Dates
- Cover date
- 1988
- On sale
- April 26, 1988
- Pages
- 68
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition (original)
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07148602175985
This edition’s page
Story arc: The Evolutionary War
This is part 1 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
- 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
Characters
Reprinted in
Silver Surfer Epic Collection (2014), Silver Surfer: Return to the Spaceways Omnibus (2024), Essential Silver Surfer (1998), Evolutionary War Omnibus (2011)