In Marvel's comic book canon, the Silver Surfer has traditionally been depicted as a male character named Norrin Radd. He was created by Jack Kirby in 1966 and first appeared in Fantastic Four #48.

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. The price of silver today, as of 9:12 am ET, was $32.52 per ounce. That’s up 0.66% from yesterday’s silver price of $32.31.

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