Nova Prime (Richard Rider) Appreciation 2019

[Ascended]

FYI, it was confirmed that Al Ewing and Yildiray Cinar are doing a Nova & Quasar story in the GotG annual.

https://twitter.com/ycinar/status/1120965689106472960

Awesome, I was hoping it'd be Ewing.

[Steroid]

FYI, it was confirmed that Al Ewing and Yildiray Cinar are doing a Nova & Quasar story in the GotG annual.

https://twitter.com/ycinar/status/1120965689106472960

Well my wish has been granted, So Awesome.

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Nova#25 May 1979
"Invasion of the Body Changers!"
As the Nova spaceship travels towards planet Xandar, the Sphinx is called to explain how he survived his encounter with the Fantstic Four.

While Diamondhead makes his presence known on the ship when he tries to turn the ship around, and is temporarily shattered by the Sphinx.
As the Comet and Crime-Buster bond, Nova's family on Earth worry about the fate of their son and brother.

Back aboard Nova's ship, tempers flair and Sphinx and Dr. Sun get to blows.
However their squabbling is stopped when they are attacked by a Skrull fleet, and they work together to fight it off.

With the Skrulls defeated, the ship continues on it's course to the planet Xandar.

The story continues in Fantastic Four 206. Note: Final issue of the first Nova series.

Script by Marv Wolfman. Art by Carmine Infantino and Klaus Janson.

[Digifiend]

We pretty much had confirmation that Rich is dead in the Old Man Logan universe this week. Old Man Quill revealed that Sam Alexander is Nova Prime.

[Decoy]

Have they even hinted a new Nova or New Warriors book yet?

[Chris0013]

Have they even hinted a new Nova or New Warriors book yet?

I could get behind a Nova Corp limited series that basically established the NC as Galactic Peacekeepers but also gives us Rich saving Robbie and bringing him home as well as Sam tracking down his dad and bringing him back home.

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Fantastic Four #206 May 1979
"The Death of the Fantastic Four!"
Aboard the Skrull flagship, Emperor Dorrek gloats in victory at the three captive members of the Fantastic Four,
and promises them they will face the full brunt of Skrull justice for their continued defiance of the race’s plans for universal conquest.
Transported to the Skrull homeworld the Fantastic Four stand trial before Judge Hagar.
Reed pleads for leniency towards the people of Xandar but Hagar is unmoved, and any thoughts of a fair trial are quickly dispelled
as he orders the Fantastic Four's death at the hands of Jaketch, a junior executioner. As Jaketch guns down Reed and Ben in succession,
he reveals his ambition to become Lord High Executioner, from which position of authority he will be able to execute Hagar himself.
Next in line for the sanction, Sue turns invisible in the hope of evading certain death,
but Jaketch’s visor allows him to target body heat and Sue meets the same fate as her colleagues.
All the while, the slaughter is being relayed back to Dorrek, who watches with satisfaction aboard his flagship.
His joy is cut short when a lackey arrives with news that a Terran spaceship has destroyed all the Skrull forces that were sent in pursuit.

This failure attracts the interest of Empress R’klll who chides Dorrek for his failures.
Enraged the Emperor orders a final assault on Xandar’s four worlds.

On Xandar, Queen Adora keeps vigil at the bedside of her stricken lover Tanak.
Prime Thoran insists that Xandar itself, not Tanak is in greater need of the Suzerain’s attention.
Adora gives Thoran leave to handle the situation as best he sees fit, and he leaves to consult the Living Computer.
Pleading with the collective consciousness of generations of Xandarians for guidance,
he is subsumed into the computer itself and begins to undergo a strange transformation.
Meanwhile, the Skrull attack grows, even more, savage, with their forces now murdering innocent civilians at will.
The Fantastic Four wake up in a holding cell on the Skrull home world.
Their jailer explains that the weapon used on them at their trial was, in fact, a metabolic booster designed to age the
heroes at an increased rate, essentially giving the heroes only seventy-two hours to live before they succumb to old age.
Although using their powers is now a tremendous effort, the three are still able to overpower the guard and break free of the cell.
Battling hordes of Skrull warriors they manage to steal a small ship with which to make their escape.
As Dorrek looks on his monitor, he notes that the ship is damaged and will explode shortly after use.
Again Dorrek has to suffer the taunts of R’klll, who is secretly plotting against her husband and plans to take the throne for herself.
On board the stolen Skrull ship, Ben notices that its engine doesn’t sound as though it’s in full working order.

As they head towards Xandar, Reed discovers the fault in the engine.
Sue worries that the three of them will die in space, but Ben assures her that he will pilot the ship to safety.
They successfully see a Skrull attack but the monitors show more ships blocking the way to their destination.
On Xandar, Queen Adora looks on in despair at the devastation of her world.
Her mood is lifted as Tanak finally rises from his sickbed and the two lovers embrace.
Meanwhile, a Terran spaceship approaches Xandar bearing Nova and his comrades.
Sensing the presence of the Living Computers the robot Dr. Sun
orders the ship to land so that he might drain them of their knowledge.
The mysterious Sphinx also has designs on the computers "At last, my ages-long quest is at an end.
The answers I have long sought are here!" and suddenly disappears from the ship’s bridge.

As Powerhouse worries about the fate of his family on the world below, a Skrull ship approaches and the Xandarian
member of the team vows to destroy it, not realizing that the ship contains not the hated invaders but the Fantastic Four.
On board the Skrull ship, Reed attempts to have the attack called off by impersonating a Skrull officer over the communication system,

but Nova’s ship responds by apparently blowing the Skrull ship apart!


Cameo appearances by Comet, Crimebuster, Diamondhead, Doctor Sun, Nova, Powerhouse and the Sphinx..

Script by Marv Wolfman. Art by Keith Pollard. Inks by Joe Sinnott.

[The Cool Thatguy]

We pretty much had confirmation that Rich is dead in the Old Man Logan universe this week. Old Man Quill revealed that Sam Alexander is Nova Prime.

For a story that's premised on all the heroes dying, there sure seem to be a lot of survivors running around.

Hawkeye, Vivi, Logan, DD, Kate Bishop, Sam, Punisher, Nuke, all the T-Bolts (though they turned traitor), Madrox, Blindfold

[Decoy]

For a story that's premised on all the heroes dying, there sure seem to be a lot of survivors running around.

Hawkeye, Vivi, Logan, DD, Kate Bishop, Sam, Punisher, Nuke, all the T-Bolts (though they turned traitor), Madrox, Blindfold

Madrox died 2, 3 times in the Main 616 reality already

[Chris0013]

For a story that's premised on all the heroes dying, there sure seem to be a lot of survivors running around.

Hawkeye, Vivi, Logan, DD, Kate Bishop, Sam, Punisher, Nuke, all the T-Bolts (though they turned traitor), Madrox, Blindfold

Sam may well have been off planet when it happened....especially if he is now Nova Prime....that means he would have joined the Nova Corp at some point.

[The Cool Thatguy]

Sam may well have been off planet when it happened....especially if he is now Nova Prime....that means he would have joined the Nova Corp at some point.

You'd think that he would have gone back in the decades since, though. But in all likelihood, he just got his family and friends out and said 'Screw it!'

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Nova #5 May 1994
"Birds of Prey!"
Nova gets into a flap when an old foe attacks

who has a new look, a new bad attitude

and a bone to pick with the Human Rocket!

Is it possible for two old foes to teach each other new tricks?

Written by Fabian Nicieza. Art by Chris Marrinan and Mark Stegbauer.

[Decoy]

Wait, Nova has a Earth Based Rogues Gallery? Thought he only had Cosmic Threats (well, now he does, since he’s rarely on Earth anymore)

[juan678]

[DragonsChi]

Wait, Nova has a Earth Based Rogues Gallery? Thought he only had Cosmic Threats (well, now he does, since he’s rarely on Earth anymore)

Yeah, he had quite a few in his early days actually. They where pretty fun reads.