A future televangelist thinks that he can be the (self appointed) messenger of Galactus and force the frightened population to follow him...but false gods have a way of falling on those who worship them. Stan Lee (story) + Moebius (art) = classic Silver Surfer parable!

Not great. The writing feels like a non-native speaker wrote part of it (a helicopter is constantly referred to as a "ship"). The exposition is laughable (how do you let your audience know that two characters are related? Just have one of them randomly say "I'm your sister"). The lettering was bad. Galactus says he is sick of Earthlings destroying each other so he commands them...wait for it...to destroy each other (yeah, I know that's part of his master plan, but that's the best he could come u...

The good story by Stan Lee, and the Superb (!!!) artwork by Jean "Moebius" Giraud makes this small book a must for comic books fans.

"Faith without judgement merely degrades the spirit divine"Stan Lee's writing has always left me with mixed feelings. Although the characters and stories were so interesting, the writing most often felt wordy and verbose. However, Silver Surfer: Parable was unexpectedly, very good. It is a commentary on mass manipulation, and blind faith. Moebius' artwork is gorgeous and fits so well with the story .

This is as much a Moebius work as it is a Stan Lee work, and it is fantastic. Anyone who wants to call themselves a fan of Moebius needs to read this. Period.

Loved Moebius' drawing, lettering also. Story was good, plausable.

"Parable" is a very interesting stand-alone GN. It is a morality tale about humanity and its subconscious need for looking for messianic figures to guide them.Galactus has returned to Earth. He has decided to place himself as a God for Earth to worship. A new religion arises centered on the worship of Galactus. The Surfer fights against Galactus and it's all really a metaphor for humanity's wired belief systems.If that sounds overly pretentious, though intriguing, then you are correct. This GN w...

Stan Lee was only as good as his artists, but with Moebius his writing reaches heaven. Maybe a little heavy-handed, but maybe that’s also what makes this comic so charming. Definitely my favorite thing Lee ever wrote.

While lauded as one of Stan Lee’s (R.I.P.) and Moebius’ (R.I.P. also) greatest works, there is a palpable lack of anything great here. The lettering is crudely simplistic, besmirching any potential greatness and lacking in basic legibility. And the art within embodies a skeletal palette enshrining a quasi-polychromatism that waxes and wanes between like colors within an oddly (and decidedly) uncreative border. Topping off this sundae of not-so-awesomeness, the ensconced themery and characterizat...

Really pretty artwork, insanely bad writing. The entire thing was like it was written in stilted bible verse. This book would be 3X better if you just removed the word bubbles.

Stan Lee And Moebius. Nuff' said.

A really shallow commentary on religion and spirituality. The notes in the back of the book by Moebius hint at the possibility that he didn't want to do this. Lee says they met each other for coffee and Moebius said he liked Lee's work, especially Silver Surfer. Moebius states that he received a detailed plot - not a script (the Marvel way) - from Lee and struggled to begin the book. Moebius seems to have a high opinion of the work; perhaps because critics praised it in comparison to the other A...

I believe this the first Stan Lee's that i really liked.I mean, obviously, all the things he did on Marvel, we shouldn't throw that away, he's a legend. The thing is, all his work are a little "oldish", i think. But it's just for me. But in Parable, he's brilliant.Norrin is one of the most "human" characters on Marvel, and yes, i think he's a guy that should say what he said over here.And the art is great. This was the first Moebius job that i've read (sorry), but all that i heard about him is t...

When Galactus returns to Earth, an evangelist declares him a god and builds a religion around Galactus. As humanity heads down the path to destruction, a homeless man emerges to save humanity.... The Silver Surfer!As a recent convert to Moebius, I was very interested in this but didn't want to pay a hundred bucks for it. Fortunately, it was reprinted and re-released not long ago.The story isn't all that complicated but it's very believable. A powerful religious leader convinces everyone to follo...

One of the very few Moebius art projects for Marvel. I think I had a poster of Iron Man he did as well, maybe a cover or a pin up somewhere, but that's about it as far as I know. Quite a shame. Can you even imagine a Thanos story or some of the more cosmic characters like The Watcher being drawn by this master? Oh well, what we have is good and it is appreciated.

Critique of religion, masses manipulation and humanity search for good shepherd hidden in super hero fight scenery. It doesn't really brings new arguments to the table, but it's surprisingly actual even after 30 years, even though is hasty sometimes - result of packing everything in just two issues. But it's not that annoying... And Moebius' art in huge format is amazing.

This was intriguing, surely not the typical superhero comic by far, as it was expected with Moebius on the wheel. Wanted to read this for years and ofc i enjoyed it, although the Surfer was too messianic for my taste. The "making-of" interview of Moebius at the end, except of the stage-by-stage analysis of the creative process and an, almost en-vivo, insider's view of his working procedure on the american comic form, proves how great an artist and person Jean Giraud was. He is and will always be...

A riveting story about sins and flaws of human nature. Stan Lee returns to tell a "parable" of a tale that sees the Silver Surfer save mankind from Galactus the world eating planet. What is clever in this story is that Galactus uses the human longing to meet God to have society destroy itself. Many may see the story as anti-religious but I feel that Lee was driving home the point that if God is a truly benevolent being that he would not compel worshipers to commit murder and other atrocities aga...

Silver Surfer: Parable, written by Stan Lee and drawn by Moebius is easily one of the best stories to come out of Marvel's eighties era that has gone largely unnoticed and under appreciated by today's Marvel comics fandom. Much like the Silver Surfer himself. Parable is often referred to as one of the first Marvel tales that may take place in an alternate universe. With an alternate Silver Surfer and an alternate Earth. The events in Parable don't seem to fit in with any predominant Marvel story...

Great way to start off my 2021 reading journey and a great Christmas gift to have received.The Silver Surfer is a character that has always intrigued me. The rule of cool definitely applies for me, a mysterious figure in silver riding a surfboard through space, normally accompanied by jaw dropping artwork.Parable is a fantastic one off and out of continuity story from Marvel legend Stan Lee and artist Moebius. This means it isn’t constrained by comic book stereotypes typical of Marvel, such as h...