Originally posted by Xander

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The story begins with Galactus, the planet eater. He is a creature that was created (that seems redundant...) at the beginning of this universe. He is of such immense power that he must consume planets to sustain himself (He doesn't actually eat them, he just breaks them down into energy and consumes that). So, one day Galactus comes to the Silver Surfer's planet (Obviously, his name wasn't the Silver Surfer). The Surfer makes a deal with Galactus. Galactus will pass by the Surfer's planet, and in return the Surfer will become Galactus' herald, scouting ahead to the planets for Galactus. Galactus gives him nearly unlimited cosmic power, and his shiny new skin. At some point the Surfer decides that he doesn't want to help Galactus kill people, and he leaves. Yada yada yada.

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Originally posted by Metal

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Silver Surfer = Advanced T1000 with a surf board!

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Originally posted by Wikipedia

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The Silver Surfer possesses vast power known as the "Power Cosmic," gained when Galactus restructured his former body. He has the ability to channel ambient cosmic energy into his body at will, and expel it violently as concussive force or gently as a means to restructure molecules according to his mental design. The Surfer can generate beams of energy with sufficient destructive force to destroy a planet or, by contrast, generate such subtle amounts of energy to restructure the molecules of the natural pigments within a plant to change its color. The Surfer can rearrange the molecules of matter to create other configurations and can even directly transmute elements. The Surfer can manipulate "chronal" energies and thus can peel back the veil of time to witness past events or to even directly travel through time. While he can use his power to revitalize life energies and heal the wounded, there is no proof that he can create life from nothingness or return the dead to life.

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