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Issue: The Silver Surfer #8
Publication Date: September 1969
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Issues: #8 of 18 Issues (22 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 32
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound (#1-7); saddle-stitched (#8-18)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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ORIGINAL COVER ART from the Private Collection of Len Callo
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Title Page
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ORIGINAL COVER ART from the Private Collection of Miki Annamanthadoo
Cover recreation by John Buscema before his untimely death.
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Introducing: The Ghost!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: supernatural
Character(s): The Silver Surfer; The Flying Dutchman
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagEssential Silver Surfer #1 [unnamed variant] published February 1998
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Silver Surfer #2 [Regular Edition] published August 2003
In Issue: FlagSilver Surfer Omnibus #1 [Regular Cover] published May 2007
In Issue: FlagMarvel Gold: Estela Plateada de Stan Lee y John Buscema #[nn] published April 2010
In Issue: FlagEl Deslizador de Plata #1 published ?
In Content Item: FlagFantasy Masterpieces #8 [Direct] published July 1980
as "Now Strikes the Ghost!" [Illustration on Cover, Front]recolored
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #19 published November 1991
as The Silver Surfer #8 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSilver Surfer #28 published January 1992
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Silver Surfer #2 published July 2010
as The Silver Surfer #8 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Pocket spy telescope
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for various mail order novelty items from Johnson Smith & Co.
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Now Strikes the Ghost!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: supernatural
Character(s): The Silver Surfer; Shalla Bal; Mephisto (villain); The Flying Dutchman [Joost Van Straaten] (villain, introduction, origin); Death (villain)
First Line: Of all who have lived... since time's first dawning... only a handful have defeated the lord of the lower depths!
Synopsis: Mephisto calls up the ghost of the Flying Dutchman to take on the Surfer.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagEssential Silver Surfer #1 [unnamed variant] published February 1998
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Silver Surfer #2 [Regular Edition] published August 2003
In Issue: FlagSilver Surfer Omnibus #1 [Regular Cover] published May 2007
In Issue: FlagMarvel Gold: Estela Plateada de Stan Lee y John Buscema #[nn] published April 2010
In Content Item: FlagFantasy Masterpieces #8 [Direct] published July 1980
as Now Strikes The Ghost! [Story on Interior Page(s)]18 pp.
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #19 published November 1991
as Now Strikes the Ghost! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Silver Surfer #2 published July 2010
as Now Strikes the Ghost! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: Series begins a regular page count and monthly publication.

In the letters page of Sub-Mariner #19 Roy Thomas notes that Bill Everett was colorist for "recent issues" of the Silver Surfer.
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The Latest and Greatest Goodies from Maniacal Marvel!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marvel Bullpen Bulletins
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Items; Stan's Soapbox; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Who Speaks for the Surfer?
Character(s): Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]
First Line: Dear Stan and John, The Silver Surfer is now my favorite comic.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters from Gabriel Barbeau, J. Scott Stewart, Alan Brennert, Jerry Slawych, James R. Jonas.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Famous Artists School
First Line: Do you have art talent worth developing?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for the Famous Artists School.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: America's greatest values in science labs and courses!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for the kit-a-month program from the American Basic Science Club, Inc.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: If you need extra money & you know just 10 people...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad to earn money by selling greeting cards.

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