Originally Posted by
HankSantana
So I just read the first 5 issue arc of Nova by Jeph Loeb. I have to ask, has anyone else yet pointed out that the story is clearly a hallucination of the Sam's? His dad abandoned him and he then suffered brain damage from slipping on his skateboard, and adapted bedtime stories his dad used to tell him into his reality. Not one character in these ever references the greater Marvel universe, as it takes place in a world without superheroes. I'm not sure if he is dreaming and in a coma still from the accident, or if he woke up and is lapsing into fantasy when left alone. But the story is clearly a delusion. And I love it, it is subtle yet impossible to miss. The mom mentions the father's past as a Nova, but vaguely, because he was in fact a Vietnam or Iraq war veteran, and she is actually referencing his service. And then when she cries and tells Sam everything was real, it is because she realizes her son is crazy just like his father, and she has to go along with the delusion so he doesn't snap. Honestly, if this isn't true, there was no point in even having him fall and hurt his head and go into a 3 day coma. It was completely random and unessential to the plot, if my theory is wrong.
I see that Loeb doesn't write the series past this point, but I am convinced this is what he intended, even though he knew the future writers would do things to contradict this. I think this was a great work of comic book art.