Shalla-Bal, first seen in “The Silver Surfer” #1 in 1968, is the female counterpart to Norrin Radd, who was featured in 2007’s “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.” In that film, the humanoid alien was played by Doug Jones and voiced by Laurence Fishburne.

If you’re familiar with the Fantastic Four comics and the previous film adaptations, you’ll know that the Silver Surfer has traditionally been depicted as a man. Memorably, in