—Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd)Threats! Threats! Must all men threaten? Is it anti-human to appeal to reason?
Appearing in "A World He Never Made!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Shalla-Bal (Main story and flashback)
- Donna Maria Perez (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Yarro Gort (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- El Capitan (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- NYPD (New York City Police Department)
- bridge jumper
- Galactus (Mentioned)
- Al B. Harper (Mentioned)
- Stranger (Mentioned)
- The General's Army
- Donna Maria Perez's mother
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
- Yarro Gort's Space Ship
- Silver Surfer's Surfboard
Synopsis for "A World He Never Made!"
Brief Summary:
Shalla-Bal travels to Earth to find the Silver Surfer. In order to learn more about how the humans think, he decides to disguise his appearance and walk amongst them. He arrives at a South American town and is instantly attacked by armed men. A woman helps him, but is later captured by them. The Surfer attacks their headquarters and rescues the woman. Shalla-Bal arrives to see another woman in her beloved's arms.
Detailed Summary:
In order to find Norrin Radd, Shalla-Bal has sought the help of Zenn-La's most skill scientist, Yarro Gort. Gort has only agreed to help in order to prove to her that the Silver Surfer is either dead or has found another lover. Since she doesn't believe this is true, Shalla-Bal agrees to marry him if this is what is found and thus he builds a ship to take both of them to Earth.
Meanwhile, the Silver Surfer comes to the rescue of a police officer who is trying to talk down a suicidal bridge jumper. They both fall, but the Surfer catches them. Even though he brings them to safety, the gathered crowd still refuses to believe that his intentions were good. The Surfer leaves, determined to find out why humans are so untrustworthy.
The Surfer decides to make another attempt to integrate himself into human society. Taking some clothes and left over money from the late Al Harper's home, the Surfer travels to a small South American town where he finds that it is under attack by an occupying army. After defeating some soldiers who tried to arrest him for being out after curfew, the Surfer is offered refuge by a villager named Maria who lets him stay the night hidden in her attic.
However, minutes later, Maria is captured for not revealing the location of the Surfer. He awakens later to find her gone and travels to the occupying force's castle. He fights past the guards and frees Maria from El Capitan. As they escape the castle, Maria kisses the Surfer in thanks, a sight which is seen by Shalla-Bal and Yarro as they arrive in Earth's atmosphere.Appearing in "The Judgment!"
Featured Characters:
- Warlock (Adam Warlock) (Main story and recap)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Universal Church of Truth (Main story and recap)
- Matriarch
- unnamed Black Knights (Main story and recap)
- Autolycus (Only in recap)
- Grand Inquisitors (Only in flashback)
- Kray-Tor (First appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Gamora (First appearance; unnamed)
- Magus (Adam Warlock) (Only in recap)
- Yon-Lok (First appearance; dies)
Races & Species:
- Laxidazians
- Sirusites
- Judans (First appearance)
- Zen-Whoberis (First appearance)
- Sarks (Main story and recap)
- Unidentified alien species
Realities:
Locations:
- Milky Way
- Al'Ma'an
- Homeworld
- Sacred Palace (First appearance)
- Homeworld
- Earth, Sol (Mentioned in narration or thoughts)
- Al'Ma'an
Items:
- Soul Gem (Main story and recap)
Vehicles:
- Great Divide (Only in recap)
Synopsis for "The Judgment!"
While battling a couple of the Black Knights, the Soul Gem almost takes control again and Warlock decides that he must destroy it. However, as he takes it off, Warlock collapses and realizes that he can no longer exist without the Gem. It has been sucking out Warlock's soul over the last three years, thus becoming his life force.
The Matriarch wants to make a slave out of Warlock now instead of killing him. After trying to remove the Gem, Warlock is invited by the Matriarch to the Sacred Palace. An obvious trap, but since she claims that the gem would become a danger even to Warlock himself, Warlock decides to accept the invitation and ditches Pip. The Matriarch reveals to Warlock that the Magus is his future self and not a conjuring of the Soul Gem as he believed.
Warlock falls through a trap door and lands in front of Kray-Tor for trial. Kray-Tor's statement makes it quite obvious that Warlock's trial is a sham. Warlock argues that he cannot be tried by this Court because it has its power from the Magus - thus from a part of Warlock himself gone mad. He insists that he be tried by the Magus himself - the motion is denied. The Prosecutor calls for a witness - a rebel and infidel. To Warlock's satisfaction, the witness Yon-Lok doesn't blame him to be guilty of High Church Crimes. For his testimony, the court orders Yon-Lok killed and the Jury is ordered to ignore his statement. All other witnesses point to Warlock as the perpetrator of a dozen false crimes. As Warlock strongly objects he is gagged and sentenced to a Church-House of Correction. Warlock, however, resists and Kray-Tor reverses his ruling and sentences Warlock to death.
Gamora finds Pip and tells him that she wants to find out if Warlock can indeed defeat the Magus. She joins him and if says if the Magus is not defeated by Warlock, she will kill him.
Warlock uses the Soul Gem to kill Kray-Tor, saying that he now knows the gem was sent to him by some power beyond his comprehension to destroy evil such as Kray-Tor. Afterward, Warlock learns Kray-Tor's thoughts and realizes that he truly believed that Warlock was threatening his beliefs. He realizes that by stealing Kray-Tor's soul he truly became the villain.Notes
- The following pages were edited from the original Silver Surfer #10: Pages 4, 13, and 14.