Silver Surfer — Return to the Spaceways
Steve Englehart · Stan Lee · J. M. DeMatteis · Marshall Rogers · Ron Lim · John Buscema
Story era 04 · Streets and Legends
Englehart’s Silver Surfer develops the character’s return to cosmic adventure, with Parable included alongside the wider period.
Setup & reading order
- After Silver Surfer (1987) #33
Continue directly with Silver Surfer #34 in the Infinity Gauntlet omnibus.
Optional context & path
Path: Silver Surfer, classic era. Related projects that read well in this order; the order is a suggestion, not a requirement.
Useful background and earlier stops: Silver Surfer by Lee & Buscema.
Only required setup and earlier volumes in the same project affect the queue. Everything here is optional.
About these books · 4 sources
Publisher and reference pages describe the editions. Reviews and reader discussions offer different views of the stories.
- r/OmnibusCollectors — Return to the Spaceways buyer guide (opens in a new tab)Readers
- Near Mint Condition — Return to the Spaceways omnibus overview (opens in a new tab)Critics and editors
- Penguin Random House Retail — Return to the Spaceways Omnibus (opens in a new tab)Publisher
- Grand Comics Database — Return to the Spaceways Omnibus (opens in a new tab)Reference
The books
Silver Surfer: Return to the Spaceways Omnibus
Book 1 of 1 · Streets and Legends
Norrin Radd returns to the spaceways in stories ending at Silver Surfer #33, immediately before the Infinity collection begins at #34.
See reading checkpoints9781302964429Planned edition#1#1#1–33#1–2#38#1–2#1#325#1#1#51Includes Parable in full, so the separate Parable Epic is unnecessary; from Marvel Fanfare #51 it takes only the Silver Surfer story “The Great Terror.”
Edition sources
Each ISBN identifies a specific printing and cover. “Owned copy” identifies the edition on my shelf; “Planned edition” identifies the edition listed for collecting.
Duplication across this project
These books share full issues or parts of issues with other books in the plan. Open the lists below to see which stories repeat.
No shared contents are recorded with other books in the plan.
Things to know
- At 1,360 pages the omnibus is physically demanding.
- Parable is included alongside the longer Silver Surfer run. The Return of Thanos Epic repeats material from this omnibus.