| Issue | #1 |
| Published | August 1968 |
| Cover Price | 0.25 |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Cover inks credit from Sinnott's personal records. |
| Characters | Silver Surfer |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | John Buscema |
| Inks | Joe Sinnott |
| Notes | Cover inks credit from Sinnott's personal records. |
| Reprinted | in Son of Origins of Marvel Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1975 series) #nn; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #15 (1990); in Son of Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition (Marvel, 1997 series) #nn; in Essential Silver Surfer (Marvel, 2001 series) #1; in Silver Surfer Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1; in Incredibile Devil, L' (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #2 |
| Characters | FEATURE: Silver Surfer (Origin in fb); GUESTS: Shalla Bal (1st; flashback); Zenn-Lavians (flashback); VILLAIN: Galactus (flashback); CAMEO FLASHBACK: Hulk; Dr. Doom; Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; The Thing |
| Synopsis | The Surfer remembers his origins and why he is now trapped on earth. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | John Buscema |
| Inks | Joe Sinnott |
| Colors | Bill Everett |
| Letters | Sam Rosen |
| Notes | Colorist credit supplied by Lee de Broff through the GCD Errors list, July 2008, and confirmed by the sale of the original color proofs at Heritage Auctions. |
| Reprinted | in Son of Origins of Marvel Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1975 series) #nn; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #15 (1990); in Son of Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition (Marvel, 1997 series) #nn; in Essential Silver Surfer (Marvel, 2001 series) #1; in Silver Surfer Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1; in Incredibile Devil, L' (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #1 [part 1]; in Incredibile Devil, L' (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #2 [part 2] |
| Characters | ORIGIN: Watcher (retold from TALES OF SUSPENSE #53) |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Gene Colan |
| Inks | Syd Shores |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Reprinted | in Son of Origins of Marvel Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1975 series) #nn |