Silver Surfer #28 (Marvel, Oct 1989) “Neanderthals!” Skrull Warlord

Vault Archive Entry: Silver Surfer #28 (Marvel; cover date October 1989) — “Neanderthals!” A Skrull-heavy cosmic chapter that pushes the Kree/Skrull tension to the front of the stage, with the cover promise: “At Last—The Warlord of the Skrulls!”

As the Skrulls prepare for open conflict with the Kree, events spiral when Shalla-Bal is seized by a Kree Sentry. The capture is not random; it ties directly to what she knows about Supreme Leader Nenora—and the revelation that Nenora’s “true face” is not what it seems. While the political stakes rise, the story pivots into a brutal power contest as Captain Reptyl clashes with the Super-Skrull, a fight that turns lethal and reshapes the Skrull chain of command.

The Silver Surfer is caught in the fallout and forced into an unusual role: witness, limiter, and—when the dust settles—caretaker of what remains. The issue closes with a striking cosmic beat as Surfer honors the dead and the Skrulls consolidate under new leadership, setting a sharper tone for what comes next.

Notable elements: Captain Reptyl, Shalla-Bal, Supreme Leader Nenora, Super-Skrull, and Empress S’Byll in a Skrull-focused storyline; wider Marvel cosmic references include the Kree and the broader space-epic cast orbiting Surfer’s corner of the universe. Raw, ungraded single issue; assumed Direct Edition.