Silver Surfer

Gleaming, space-surfing Marvel Comics superhero, created by comic book legends Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1966, and later developed by John Buscema. Born on planet Zenn-La, Silver Surfer (real name: Norrin Radd) was initially sent to destroy earth as a retainer of the evil warlord Galactus. "I made him into a receptacle for the ambient energies of the universe," Galactus says by way of introducing Silver Surfer. "I created for him a wondrous board which obeys his every thought. My herald was ...