Appearing in "Space Is... Eternity!"
Featured Characters:
- ⏴ Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) ⏵ (Main story and recap)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Avengers (Mentioned)
- Obliterator (Maht Pacle) (Mentioned)
- Contemplator (Mentioned) (Skrull imposter)
- Mantis Brandt (Mentioned)
- Shalla-Bal (Mentioned)
- Celestials
- Tefral the Surveyor (Only in flashback)
- Gammenon the Gatherer (Only in flashback)
- Nezarr the Calculator (Only in flashback)
- Arishem the Judge (Only in flashback)
- Ziran the Tester (Only in flashback)
- Hargen the Measurer (Only in flashback)
- Jemiah the Analyzer (Only in recap)
- Supreme Intelligence (Only in recap)
- Fantastic Four
- Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (Vision or hallucination)
- Invisible Woman (Sue Richards) (Vision or hallucination)
- She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) (Vision or hallucination)
- Thing (Ben Grimm) (Cameo)
- Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (Cameo)
- Crystal Amaquelin (Cameo)
- She-Thing (Sharon Ventura) (Cameo)
- Black Panther (T'Challa) (Cameo)
- Emperor Kylor (Mentioned)
- Death (Cameo)
Races and Species:
- Alien Races (Unnamed)
- Humans
- Zenn-Lavians (Main story and recap)
- Taa-ans
- Celestials (Only in flashback) (Only in recap)
- Kree (Main story and recap)
- Skrulls
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Cone Nebula
- Milky Way Galaxy
- Sol Star System
- Earth (Mentioned)
- Deneb Star System
- Zenn-La (Only in recap)
- Sol Star System
- Andromeda Galaxy
- Tarakar (Only in recap)
- Large Magellanic Cloud
- Pama Star System
- Kree-Lar (Main story and recap)
- Pama Star System
- Waziliah (Mentioned)
Items:
- Soul Gems (Only in recap)
Vehicles:
- Silver Surfer's Surfboard (Main story and recap)
Synopsis for "Space Is... Eternity!"
Brief Summary:
Galactus consumes the remaining Elders of the Universe in revenge and asks Nova and the Silver Surfer to find the remaining Elder for him. Before the two leave on their mission, they secretly watch Galactus meet with Eternity. Meanwhile, Nenora becomes the Kree's Supreme Leader and starts to kill off people who know her secret: that she is really a Skrull spy.
Detailed Summary:
Having failed to destroy Galactus, the remaining Elders of the Universe (Grandmaster, Collector, Champion, Runner, and Gardener) are all consumed by Galactus as an act of revenge. Galactus then charges Nova with collecting the final elder: the Contemplator. Silver Surfer agrees to help her in her quest, under the condition that Galactus promises to leave Zenn-La alone in the future. Galactus agrees and they speed off to start their mission. However, the Surfer stops Nova and prompts her to witness as Galactus (showing his true form) meets with Eternity. The two cosmic beings discuss the recent events set into motion due to the current Kree/Skrull war. After the meeting, Nova is awestruck by how really enormous is the universe.
While on Kree-Lar, Aptak (impersonating a diplomat from Waziliah) visits with Nenora who has succeeded the now insane Supreme Intelligence as leader of the Kree. In private Aptak marvels at how Nenora, a Skrull spy, now rules over their greatest enemies. However, Aptak is poisoned by Nenora. As Aptak dies, Nenora reveals that she intends to rule the Kree empire for her own gain and is planning to kill everyone who knows about her secret.
While back in space, Galactus finds that consuming the Elders is proving difficult and is unaware that Death is watching him.
Notes
- The Soul Gems and three of the Elders of the Universe (Trader, Possessor, and Astronomer) were sucked into a black hole during their fight with Galactus. [1]
- The Silver Surfer and Nova first met when he saved her from the Skrulls. [2]
- The Champion was defeated by the Silver Surfer while he was still on Earth. [2]
- The Runner failed to kill the Silver Surfer during their previous battle. [3]
- The Silver Surfer and Nova destroyed the Obliterator's weapons and stranded him on a remote planet. [4]
- The Contemplator was last seen by the Silver Surfer on Hala with the Supreme Intelligence. [5]
- The Elders of the Universe captured Mantis and Shalla-Bal in order to force the Silver Surfer to give them the last Soul Gem. Mantis apparently died during the confrontation. [1]
- Galactus reveals that the time Silver Surfer spent on Earth is just a fraction of the time he spent as Galactus' herald, which is just a fraction of the life-span of a Zenn-Lavian.
- The Silver Surfer betrayed Galactus to in order to save Earth. [6]
- The Celestial, Jemiah the Analyzer, appear in the Skrull Empire, which pressured the Skrulls to attack the Kree and initiate the second Kree-Skrull War. [4]
- The Kree threatened to occupy Zenn-La, but were repelled by the Silver Surfer. [5]
- The Silver Surfer was trapped in the Supreme Intelligence's mind, but escaped from it with the Soul Gem. [7]
Trivia
- As reported by Marvel: this issue was the sixth best-selling direct sales title for the publisher during the month that it was released. [8]
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Essential Series: Silver Surfer #2
- Epic Collection: Silver Surfer Vol 1 3
The story references:
- Silver Surfer (Vol. 3) #1 - The Silver Surfer and Nova's first meeting and the Silver Surfer's battle with the Champion.
- Silver Surfer (Vol. 3) #3 - The Silver Surfer's battle with the Runner.
- West Coast Avengers Annual #2 and Avengers Annual #16 - The Grandmaster freeing the Elder's from the spectre of Death.
- Silver Surfer (Vol. 3) #5 - The Silver Surfer's battle with the Obliterator.
- Silver Surfer (Vol. 3) #9 - The Elder's capturing of Mantis and Shalla-Bal.
- Fantastic Four #244 - Nova becoming Galactus' herald.
- Silver Surfer (Vol. 3) #6 - Aptak and Nenora's previous secret communications.
Links and References
- Bibliomancer (1 Jul 2015) Essential Silver Surfer: Silver Surfer Vol 1 10: Space Is… Eternity! The Bibliomancer. Retrieved on 2 Sep 2021.
- Englehart, Steve Silver Surfer 1-20 Steve Englehart: Books, Film, Comics, Games.... Retrieved on 21 Feb 2021.
- Grand Comics Database Silver Surfer Vol 1 10 Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on 2 Sep 2021.