surfer is supremely powerful ur right and definitwly doesnt get anywhere near the mentioning he deserves!

[@bluehoneyyy]

+Crossums Yeah man its glad to see somebody understands the SS and his power and importance i wish other ppl would too tho i mean he has the power to go against Thanos like how is he not talked about ???

[@carlospedro7050]

Ikr? I've been asking for some silver surfer stuff for months, still nothing

[@kurtluger]

SS is my god! I started with the standard x-men, spiderman, etc. but got tired of earthbound heroes. Found SS and never looked back. SS found Adam Warlock, Thanos and Mephisto!!!

[@AdamFremouw]

Ah yes, I remember when 20th Century Fox perfectly depicted this....... not

[@DeadBoyHK1]

A man who thinks outside of the box, wants nothing more than adventure to see literally everything there is to see, and gives up everything to have it...a true intellectual, the silver surfer is. And yet, drunk I am lol

[@declanhinshaw4791]

the grittier marvel stories seem to be always great

[@GooTheGuru]

i miss this intro...please bring it back...if only for a few vids... please do more SS stuff Rob...He is SO damn underrated...

[@lukemcgregor6969]

It's well documented in Silver Surfer comics that Galactus messed with surf's soul to make him be ok with leading him to populated planets.

[@CalebJGrant]

Love all your videos :)

[@Hunter.Vaughn]

greatest intro of all time.

[@MrAicex3000]

Silver surfer for president 2016

[@hanifmartin7505]

Silver surfer 2020

[@ForYourWater]

loved it man, great job.

[@bobbyjones391]

i really love your vids keep it up . Even though im not that big into marvel the lore of these characters is great.

[@kingdaven1]

30k CONGRATS!

[@Demonos3]

lol, The Watcher is a fanboy.

[@jasonmcloughlin9425]

Galactus unwittingly made the Silver Surfer almost as powerful as himself so the Skrulls feared them both as dangerous enemies!

[@luisburgos9395]

Hey rob I am from the future just wanted to let you know you’re going to be big with this channel

[@jacobbrown4664]

Holy shit this had to be the BEST intro I have ever seen!!!

[@akshatagrawal9888]

Can u please also make a video about Adam Warlock leadup? Your videos are very good, probably the best marvel stuff on KZbin that I know of!☺👍

[@rodgerman6454]

Great job narrating keep it up!!

[@pernskyw1289]

Haven't visited you in a bit.....like the new intro

[@fredocorleone3280]

I love the 40 second intro before the vid finally starts.......can you possibly make the intro even longer?

[@femiairboy94]

fredocorleone could your extension span be any shorter? It’s a show, An intro makes it worth the while.

[@femiairboy94]

sweatshopkids yeah auto text -_-

[@nelfarios]

fredocorleone I'm sure you meant: "Thank you for making this video for free, that's so kind of you good sir. I learned a lot and you surely are skilled at making educational videos." Douchebag.

[@NeoCavo]

fredocorleone hes not complaining.. just keyboard warriors being weird lol

[@darrallshamarwilliams7560]

No, he's saying the intro is Badass! And he's right.

[@HartlessthaSavage]

The Silver Surfer 🏄‍♀️ is definitely underrated, but one of the most powerful marvel characters in the universe!

[@mathewallen3634]

how you gonna have infinity war/ gauntlet without SILVER SURFER as a kid thats all i remember fighting thanos

[@keithbigT]

Galactus found out that the Surfer was sparing inhabited planets thereby causing him to go longer between feedings. He altered the Surfer to make him more compliant. This I guess you could say caused him to lose his humanity.

[@beans301]

dude i'm sure there's another video that somebody commented this but i think the way the silver surfers role in this movie gets solidified is through the hulk. think about the way he shows up at the sanctum sanctorum. he had the face of "i've been through something" and it's an arrival into NYC probably right before everything starts to go crazy. the silver surfer may be in a post credit scene but not a major part for this movie but rather the set up for part 2 along with adam warlock. but then again, who knows.....there's been plenty of misdirection.....but you can bet your ass hulk is bringing the silver surfer message about thanos after being transported to nyc.

[@MrMrDerf]

I just got'ta say man, your videos are the shit. Keep it up.

[@SENOR_David]

Great video! Very professional! I love the silver surfer! P.s. eventually when the time comes in the future can you do Angela please?

[@SlipknotSevenfold1]

I've been wanting to learn about Silber Surfer. Ty for this. What's the name of the song?

[@TheMaster47x]

Good video. I'd love to see one of these for Gladiator or Hyperion.

[@Obi-ThreeKenobi]

Wow, so when they crashed Hulk into the Sanctum Santorum, they were replacing the Surfer...? Ok, I dig they still kinda stayed with the comics. "Thanos is coming..." Awesome stuff.

[@shohiryu]

Great music at the end.

[@rs9151980]

why are some of the videos deleted in the play list????

[@dalejohnson6439]

Always a Silver Surfer fan. Although, not putting Galactus in the movie was wiggity wack son. Step up your game.

[@rs91268]

Thx u sir for all the videos

[@optimusbrown8010]

Great video!

[@jhus6445]

I missed this intro theme for this channel

[@leroylatt3]

I don't know if you've done this guy yet but I think you should do a comic book explains Marvel on Shields enemy graviton

[@aimlesfez]

excellent channel dude.

[@legendarygoji6658]

I honestly prefer this old intro then his new one

[@moneycomet]

Beta Ray Bill. Please.

[@TheAidenSanders]

so awesome! I needed to know this, finding marvel comic is my country it's so expensive and hard.

[@hihowdy4034]

Hi, I like your videos and appreciate the thought and critical thinking regarding comics. I'll check out your other channel. I've seen you do a lot of talk about powers and their measurement and I know ppl really like that. How about the characters alignments? Good, bad, and the shades of gray giving giving away to the absolute. Or how about a time line with the characters alignment? Another thing you could do, which might be a lot of work, is start using charts... using timelines, with events, powers, etc.; I know you get the gist of what I'm saying. Visuals besides visuals of the comic pages, i dunno anything about copyrights though. Anyway, great job. Oh, and to reiterate, maybe some character (alignment) comparisons between heroes and villans, and universes and multiverses, etc. Take care!

[@manofsteelgoodmanll7925]

He was always a badass powerful super hero too.

[@chunky9791]

For I am not without mercy.... You may serve as my Herald

[@RarelyReplies]

Am I the only one that wonders why he needs that piece under the board? The rudder or what ever it may be called.

[@Codename-Ultimatum]

whats the name of the song at the end?

[@tmjones4tmj]

Gr8 vid, Rob.

[@jbkregs2766]

Hey rob! Didn't you do the thanos quest? I can't find those videos

[@mad4you1000]

Can you do a video on High Evolutionary,Luke Cage, Us Agent and The New Warriors.

[@axelcr7139]

Did anyone catch him say "the Milky Way solar system"😂😂😂😂😂

[@darthsmoke76]

Allot of people have probably only seen the cartoon. Galactus wipes his memory and he slowly gets it back. The books are so much better. Nothing has done them justice yet. Hopefully now we can see it done right in the MCU 199999

[@chandankumarshutradhar8517]

Nice intro music dude... but I can't find the exact one like yours.. i found the music played fast ... can u give me the download link please...

[@giorgiogroves]

play.google.com/music/listen#/sr/life+at+the+skatepark

[@LSPNUEMA]

ROB!!! I missed this intro music!

[@st4nkreallyreekin]

These old ones smack so hard

[@tariqulislam2512]

It seems intro song link in the description is no longer available. Can anyone point to the version in the intro?

[@giorgiogroves]

play.google.com/music/listen#/sr/life+at+the+skatepark

[@MiningwithPudding]

Why is this unlisted?

[@facepalmjesus1608]

''Nobility? this word has no meaning to me'' Silver Surfer ohhhh he was such a badass character before he discovered the soft skinny lame earthlings

[@iiishimmyiii]

His girlfriend is "Shala-bal" not " shen laa" js

[@drvannostran3165]

+iiishimmyiii I was going to say the same thing.

[@GooTheGuru]

iiishimmyiii Shala lala lala Bamba!!!....

[@dach829]

How are your thoughts about the old fox silver surfer show?

[@ramsesclardy7844]

The original "Marvel Explained"

[@Logic_OM]

I like this channel but I was wondering does this channel do dc comics also

[@ronlucas2898]

I truly enjoy these vids. I'm hoping you cover House of M and Age of Apocalypse

[@morneerasmus9731]

Please add your content onto Apple Podcasts App!! Would be epic!!!

[@gosh402]

Great vid, one thing though Milky Way= Our galaxy. We don't really have a name for our solar system beyond the latin name for the sun Sol , which in english would just be the Solar system.