Surfing the Tube
Though Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer marks the first time the Sentinel of the Spaceways has hit the big screen, the Surfer has made appearances on the classic Fantastic Four cartoon (and later in the 1994 version as well), as well as his own 13 episode animated series. Here’s a look at the Sufer on the small screen.
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The Surfer’s first appearance on television was on the 1967’s Fantastic Four cartoon in the episode “Galactus.” The plot of the episode revolves around the team trying to stop Galactus and Sue Storm reasoning with the Surfer to help save the Earth from his master.
The Surfer also appeared on the 1994 Fantastic Four cartoon in “The Silver Surfer & the Coming of Galactus,” and returned for “The Silver Sufer & the Return of Galactus” where Dr. Doom stole the power cosmic from the hero. I couldn’t find a clip from either show, but here’s the intro for the “Marvel Action Hour” in which they appeared. After these appearances the hero earned his own cartoon…
The Silver Surfer cartoon began with the origin of Norrin Radd and his tranformation into the Surfer to save his home world of Zenn-La and followed the Surfer’s travels through space after helping save the Earth from Galactus. The show only lasted thirteen episodes but included appearances from a variety of Marvel characters including Thanos of Titan, Nova, Eternity, Drax the Destroyer, The Watcher, Beta Ray Bill, and Adam Warlock.
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