SILVER SURFER is an animated show about an astronomer named Norrin Radd, who hails from the utopian planet Zenn-La. When Radd's home world is threatened by a villainous cosmic entity called Galactus, whose claim to fame is eating planets (just go with it), he strikes a bargain with the evildoer in hopes of saving those he loves. In return for leaving Zenn-La alone, he lets Galactus turn him into Silver Surfer, a bald, shiny envoy with the power to "surf" through the universe, finding delicious new planets to devour that aren't inhabited by millions of intelligent lifeforms. In the process of making this sacrifice, Silver Surfer loses his memory and struggles to rationalize helping the beastly Galactus when his interplanetary travels lead him to new understanding and affection for other worlds and ways of life.