The Silver Surfer 1968 #3 - CGC 5.5 - $349.00

First appearance of Mephisto. Nice copy. Cover is printed slightly crooked.

Mephisto captures Shalla Bal and tries to tempt the Surfer into joining him by using his one true love as bait.

A man finds a crashed spaceship and reads the log which shows that the alien was to take the form of an earthling when he lands. The man goes to the Space Agency to warn them but the person he talks to (Professor Crater) pulls a gun on him. The man assumes that Professor Crater must be the alien but then finds out that the log is written in another language so he must be the alien and he has helped himself to be caught.

On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

• The Power and the Prize! - Sinnott inker credit provided 2006 by Nick Caputo.
• - inside front cover utilizing images from interior stories.
• The Power and the Prize! - Part Two (20 pp.) entitled "Duel in the Depths." In the letters page of Sub-Mariner #19 Roy Thomas notes that Bill Everett was colorist for "recent issues" of the Silver Surfer.
• - Ads, with order coupon, for isometric device. Between pages 9 and 10 of ?Silver Surfer? story.
• - Ad, with order coupon, for Crash-Weight bars from Joe Weider. Between pages 13 and 14 of ?Silver Surfer? story.
• - Ad, with response coupon, for United Schools of America. Between pages 15 and 16 of ?Silver Surfer? story.
• - Ad, with order coupon, for work clothes from Mail Order Mart. On top half of page between pages 19 and 20 of ?Silver Surfer? story.
• - Ad, with order coupon, for Digi Comp I digital computer from Royal Advertising Corp. on lower half of page, between pages 19 and 20 of ?Silver Surfer? story.
• - Ad for H. H. Ward & Co., Inc. hair restorer between pages 28 and 29 of ?Silver Surfer? story.
• - Ad solicits boys to sell Grit magazine. Located between pages 34 and 35 of ?Silver Surfer? story.
• Shop by Mail - Small ads, between pages 36 and 37 of ?Silver Surfer? story.
• - Between pages 38 and 39 of ?Silver Surfer? story. Promo for inflatable Spider-Man and Thor plastic pillows. $1.50 each plus 15 cents postage. Also Marvel super-hero t-shirts featuring Captain Marvel, Spider-Man, Thor, and the Hulk. $2.00 each including postage. And The Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit for $1.00. Two mail-in coupons: Marvel Comics Group (Dept. PP or Dept. AJ) 625 Madison Ave., N.Y.C., N.Y 10022.
• Why Won't They Believe Me? - A retelling of "Why Won't They Believe Me?" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) #7 (December 1961).
• Free! Giant Stallion Mural Full Color Masterpiece Free! - Ad for oil painting reproductions of majestic horses, between pages 2 and 3 of previous story sequence.
• Shop by Mail - Small ads, between pages 4 and 5 of previous story sequence.
• World's Fastest Train - Illustrated ad for Cheerios breakfast cereal, featuring the "New Tokaido" train in Japan, which makes a 320.2 mile trip averaging 101 miles per hour. Located between pages 6 and 7 of previous story sequence.
• - letters section includes image from an earlier issue and letters from Anthony Kowalik, Michael Toman, Don Sampson, Bruce Coville, Marshall Carpenter, Jr., Evan Katten, Jeff Rosenthal and future comics writer Tony Isabella.
• - Ad, with order coupon, from Hobby Coin Co., located on top half of page.
• Stamps; Shop by Mail - Seventeen small ads on lower half of page.
• - Inside back cover. Ad to earn money by selling greeting cards.
• - Back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists School.