
The Silver Surfer 1968 #2 - 6.0 - $40.00
The Badoon come to Earth to conquer but find greater adventure in hunting the Silver Surfer.
A radar operator turns off Earth's defenses when alien Krill offer him the most beautiful woman in the universe, but he finds out too late that she is only beautiful to them.
On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
- When Lands the Saucer! - Cover inks credit from Sinnott's personal records.
- When Lands the Saucer! - Part Two (20 pp.) is entitled: "Let Earth Be the Prize!" In the letters page of Sub-Mariner #19 Roy Thomas notes that Bill Everett was colorist for "recent issues" of the Silver Surfer.
- - House ad for the Incredible Hulk Special #1 (October 1968). The ad is located between pages 8 and 9 of the story "When Lands the Saucer!"
- - Ad for Motor Book's New Auto Repair Manual. Between pages 8 & 9 of previous story sequence.
- - A collection of classified advertising offering stamps, novelties, and comic books. Between story pages 12 and 13 of previous story sequence.
- - Ad for Fayd Skin Cream from The Fleetwood Co. Between pages 14 and 15 of previous story sequence.
- - Ad for a muscle building system between pages 18 and 19 of previous story sequence.
- - House ad for the Avengers Annual #2. The ad is located between pages 23 and 24 of the story "When Lands the Saucer!"
- - Located on top half of page, between pages 26 and 27 of previous story sequence.
- - Advertisement for book on learning Karate. Located on lower half of page between pages 26 and 27 of previous story sequence.
- Pete Duncan - "Dropout" - Comics ad for the International Correspondence Schools I.C.S. Between pages 32 and 33 of previous story sequence.
- Shop by Mail - A collection of classified advertising offering novelties and comic books. Between pages 34 and 35 of previous story sequence.
- Intelsat III Satellite - Facts about the Intelsat III communications satellite - and some words on behalf of Cheerios breakfast cereal. Color ad between pages 36 and 37 of previous story sequence.
- The Coming of the Krills! - This is a retelling of "The Coming of the Krills" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) #8 (January 1962) and of "Shock!" by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #47 (November 1963).
- Shop by Mail; Stamps - A collection of classified advertising offering stamps, novelties, and comic books. Between pages 2 and 3 of previous story sequence.
- - Between pages 4 and 5 of previous story sequence.
- - Ad for Grit newspaper sales from Grit Publishing Co. on top half of page.
- - Illustrated ad for 204 piece set of plastic Revolutionary War soldiers and equipment. $1.98. Located on lower half of page.
- - Inside back cover. Ad by the American Basic Science Club, Inc.
- - Back cover. Ad to earn money by selling greeting cards.
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