While unveiling an origin for Galactus, Cates leaves the details open for either himself or someone else to elaborate on that tale. Cates has been leaving his mark on the Marvel universe, and a manipulative watcher would be an excellent catalyst for future stories and timelines. Perhaps Uatu is not so much a watcher as he is an ally for the darkness. If this is on purpose, it would appear that Uatu prefers chaos, protecting the calamitous future of Galactus while allowing Knull to end everything. The Watcher tells Norrin they have declared there must be a balance of light and dark, except later he says a growing darkness will be the end of everything they know, yet he will not interfere. Uatu interferes and stops Norrin from hurling the Galactus incubator into a white dwarf star, ultimately ending his cataclysmic future before it even begins.

One part of the story that doesn’t make much sense to me involves Uatu, the Watcher. Norrin believes this is his opportunity to end it all and save billions of lives by killing Galactus before he becomes the Devourer of Worlds. In the last issue, as the surfer is trying to help ease intolerable pain for Ego, Norrin discovered the cause was the incubator of Galactus. Silver Surfer: Black #4 takes the surfer back before his maker was born for a story the Marvel historians will love. Oceans of blood and obliteration of worlds have never looked so divine. He draws like someone told him never to use straight lines, and it keeps my eyes immersed in the details. Moore uses stunning two page spreads to show the sheer magnitude and spectacle of this encounter. Beasts of red and silver sprawl across the pages as they attempt to intimidate each other.

Vivid colors and unimaginable horrors paint a fierce battle between the infant Galactus and the Silver Surfer. Moore’s graffiti/street art style shines in this space crusade. Dave Stewart adds vibrant colors to the beautiful panels while Clayton Cowles has the subtle lettering down pat.

This issue is an absolutely gorgeous cosmic adventure from Donny Cates and Tradd Moore. Silver Surfer: Black #4, out this week from Marvel comics, dives deeper into the origin of Galactus.

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