Silver Surfer: Rebirth thus far is off to a strong start, and you likely should enjoy it if you're a fan of the 90's Surfer comics. This is a book that offers cosmic action and spectacle in the classic style, featuring a return of old favorites in a new context. Even if you haven't read those stories, this book is still accessible, and it does a good job of introducing these characters if you're new to them. Marz and Lim are still a good, strong team on Marvel Cosmic titles, and the story feels in many ways as though they never left. I look forward to seeing what else this mini has to offer, and any other cosmic stories that this team has to offer in the future. Read Full Review

I think this issue was the one to get things going, to establish where we are and who we are. Next issue can be the first one that can just focus on driving the story forward. That being said, I still enjoyed this return to the past, and I'm guessing so will quite a few others. Read Full Review

Without giving any of the plot points away, as the cover teases the Surfer teams up with the Marvels Original Captain Marvel (or Mar-vell). How and why this happens I wont give away (its still a mystery after the first issue anyway). This is already a great team-up. The Silver Surfer can sometimes come across as a snob, as he does early in this issue. His dialogue is very over the top and almost Shakespearian. Thats not necessarily a criticism of the character. Its actually great to hear him have a distinctive voice. The Silver Surfer has never been known to be subtle in his dialogue. When he says his trademark to me, my board! it made me smile. Read Full Review

Though exciting to see this particular team return to the character, Rebirth #1 does little to whet the appetite, meaning that future issues will define how strong of a book it is. Read Full Review

This time-traveling tale has a lot going on, and its depiction of the Vells is pretty wonderful. But the mystery at its center isn't too compelling and that reveal will surely help with sales, but it doesn't do anything for the story itself. Read Full Review

Near perfection. This is my pick of January 2022.

This was fine. Certainly feels ripped from a different era.

While this wasn't bad and it certainly fed the nostalgia, this is the second Marvel book right now where they keep teasing Mar-Vell on the cover only for him to either not be in it at all or be killed in a few pages. Either bring him back or let him dead but stop baiting us with his comeback.

8 pages of mighty space action CRAMMED into 20 comics pages!

I'm down here in the ratings basement because I'm not reading this in rose-colored hindsight. The art is nice, the prose is bland, and the pace is so slow that all we get is character introductions and the setup -- JUST the setup -- for the first plot point. The solicit does more plot development than the entire issue.

Maybe it'll be part of a cool story in a trade, but it's not great as a standalone comic.