“The Princess of Zenn—La,” the April, 1994 issue of
the Silver Surfer displays the cerebral allure of being in love when it’s reciprocated.
The sweet passions of love are quickly halted by the threat of another civil war
on the planet Zenn-La.
Norrin Radd, aka, Chrome Dome, the Silver Surfer and
the sentinel of space ways is back on his home planet after a prolonged leave.
Zenn-La’s Warlord and her army of trained barbarians are back and yearning for another civil war.
Zenn-La, is a planet which has evolved from the
follies of alcohol and drug abuse. Zenn-La sans crime and is a world dominated by love and laughter. Will Zenn-La fall again into the dark ages of another
blood-soaked civil war? I was impressed by Marz’s
writing wit.
Thrust into combat, the Silver Surfer and his lover Shalla-Bal fight side by side in battles where lives are slain in the throngs of war. The Surf Man tries to forbid his lover from harnessing her fighting skills amid the front lines of combat.
“I’m trained, I’m armed, I can fight just as well as your men, probably better,” she said.
Even in dreams, the threat of political poison threatens the passion of true loves caress. Yet again, a Silver Surfer comic book has embedded itself into the deepest caverns of my infinite imagination.
Mark Izzy Schurr
