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Silver Surfer: Judgment Day - A Cosmic Epic of Love and Mephisto's Trials

"Silver Surfer: Judgment Day," a masterpiece crafted by writers Tom DeFalco, John Buscema, and Stan Lee (Script), accompanied by the artistic brilliance of John Buscema and the captivating cover art by Joe Jusko, stands as a testament to the brilliance of storytelling within the Marvel Universe. Released in July 1988, this graphic novel has etched its place among the most celebrated works, particularly for its portrayal of the cosmic entities, Silver Surfer, Galactus, and the malevolent Mephisto

It’s the Surfer vs. Mephisto! Mephisto vs. Galactus! (what could go wrong?)

At the core of the graphic novel is the exploration of the Silver Surfer's character. Known for his cosmic awareness and his stoic demeanor, the story, penned by Tom DeFalco, John Buscema, and Stan Lee, peels back the layers, revealing the emotional complexity beneath the silver exterior. The Surfer's journey, both physically and emotionally, is a crucial aspect that captivates readers and adds depth to the narrative

Mephisto, the lord of the underworld, takes on a role that goes beyond a typical antagonist. His cunning and manipulative nature, beautifully illustrated by John Buscema, is on full display as he orchestrates a trial against the Silver Surfer. This isn't merely a cosmic battle; it's a psychological chess game where Mephisto exploits vulnerabilities and challenges the very essence of the Surfer's being

In his quest to steal Norrin Radd's soul, Mephisto takes over Nova's (Frankie Raye) mind to lure Galactus to devour any planet be it with or without life

"Silver Surfer: Judgment Day" transcends the boundaries of traditional superhero tales by delving into profound philosophical themes. The nature of love, morality, and the consequences of wielding cosmic powers, as depicted by the collaborative writing of Tom DeFalco, John Buscema, and Stan Lee, are explored in a way that prompts readers to reflect on their own beliefs. The story becomes a vehicle for philosophical contemplation, elevating it to a level rarely seen in mainstream comics

The artistic elements of the graphic novel, skillfully crafted by John Buscema, contribute significantly to its acclaim. The visuals bring the cosmic and surreal aspects of the story to life. Each panel is a work of art, enhancing the overall reading experience and immersing the audience in the grandiosity of the Marvel cosmic landscape

The narrative structure of "Silver Surfer: Judgment Day" is both intricate and impactful. The consequences of the trial, the Surfer's choices, and the overarching themes leave a lasting impression. It's not just a superhero story; it's an emotionally resonant journey that lingers in the minds of readers

At the heart of the story is the Surfer's love for a human woman, a theme that adds a human touch to the cosmic drama. The exploration of love and the sacrifices one is willing to make for it elevate the narrative, making it relatable on a deeply emotional level. Mephisto's challenge becomes a metaphor for the trials and tribulations faced in the name of love

Beyond its critical acclaim, "Silver Surfer: Judgment Day" has had a lasting impact on the cultural landscape. With the collaborative writing of Tom DeFalco, John Buscema, and Stan Lee, along with John Buscema's artistic brilliance and Joe Jusko's captivating cover art, it has become a reference point for discussions on the portrayal of love and morality in superhero narratives. Its influence extends beyond the comic book community, reaching a broader audience appreciative of well-crafted storytelling

In conclusion, "Silver Surfer: Judgment Day" is a cosmic epic that transcends the boundaries of conventional superhero tales. Its critical acclaim is well-deserved, considering its exploration of character depth, philosophical themes, Mephisto's role as a nuanced antagonist, artistic brilliance, impactful storytelling, and cultural relevance. It not only stands as one of the best Silver Surfer stories but also as a shining example of the narrative possibilities within the Marvel Universe

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Surge

Wipeout - Chapter 1

Pairing: Surfer!Tom Holland x Reader

A/N: Alright here is the first chapter! I’m very nervous and very excited, I really hope you guys enjoy. I’d really appreciate any feedback you have, anyways enjoy reading and thank you! Love you xx

Warnings: None

Summary: Tom invites you to a kickback

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“Tom and his friends are here,” Anya smirked as she stepped into the back, “I know you’re on your lunch, but they asked me to let you know.”

“Okay, I’ll take care of them,” you plucked your salad off the counter and pushed the large swinging doors open with your hip.

Tom, Harrison, and Adrien were all seated at their normal table. Tom’s eyes locked on your right away, his eyes wandering your form as you approached him. It wasn’t unusual for the patrons to check you out, you worked at a bikini bar after all, but it was different with Tom. When he looked at you like that it promised something more than a few shitty pick up lines or his number scribbled down on a napkin, something that set your whole body ablaze and filled your stomach with butterflies.

“You look radiant as always,” he grinned, “Is that a new top?”

You rolled your eyes, “Yeah, this annoying boy at the surf shop next door picked it out for me.”

“Well he has great taste,” he scooted to the end of the bench to make room for you beside him.

You sat and began picking at your salad, “Did you just get off?”

“Yeah, Haz and I had the morning shift, Arien decided to join us for a little mid day surf,” he explained. He plucked one of the silverware wraps from the table and unfolded it before stealing a bite of your salad, “Mmm, that’s good,” he hummed happily, not bothering to finish his bite before he spoke, “What is that?”

“A salad, you know, lettuce, vegetables, dressing,” you hit his fork with your own as he tried to grab another bite, “Stay out of my food Holland.”

“Take my order then,” he bit back as he attempted to maneuver his fork around yours.

“Tom she’s on her lunch, let her eat,” Harrison scolded him.

“It’s alright Haz, I told Anya I’d take care of you guys, thank you for keeping him in line though,” you flashed him a smile, “So, what do you guys want?”

“I want one of these,” Tom grinned and stabbed his fork into your salad again, “Don’t worry, you can steal some of mine.”

“Just a cheese burger and fries please,” Harrison flashed you the sweetest smile, “And some of that special lemonade?”

You nodded, “Of course Haz.”

It was just lavender lemonade, but you let him and Tom think it was some special invention of yours.

“Oh yeah, I want some too. Extra sweet, you know how I like my sugar,” Tom winked.

You rolled your eyes at him and turned to Adrien, “What about you Adrien?”

“I’ll just take a burger and fries,” he flushed a bit as he spoke.

Adrien moved in with Tom and Harrison at the beginning of summer when they decided to rent out the third room in their house. Harrison had met him in a math class during his one and only semester of college and the three of them seemed to get along great. Adrien was a lot more shy than either of them though, and he rarely said more than ten words to you.

“Anything to drink?” you asked.

“Yeah, um, I’ll have some lemonade too if that’s alright.”

“No problem, I’ll go put it in,” you stood and glanced back at them as you walked away, “Haz keep Tom out of my food.”

He nodded, “You got it,” he swatted Tom’s hand as he tried to reach for another bite of your food, “You heard her Tom.”

“Yeah, yeah,” he scoffed, his eyes glued to your form as you walked to the bar, “What do you think she puts in those lemonades? They’re kind of purple so it must be blueberry or something right?”

“It doesn’t taste like blueberry,” Harrison frowned, “Blackberry maybe?”

“It’s definitely not blackberry, I hate blackberry,” Tom peered at the drinks she was carrying towards them, “They’re kind of grey too.”

“So what goes in these anyway?” Harrison hummed while you placed their cups in front of them.

“Wouldn’t you like to know,” you smirked as you returned to your seat, “Anya’s putting your orders in, they should be out pretty quick.”

“Thanks,” Tom grinned, “When are you off tonight?”

“Is it blueberry?” Harrison continued before you had the chance to reply, “Or blackberry?”

“No, I’m not gonna tell you what it is Haz,” you hummed and turned to Tom, “I’m not off until 8.”

“Well after you get off you should swing by Kyle’s place, he’s having a little kickback,” he brushed his hand against your thigh with a smirk, “I’ll be there obviously.”

“I promised Grace I’d help her put together her new dresser, but I’ll try to get it done quickly so I can swing by.”

“Lovely, I’ll keep my schedule open for you then,” he winked and squeezed your leg before returning his hands to his lap.

Your eyes darted down to his hands, wishing he’d continued touching you, “How very generous of you.”

“Hey, you know me, I live to please,” he winked again.

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You let out a frustrated sigh as you squinted at the instructions in front of you, “Grace I think you put the bottom of this drawer on backwards.”

“Seriously?” she groaned, “Why didn’t you stop me?”

“Why is it my job to stop you?” you rolled your eyes, “You should have been looking at the picture, it clearly shows the sticker on the inside of the drawer.”

“It clearly shows the inside of the sticker on the inside of the drawer,” she mocked as she began to disassemble the drawer, “Sorry I’m not an interior designer.”

“This has nothing to do with interior design,” you laughed, “It’s just looking at pictures.”

“Well I’ve been looking at too many pictures lately, I need a break,” she declared before rolling onto her back.

“Come on, we’re almost done, just power through it,” you kicked her leg to try and get her to concentrate again but she was already scrolling through her phone, “I wanna go meet up with Tom and Haz, let’s just get this done.”

“If you want to get dicked down that bad why don’t you just tell Tom to come over here?”

You flushed, “It’s not about that Grace, it’s just fun hanging out all together.”

“Yeah cause you two totally aren’t planning on fucking tonight,” she laughed, “Well it looks like Jade is there so I doubt you’d end up having fun tonight.”

“Seriously?” you groaned and crawled over to her so you could peer at her phone.

When you first moved to Astoria Jade was incredibly nice, the two of you got along great, you even would have considered her a friend, at least up until you met Tom. As soon as Grace introduced you to Tom Jade warned you to stay away from him, claiming he was just bad news. Of course you didn’t head her warning though, and you and Tom became close friends over the school year. Just before summer began you started sleeping together, it had started as a way for you to relieve some stress during finals week, but you two never stopped.

As soon as Jade found out about your situation she flipped on you, and began harassing you at every opportunity. Tom had informed you of their history together, apparently she had been into him through most of high school, and they ended up hooking up once after they graduated high school. It was a one time thing, but she had never moved on. According to Tom she was rude to pretty much any girl that was near him, but she seemed to have it out for you especially since you and Tom were so close. It was easy for you to laugh off the petty things she did, especially since Tom was always quick to stick up for you, but it was still annoying, and you dreaded going anywhere you knew she would be.

“Great,” you rolled your eyes, “Hopefully she’ll just mind her own business.”

“You know she won’t.”

“She never does,” you agreed, “Maybe she’ll be gone by the time I get there.”

“She won’t, I’m sure she’ll stay until Tom…” Grace trailed off, both of you going wide eyes as Adrien’s story started to play.

“Here’s my boy!” he laughed and wrapped his arm around the neck of some man you didn’t recognize.

That wasn’t what concerned you though. In the background of the video you could see Tom, seated on a small couch, kissing Jade. He hooked up with other girls, you knew that, that was fine, kissing Jade was not. Anger started to bubble up inside you, your chest tightened and your fists clenched at your side. Of all the people in the world he decided to make out with her, and on a night where he had invited you out too. It felt like betrayal, Tom was one of your best friends, and he’d seen firsthand exactly how cruel she was to you. Hell last time you’d run into her he’d been the one to help you clean up after she threw her drink at you.

“I can’t believe him, he is such an dick,” Grace clicked off the story as quickly as she could and turned her attention to you, “Are you okay?”

“Of course I’m okay,” you pursed your lips, “It’s nothing to get upset about, we aren’t exclusive.”

“I know, but it’s Jade. He’s your friend, he shouldn’t be talking to her let alone kissing her,” she put her hand on your back, “I’m so sorry babe.”

“It’s fine, really. It’s not a big deal, just annoying,” you insisted, “Let’s just finish making the dresser.”

“How about we make some drinks instead?” she smiled sympathetically, “It’ll be more fun to work if we’re a little buzzed.”

“You go ahead, I’m gonna keep working.”

“Fine, but I’m gonna make you one too,” she promised, stretching her arms above her head as she pushed herself back to her feet.

You got back to work fixing the drawer while she sauntered out of the room. You couldn’t get the image of Tom and Jade out of your mind. Thinking about it was only making you more and more angry. By the time Grace returned you were still trying to fix the same drawer, your anger making it nearly impossible for you to finish the small task.

“You sure you’re okay?” she hummed.

“It’s just weird, you know?” you scowled and took one of the drinks from her hands. You took a big gulp before you continued, “I’ve seen him get a little flirty with other people before, but never kiss them. I mean I know he sleeps around, but it’s kind of easy to forget when you never see it.”

“I’m sorry,” she gave you a sympathetic look as she sat down across from you, “Can I give you some tough love?”

You nodded, “Yeah, go ahead.”

“If it’s starting to bug you that Tom’s seeing other people, and I mean not just because it’s Jade, it might be time to call it quits.”

“I can’t call it quits Grace,” your face flushed instantly, “He’s my friend.”

“I’m not saying stop being friends with him, the opposite actually. If you’re starting to catch feelings then they’re only going to keep growing if you two keep hooking up. It would be better to call it now so you can still be friends. I mean don’t get me wrong, Tom is a good friend, but he’s never going to commit,” she squeezed your leg, “At least not anytime soon. I’ve known Tom practically my whole life and in that entire time he’s never had so much as a crush, it’s always just sex for him. And that’s totally fine of course, but he’s never gonna give you more than that.”

“I’m not catching feelings,” you defend while your cheeks continued to burn, “I know he won’t commit, I’m fine with that, I’m just annoyed because it’s Jade.”

“I’m not trying to be a jerk here, it’s just kind of inevitable that someone catches feelings eventually,” she shrugged, “And I mean I love Tom, I really do, but even if he were to commit he’s not really boyfriend material. It’s not like he’s really got a plan for the future or anything.”

You rolled your eyes, “I’m not catching feelings for Tom, I’m just annoyed, and I wanna finish this stupid dresser.”

She pursed her lips but nodded, “Alright, pass me the instructions.”

The dresser came together quickly after you got the drawers assembled and though it was still fairly early in the night, you decided to turn in. You no longer had any interest in going out, and hanging out with Grace didn’t seem appealing either. So you changed into your pajamas, turned on your favorite show, and curled up under the covers so you could turn your brain off until you fell asleep. At least that was your plan until Tom called you. You debated whether or not you should answer, eventually deciding you should just in case he was drunk and needed a ride or something.

“Hello?” you rubbed your eyes and mumbled into the phone.

“Hey!” he sounded happy, you could hear the commotion of the party in the background, “Are you still planning on coming by?”

You fought the urge to make some snarky comment because you were sure he was just checking so he’d know if he could sleep with Jade or not.

“No, I’m gonna stay in tonight,” your pursed your lips, “I’m pretty tired.”

“Oh, okay,” he was quiet for just a second, “Well I could come over instead, we could just watch some movies or something.”

“I’m not really in the mood to hang out Tom, I think I’m just gonna go to bed.”

“No problem, maybe we could hang out tomorrow,” he suggested, “Go surfing or something?”

You went quiet while you debated it with yourself. On one hand you were upset with him, but on the other hand it was Tom. He was one of your closest friends and you loved spending time with him. You knew it would be better for you to talk things over with him rather than dwelling on it and making yourself even more upset.

“(y/n)?” Tom grabbed your attention again, “Did you hear me?”

“Yeah, yeah, sorry, I was just thinking,” you sighed, “Tomorrow works for me.”

“Are you alright?”

You flushed, “Of course I’m alright. I’m just tired Tom.”

“Just making sure, you seem a little quiet,” he hummed, “Well I’ll come pick you up around 10 if that works?”

“Yeah, that’s fine. I’ll see you tomorrow.”

“You too,” he paused again, “Have a good night, get lots of rest.”

“Yeah, you too,” you hung up and tossed your phone to the other side of the bed before you pulled the covers up over your head. You tried to get right to sleep but you couldn’t get the image of Tom and Jade out of your head for the rest of the night.

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