The populace of Earth hates and fears the stranded SILVER SURFER. But he falls in with a TV self-help guru who encourages him to win the planet over to his side -- by solving all the world's problems! Wielding the Power Cosmic, the Silver Surfer single-handedly wipes out famine, poverty and war, becoming the most popular super hero ever -- as well as the greatest threat to Earth's continued existence! Why does the Fantastic Four have to stop the Surfer from...saving the world?
Toward the end the Surfer finally learns the truth, but it's far too late for my tastes. Van Lente attempts to parody the self-help movement that has metastasized through the airwaves, but he has to make the Surfer supremely dumb to make his plot work. Read Full Review
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