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Silver Surfer: Return to the Spaceways Omnibus #nn
Dates
- Cover date
- 2024
- On sale
- May 21, 2025
- Pages
- 1368
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Story arc: The Evolutionary War
This is part 13 of 13. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Silver Surfer Annual (1988) #1
- X-Men Annual (1970) #12
- Web of Spider-Man Annual (1985) #4
- The New Mutants Annual (1984) #4
- The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual (1979) #8
- The Avengers Annual (1967) #17
- X-Factor Annual (1986) #3
- The Punisher Annual (1988) #1
- Fantastic Four Annual (1963) #21
- The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964) #22
- The West Coast Avengers Annual (1986) #3
- Silver Surfer Epic Collection (2014) #4
- Silver Surfer: Return to the Spaceways Omnibus (2024) #nn
Creators
Stories
- The Answer · 8 pages
The Surfer tries to fly past the edge of the universe to find the ultimate answer.
- Escape--To Terror! · 48 pages
The FF help Surfer break the barrier of Galactus, ending his exile on Earth & granting him the freedom to roam the spaceways once again. The Surfer returns to Zenn-La to reunite with his love Shalla-Bal but finds that after he betrayed Galactus on Earth, the world eater devastated his home world in retaliation. Informed by the survivors that Shalla-Bal was captured by the demon Mephisto, the Surfer flies back to Earth & battles the monster in his own realm for her freedom. Beaten but still victorious, Mephisto returns Shalla-Bal to her home world while the Surfer is again trapped on Earth.
- --Free-- · 39 pages
After defeating the Champion, the FF help the Surfer to break through the barrier of Galactus and end his exile on earth once again. The Surfer saves Nova from the Skrulls for Galactus and in return, his former master lifts the curse of the barrier for good. The Silver Surfer rides the spaceways once again.
- Shalla Bal · 22 pages
The Surfer returns to his home planet and reunites with his lost love only to find that Shalla-Bal is now the empress of his world and has little time for personal matters. The Skrulls arrive and demand an alliance with Zenn-La and the Surfer agrees to help his people weather the coming Kree-Skrull war.
- Heaven · 22 pages
The Surfer saves Espirita from the Collector and returns her to earth. Furious at another intrusion by the SS, the Elders send one of their own, the Runner, to take him down. Surfer is beaten but awakens to the sight of Mantis. The new Kree/Skrull war heats up.
- Mantis · 22 pages
Mantis introduces herself to the Surfer and tells him her origin. The Surfer and Mantis eavesdrop on a meeting of the Elders of the Universe where they hear of a plan to kill Galactus but are discovered and barely escape.
- Obliteration! · 22 pages
The Skrulls begin to panic over the appearance of the Celestial Jemiah on their world. The Surfer and Mantis face down the Obliterator and nullify the power of the Elder for good. The Skrulls catch a Kree spy.
- War · 22 pages
The Kree/Skrull war continues to escalate. Surfer learns from the beaten Obliterator that the Elders are meeting on Earth to test a weapon that will kill Galactus. The Supreme Intelligence thinks that it ferrets out a traitor to the Kree but the wrong alien is killed and Nenora, a Skrull spy, remains high up in the Kree hierarchy. Preparing to travel to Earth, the Surfer and Mantis split up as Norrin receives a call of distress from Shalla-Bal.
- Triangle! · 22 pages
The Surfer staves off an assault by the Kree on his home planet of Zenn-La. Mantis listens in on the plans of the Elders where she learns that they are gathering the soul gems to kill Galactus. The Surfer has a confrontation with the Kree Supreme Intelligence.
- Soul, Sweet Soul · 22 pages
The Surfer is trapped within the surreal mind of the Supreme Intelligence and as he fights his way free, he causes the Kree computer to lose its marbles.
- Doomsday · 22 pages
The Surfer trades the final soul gem to the Elders for the release of Mantis and Shalla-Bal but then aids Galactus when the Elders use the gems to try and kill him.
- Space Is... Eternity! · 22 pages
Galactus eats five of the Elders and then sends the Surfer and Nova after the one that got away-the Contemplator. Sticking around for a while, the two heralds witness an awesome meeting between Galactus and Eternity. Although starting out as a Skrull spy, Nenora betrays her race as she finds herself in a position to rule the Kree on her own.
- Nova · 22 pages
The Surfer and Nova begin their search for the Contemplator and run up against a world of space pirates. The Kree are attacked by another Silver Surfer.
- Sick! · 22 pages
The Surfer and Nova escape from their capture by Reptyl. Reptyl eats his ally, the Contemplator.
- Masques! · 22 pages
Nenora sends Ronan to kill the Surfer. The battle between the Kree and Skrulls escalates. The Surfer and Nova encounter another Silver Surfer.
- Silver Mirrors! · 22 pages
The Surfer faces off against his duplicate who turns out to be a Skrull in disguise. Bartak beats SS but Ronan shows up and, mistaking the Skrull for the real deal, kills who he thinks is the Silver Surfer.
- Adam · 30 pages
The High Evolutionary tasks the Eternals with mapping the Silver Surfer's DNA. Interfering with a battle between SS and the Super-Skrull, the Eternals return the two to earth to complete their mission. The Surfer ends up freeing his old foe and showing the Eternals the error of their ways.
- Moth to the Flame · 5 pages
Nova discovers that Galactus is dying and calls the Surfer for help.
- Mantis! · 5 pages
Mantis awakens on Earth, finding herself living another life and decides to seek out the Avengers for help.
- The High Evolutionary Chapter Three: The Men, the Mine, the Mountain! · 6 pages
- Three into Nothing Goes... · 22 pages
Surfer heads to earth to collect Reed and Sue and brings them along with (in a dubious parenting choice) Franklin to the dying Galactus who seems to be expiring from Elder indigestion (he ate five of them a few issues ago). Our heroes enter a black hole which teleports them to a magic dimension where they confront the three Elders who did not get swallowed by the planet eater. Sue is overcome by the evil Malice persona.
- Malice: A Four Thought · 22 pages
The Surfer has to contend with Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Woman being corrupted by soul gems while the trio tries to escape from the magical limbo in which they are trapped. Their real opponent is revealed, the In-Betweener.
- Resurrection · 22 pages
The Surfer and his allies escape from the magical limbo realm but the In-Betweener comes with them bent on conquest. Galactus expels the Elders he swallowed and, feeling a bit better, decides to take on his counterpart, the In-Betweener.
- Heavyweights · 22 pages
The Surfer, half of the FF and the Elders all pitch in with Galactus as he battles for the fate of the universe against the In-Betweener.
- Playing with Matches · 22 pages
- Aftermatch · 22 pages
- ... Fear Itself · 8 pages
The Fear Eater tries to feed off of the Silver Surfer.
- You Say You Want Obliteration! · 22 pages
- Monsters from the Ego · 22 pages
- A Christmas Tale · 22 pages
The Fantastic Four, Mantis, and the Silver Surfer battle Kang.
- Alien! · 22 pages
- How Sharper than a Serpent's Tooth · 25 pages
Ghaur battles the Silver Surfer while telling him his origin story. He then travels to Earth, meets up with Llyra and plots to gain the power of the Serpent Crown.
- How the Silver Surfer's Powers Work!! · 4 pages
- Cosmic Awareness Comparisons · 2 pages
- An Informal Tour of the Universe · 7 pages
Reed explains the nature of the universe to his son.
- Buried Treasure · 7 pages
- Shooting Star · 5 pages
- The Saga of the Serpent Crown [Part 1]: Creation · 6 pages
- G.I.G.O · 22 pages
- Back From Black? · 40 pages
- Z-Day · 22 pages
- The R Complex · 22 pages
- Neanderthals · 22 pages
- Our Complex · 22 pages
- A.I.-Yi-Yi!!! · 22 pages
- Nothing! · 40 pages
- A Choice of Dooms · 23 pages
- Nothing Is Impossible, Man! · 22 pages
The Surfer has to save the Impossible Man from being executed by Glaktu.
- Galactus · 23 pages
In a dying universe, on the planet of Taa, scientist Galan tries to find a way for his race to survive the end of the universe. He commandeers a spaceship towards the center of the imploding universe, but he does not die in "the big crunch". Instead, he gestates in a cocoon for billions of years in a newly-formed universe. When he emerges, it is as Galactus, and he has to feed upon the lifeforce of planets.
- Editori-Al · 1 pages
- The Great Terror · 39 pages
In a What If? tale that was originally slated as part of a Silver Surfer limited series, the Surfer is still trapped on earth and has to defend Mantis and her young son from the fury of Mangog.
- Judgment Day · 62 pages
- Parable · 26 pages
The Silver Surfer is a street person on Earth when Galactus arrives and proclaims himself God and tells everyone to have a good time.
- Parable Part 2 · 24 pages
The Silver Surfer decides to fight back and reveals Galactus as an opportunist.
- The Enslavers · 74 pages
- The New Silver Surfer Series · 3 pages
- The History of the Silver Surfer · 4 pages
- Silver Surfer · 1 pages
The Surfer and Mantis fight against a group of Elders of the Universe, with Nova flying in to help. Overseeing them are a couple of Celestials, while Krees and Skrulls fight against each other in the background.
- Silver Surfin USA! · 3 pages
- Article Excerpt · 0.5 pages
- Silver Surfer Hardcover Graphic Novel - The Enslavers · 0.6 pages
- Silver Surfer Graphic Novel · 0.4 pages
- Silver Surfer · 1 pages
- Silver Surfer · 1 pages
- Silver Surfer · 1 pages
- Silver Surfer: Parable Hardcover Behind-the-Scenes Features · 14 pages