Product Description: The Silver Surfer delves alone into the furthest depths of the void - tangling with organ-stealing pirates, demonic beasts, and a race of alien aristocrats. Everyone's favorite Cosmic Wanderer discovers that even in the midst of a galactic utopia, horror is never far away. Featuring electrifying artwork by the dynamic Tan Eng Huat (Doom Patrol, Batman) and an endlessly inventive script by Simon Spurrier - the writer behind the sold-out Gutsville! Collects Silver Surfer: In Thy Name #1-4.
Silver Surfer: In Thy Name Out of all the superhuman and mutants from Marvel the Silver Surfer has to be my favourite character, mainly cause he is a profound character and has a very unique look on life aswell as a very unique life itself, and it is always interesting to how he handles the troubles of the universe.
So when i read In Thy Name, i was very impressed, Simon Spurrier is a sensational writer for the Silver Surfer and really gets into he's head and manages to really show us what the Silver Surfer is thinking as well as bringing in a bit of Norman Radd to show the struggle he has trying to balance the life of the Silver Surfer, and the past of Norman Radd.
But not only do you get a creative and indepth story of the Silver Surfers attempt to find a Utopia, but Tan Eng Huat has done a sensational job with the artwork, yet to be honest it is the reason i only gave it a 4 stars (that and it was too short, definatly could of read it for alot longer) but the artwork is amazing but almost too detailed, there is alot of detail in many of the characters that gets lost in the hype of the frame and often is hard to define whats what and whos fighting who. But for the SS himself, he just looks sensational and Huat has really done a fantastic job with showing off SS' powers and combined with Spurrier we really get to see exactly how powerful the Silver Surfer is.
I definatly advise all SS fans to read this and anyone that is looking for something a lil deeper than Marvels standard Avengers or Ultimate series.
As good as Requiem, if not better. I feel compelled to write a review for this, seeing is how it's probably my favourite Silver Surfer story ever. Requiem, which is another amazing book, but seems to get all the attention while In Thy Name is forgotten, perhaps because it came out in the shadow of Requiem.
Regardless, In Thy Name is a touching look into Surfer's outsider nature and how he views life. The abstract and unique artstyle only help to illustrate (pun) the unquantifiable nature of life itself, as this book demonstrates. The ending is quite depressing and just shows how pathetic civilizations can be and how people (or aliens in this case, but they're interchangeable with humans anyways) will always find a way to hate others and go to war with them.
This is a must buy for any Surfer fan or anyone who just enjoys a good story in general.
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