Silver Surfer #52

Dates

Cover date

Early August 1991

Pages

36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #52 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Direct edition$1.00 cover

  Direct

  No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

  Source ↗
• Newsstand edition$1.00 cover

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 07148602664808

  This edition’s page
• Australian edition1.50 AUD cover

  Australian

  Printed cover price 1.50 AUD.

  Barcode 07148602664811

  This edition’s page

Story arc: The Infinity Gauntlet

This is part 7 of 27. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Cloak and Dagger (1990) #18
2. The Infinity Gauntlet (1991) #1
3. Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #31
4. Silver Surfer (1987) #51
5. The Infinity Gauntlet (1991) #2
6. Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #32
7. Silver Surfer (1987) #52
8. Silver Surfer (1987) #53
9. The Incredible Hulk (1968) #384
10. Quasar (1989) #26
11. The Infinity Gauntlet (1991) #3
12. Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #33
13. Silver Surfer (1987) #54
14. Silver Surfer (1987) #55
15. The Incredible Hulk (1968) #385
16. The Infinity Gauntlet (1991) #4
17. Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #34
18. Silver Surfer (1987) #56
19. Silver Surfer (1987) #57
20. The Infinity Gauntlet (1991) #5
21. Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #35
22. Silver Surfer (1987) #58
23. Silver Surfer (1987) #59
24. Sleepwalker (1991) #7
25. The Infinity Gauntlet (1991) #6
26. Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #36
27. Silver Surfer Epic Collection (2014) #7

Also part of: Infinity Gauntlet

Creators

Stories

• The Hero in Absence · 22 pages

  While Firelord and Drax are guests on Titan, Starfox and Mentor disappear and the simple minded Drax battles Firelord, thinking he is responsible. Doctor Strange draws the duo to Earth in order to join the group of heroes preparing to battle Thanos.

Publisher’s description

WHILE A UNIVERSE TREMBLES! Drax has bigger problems to worry about than Firelord when Doctor Strange unites a group of heroes to prepare for a galactic battle with none other than...THANOS!

Characters

Reprinted in

Silver Surfer Epic Collection (2014), Infinity Gauntlet Omnibus (2014), The Infinity Gauntlet (2018)