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The Silver Surfer #8

Marvel · Series began 1968 · September 1969

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WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

Ghost (Joost van Straaten) — introduction, name revealed, also in flashback · origin

Dates

Cover date: September 1969
On sale: July 22, 1969
Pages: 32

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: John Buscema, John Romita, Jack Kirbyinks: Dan Adkins, Joe Sinnott, John Romita, Sal Buscemaletters: Sam Rosenscript: Stan Lee

Stories

Now Strikes the Ghost! · 20 pages
Mephisto calls up the ghost of the Flying Dutchman to take on the Surfer.

Characters

Silver SurferNorrin RaddMephistoDeathShalla-BalGhostJoost van Straaten

Reprinted in

Uncanny Tales (1963), Fantasy Masterpieces (1979), Marvel Masterworks (1987), Essential Silver Surfer (1998), Marvel Masterworks: Silver Surfer (2003), Silver Surfer Omnibus (2007), Marvel Masterworks: The Silver Surfer (2010), Marvel Ghost Stories (2011), Artisan Edition (2019)