Cover to Marvel Tales, issue 253

And for the third act of this story, this is pretty great:

joekeatinge:

Tim Daniel, the designer of Brian Michael Bendis’ Icon books and a number of Robert Kirkman’s titles (as well the PopGun website!), worked up this brilliant proof-of-concept design based off my open letter. 

As far as I’m concerned, he’s hired! 

Got a bit lazy about sharing this, but here’s some good news:

Silver Surfer: Parable, by Moebius and Stan Lee, will be coming back into print in February:

A star falls to earth. Panic grips the planet as mankind prepares for its inevitable end. But the star is a ship, and inside is a god. All he asks is adoration. Overcome with relief, man rushes to obey. There is only one voice of dissent that will not be silenced: the Silver Surfer, who recognizes the ‘god’ as his former master. But why has Galactus encouraged mankind to live down to his darkest nature? From Stan Lee and Moebius, one of France’s living treasures, comes a bewitching tale of man’s folly and nobility. Plus: Almost every hero on Earth has fallen before the unexpected power of Mrrungo-Mu, the alien leader of the Enslavers. All except the Silver Surfer. But what chance does even he have against such power?

The series was only two issues long, so Marvel has decided to bundle another short series written by Lee, called Silver Surfer: The Enslavers, illustrated by Keith Pollard. Not to knock Pollard’s efforts, but I’m kind of disappointed by this. I’m assuming that Marvel thought that two issues weren’t enough to collect into a book, but Parable has been released in the past like this, with plenty of fascinating back matter to round it out. Also, in defense of Enslavers, that book seems to be getting unfair treatment since the title is just Silver Surfer: Parable. And finally, the book’s design is pretty lame, don’t you think?

Still, more people will be able to get their hands on an edition of this that aren’t yellowed floppies that have aged horribly, so this is good news.

Here’s something even stranger. Moebius apparently did multiple drafts of some of the Silver Surfer pages. I don’t know why, but maybe it has something to do with balloon placement, as these alternatives seem a little more cramped. And while some of them definitely seem like first drafts, others look better than the final page.

Here is an alternative, or possibly first-draft, to page 13 of Parable.

(Source: jacq-jacquin.blogspot.com)

Black and white comparison of the previously posted page 13 from Silver Surfer: Parable. It’s strange to see a Moebius page without the lettering applied directly to the board.

Enter Galactus, from Silver Surfer: Parable, page 13

bede-art:

Marvel Heroes by Moebius

mistahphil:

Promotional flyer for the Silver Surfer mini-series by Stan Lee and Jean ‘Moebius’ Giraud, 1988.

Superman, from 1984.

[color version here]

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