Weaved Into A Mystic Conjuring of Intrigue

 

Trek into fantasy and witness the uncharted depths of knowledge and all that is real and imagined in Jim Starlin’s, “The Silver Surfer, Rebirth of Thanos."

In “…Rebirth of Thanos,” Thanos, plans on killing 50 percent of all living beings in the entire universe. Chrome Dome must search the infinite vastness of the cosmos to thwart the lurid plot of Thanos and his insane bid to kill billions.

The cosmic enlightenment of laughter and death is blissfully displayed in Starlin’s, “…Rebirth of Thanos.”

Thanos is the epitome of evil, he killed his mother when he was 10-years-old, and when he was 18-years-old, he held a girl captive for weeks before he murdered her, and when her remains were discovered, they were too ghastly for any words or pictures.

“I seek a vile creature, he is a killer of worlds, seeking to paint the cosmos a blood scarlet,” the Silver Surfer said.

Thanos has powers, skills and knowledge beyond mortal reckoning and he allies with Mistress Death in his insane quest for ultimate power and to be the harbinger of death and despair.

The mystic conjuring of reality within the sacred documents of the Silver Surfer remained fascinating in this more than 200-page comic book.

The nexus of reality, the fulcrum of existence and the shared realm of chaos and disorder is where the Silver Surfer meets with Thanos. Dichotomies is this meeting place, a land where enemies cannot engage in any sort of combat, even in their greatest efforts to attempt it, hence Thanos and the Silver Surfer talk politics.

Thanos argues that life and death are on the same coin, and must coexist together, and mass murder is needed to keep humanity around.

The Silver Surfer thinks Thanos is an evil wack job with absolutely no empathy or positive passion, and thus the two know, they must one day fight each other to the death at some point in time.

This comic book left me wanting more. The story was far from completed, and for reasons unknown to myself, I still haven’t acquired the sequel, “The Infinity Gauntlet.”

The forbidding fantasies of Thanos really get going when one by one, he begins to acquire all six Soul Gems which are laden throughout the far corners of the galaxies. Each of the six gems harnesses the ultimate power of energy, time, immortality and three other tangible emotions.

The ability to reconstruct the streams of time itself would be the beckoning call to the owner of the Soul Gem of time.

“I am reality, I am infinite, I am the almighty. I have wrestled the reins of power from the hands of the supreme being, and yet becoming a god is a hollow victory,” Thanos said.

Inkers, John Beatty and Tom Christopher along with letterer Ken Bruzenak and colorist Tom Vincent had some funny and captivating detail in their illustrations.

I give this Silver Surfer issue a solid four-star rating. Starlin’s words really gripped my senses. Within schemes and dreams the well of infinity within its comic vortex possesses universal knowledge unimaginable with absolutely no barriers, and only then are all things possible. (Jim Starlin)