Silver Surfer #3 - "I Stand With Earth!"

[laughing_tree]

"By the time we hit issue #3 something so major in the life, history and time of the Surfer happens. We throw this phrase around a lot when we say, 'This character will never be the same again!' Boy, do we mean it this time! There's something that happens in "Silver Surfer" #3 that, if you have any love for this character in the Marvel Universe, you can not miss this issue." -- Dan Slott

Comments

[owlbrigade1]

I've never been fond of that "we need adversity to grow" thing. It is fine if adversity is something you can choose, but when it is forced on you with the price for not being able to rise to meet it being ground down and broken body and/or soul, then then that is not growth. Some people thrive on challenge, others need security and stability to grow. And really, most writers know this because that is why they always resort to the dark and sinister secret behind a utopia in order to justify their heroes fighting it. If it was otherwise, then our heroes would be assholes.

[thosefew]

So is Jane Foster going to change back to get rid of her terminal cancer?

[deh_tommy]

My apologies for not following this book, so might I ask; who is this Keeper, and what is Zenn-La,nand why does everyone suddenly obey the Dawn doppelganger when they pass through the field (are they brainwashed, or do they do so out of their own free will)?

[philippos42]

Zenn-La is the name of the Surfer's home planet. Past that, I don't know much. It looks like a variant on one of those Superman stories where some Kryptonian decides to use fantastic tech to Kryptonize Earth.

[glprime]

The Keeper is Shalla-Bal.

[laughing_tree]

Right, as glprime said, a completely separate character from Dawn.

The people are walking into her Zenn-La zone because she's promising utopia. It's not mind control. Once they're inside, you could argue that there is some mind tampering, though, because they get rewritten into Zenn-Lavian individuals, culturally. She's using a giant machine that basically rewrites cultures.