The Surfer soon figures out the unstoppable creatures Achilles heel: it's a creature spawned on vengeance. The Surfer and Mantis battle the creature, but not even the intervention of Sprout seems to be enough to stop Mangog. However, they are interrupted by Mangog's attack. Mangog agrees and is restored to his normal height and goes on a rampage.īack on Earth, Mantis communicates with the plant life on Zenn-La to check up on the planet and the Silver Surfer's love, Shalla-Bal. The Supreme Intelligence contacts him and promises to restore him if he tracks down the child of Mantis and kills him. He looks for a new agent to continue the mission and finds the perfect tool in Mangog, who is still ant-sized following his battle against Thor. The Intelligence is looking for the child of Mantis so that he may destroy it, because he seems the child as a future threat to the Kree's galactic dominance. Meanwhile, the Supreme Intelligence is on distant Kree-Lar and furious that his Kree mission to Earth has failed. His battle attracts the attention of Mantis, who invites him into her home where she tells the Surfer all about her recent past and about her son, Sprout, who is a human/plant hybrid. The Surfer tracks down the two Kree soldiers and defeats them both in battle. The Surfer arrives at the scene of the crash and gets information from Clay Quartermain who has a S.H.I.E.L.D. He thanks them for their assistance, but quickly departs as he is determined to locate the crash site of the Kree cruiser.
The Surfer wakes up some time later in a hospital room, with the Human Torch, Alicia Masters, and the Sub-Mariner watching over him. These events are all being watched by Mephisto who is eager to find a way to steal the Surfer's soul. The Surfer ultimately destroys the ship, but not before they hit him with an abolition ion that drains his powers and renders his unconscious as he falls back to Earth. He is just outside of Earth's atmosphere when he spots and is attacked by a Kree cruiser. In this alternate reality, the Silver Surfer is still trapped within the barrier put around the Earth by Galactus. The Supreme Intelligence empowers Mangog to continue his mission of killing Mantis' child, but the Surfer is able to stop him.
He locates them and defeats them in battle, which attracts the attention of Mantis. He recovers and sets out to find the Kree soldiers. The ship is destroyed by the Surfer falls to Earth injured. The Silver Surfer is still trapped on Earth and is attacked by a Kree cruiser.