The Flying Knight!! by Jack Kirby

As my mawmaw (mom's mom) useta say, "What in the world?!!?"  I want a wingie-thingie, but more than that, I wanna know Jack's back-story on this guy (Jack's back-stories on his creations were always amazeballs).  Speak'n of Jack's back-stories, I've often thought the Silver Surfer reminds me of onea those scouts in the Old West, a guy who instinctively knew the lay of the land, was one with his horse (surfboard), and went back for the fatcats (Galactus) to tell them the best way to travel