Talk:Silver Surfer

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The term "Silver Surfer" is commonly used to denote a senior citizen Internet user. Especially, though not exclusively, in the UK.

http://www.google.com/search?q=silver+surfers http://hackneysilversurfers.org.uk/

How do you/would you differentiate?

Somebody needs to learn to spell. It's "sentinel" of the spaceways... --squadfifteen

In the article it states "He can seemingly do anything, at least compared to other superheroes, who are limited to just one or a few powers" and then cite superman. Superman had this problem so why is he being used as an example?

This stuff is clearly non NPOV, Removed. T-1000 23:31, 4 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ultimate Silver Surfer

The article had the silver person with the wings pinned as the Ultimate Silver Surfer. However an identical being on a surfboard type item turned up in issue 3.

I would therefore hazard a guess that the figure with the wings is an ultimate version of Gabriel the Air-walker and the second is the Silver Surfer. However this is purely guess work at this stage. There could 1000s of those beings.

Therefore I suggest that identification of WHOM the Silver Surfer is, is held off until someone is explicitly identified as such in the Mini-series? Otherwise we could erronously identify one silver being as being the surfer when in fact he has let to be revealed.

--Charlesknight 19:57, 18 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"He is seen sometimes with large wings instead of a board and sometimes becoming one with his board, transforming into an eliptical shape. Wether there is more than one Surfer or if these are different versions remains to be seen."

So if we don't know which is which or even if they are different - why are we assigning attributes to him?

--Charlesknight 12:52, 31 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A series cannot be *both* 'short-lived' and 'ongoing'. They're mutually-exclusive. Not being familiar with the series personally, I don't know which is correct, but someone who does should change it. --Riff

em.. no they are not mutally-exclusive in this context - I don't know who wrote that bit but it makes sense to me. He had an ongoing series but it was short-lived and cancelled.

--Charlesknight 18:08, 17 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Physical powers

I wouldn't say that he's completely resistant to physical attacks considering that Hulk literally bit his head of in Marvel zombies XSpaceyx 16:10, 3 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Alternative universe - no idea of how that related to the mainstream 616 universe.

--Charlesknight 19:59, 3 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, alternate universe, no bearing on 616 reality what-so-ever. In the zombie-verse they "ate" Galactus who doesn't even have flesh. How do you "eat" a semi-abstract energy being if you are a zombie-fied Tony Stark? Bottom line: crap, alternate universe story with no bearing on mainstream continuity.

It was only IMPLIED that Galactus was eaten. That panel was never shown, although the zombies are shown to have gained the power cosmic later in the comic, it could be that they simply absorbed Galactus' energy. Bottom line: There is no proof that Galactus was eaten.

The characters stated that they "ate" Galactus, pretty damning evidence. They were even arguing over who got what body parts. Bottom line: it's STILL a crap alternate universe story that has no bearing on the 616 reality. Defending plot points of this substandard story will NEVER make this story relevant to the mainstream Silver Surfer's durability. Bottom Line.