Name: ArdinaEarth-M
(a.k.a. "Earth-Moebius"
but that is somewhat of a misnomer and,
considering its origins, simply "M" for "Mainstream"
or "Movies" would seem appropriate)
HISTORY
CHARACTERS
Name: Ardina
Identity: Clone of Shalla Bal
Nature of abilities: Endowed with cosmic powers by Galactus
Occupation: Emissary of Galactus
First Appearance: "The Silver Surfer"
(1978)
Powers: unspecified cosmic powers
comparable to the Silver Surfer's.
History: (The Silver Surfer) - Ardina was created by
Galactus following a suggestion from his Master of Guile. Her purpose
was to demonstrate to the Silver Surfer the unworthiness
of the Humsan Race. Instead, she fell in love with him (unsurprisingly
so considering her origins) and later rescued him from a trap
laid out by the CIA. She and the Surfer then
made love. When Galactus realized that he had failed, he had her
reabsorbed by the Matrix that had produced her and she died.
Comments: Created by Stan Lee and Jack
Kirby.
Ardina only recently developed a counterpart on Earth-616, with
slight variations:
Images: The Silver Surfer, p. 55
Name: Colton
Candell
Identity: Human
Nature of abilities: Great charisma; latent mystic powers
Occupation: Televangelist
First Appearance: "The Silver Surfer: Parable"
(1988)
Known Relatives: Elyna Candell (sister), Irena Candell (niece)
History: (Parable) - Colton Candell was a Los
Angeles televangelist who saw in the second coming of Galactus a path to power.
Despite his sister Elyna's word of reason, he became intoxicated
with power and spread the religion of Galactus while trying to
communicate with his "god" via telepathy. However, when
Galactus allowed Elyna to die, he turned against him. He later
was the only man aware of the Silver Surfer's own selfless
act of sacrifice.
(The Lost Adventure - fb) - Colton raised Irena,
Elyna's daughter.
Comments: Created by Stan Lee and
Moebius.
Colton Candell is a new character that, as far as we know, had no
counterpart in the Marvel Universe.
Images: The Silver Surfer: Parable, p. 15, panel 3
Name: Elyna
Candell
Identity: Human
Nature of abilities: High degree of empathy
Occupation: Not specified
First Appearance: "The Silver Surfer: Parable"
(1988)
Known Relatives: Colton Candell (brother), Irena Candell (daughter)
History: (Parable - fb) - When she was young, Elyna
saw the Silver Surfer fight Galactus during his first
coming to Earth.
(The Lost Adventure - fb) - Elyna had a daughter, Irena, father
unrevealed.
(Parable) - When the Surfer revealed that Galactus was a false
god, Elyna believed him, but failed to sway her brother. Later,
she stole a helicopter but was shot by a stray bullet fired by
one of Colton's men. She died in the crash of her helicopter. Her
death exposed the callousness of Galactus who prevented her
rescue by striking the Surfer.
Comments: Created by Stan Lee and
Moebius.
Elyna Candell is a new character that, as far as we know, had no
counterpart in the Marvel Universe.
Images: The Silver Surfer: Parable, p. 15, panel 3
Irena Candell
Name: Irena Candell
Identity: Human, magic user
Nature of abilities: Latent sorceress supreme of Earth-M
Occupation: Resistance leader
First Appearance: "The Silver Surfer: The Lost Adventure" (1998/unpublished)
Known Relatives: Colton Candell (uncle), Elyna Candell (mother)
History: (The Lost Adventure -fb) - Irena was raised
by her uncle Colton.
(The Lost Adventure) - When the Overlord invaded Earth-M,
Irena became the leader of the Resistance in California. She was
captured by the Overlord, but later rescued by the Iron Man of
Earth-616.
Doctor Strange of Earth-616 revealed that Irena was the latent
Sorceress Supreme of Earth-M. He then assisted her in the
summoning of Gaea, to open the Omega Warp to get rid of the
Overlord.
Comments: Created by J-M Lofficier and
Ladronn.
Irena Candell is a new character that, as far as we know, had no
counterpart in the Marvel Universe.
Name: Unrevealed
Identity: Humans
Nature of abilities: None
Occupation: CIA and Pentagon officers
First Appearance: "The Silver Surfer"
(1978)
History: (The Silver Surfer) - The CIA and the
Pentagon, working together, decided to use "Project Lorelei"
to entrap the Silver Surfer and drain his
cosmic energy. They were afraid that otherwise, he might end up
being used as a weapon by the Communists. The Surfer was rescued
by Ardina.
Comments: Created by Stan Lee and Jack
Kirby.
"Project Lorelei" was very much like the technology
used to build the Sonic Shark missile (cf. Fantastic Four I # 72)
in the Marvel Universe.
Images: The Silver Surfer, p. 97, panel 2
Name: Cosgrove
Identity: Human
Nature of abilities: Bigot
Occupation: Unrevealed
First Appearance: "The Silver Surfer"
(1978)
History: (The Silver Surfer) - He and Lindstrom were two suburban
Midwestern bigots who reacted with hostility and aggression when
they saw the Silver Surfer and Ardina, unlike their neighbor,
Sam Kemperer.
Comments: Created by Stan Lee and Jack
Kirby.
Cosgrove is a new character that, as far as we know, had no
counterpart in the Marvel Universe.
Images: The Silver Surfer, p. 72, panel 3
Name:
Kathisul Evin
Identity: Dark Angel
Nature of abilities: Magic user; Presumably later endowed
with cosmic powers by Galactus
Occupation: Emissary of Galactus
First Appearance: Cyberspace 3000#2 (August
1993)
Powers: Cosmic power on par with the
Silver Surfer, navigate through space, project energy bolts,
restructure matter, alter reality.
It is unclear whether her costume was actually
composed of the fabric of reality like Dark Angel (Shevaun
Haldane) of Earth-616
History: (Cyberspace 3000#3 (fb)) - Young Kathisul Evin
was able to access ley-lines, dragon paths, and other such
mystical forces. She worked as a tracker for a survey team. She
brought them to a warrior chieftain's burial mound on Fandor
Island. It was hundreds of years old. Brushing against a drawing,
she apparently set off an explosion. She was unharmed, and was
confronted by a stony figure. The stony figure
enslaved Kathisul Evin. She was not freed until she became
Galactus' herald, Dark Angel.
(Cyberspace 3000#1-5) <30th Century> - A dimensional rift
brought the Galactus of Earth-M to Earth-Guardians of the Galaxy.
Galactus sent Dark Angel to inform the crew of Sol III that he
would be feeding on their ship's energies. She was also searching
for the "Cosmic Messiah". (It turned out to be crewman
Shan O'Meara.)
The Keeper (the Earth-Guardians of the Galaxy's counterpart of
the Silver Surfer) confronted Galactus. The Keeper did not
realize that this was an alternate Earth Galactus. Dark Angel
eventually revealed the truth to him.
Using the power of Shan O'Meara, Dark Angel returned
Galactus to Earth-M. However, she had to stop to save O'Meara
from aliens, the Trilexia, so she became stuck in the universe of
the Guardians of the Galaxy.
(Cyberspace 3000#6) - With Shan O'Meara and Chief Onanrwo of Sol
III, Dark Angel battled a group of androids on an alien planet,
agents of Gamble. Then a group of armored soldiers defeated them,
imprisoning them. The three later managed to free themselves, but
were literally captured on film.
(Cyberspace 3000#7) - Gamble split up Shan, Onanrwo, and Dark
Angel and sent his agents, Cribb, Gyn, and Whyst against them.
Dark Angel faced Whyst, a representation of entropy, who
proceeded to absorb her vast cosmic power into himself.
(Cyberspace 3000#8) - Whyst returned to his
comrades, claiming that Dark Angel was "gone. consumed.
ended." This news caused Shan to lash out with his cosmic
powers, defeating all three attackers. Dark Angel then
reappeared, clearly being torn apart by the forces assailing her,
begging Shan to save her. However, as he marshaled his powers
once again, the energies blew a hole through the hull of Sol III,
opening it into space.
Comments: Created by Gary Russell, Steve Tappin, and
Michael Eve.
Cyberspace 3000#8, AFAIK, was the last issue of the series, so her fate remains unrevealed--Snood.
Clarifications:
Dark Angel wore a similar costume to
Name: Unrevealed
Identity: Human
Nature of abilities: High degree of fanaticism and hatred
Occupation: First assistant to Colton Candell
First Appearance: "The Silver Surfer: Parable"
(1988)
History: (Parable) - The Disciple had a row with the
Mayor of Los Angeles when the
latter came to ask Colton to intercede with Galactus to save the city.
During the argument, Elyna Candell stole the
Mayor's helicopter, and one of the Disciple's guards shot her.
Colton, having finally seen the truth, later berated the Disciple
for his close-mindedness and fanaticism.
Comments: Created by Stan Lee and Moebius.
The Disciple is a new character that, as far as we know, had no
counterpart in the Marvel Universe.
Images: The Silver Surfer: Parable, p. 36, panel 1
First
Appearance: "The Silver Surfer"
(1978)
History: (The Silver Surfer - fb) - At some
unspecified time in the past, on far-off planet Zenn-La, Norrin
Radd agreed to serve wold-destroyer Galactus to save his planet
and was turned into the Silver Surfer.
(The Silver Surfer - fb) - When Shalla Bal, Norrin Radd's
previous lover, saw him as the Surfer, she first failed to
recognize him, then became terrified of him.
(The Silver Surfer - fb) - In undisclosed circumstances, Galactus
acquired Shalla Bal's DNA.
(The Silver Surfer) - Galactus releases the Surfer in deep space;
the sky-rider later discovers Earth. In New York, he meets a woman who reminds him of
Shalla Bal. He decides to save Earth from Galactus and battles
his master; neither is able to truly vanquish the other. Galactus
sentences his herald to exile on Earth.
The Surfer modifies his appearance to look like a famous Male Model then wanders about
the city. He is mugged by three street punks and reverts to his true
form.
Meanwhile, irked by his herald's rebellion, Galactus summons his Master of Guile, who suggests
he calls forth a female. From Shjalla Ball's DNA, Galactus
creates a clone, golden-skinned Ardina, who he imbues with
cosmic powers.
While Galactus ponders the fate on Earth from the Moon, Ardina
takes the Surfer on a tour of Earth to demonstrate the
unworthiness of the human race. His Master of Guile attempts to
convince Galactus to kill the Surfer and let him replace him, but
Galactus refuses - he grudgingly admires the Surfer's decision to
take a stand for what he believes in, even at the cost of his
life.
The Surfer collides into Galactus' barrier while Ardana is
summoned back by her creator and confesses she has now fallen in
love with the Surfer - something Galactus had not planned for.
Ardina eventually reveals her true feelings to the Surfer; they
make love. In the morning, Galactus dispatches the Matrix which
created her and, despite their attempt to escape, she is
reassimilated or reabsorbed withim the Matrix and "dies".
The Surfer then bargains with Galactus that he will serve him
again if Galactus swears to spare Earth. Galactus agrees. The
Surfer rejoins his master.
(Parable - fb) A "young" Elyna saw the
Surfer fight Galactus.
(Parable) - Astronomers discover that a giant
spaceship is approaching Earth. Panic spreads, especially in Los
Angeles.
Meanwhile, the Surfer leads a lonely life, passing himself off as
a homeless man, in the ghettos of Los Angeles. He is being
harassed by three LAPD officers when the ship
lands and Galactus reveals himself. He claims he has come to
offer mankind a better world if they agree to worship him.
Charismatic religious televangelist Colton Candell and his sister Elyna watch as Galactus
reveals himself. Colton sees an opportunity and declares himself
the apostle of Galactus-the-God, claiming to have summoned him to
Earth by his prayers. But the religion of Galactus is one of
chaos and society begins to crumble. Anarchy reigns.
The Surfer chooses to reveal himself to expose Galactus as a
false god. Colton rejects him, but Elyna embraces his vision. The
Surfer challenges Galactus, asking him why he broke his pledge
not to attack Earth, to which Galactus replies that he has not,
the Earthmen are destroying themselves.
While the world media watch, the Surfer and Galactus engage in
battle, causing much devastation to Los Angeles.
Meanwhile, despite Elyna's words of reasons, Colton has become
intoxicated with power and tries, in vain, to communicate
telepathically with Galactus. Elyna steals the Mayor of Los Angeles's
helicopter in an attempt to reach the Surfer but is shot by one
of the Chief Disciple's guards.
Elyna, wounded, loses consciousness and dies when her
helicopter crashes; the Surfer might have rescued her if he had
not been struck by Galactus, who thus displayed his total lack of
compassion before the world media.
While the Surfer mourns Elyna, the world now rejects and turns
against Galactus. The U.S. president orders his Air Force to
attack him, which they do just as Galactus was about to crush the
Surfer. Realizing he has now lost his battle for the hearts and
minds of Mankind, Galactus releases the Surfer and goes.
(Cyberspace 3000#3 (fb)) - Galactus returned to Earth to gain a
new Herald and freed Kathisul Evin who became Dark
Angel.
(Cyberspace 3000#1-3) - A dimensional rift brought Galactus to
Earth-Guardians of the Galaxy. Galactus came across the ship Sol
III and sent Dark Angel to inform its crew that he would be
feeding on their ship's energies.
The Keeper (the Earth-Guardians of the Galaxy's counterpart of
the Silver Surfer) confronted Galactus but eventually learned the
truth from Dark Angel. Using the power of Shan O'Meara, Dark
Angel returned Galactus to Earth-M.
(The Lost Adventure - fb) - Much later, after a
gargantuan struggle, the Overlord killed Galactus, the
only being who could oppose him in the Earth-M universe.
Comments: The Galactus of Earth-M is of
course, very similar to the Galactus of the regular Marvel
Universe. However there are certain differences both in
technology, powers and psychology.
Technology: This Galactus appears to use different types
of spaceships; his matter-to-energy converter looks substantially
different from first seen in Fantastic Four #49 and, further, is
set up on the Moon, pointing at the Earth.
Powers: While this Galactus' powers are substantially the
same, his size appears to vary widely, from towering over the
city to merely being 20-feet tall. The Galactus of Earth-M
appears able to literally absorb the Silver Surfer within
himself, and release him, as he is able to materialize and
release his "Master of Guile".
Psychology: The Galactus of Earth-M appears to be more
vindictive, more cunning, more ruthless. For all we know he may
well have killed Shalla Bal to capture her DNA just to have a
weapon over the Surfer, and does not hesitate to display petty
callousness when disposing of Ardina or ignoring Elyna's plight.
Images: The Silver Surfer, p. 43
The Silver Surfer: Parable, p. 14, panel 3
Unpublished art by J.O. Ladronn
Name: Sam and Beth Kemperer and dog Simba
Identity: Humans
Nature of abilities: Hospitable
Occupation: Unrevealed
First Appearance: "The Silver Surfer"
(1978)
History: (The Silver Surfer) - The Kemperers were
Midwestern suburban house dwellers, neighbors of Cosgrove and Lindstrom. Unlike their
neighbors who reacted with hostility and aggression when they saw
the Silver Surfer and Ardina, the Kemperers - though
incredulous at first - offered their hospitality.
Comments: Created by Stan Lee and Jack
Kirby.
The Kemperers are new characters that, as far as we know, have no
counterpart in the Marvel Universe.
Images: The Silver Surfer, p. 74, panels 3 and 4
Name: Unrevealed
Identity: Humans
Nature of abilities: Racists
Occupation: Los Angeles Police Department officers
First Appearance: "The Silver Surfer: Parable"
(1988)
History: (Parable) - The Silver Surfer passed himself
off as a homeless man, in the ghettos of Los Angeles and was
harassed by three LAPD officers when Galactus landed.
Comments: Created by Stan Lee and Moebius.
These three LAPD officers were a new characters that, as far as
we know, had no counterpart in the Marvel Universe.
Images: The Silver Surfer: Parable, p. 9, panel 7
Name: Lindstrom
Identity: Human
Nature of abilities: Bigot
Occupation: Unrevealed
First Appearance: "The Silver Surfer"
(1978)
History: (The Silver Surfer) - He and Cosgrove were two suburban
Midwestern bigots who reacted with hostility and aggression when
they saw the Silver Surfer and Ardina, unlike their neighbor,
Sam Kemperer.
Comments: Created by Stan Lee and Jack
Kirby.
Lindstrom is a new character that, as far as we know, had no
counterpart in the Marvel Universe.
Images: The Silver Surfer, p. 72, panel 4
Name: Unrevealed
Identity: Human
Nature of abilities: Handsome
Occupation: Male Model
First Appearance: "The Silver Surfer"
(1978)
History: (The Silver Surfer) - The Silver Surfer modified his
appearance to look like a famous Male Model, then wandered about
the city. He is mugged by three street punks and reverts to his true
form.
Comments: Created by Stan Lee and Jack
Kirby.
The Male Model was a new character that, as far as we know, had
no counterpart in the Marvel Universe.
Images: The Silver Surfer, p. 42, panel 5
Name: Unrevealed
Identity: Unspecified
Nature of abilities: Described by Galactus as : "You who exist only in the darkest recess of my mind"
Occupation: Emissary of Galactus
First Appearance: "The Silver Surfer"
(1978)
History: (The Silver Surfer) - Irked by the Silver Surfer's rebellion,
Galactus summons his Master of Guile, who suggests he calls forth
a female, who turns out to be golden-skinned Ardina. Later, the Master of
Guile attempts to convince Galactus to kill the Surfer and let
him replace him, but Galactus refuses - and blasts him away.
Comments: Created by Stan Lee and Jack
Kirby.
The Master of Guile is a new character that had no counterpart in
the Marvel Universe. He embodies (literally) Galacrus' most evil
impulses and one assumes he could be recreated at will. One
suspects the Master of Guile (who envied the Surfer) was not
foreign to Galactus' decision to re-sentence the Surfer to a new
exile on Earth, and later to Galactus' wily plan to use his god-like
stature to plunge Mankind into self-destructive chaos.
Images: The Silver Surfer, p. 51, panel 5
Name: Unrevealed
Identity: Human
Nature of abilities: Pragmatist
Occupation: Mayor of Los Angeles
First Appearance: "The Silver Surfer: Parable"
(1988)
History: (Parable) - The Mayor had a row with the Disciple when he came to ask Colton Candell to intercede
with Galactus to save the city.
During the argument, Elyna Candell stole the
Mayor's helicopter, and one of the Disciple's guards shot her.
Comments: Created by Stan Lee and Moebius.
The Mayor is a new character that, as far as we know, had no
counterpart in the Marvel Universe.
Images: The Silver Surfer: Parable, p. 35, panel 4
Name: Unrevealed
Identity: Humans
Nature of abilities: Street thuggery
Occupation: Muggers
First Appearance: "The Silver Surfer"
(1978)
History: (The Silver Surfer) - The Silver Surfer modified his
appearance to look like a famous Male Model, then wandered
about the city. He is mugged by three street punks and reverts to
his true form.
Comments: Created by Stan Lee and Jack
Kirby.
The three punks were new characters that, as far as we know, had
no counterpart in the Marvel Universe.
Images: The Silver Surfer, p. 46, panels 3 and 4
First Appearance: "The Silver Surfer"
(1978)
History: (The Silver Surfer - fb) - At some
unspecified time in the past, on far-off planet Zenn-La, Norrin
Radd agreed to serve world-destroyer Galactus to save his planet
and was turned into the Silver Surfer.
(The Silver Surfer - fb) - When Shalla Bal, Norrin Radd's
previous lover, saw him as the Surfer, she first failed to
recognize him, then became terrified of him.
(The Silver Surfer - fb) - In undisclosed circumstances, Galactus
acquired Shalla Bal's DNA, which he later used to create Ardina.
(The Silver Surfer) - Later, in New York, the Surfer meets a woman who reminds him of
Shalla Bal.
(Parable - fb) - The Surfer leads a lonely life, passing himself
off as a homeless man, in the ghettos of Los Angeles, reminiscing
about the time when he was with Shalla Bal on Zenn-La.
Comments: The Shalla Bal of Earth-M is a different
of that of the regular Marvel Universe in two major respects.
One, when she saw Norrin Radd transformed into the Surfer,
instead of expressing her love, gratitude and ultimately sorrow
at being parted (cf. Silver Surfer I #1), she first failed to
recognize him, then was terrified by his appearance. This is,
therefore, a much weaker Shalla Bal.
Second, it was established that Galactus had obtained Shalla
Bal's DNA to use as an eventual weapon against his herald, but
now how. A convincing case can be made that the Shalla Bal of
Earth-M was killed by Galactus, captured and dissolved in his
"Matrix".
Images: The Silver Surfer, p. 22, panel 6 and The Silver Surfer: Parable, p. 9, panels 5 and 6
First Appearance: "The Silver Surfer" (1978)
History: Read Here
Comments: The Silver Surfer of Earth-M
is of course, very similar to the Silver Surfer of the regular
Marvel Universe. However there are certain subtle differences in
powers.
Powers: The Surfer is able to use his power to reshape his
form and mimic that of a Male Model (something he never
did in the regular Marvel Universe, adopting instead clumsy,
often transparent disguises (cf. Silver Surfer I #5)) and further
he was able to replicate the contents of a man's pockets. The
Surfer was also able to engage in some kind of intercourse with Ardina.
Images: The Silver Surfer, p. 22, panel 4 (Kirby); The
Silver Surfer: Parable, p. 29, panel 3 (Moebius); Unpublished
page 4, panel 6 (Ladronn); Unpublished art (Ladronn) (below).
Stone Figure
Name: Unrevealed -- possibly Fandor?
Nature of abilities: Magic user;
First Appearance: Cyberspace 3000#3 (August
1993)
History: (Cyberspace 3000#3 (fb)) - Young Kathisul Evin was able to
access ley-lines, dragon paths, and other such mystical forces.
She worked as a tracker for a survey team. She brought them to a
warrior chieftain's burial mound on Fandor Island. It was
hundreds of years old. Brushing against a drawing, she apparently
set off an explosion. She was unharmed, and was confronted by a
stony figure. The stony figure enslaved Kathisul Evin. She was
not freed until she became Galactus' herald, Dark Angel.
Comments: Created by Gary Russell and Steve Tappin.
Name:
Unrevealed
Identity: Human
Nature of abilities: None; lookalike of Shalla Bal
Occupation: Unspecied
First Appearance: "The Silver Surfer"
(1978)
History: (The Silver Surfer) - When he first arrived
on Earth, in New York, the Silver Surfer met this woman
who reminded him of Shalla Bal.
Comments: Created by Stan Lee and Jack
Kirby.
Images: The Silver Surfer, p. 22, panel 4
"Profile by" Jean-Marc Lofficier (yes, that Jean-Marc Lofficier!--Snood) and Doc Savage and Snood (Dark Angel, Galactus and Stone Figure)
Last updated: 04/28/04
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