The Silver Surfer #2 for Sale - First Appearance of Monster of Badoon - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Silver Surfer (Marvel, 1968 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: October 1968
Key date: 1968-10-00
On-sale date: 1968-07-16
Indicia publisher: Official Magazine Corp.
Price: $0.25
Pages: 68
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Monster of Badoon - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Brother Royal Badoon - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	When Lands the Saucer!	cover	1	pencils: John Buscema; inks: Joe Sinnott; colors: Marie Severin	Norrin Radd, Silver Surfer
1	-	table of contents	1	pencils: John Buscema, Gene Colan; inks: Joe Sinnott, Paul Reinman	Silver Surfer; Krills
2	When Lands the Saucer!	comic story	40	script: Stan Lee; pencils: John Buscema; inks: Joe Sinnott; colors: Bill Everett; letters: Sam Rosen	Brother Royal Badoon First, Galactus, Galan, Monster of Badoon First, Norrin Radd, Shalla-Bal, Silver Surfer
3	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Jim Steranko; inks: Jim Steranko; colors: Jim Steranko; letters: Jim Steranko	Hulk
8	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: John Buscema; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen	Avengers [Goliath [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Black Panther [T'Challa]]; Alternate Avengers [Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]
15	The Coming of the Krills!	comic story	10	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Paul Reinman; colors: Bill Everett; letters: Sam Rosen	Watcher [Uatu] (narrator); radar technician [unnamed]; Lou; Krills (from the Ninth Galaxy)

Plus 14 pages of advertisements and other matter across 16 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #5	1968	On eBay ›
Marvel Presents #8	1976	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #15 ISBN 0-87135-631-7	1990	On eBay ›
Fantasy Masterpieces #2	1980	On eBay ›
Essential Silver Surfer #1 ISBN 0-7851-0271-X	1998	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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