The Silver Surfer is one of the most famous and loved Marvel Comics superheroes. The character first appeared in a 1966 issue of The Fantastic Four. The space traveler riding on a surfboard, turned on his master, Galactus, to defend the planet Earth.

The Silver Surfer was given limitless cosmic powers by Galactus. His main duty was to look for planets for his world-devouring master to feed on. When he got to planet Earth, he came across the Fantastic Four and subsequently, Alicia Masters. Touched by the nobility of the Fantastic Four, and the passion of Alicia Masters, a blind sculptress who awaken his own innate nobility, he chose instead to rebel against his own master preventing him from consuming the planet Earth. The stories depict him as lonely entity, though possessing immeasurable powers, he lacked the humanity that exists in planet Earth. He lacked the understanding of things like beauty and love. But that was before he met a certain earthling. He then slowly developed compassion along with other human traits though the frail Alicia Masters.

The story of the Silver Surfer portrays the importance of nobility for mankind’s survival. And it also depicts how even in a powerful character as the Silver Surfer who acme with a mission to annihilate the human race, there exist in him innate nobility.

The reason for the creators of the Silver Surfer from Marvel Comics for choosing ‘silver’ may not really be to represent pureness, strength, or nobility. But the association of silver with nobility, and of course also with pureness and strength has quite a history in itself. Most gifts and awards given for one’s nobility have always been made of silver. The Silver Award, the Silver Cross, the Silver Star, all shows the connection that ‘silver’ has with nobility and honor. And of course, it can also be topped up with a little love as the Silver Surfer did.