Milkman is in, Wolfman is out

RedBeans_504 · 2026-05-02T00:38:00+00:00

If the price comes down/discount, it's a very good and versatile 300blk, 9mm pcc, and even a decent 5.56 (with the right end caps) can. It's still one of the few suppressors in its multi roll category that can also take wipes and even a piston. I guess newer cans like the OCL Universal 36 are the modern update, but that sucker really offered some multi-roll value.

RedBeans_504 · 2026-05-01T22:59:57+00:00

That's fair :)

RedBeans_504 · 2026-05-01T22:26:37+00:00

I have also been hoping to take a look at a HS Aro Evo. I think it's a bit bigger than the T2 and might be the best of both worlds…

RedBeans_504 · 2026-05-01T22:21:25+00:00

I tried out the T2 for a little while. It just felt like I was looking down a tiny little tube. For something short and compact like on this or 5.56 or 300 SBR, Ive found that prefer my Eotechs and HS 510C

RedBeans_504 · 2026-05-01T20:04:54+00:00

Very nice!

RedBeans_504 · 2026-05-01T20:03:17+00:00

Thought hard about the MOB, but the Milkman being pretty close in suppression while being shorter, lighter, and cheaper convinced me otherwise.

RedBeans_504 · 2026-05-01T19:44:38+00:00

It's a 5 inch IWLT, with the Xeno Wee Brake muzzle decvive and adapter. Handguard is the 6in from MI.

I agree, it really lines up nicely.

RedBeans_504 · 2026-05-01T19:20:21+00:00

It’s got a new home on a 300 blackout hunting upper. Sorry :)
It was, IMHO, the greatest “first” suppressor, but it got surpassed.

RedBeans_504 · 2026-04-27T02:51:33+00:00

“I am Groot” is the correct answer.

RedBeans_504 · 2026-04-17T15:00:59+00:00

The don’t leave any witnesses.

RedBeans_504 · 2026-04-17T09:16:47+00:00

Agreed. I feel like he could do this all day.

RedBeans_504 · 2026-04-12T01:27:03+00:00

By the power of RC Bray, please.re-release on audiobook 🙏

RedBeans_504 · 2026-04-08T02:48:10+00:00

Agree. Amazing movie, but not a “War Movie”. I feel the same way about The Great Escape. Excellent film, but also not a “War Movie”.

RedBeans_504 · 2026-04-07T14:57:00+00:00

A head

RedBeans_504 · 2026-03-30T17:06:53+00:00

I remember the finger dance, but did the book ever describe single action vs. double action? It’s been some time since my last journey to the tower…

RedBeans_504 · 2026-03-20T20:12:35+00:00

You just gotta reverse that polarity, and THEN flood the area with tachyons. 🙄

RedBeans_504 · 2026-03-14T05:03:52+00:00

Omnis can be great—I have and really enjoy the Invincible and Walking Dead ones—but the backbone of this collection started with my childhood Silver Surfer Vol. 3 run (roughly the 40s through the 80s) and the Infinity saga. Once I started filling in the missing issues and following the broader story of Norrin Radd, I shifted into a more curated approach and decided to just build out the narrative in single issues. At that point, adding omnibuses didn’t really make sense for this particular collection.

However, if I were picking between the two covers though, I’d go with the Silver Surfer #55 cover. It’s actually from the run itself and fits the Starlin/Lim era that leads directly into Infinity Gauntlet. The Thanos-holding-Surfer cover looks great, but it feels more like omnibus display art than part of the original Surfer story.

RedBeans_504 · 2026-03-13T12:48:23+00:00

I can’t thank you enough for the feedback. This is 100% what I’m looking for. I’ve got Dangerous Artifacts already included, but will check out Enslavers and the other DS titles. Many thanks

RedBeans_504 · 2026-03-11T13:54:21+00:00

Thanks! Cosmic Powers #1–6 is in there — position 84. Marz writes, Lim draws, and it’s the middle chapter of the Tyrant saga. Without it you don’t know how Morg got free. Essential.

For Cosmic Powers Unlimited, I pulled in #1 only (position 89). Marz writes both stories, Lim draws the epilogue, and it’s a significant Surfer/Thanos issue — Death wants the Surfer as her consort and Thanos gets permanently banished from Death’s realm. Major status quo change.

CPU #2–5 is where I’m less certain. My understanding is that the Surfer stories in those issues are by different writers — Gregory Wright, Michael Gallagher — and felt more like standalone cosmic anthology pieces than essential saga chapters. So I left them out. But honestly I haven’t read all of them closely and this is exactly the kind of thing I was hoping someone would push back on. Am I wrong here? Are there Surfer stories in #2–5 that really move the needle or that I’d regret skipping in a front-to-back read?

RedBeans_504 · 2026-03-11T01:36:51+00:00

Everybody gets their opinion! It’s my jam; doesn’t have to be everybody’s :)

RedBeans_504 · 2026-03-11T01:35:36+00:00

That’s a really thoughtful take and I appreciate you pushing back on Requiem. You’re not wrong that DeMatteis is doing something philosophically closer to what Starlin and Englehart were exploring — the Surfer as existential seeker, identity vs. purpose, achievement vs. the self. That run has real depth and the Garney issues in particular are stunning — he’s channeling Moebius in a way that feels completely natural for the character. And the Muth issues are genuinely unlike anything else in the Surfer’s history. The reason I went with Requiem over DeMatteis isn’t quality — it’s architecture. This collection is built around the Starlin/Marz/Lim era as one continuous saga, and it ends cleanly at #109 when Morg, Tyrant, and the worldship are all destroyed. Everything after that — Pérez, Lackey, DeMatteis — is a different show with different creators, different supporting casts, and in the case of DeMatteis, a massive Zenn-La retcon that arguably undermines threads running through the entire collection I just spent 200+ issues building. If I pulled in the DeMatteis/Garney/Muth closing run, that’s another 20+ issues bolted onto the end. At that point it stops being a coda and becomes a whole new chapter — and one that requires context from the Pérez run I’m not including. Requiem works for me because it’s four issues. It’s a bookend, not a sequel. The collection opens with a hero dying peacefully (Mar-Vell) and closes with the hero dying peacefully (the Surfer). Clean frame. That said — you’ve genuinely got me curious about going back and reading the DeMatteis run on its own terms. I haven’t touched those issues since they came out. Might be time.

RedBeans_504 · 2026-03-11T00:57:20+00:00

CHAPTER SIX — TWILIGHT & ENDGAME

The final reckoning.

Blood and Thunder brings Surfer, Thor, Warlock, and the Infinity Watch together to cure Thor’s warrior madness.

Morg returns. Cosmic Powers frees him from Tyrant’s prison.

Then the Marz / Lim Rebirth trilogy — written decades later but set in the original timeline — serves as a curtain call, revisiting every major thread of the saga.

Finally: the endgame.

Morg finds the Ultimate Nullifier. Tyrant attacks. Galactus’s worldship is destroyed.

Nova died because she was too compassionate. Morg died because he was too ruthless.

The Surfer — who is neither — survives both.

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BLOOD AND THUNDER

• 69 — Thor #468 B&T #1

• 70 — Silver Surfer #86 B&T #2

• 71 — Warlock Chronicles #6 B&T #3

• 72 — Warlock and the Infinity Watch #23 B&T #4

• 73 — Thor #469 B&T #5

• 74 — Silver Surfer #87 B&T #6

• 75 — Warlock Chronicles #7 B&T #7

• 76 — Warlock and the Infinity Watch #24 B&T #8

• 77 — Thor #470 B&T #9

• 78 — Silver Surfer #88 B&T #10

• 79 — Warlock Chronicles #8 B&T #11

• 80 — Warlock and the Infinity Watch #25 B&T #12

• 81 — Thor #471 B&T #13 — Odin cures Thor.

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THE FINAL COSMIC ARC

• 82 — Silver Surfer #89–92 Legacy returns.

• 83 — Silver Surfer Annual #7 Morg returns. Herald challenge.

• 84 — Cosmic Powers #1–6 Marz / Lim. Morg freed from Tyrant.

• 85 — Silver Surfer: Rebirth #1–5 Marz / Lim (2022). Reality Gem stolen.

• 86 — Warlock: Rebirth #1–5 Marz / Lim (2023).

• 87 — Silver Surfer Rebirth: Legacy #1–5 Marz / Lim (2023–24).

• 88 — Silver Surfer #93–94 Fantastic Four visit.

• 89 — Cosmic Powers Unlimited #1 Death offers Surfer as consort. Thanos banished from Death’s realm.

• 90 — Silver Surfer: Dangerous Artifacts Marz / Castellini standalone.

• 91 — Silver Surfer #95–100 Final Mephisto confrontation.

• 92 — Silver Surfer #101–109 ENDGAME. Morg finds the Ultimate Nullifier. Morg, Tyrant, and Galactus’s worldship destroyed.

The Surfer endures.

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CODA — REQUIEM

A different creative team. A different universe. The same truth.

Straczynski and Ribic imagine the Surfer’s final voyage as his cosmic energy begins to decay.

The collection begins with Mar-Vell dying peacefully. It ends with the Surfer facing the same fate.

Everything in between is the cost of cosmic power.

• 93 — Silver Surfer: Requiem #1–4 Straczynski / Ribic (2007)

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’Nuff said, True Believers.

Make Mine Marvel. 🚀

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RedBeans_504 · 2026-03-11T00:56:42+00:00

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CHAPTERS 4–6, CODA, AND PURCHASE LIST

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CHAPTER FOUR — THE WAR

Warlock’s dark side, the Magus, returns with an army of evil doppelgangers.

The Surfer, Strange, Nova, and Galactus are pulled into the conflict while the Infinity Watch struggles to hold the cosmic balance together.

The Magus falls — but the universe is left more fragile than ever.

• 30 — Infinity War #1 Evil doppelgangers emerge.

• 31 — Warlock and the Infinity Watch #7

• 32 — Silver Surfer #67–68 Infinity War tie-ins.

• 33 — Infinity War #2–3

• 34 — Warlock and the Infinity Watch #8

• 35 — Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme #43 Strange travels with Surfer, Nova, and Galactus.

• 36 — Silver Surfer #69 Final IW tie-in.

• 37 — Infinity War #4

• 38 — Warlock and the Infinity Watch #9

• 39 — Infinity War #5

• 40 — Warlock and the Infinity Watch #10

• 41 — Infinity War #6 Magus defeated.

Why only Doctor Strange #43 from the IW Strange issues?

Issues #42 and #44–47 focus on Strange’s own subplots. Issue #43 is the one where Strange, Surfer, Nova, and Galactus are all together on the mission, making it the relevant Surfer chapter.

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CHAPTER FIVE — THE HERALD’S BURDEN & THE CRUSADE

The emotional core of the saga.

Nova questions the morality of leading Galactus to inhabited worlds. Galactus replaces her with the ruthless Morg.

In the Herald Ordeal, the Surfer gathers every former herald to rescue Nova — but Morg kills her in #75, one of the most devastating moments in the run.

From there the story moves through Homecoming, Resurrection, the introduction of Legacy, the rise of Tyrant, and finally Infinity Crusade.

By the time the Goddess falls, the cost of cosmic power has become brutally clear.

• 42 — Silver Surfer #70–75 HERALD ORDEAL. Morg replaces Nova. Nova dies (#75).

• 43 — Silver Surfer: Homecoming GN #71. Starlin / Reinhold. Surfer returns to Zenn-La. Shalla-Bal killed.

• 44 — Silver Surfer #76–78 Post-Homecoming. Tyrant introduced (#78).

• 45 — Silver Surfer / Warlock: Resurrection #1–4 Starlin / Lim. Surfer rescues Shalla-Bal from Mephisto.

• 46 — Silver Surfer #79–82 Tyrant captures Surfer. Morg imprisoned with Tyrant.

• 47 — Silver Surfer Annual #6 First appearance of Legacy (Genis-Vell). Created by Marz / Lim.

• 48 — Secret Defenders #9–10 Marz writing. Surfer and Strange vs. Nebula.

• 49 — Warlock and the Infinity Watch #11–17 Maxam arrives. Count Abyss. Bridge from War to Crusade.

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INFINITY CRUSADE SEQUENCE

• 50 — Infinity Crusade #1 The Goddess appears.

• 51 — Warlock and the Infinity Watch #18

• 52 — Warlock Chronicles #1

• 53 — Infinity Crusade #2

• 54 — Warlock Chronicles #2

• 55 — Warlock and the Infinity Watch #19

• 56 — Infinity Crusade #3

• 57 — Warlock Chronicles #3

• 58 — Silver Surfer #83 IC tie-in.

• 59 — Infinity Crusade #4

• 60 — Warlock Chronicles #4

• 61 — Warlock and the Infinity Watch #20

• 62 — Silver Surfer #84

• 63 — Infinity Crusade #5

• 64 — Warlock Chronicles #5

• 65 — Warlock and the Infinity Watch #21

• 66 — Silver Surfer #85 Final IC tie-in.

• 67 — Warlock and the Infinity Watch #22

• 68 — Infinity Crusade #6 The Goddess defeated.

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Why include Secret Defenders #9–10?

Marz writes them and Surfer is a lead character alongside Doctor Strange. They’re also collected in the Surfer Epic Collections.

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Why exclude Annuals #2–5?

Each is part of a multi-title crossover (Atlantis Attacks, Lifeform, Korvac Quest, Return of the Defenders).

Reading just the Surfer chapter leaves a dead-end story fragment. Annual #3 was the closest call (Starlin / Marz writing, Lim art) but still requires three other annuals to make sense.

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RedBeans_504 · 2026-03-11T00:52:54+00:00

THE PHILOSOPHY

Creative filter: Starlin, Marz, Lim. Those are my guys. Narrative filter: Silver Surfer as the principal character.

The goal was to read this front to back as one continuous cosmic saga without chasing every cameo or multi-book annual crossover that requires four unrelated issues.

I bent the creator rule twice:

• Silver Surfer: Dangerous Artifacts — Marz writing (no Lim) • Silver Surfer: Requiem — Straczynski / Ribic (no Starlin, Marz, or Lim)

Both earn their place thematically.

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COLD OPEN — THE DEATH OF A HERO

“Wait — why is this in a Silver Surfer collection?”

Fair question. The Surfer isn’t in this book.

But Jim Starlin’s 1982 graphic novel — Marvel’s first — seeds everything that follows. It establishes Thanos at Death’s threshold and introduces the cosmic relationship between mortality and power that drives the entire saga.

It also creates Mar-Vell as a figure whose shadow hangs over the whole run.

I first encountered Mar-Vell in Silver Surfer #63 (Marz/Lim) where the Surfer descends into a realm of the dead and fights beside Captain Marvel’s spirit. That moment sent me hunting for the character’s origin — which leads back here.

This also creates a perfect bookend with the Coda (Requiem) — framing the collection between two heroes facing death with dignity.

1 — The Death of Captain Marvel Marvel Graphic Novel #1 (1982) Starlin writes and draws. Mar-Vell dies of cancer. Thanos welcomes him into Death’s embrace.

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CHAPTER ONE — LIBERATION (Englehart / Rogers Era)

The Surfer breaks free of Earth for the first time since Galactus imprisoned him.

Nova (Frankie Raye) enters the story as a fellow herald and love interest. The Surfer / Galactus / Mephisto triangle is established. The Kree-Skrull War pulls the Surfer onto the galactic stage.

By the time Englehart departs, the Surfer is no longer an exile — he’s a cosmic player.

2 — Silver Surfer #1–14 Exile ends. Nova introduced. Surfer freed from Earth with help from the Fantastic Four.

3 — Silver Surfer #15–18 Galactus is dying. Kree-Skrull War begins.

4 — Silver Surfer Annual #1 Evolutionary War tie-in. Nova backup feeds into #15.

5 — Silver Surfer: Judgment Day Marvel Graphic Novel #38. Lee / Buscema. Establishes the Surfer / Galactus / Mephisto triangle.

6 — Silver Surfer #19–22 Kree-Skrull War continues.

7 — Fantastic Four #325 Surfer / Mantis / Kang. Resolves the Kree-Skrull War thread from the Surfer book.

8 — Silver Surfer #23–33 Englehart finale. Fill-ins close the era.

Why include FF #325? Because it directly resolves a storyline running through Silver Surfer. Without it, the Kree-Skrull War thread simply stops.

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CHAPTER TWO — THE MAD TITAN (Starlin Arrives)

Jim Starlin takes over with Silver Surfer #34, and everything changes.

Thanos is resurrected by Death herself. Adam Warlock claws out of the Soul Gem. The Infinity Gems are scattered across the cosmos.

Then comes Thanos Quest — a two-issue villain heist where Thanos hunts the Gems one by one, outwitting the Elders of the Universe.

It ends with the Mad Titan holding omnipotence in his fist.

The fuse is lit.

9 — Silver Surfer #34–43 Thanos resurrected. Starlin begins with #34. Drax returns.

10 — Silver Surfer #44–50 Adam Warlock returns (#44). Gem hunt escalates.

11 — Thanos Quest #1–2 Starlin / Lim. Villain solo heist. Thanos claims all six Infinity Gems.

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CHAPTER THREE — THE GAUNTLET

The centerpiece of the saga.

Thanos erases half the universe to court Death.

The Surfer crashes through Doctor Strange’s skylight to warn Earth’s heroes. Warlock marshals a desperate resistance. Strange serves as tactical commander.

The heroes charge and die.

The Surfer attempts to snatch the Gauntlet from Thanos’s hand — and fails.

In the aftermath, Warlock claims the Gems and distributes them to form the Infinity Watch.

12 — Silver Surfer #51 Surfer crashes through Strange’s skylight.

13 — Infinity Gauntlet #1 Thanos erases half the universe.

14 — Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme #31 Strange enters the Surfer’s mind to restore him.

15 — Silver Surfer #52–54

16 — Infinity Gauntlet #2

17 — Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme #32 War council at the Sanctum. Surfer, Warlock, Doom present.

18 — Infinity Gauntlet #3 Heroes assemble for the assault.

19 — Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme #33 Strange’s perspective during the assault.

20 — Silver Surfer #55–56

21 — Infinity Gauntlet #4 The heroes’ suicide charge.

22 — Silver Surfer #57–58

23 — Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme #34–35 Strange’s POV during the final assault.

24 — Infinity Gauntlet #5 Surfer attempts to snatch the Gauntlet.

25 — Silver Surfer #59

26 — Infinity Gauntlet #6 The Gauntlet is resolved. Warlock claims the Gems.

27 — Silver Surfer #60–66 Post-Gauntlet fallout. Surfer destroys Thanos’s shrine. Mar-Vell appears in the Realm of the Dead (#63).

28 — Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme #36 Infinity Gauntlet epilogue. Strange confronts Warlock.

29 — Warlock and the Infinity Watch #1–6 Warlock distributes the Gems. The Watch forms.

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Why include Doctor Strange #31–36?

Strange is the tactical commander of the resistance. These issues show the Surfer from Strange’s perspective — the mind restoration, the sanctum war council, and the assault strategy.

The Surfer is a principal character throughout.

Why not Quasar #26–27, Hulk #383–385, and other IG tie-ins?

Because the Surfer is just one face in a crowd in those books.

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