You may not realize it but many of the examples you sited have context you are missing.
Motherboard 49.7 was a planet sized computer with explicit control over all energy within it, yet it still took a considerable amount of time to actually drain Surfer.
The Stranger is extremely powerful, he was among the cosmic entities summoned by Eternity to stop Thanos when he possessed the Infinity Gauntlet. Not to mention the technique Stranger used to trap Surfer fails when he tries it a second time.
In the very next page after the last scan you showed, Surfer overcomes Demonstar's draining, atomizes his staff and easily defeats him.
The draining in Dynamo City was a pre-prepped trap set by Thanos using his technology.
The instance with Reptyl was also a pre-prepped trap set for Surfer and Reptyl had to incapacitate Surfer before he could drain him.
Those aren't space pirates, they're the Collection Agency, a team contracted by the Collector to stop Surfer, they were specifically prepped to fight him, yet he still resisted their draining and defeated them.
The instance with Dampyre is legit, it's basically just what it looks like.
The instance with Iron Man is also legit, though you should note that Iron Man's draining had no negative effect on Surfer.
As you can seen in your scan, Surfer easily overcomes their attempt to drain him.
That's a alternate Surfer from the Earth-90512 universe.
Pre-prepped weapon specifically designed to drain Surfer.
Pre-prepped equipment specifically designed to drain Surfer.
Again, pre-prepped equipment specifically designed to drain Surfer.
Not just a random energy leecher, it's an immensely powerful cosmic entity that's a part of the Astral Plane.
Doom's device was specifically designed to steal Surfer's power.
Of course, Black Panther just reuses Doom's device.
The Kree Starwheel was a superweapon that was specifically designed to drain powerful entities, that was it's whole purpose.
You may have missed the part just prior to your scans where Surfer just got done dissipating an immense cosmic storm that's size dwarfed the planet they were on and which rendered him vulnerable to the creature.
Most of those instances were with specifically designed, pre-prepped equiment/technology.
Without prep, even high tier energy drainers like Quasar and Krosakis's draining proved ineffective against Surfer.
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Feats for this "control over all energy" supercomputer?
And Shang Chi and Black Widow were summoned to fight HOTI Thanos. Your point being? Stranger has no feats at that level.
Yes, because he dodged the energy sphere.
Not really. Demonstar stopped draining him. He didn't overcome anything.
That's not Thanos tech. And the same energy draining had no effect on Drax.
So nothing but whining? How does pre prepped scenarios detract from the point that Surfer is ridiculously easy to drain?
He overloaded their weapons because they were only able to drain a small amount of his power at a time.
Again with the prep?
Quasar overloaded him.
And? He was just draining a very small amount from him.
If he can't overcome draining from fodder demons what can he do? He was still getting drained.
Really? Proof.
What exactly is your point here? And not specifically designed for Surfer. They are just energy absorbers.
Feats for this "cosmic entity"?
Again with the same excuse?
And Hulk overpowered it.
That storm was just for the show. And how did it leave him vulnerable exactly?
You're not exactly saying anything new. Are these supposed to make these go away?
Correction. Both Quasar and Krosakis drained surfer. One was not able to fully drain him.
Other was overloaded because he didn't know how much he could absorb.
Surfer doesn't has any counter for energy draining from superior energy manipulators like Energy Superman. He can try to overload him all he like, it's not going to work.
Few are legit and pretty straightforward. Some look like you literally plucked scans and made some shortsighted explanations. Even ones with clear explanations in your plucked scans.
Silver Surfer #24 is Motherboard 49.7s sole appearance, if you've read that issue you've seen all its feats.
Fair enough.
You're scans end just before the page that demonstrated Surfer being "drained" didn't have the effect on him Demonstar believed it did, he was holding back because he believed they had Shalla Bal captive, as soon as it was revealed they didn't, Surfer effortlessly defeated Demonstar.
Drax breached the city without going through the draining area, he went directly into interior city to meet with Surfer.
You need me to explain the effect prep and knowledge can have in battles? Often in the scenarios without prep (and even some with) Surfer ends up resisting/overcoming/overpowering the drain attempts.
He resisted and overloaded their draining attempt. Something you forgot to mention, so you can understand why I assumed you had just missed that part.
Makes sense, the Quantum Zone is limitless and Quasar is a better energy manipulator than Surfer.
It's an instance where draining was an ineffective tactic against him.
I take it you haven't actually read Hulk #12. I can't post links, so if you're actually interested just do a search for "Norrin Radd Earth-90512".
The Sonic Shark was designed specifically to drain cosmic energy, it was General Fredricks's countermeasure against Surfer.
You might want to actually read your scan from Silver Surfer #124 if you think that equipment wasn't specifically designed for Surfer.
Have you read the High Evolutionary Arc? It's clear the High Evolutionary carefully planned and prepped for his encounter with the Surfer.
Hulk's overpowered numerous energy drainers and energy draining devices over the years, that's kinda his thing.
How was the storm just for show? The energy discharges from it were clearly destroying things. When Surfer absorbed and redirected the energy of the storm he absorbed the creature right into his body, that's what allowed it to attack him from within.
With prep, Doom's stolen Galactus and the Beyonder's power before as well. You think him stealing Surfer's power shows a particular weakness for the Surfer?
No matter how much energy Quasar drained from Surfer it wasn't slowing Surfer down and yes Surfer simply overloaded Krosakis. In both cases draining was an ineffective tactic, it didn't give them a victory and in Krosakis case it resulted in his loss.
Surfer's already had a superior energy manipulator (Quasar) try to drain him in combat, it wasn't effective.