Silver Surfer: So cool he gets shout-outs in movies, music

Silver Surfer: So cool he gets shout-outs in movies, music | AccessAtlanta: "Some comic-book characters —- Superman, Batman and Spider-Man, for example —- are iconic enough that the mainstream is hip to them well before the inevitable movie hits. Then there are characters like the Ghost Rider, a lesser-known figure whose path to multiplexes was long and circuitous, precisely because he's no big deal in comics either.

The Silver Surfer is unique, though: He may be new to general audiences, but he's long had a hard core of worshipping fans. In fact, through the years a number of filmmakers and performers with geek streaks have tossed Surfer references into their work. Among past shout-outs that should now take on some actual meaning for mainstreamers, thanks to 'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer'..."