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Radd was a member of an extremely long-lived race of humanoid aliens who
had achieved a virtual utopia. Disease, poverty, war and all other social
ills had been eradicated, allowing the Zenn-Lavians to live in idle
hedonism. Radd, however, grew discontented with this life. The
Zenn-Lavians' false sense of security was shattered when their planet-wide
warning system sounded for the first time, heralding the arrival of an
alien craft of inestimable power. In a climate of global emergency, Radd
implored the Council of Scientists to furnish him with a spacecraft so he
could rendezvous with the invading ship and discuss peace. The vessel was
prepared, and Radd set out to save the world.
Radd's ship
was taken aboard alien craft, where he came face-to-face with Galactus, a
fundamental force of nature on an endless search for sustenance. Only by
ending a planet's existence could Galactus satiate his ceaseless
hunger...and the world-devourer had come to Zenn-La to feed. He meant no
malice, but had been searching too long for a suitable planet to begin
anew. Galactus then mused that if he had a herald who could locate
suitable worlds for him to consume, the life-energies of populated planets
such as Zenn-La would be spared. In exchange for his homeworld's safety,
Radd volunteered for the duty.
Galactus evolved his new herald into a
being suitable to the task, atomically restructuring Radd's body and
granting him a fraction of his cosmic power. Covered in a flexible silvery
substance capable of withstanding the rigors of space and equipped with a
star-faring vehicle resembling an Earthly surfboard, the newly christened
Silver Surfer set out immediately to find his master a suitable planet. |
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Surfer, Radd served Galactus, scouring space for planets with an abundance
of life-energy. As a galaxy-cruising protector endowed with superhuman
strength, he is able to control and direct cosmic energy with enough force
to level a city. After visiting Earth, the Surfer finally betrayed
Galactus and refused to supply his master's world-devouring appetite. His
punishment was confinement to that planet. While earthbound, the Silver
Surfer joined the loose-knit team of heroes known as the Defenders --
grudgingly fighting the good fight alongside Dr. Strange, Master of the
Mystic Arts; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; and the Hulk, a green-skinned engine
of destruction. Always gazing skyward, the Surfer hoped to return to his
homeworld, Zenn-La, and his lover, Shala-Bal.
The Silver Surfer escaped his exile on Earth with the
aid of elastic inventor Reed Richards of the fabled Fantastic Four, the
greatest team of superhuman adventurers ever assembled. He reached home
only to learn that Galactus had exacted the ultimate revenge for his
subordinate's betrayal by devastating Zenn-La. For reasons unknown,
Galactus allowed the Zenn-Lavians to evacuate the planet. When they
returned, they found it barely capable of sustaining their existence.
Horrified by this revelation and the knowledge that the demon Mephisto had
abducted Shala-Bal, the Surfer returned to Earth in pursuit of his lover
-- knowing he would be confined once again by Galactus' exile barrier.
With the Surfer detained, Mephisto used his ethereal abilities to return
Shala-Bal to Zenn-La. Unable to follow, the Surfer endowed her with enough
of his cosmic energy to restore the barren planet.
The exile barrier has since been broken, allowing Radd
to soar the spaceways as a universal protector. However, circumstances
beyond his control have conspired once again to tie him to his adopted
homeworld. The original four Defenders reluctantly reunited when their
first foe, the techno-wizard Yandroth, resurfaced to menace the world.
Though the heroes defeated his plan, Yandroth used his sorcery to levy a
deathbed curse upon their heads, binding them to come together in times of
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