The Silver Surfer Graphic Novel Cover by Jack Kirby

The Silver Surfer is majesty tinged with sorrow, and so is this cover.  First image is the best I can find of the 1997 reprint cover, which I looked at several times on the shelf when it came out, but always put back.  In 1978 I bought the original graphic novel, and couldnae justify getting the reprint just because it finally had mostly Jack on the cover (the 1978 one is a painted Norem cover you can see anywhere, just not here).  Why Jack's cover was not used is a mystery lost in the deep reaches